Seattle loved Alex Rodriguez until a $250 million contract from Texas turned it into beef

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Alex Rodriguez is a guy who is easy not to like. In a display of egotism that is so embarrassing I feel uncomfortable looking at it, he kissed himself in a mirror for this Details magazine shoot. We’re all pretty sure he had multiple pictures of himself as a centaur in his home. Oh, and he took PEDs or whatever. But none of that hits the main reason Seattle Mariners fans absolutely hate him.
Because for the city of Seattle, it’s much more personal than that.
Written and produced by Clara Morris
Edited by Charlotte Atkinson
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  • @paulframe85
    @paulframe8519 күн бұрын

    The 116th win in 2001 was secured by striking out... Alex Rodriguez

  • @ClanWiE

    @ClanWiE

    19 күн бұрын

    Poetic justice

  • @dsmiley53

    @dsmiley53

    19 күн бұрын

    Yes! In Seattle, I was there!

  • @nohbuddy1

    @nohbuddy1

    19 күн бұрын

    What happened in the post season

  • @user-qw3oq4qx8z

    @user-qw3oq4qx8z

    19 күн бұрын

    And the rangers won the pennant that way too. Man has a penchant for striking out at the most ironic moments

  • @gabesavage112

    @gabesavage112

    19 күн бұрын

    What’s so special about the 116th win

  • @harrisonlee9585
    @harrisonlee958520 күн бұрын

    This is fascinating. You guys should think about making a longer, multipart series about the Mariners.

  • @freewillygoss

    @freewillygoss

    20 күн бұрын

    That's a Pretty Good idea

  • @FALL-LAFF-7477

    @FALL-LAFF-7477

    20 күн бұрын

    We can't demanding the LOOOONGER version of what we have now.... But it's a pretty good idea.

  • @andygibbygibson2756

    @andygibbygibson2756

    19 күн бұрын

    And I may be out on a limb here, but the soundtrack should be cosmic jazz.

  • @kaijudirector5336

    @kaijudirector5336

    19 күн бұрын

    On a more serious note, we need a DLC for that on the 2021 season…

  • @randomjunkohyeah1

    @randomjunkohyeah1

    19 күн бұрын

    @@kaijudirector5336 JUST the 2021 season?

  • @C_Jack12
    @C_Jack1220 күн бұрын

    T-mobile sponsoring the mariners beef is kinda heat

  • @agoo7581

    @agoo7581

    19 күн бұрын

    I am not eliminating the possibility that it is not actually a sponsor,..

  • @Kwright304

    @Kwright304

    19 күн бұрын

    I’m so down for corporate sponsorship on this channel. More videos pls.

  • @joeyparkhill8751

    @joeyparkhill8751

    18 күн бұрын

    Correction: Nintendo were the owners of the Mariners in 2001. T-Mobile owns the Mariners as of 2019.

  • @spiderman110990

    @spiderman110990

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@joeyparkhill8751T-Mobile does not own the Mariners. They bought the naming rights for the stadium, that's all.

  • @spiderman110990

    @spiderman110990

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@joeyparkhill8751T Mobile does not own the Mariners. They only bought the naming rights to the stadium.

  • @tannygal2
    @tannygal220 күн бұрын

    I remember being in the left field bleachers at that first game when A-Rod returned to Seattle. I caught the Monopoly money flying in the air. It wasn’t just any old fake money-someone had edited A-Rod’s face onto it. I was very confused by the whole thing, being 7 years old at the time. At least we had other things to celebrate that season.

  • @emeraldaly7646

    @emeraldaly7646

    19 күн бұрын

    It is funny how, the lying aside, leaving for a bigger contract was such an unthinkable thing at the time. Thankfully, Rodriguez vindicated it all in later years by showing what a dunderhead he was in all aspects.

  • @thejoshpresle

    @thejoshpresle

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@emeraldaly7646A dunderhead that still has one more ring than the mariners.

  • @emeraldaly7646

    @emeraldaly7646

    19 күн бұрын

    @@thejoshpresle And?

  • @Quantum973

    @Quantum973

    17 күн бұрын

    i was at that game out near left field as well!

  • @Carmela-bixoxo
    @Carmela-bixoxo19 күн бұрын

    Did anyone else get an ad for the Secret Base Patreon

  • @fortynights1513

    @fortynights1513

    19 күн бұрын

    On the way in and on the way out

  • @WearingGoldluck

    @WearingGoldluck

    19 күн бұрын

    I got three if them, all paired with a unskippable 15 sec T-Mobile ad.

  • @Encyclopedia_Brown97

    @Encyclopedia_Brown97

    19 күн бұрын

    @@WearingGoldluckreally unfortunate, because I love Jon Bois but I HATE that T-Mobile ad

  • @antoniobarry

    @antoniobarry

    19 күн бұрын

    Yeah lol

  • @brientaylorcohen

    @brientaylorcohen

    19 күн бұрын

    FOUR TIMES. 🤑🤑🤑🤬

  • @MrJ1GS4W
    @MrJ1GS4W19 күн бұрын

    Congrats on the baby Clara! Hope you and the baby are healthy and happy.

  • @JayJayGee1313
    @JayJayGee131319 күн бұрын

    Congrats on the baby Clara!!

  • @brianmiller1077

    @brianmiller1077

    19 күн бұрын

    Was baby born on Mother's Day?

  • @poindextertunes

    @poindextertunes

    18 күн бұрын

    how do you know that? 🤔

  • @briarbarbour7341

    @briarbarbour7341

    16 күн бұрын

    ​@@poindextertuneshe made the baby

  • @C_Jack12
    @C_Jack1220 күн бұрын

    For those that don’t know, the Mariners play at T-mobile Park

  • @GamingTeacher

    @GamingTeacher

    19 күн бұрын

    It’s deliciously ironic

  • @nrkgalt

    @nrkgalt

    19 күн бұрын

    I didn’t know power they changed the name from SafeCo

  • @DJSchreffler

    @DJSchreffler

    19 күн бұрын

    I hate the renames. A stadium name should be for the lifetime of the stadium. It will be SafeCo Field until a new stadium is built.

  • @nrkgalt

    @nrkgalt

    19 күн бұрын

    @@DJSchreffler The Astros had to change their stadium’s name. It was originally called Enron Field.

  • @DJSchreffler

    @DJSchreffler

    19 күн бұрын

    @@nrkgalt The Astros accepted their money. That name should stand as a testament to their greed and bad decision making. Union Station would have been a much better name.

  • @SikoMC
    @SikoMC19 күн бұрын

    "presented by t mobile!" no add read, no sponsor read.. just like on a tv show.. i'm proud on you guys at secret base! (tbh, the quality of your content is better then anything on tv!!)

  • @hhtptai
    @hhtptai19 күн бұрын

    And now in 2024 the Dodgers are signing Shohei Ohtani to a near billion dollar contract without batting an eyelid 😂

  • @randomjunkohyeah1

    @randomjunkohyeah1

    19 күн бұрын

    One where they barely have to pay him anything until the contract is over…

  • @emeraldaly7646

    @emeraldaly7646

    19 күн бұрын

    If it was solely about the money, I'd agree that history would look back on it less than approvingly. But it was (and continues to be) so much more.

  • @adamcoe

    @adamcoe

    19 күн бұрын

    700 million and a billion aren't exactly near each other, considering A-Rod's entire decade long contract fits between them with room to spare

  • @nrkgalt

    @nrkgalt

    19 күн бұрын

    We haven’t heard of Angels fans express any hostility towards Ohtani for leaving.

  • @thatleftyjames2893

    @thatleftyjames2893

    18 күн бұрын

    Ohtani actually went to a winning team though

  • @bradwurst8141
    @bradwurst814120 күн бұрын

    I LOVE the baseball beefs. They're slow-cooked; lots of meat & potatoes

  • @chuckdalybeatz
    @chuckdalybeatz20 күн бұрын

    The Seattle series you guys did is still one of my favorite doc series I’ve seen great job guys 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @fortynights1513

    @fortynights1513

    19 күн бұрын

    Jon and Alex did a great job with that one. The only two players who could’ve been mentioned but weren’t are Dan Wilson and Kyle Seager. Not the best players don’t get me wrong, but as far as telling the story of the team, both deserve a shoutout for their respective generations of the team.

  • @big8dog887
    @big8dog88719 күн бұрын

    Coming Soon - Beef History: Newborn Baby vs. Sleep

  • @thesjlawshow759

    @thesjlawshow759

    18 күн бұрын

    Coming soon as well - Beef History: Secret Base vs. anyone who slightly disagrees politically. 😂

  • @tahnalos3677

    @tahnalos3677

    17 күн бұрын

    Coming Soon - Beef History: Clara's Patience vs Toddler Tantrums

  • @davdia
    @davdia20 күн бұрын

    Not sure if Mariners fans would get over this even if A-Rod did bring the Sonics back.

  • @Toast_Points

    @Toast_Points

    19 күн бұрын

    Not even close. A-Rod would need to cure all cancers for me to even consider not hating him.

  • @dsmiley53

    @dsmiley53

    19 күн бұрын

    Oh, for sure we would not.

  • @PendragonDaGreat

    @PendragonDaGreat

    19 күн бұрын

    Nah, because we _also_ remember having our sports team stolen from us in the Supersonics and gaining a team when the Timberwolves fanbase loses theirs would be just as bad. In fact it would have probably made me hate him even more. "You try and bribe us, and in doing so hurt someone else in the same way we've been hurt before" talk about robbing Peter to pay Paul.

  • @JoeKoenen

    @JoeKoenen

    19 күн бұрын

    Def not. It would be like the parent who abandoned you showing up to your graduation with an extravagant gift. Thanks. Cool, but wtf about the last 20 years?

  • @OneDrewThree

    @OneDrewThree

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@Toast_Pointsget over it 🙄 Sports fans are so overly dramatic 🤦🏾‍♂️ lmao

  • @Th3UnluckyGam3r
    @Th3UnluckyGam3r19 күн бұрын

    Growing up during those years in Seattle was absolutely wild. I remember going to games in 99 and 00 and cheering my brains out for him and even as a little kid, I understood that him taking the bag despite what he'd been openly promising us as "wanting to play for a winning team" was like a slap to the face. Surprisingly in that era, my favorite players went Edgar, A-Rod, then Griffey. Losing A-Rod the way we did hurt, especially because we'd just lost Griffey. But with Griffey he literally just said "I wanna be closer to family" and I don't think a single person in Seattle ever held that against him. The late 90s and early 00s were a fun but weird time for Mariners fans. Before the dark times.

  • @markjackson6431
    @markjackson643120 күн бұрын

    Rewinder: 2006 Orange Bowl 3OTs Beef History: Lindros vs Flyers Organization Overlap: Greatest College Football Coach (Saban) and the Greatest NFL Coach (Belichick) coaching in the same division Beef History: Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas Beef History: Phil Jackson and Pat Riley Untitled: Reggie Miller Untitled: Tracy McGrady Untitled: Ken Griffey Junior Untitled: Carl Yastrzemski Untitled: Ted Williams Untitled: Jim Kelly Collapse: Early 90s Bills Prism: Steph Curry and all those mid major players Rewinder: The Catch By Willie Rewinder: Wide Right I, Wide Right II Rewinder: Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds breaking the respective HR record(s) Untitled: Don Nelson

  • @trutty

    @trutty

    19 күн бұрын

    If you want Griffey's untitled just watch the Mariners series they did

  • @markjackson6431

    @markjackson6431

    19 күн бұрын

    @@trutty right because KGJ career only lasted from 1989 to 1999. surely it be too hard to go into more detail about his championship woes. of course i watched the series, it doesn’t change the fact that we could get a more in depth look at his career. wooosh.

  • @randomjunkohyeah1

    @randomjunkohyeah1

    19 күн бұрын

    @@markjackson6431 The Ms series literally does talk about the rest of his career?

  • @brientaylorcohen

    @brientaylorcohen

    19 күн бұрын

    You keep posting 'em, they keep ignoring 'em. GIVE US MONEY OR WE WITHOLD NON-BEEF VIDEOS FOR FOUR MONTHS RAWRRR

  • @fortynights1513

    @fortynights1513

    19 күн бұрын

    @@randomjunkohyeah1Yep, they go over the Cincinnati years in short. Aside from a brief stint on the 08 White Sox, Griffey didn’t play in the playoffs after leaving Seattle.

  • @chrisuncleahmad
    @chrisuncleahmad20 күн бұрын

    Beef History ideas: Jerry Glanville vs Sam Wyche Deion Sanders vs Andre Rison John Elway vs Dan Reeves

  • @cehamlet89

    @cehamlet89

    19 күн бұрын

    The entire AFC Central hated Jerry Glanville

  • @bigrich6075

    @bigrich6075

    19 күн бұрын

    NFC EAST V EACH OTHER.

  • @MazeDaGr8

    @MazeDaGr8

    19 күн бұрын

    How about Buddy Ryan vs Mike Ditka

  • @Puvwilmo00

    @Puvwilmo00

    19 күн бұрын

    @@MazeDaGr8more like Buddy Ryan vs Everyone

  • @nrkgalt

    @nrkgalt

    19 күн бұрын

    The Glanville-Wyche beef continued when they were both in the NFC.

  • @brianchua4240
    @brianchua424020 күн бұрын

    Was A-Rod an a-hole? Yeah, absolutely. But hey, if someone is offering me $252M, why turn it down? lol I don't fault him for taking the money.

  • @jdotoz

    @jdotoz

    19 күн бұрын

    What am I reasonably going to do with more than $50M?

  • @muhammadrifqi7308

    @muhammadrifqi7308

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@jdotoz enjoying life without worry by the time you're 35?

  • @jdotoz

    @jdotoz

    19 күн бұрын

    @@muhammadrifqi7308 You think you need more than $50M for that? $50M invested on autopilot can support $2M per year of inflation-adjusted spending. What exactly are you worried about that needs more than that?

  • @SeeJayTML

    @SeeJayTML

    19 күн бұрын

    Wat are u talking about right now ​@@jdotoz

  • @ErikHinrichsen

    @ErikHinrichsen

    19 күн бұрын

    Yeah, there are SO many reasons to dislike Alex Rodriguez, but going to the team that was willing to pay him the most money isn't one of them. If a competing company offered me twice my current salary to go work for them, I'd quit my current job in a heartbeat, and we shouldn't expect any different from professional athletes.

  • @saintrocketIX
    @saintrocketIX20 күн бұрын

    It always seems to come back to the Mariners, doesn't it?

  • @adamkane4217

    @adamkane4217

    19 күн бұрын

    The Mariners aren't good or bad. They're protagonists.

  • @dsmiley53

    @dsmiley53

    19 күн бұрын

    The Mariners are the main character? *points gun* Always have been.

  • @nathanprentiss7578

    @nathanprentiss7578

    14 күн бұрын

    It all comes back unless it’s a 🏆.

  • @holstorrsceadus1990
    @holstorrsceadus199018 күн бұрын

    As a Sox fan I hate AROD and everything but $95 million wasn't a comparable offer and wasn't worth considering. The hometown discount is a couple million at best, not $157,000,000.

  • @MagicalBread
    @MagicalBread20 күн бұрын

    Did anyone else get an ad for the Secret Base Patreon?

  • @KysonChannell

    @KysonChannell

    19 күн бұрын

    Yeah I got that and a T-Mobile ad 😅

  • @Jma952

    @Jma952

    19 күн бұрын

    Bruh twice lol

  • @KysonChannell

    @KysonChannell

    19 күн бұрын

    @@Jma952 just got the second round of ads 😅😅

  • @S_Over_Street

    @S_Over_Street

    19 күн бұрын

    Got it 3 times during this entire episode

  • @adamcoe

    @adamcoe

    19 күн бұрын

    nope we're adults and we pay for Premium

  • @Flow_Easy
    @Flow_Easy19 күн бұрын

    Congrats Clara!

  • @MRDYNAMITEDAWG
    @MRDYNAMITEDAWG19 күн бұрын

    Congrats on the baby Clara! good luck and have so much fun! Thanks for always making these sports videos!

  • @trod5902
    @trod590219 күн бұрын

    congrats on the baby Clara! I hope your delivery goes smoothly, and thanks for the vid

  • @dainbramage781
    @dainbramage78119 күн бұрын

    I was at Safeco for the return of Alex in 2001. The amount of hate and virtriol was palpable. People hung out after the game to sling back beers and call him every name in the book even though he had long since left the field. It was great.

  • @BrandanTheBroker
    @BrandanTheBroker19 күн бұрын

    If someone is willing to pay you $250M then by all means, TAKE THE MONEY! Listen, Seattle is a beautiful city, love it there I vacation there, but unless one of the coffee girls gives me 6 kids and moves to Snoqualmie, take the money bro.

  • @SynapseNervosa

    @SynapseNervosa

    13 күн бұрын

    No one would've been pissed if he took the money and ran. We Seattle fans aren't stupid and have had many big name players leave for more money without the whole city hating him. Its when you lie to us and play us as chumps when you sour your relationship with fans. If he would've said nothing during his free agency move, or did the "I'm only focusing on this season and playing my best", no issue. But he had to promise us bullshit, which doesn't fly. If you want an example. Looks at John Tavares skipping out of Long island to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He lied to them the whole time too, and now Long Island hates him. Would he have not promised them that he was gonna stay, no one would've blamed him for wanting to play for his childhood dream team.

  • @kapowjam3462
    @kapowjam346219 күн бұрын

    Congrats Clara! And great job as always. Good night and good game.

  • @LukeDwornikComedy
    @LukeDwornikComedy17 күн бұрын

    Oh my God congrats!! And no, I couldn't hear it at all. You absolutely killed it as always.

  • @stevencooke6451
    @stevencooke645116 күн бұрын

    Great work, Clara. You're sarcasm could be its own video. And congrats on the wonderful edition.

  • @davidlawrence6119
    @davidlawrence611919 күн бұрын

    Nice surprise at the end! Congrats Clara! 👏🏽👏🏽❤️

  • @tonyoctopus044
    @tonyoctopus04412 күн бұрын

    Congratulations Clara Love the details and Stories Always

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace966 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the quality. Secret Base is always good.

  • @ninjasuperman9538
    @ninjasuperman953819 күн бұрын

    Congrats Clara! never would have suspected a thing

  • @Schubes17
    @Schubes1715 күн бұрын

    CONGRATS, CLARA! Love the reveal.

  • @pandaotu
    @pandaotu19 күн бұрын

    Congratulations Clara!!!

  • @Darbyact
    @Darbyact18 күн бұрын

    Yay!!!!! Thank you for the video!!

  • @Laidback_616
    @Laidback_61618 күн бұрын

    252 million vs 95……get real Seattle. As if y’all would not leave a job for more money.

  • @tart8228
    @tart822814 күн бұрын

    i like this channel...but when i fall asleep youtube thinks i LOVE this channel. i wake up and secret base is on almost every morning lmao

  • @MichaelRancechisea13
    @MichaelRancechisea1318 күн бұрын

    I'm as big a M's fan as anyone -- I remember going to the game in 2001 when A-Rod returned (I was 7 or 8 at the time, and the sky was full of monopoly money. It was awesome). But I always thought it was ridiculous for fans to hate A-Rod for the crime of... leaving to get paid the salary he deserves? If anything, fans should have tossed blame at Mariners ownership, they had allowed multiple superstars (Griffey, Randy Johnson) to leave the team in the late 90s and early 2000s. It's crazy how Mariners ownership was somehow able to walk away from this being the 'good guys', when they've been probably the team's biggest impediment to actually winning anything.

  • @SynapseNervosa

    @SynapseNervosa

    13 күн бұрын

    Okay.. but ask yourself why everyone hates Arod and not The Big Unit, The Kid when they left. I think you'll see its about more than just leaving for the money.

  • @ericemanwu
    @ericemanwu19 күн бұрын

    Given what's in the stinger, let me just say congrats on the baby Clara 🎉. My guess is that you're due for a well deserved maternity leave from secret base for a good while after this video. May your birth be smooth and your child healthy.😊

  • @TimTheHermit
    @TimTheHermit18 күн бұрын

    Great job on this documentary, Clara and crew. So well done. And yeah, us Ms fans were probably unfairly mean to A-rod, but damn he sure was/is easy to hate. And we were there in King's Court, the 2012 night A-Rod broke his hand, and it was from an Felix Rodriguez pitch. That section was known for being especially loud, and gosh did we come unglued with unabashed giddy joy when he went down in pain, writhing and squirming. It was the day after Ichiro was traded unexpectedly to the Yankees, so our fan base was even more raw 🍖

  • @SeeJayTML
    @SeeJayTML19 күн бұрын

    I love how billionaire owners manipulate people too thinking that players not taking a paying cut is selfish

  • @bigbearkat2010

    @bigbearkat2010

    19 күн бұрын

    It's technically true but it just relies on people ignoring the owner's mutual selfishness. It falls especially flat for baseball with the whole lack of salary cap thing.

  • @MazeDaGr8

    @MazeDaGr8

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@bigbearkat2010baseball does not need a salary cap they more need a salary floor because the main problem is half of these owners are cheap skates and they get away with it you can't begrudge these bigger Market teams for wanting to invest and win with their teams

  • @agoo7581

    @agoo7581

    19 күн бұрын

    Every, Single. Time. They never complain about the billionaire owners. It's just another example of a right-winger being anti-labor, which they think they can disguise because labor in sports happens to make more money, but its the same reactionary bullshit.

  • @bigbearkat2010

    @bigbearkat2010

    19 күн бұрын

    @@MazeDaGr8 Personally I disagree with the no need for a salary cap because it makes the big market teams think they can buy a championship which also leads to them just wasting money overpaying free agents. I agree that since it's not a thing is baseball the "I can't afford you" excuse less justified.

  • @MazeDaGr8

    @MazeDaGr8

    19 күн бұрын

    @@bigbearkat2010 Okay I'll give you that overpaying free agents 'cause yes there's definitely a lot of that going on but I disagree with the notion of "Team shouldn't buy champion" cuz honestly with the exception of cheating, it shouldn't really matter how you win a championship, it only matters that you Win one. Also I still think a salary floor is necessary because simply put you don't win championships by being Cheapskates unless Everything goes perfectly, just ask the Rays & A's how Moneyball worked out for them

  • @32ekoc
    @32ekoc19 күн бұрын

    I'm already sick of T-Mobile because it's literally the only commercial I'm getting.

  • @wrathofrock8323
    @wrathofrock832320 күн бұрын

    Was just binging some Beefs, so happy there’s more to be had.

  • @wanderlustwarrior
    @wanderlustwarrior17 күн бұрын

    CONGRATULATIONS CLARA!!!

  • @Zack_410
    @Zack_41019 күн бұрын

    A-Rod won the beef. He has a ring, Mariners don't.

  • @arimarismacon
    @arimarismacon19 күн бұрын

    Always sad to see a Cup Run end, but that was amazing!

  • @csipin7724
    @csipin772419 күн бұрын

    Congratulations Clara!

  • @ravenshade266
    @ravenshade26619 күн бұрын

    I just got a Jon Bois ad. That’s phenomenal.

  • @KorpseTE
    @KorpseTE19 күн бұрын

    "Perhaps I'm victim blaming..." Yes.

  • @ilovemesomme
    @ilovemesomme19 күн бұрын

    I’ve seen him play as a Ranger at Safeco, and saw him hit his 500th home run at the original Yankee Stadium against the Royals.

  • @y2ant
    @y2ant19 күн бұрын

    Congratulations Clara!!!!!!!

  • @youraverageguy7842
    @youraverageguy784219 күн бұрын

    I’ve always wondered about the hypothetical of Randy, Junior, Edgar, A-Rod, and Ichiro all on the same team at the same time, if Ichiro had gotten to come a few years earlier it could’ve been real. I wish I could’ve seen something like that

  • @nomar5spaulding
    @nomar5spaulding17 күн бұрын

    My favorite moments of Arod are three. When I was very little, my brother and I used to play 2 person lawn baseball. My brother was always the Red Sox since we live in Maine. I was always Seattle, since Griffey played for the Mariners. I was like 8, and I thought Arod was Arod's first name, so I used to call him Arod Rodriguez, and when I was pretending to be him at bat, I hit lots of lawn baseball homeruns, so he temporarily became my 2nd favorite Seattle Mariner purely due to getting good luck when I pretended to be him during lawn baseball. My other 2 favorite Arod moments are the time he freaked out and tried to slap the ball out of a Boston pitcher's glove to avoid getting tagged out. Someone I know photoshopped a purse onto his arm and put in a speach bubble saying, "Don't touch my purse!" Then there's the photo of Varitek and Arod fighting and Varitek just has both hands on his face. Screw you Arod.

  • @dylanslate7146
    @dylanslate714619 күн бұрын

    Felix also plunked Jeter and Ichiro in the same game he broke A-Rod’s hand. It got a little rowdy in King’s Kourt that night.

  • @isletoflangerhans8281
    @isletoflangerhans828119 күн бұрын

    It's not needlessly gendered. Seattle is female.

  • @StarLightNow
    @StarLightNow5 күн бұрын

    Congrats to Clara! Hope everything is good with you :)

  • @jonsmith1956
    @jonsmith195619 күн бұрын

    CONGRATS CLARA!! And happy mother's Day!

  • @splashgod_j
    @splashgod_j19 күн бұрын

    Did i jus watch a secret base ad, while watching a secret base VIDEO🤯🤯🤯

  • @thegreatcalvinio
    @thegreatcalvinio18 күн бұрын

    I have an A-Rod signed card from 2003 with a piece of jersey in it as well. It depicts him obviously in a Rangers uniform, but the jersey piece itself is from the Mariners.

  • @johndakin991
    @johndakin99118 күн бұрын

    I was at the first game he came back to Seattle. Wild atmosphere.

  • @dsmiley53
    @dsmiley5319 күн бұрын

    Fun fact: in 2001 when the Mariners won game number 116 to tie the all-time record, the game ended with an Alex Rodriguez strikeout. I was there, I saw it with my own eyes. I don't truly hate A-Rod anymore. I sports-hate him. There's a difference. But 17-year old me in 2001? I hated him.

  • @alonzopowell9544
    @alonzopowell954417 күн бұрын

    congrats clara!

  • @Checkmate34851
    @Checkmate3485117 күн бұрын

    Growing up in the northwest, I’ve noticed it seems like Seattle baseball fans like him but mariners fans hate him if that makes sense

  • @pdotjdott
    @pdotjdott18 күн бұрын

    Wow you guys truly are big time with the T Mobile sponsor that's awesome. Get the bag

  • @Edeadly
    @Edeadly11 күн бұрын

    Congrats on the baby Clara🎉

  • @SoTeeko
    @SoTeeko16 күн бұрын

    I’m a Mariners fan, I’ve never known anybody to hate ARod.

  • @IcyTorments
    @IcyTorments19 күн бұрын

    cant wait to see the beef history between milwaukee and bendict counsellout in the future

  • @ends15
    @ends1519 күн бұрын

    Congrats to Clara! I was wondering what she was so busy she couldnt finish the outro. Now I know

  • @1882uoL
    @1882uoL13 күн бұрын

    Gave this a like for the announcement at the end. Congratulations in advance/arrears (depending on if/when you see this)

  • @Joshua-Mason
    @Joshua-Mason13 күн бұрын

    I got to go to his first game back in Seattle. Was a fun day.

  • @superdopenova6231
    @superdopenova623119 күн бұрын

    I'm still waiting on the sweet sweet beef of Chuck Lidell and Tito Ortiz

  • @Spurs577
    @Spurs57719 күн бұрын

    Nice work! How about Sol Campbell vs Tottenham for a future video?

  • @matthewlo7868

    @matthewlo7868

    19 күн бұрын

    As much as I would LOVE another football/soccer vid from SB, ya gotta remember that they’re an American channel so vids about footy are gonna be an extremely rare occurrence… However, personally, I would LOVE to have a video about the Maxi Lopez v Mauro Icardi beef!

  • @Spurs577

    @Spurs577

    19 күн бұрын

    @@matthewlo7868 that’s why I liked the Keane v McCarthy one. Was interesting to hear the perspective

  • @adamkane4217

    @adamkane4217

    19 күн бұрын

    How about a rewinder for Tottenham Ajax 2019?

  • @LuisGaite30
    @LuisGaite3016 күн бұрын

    3:58 Even in the 2000s, a Scott Boras disasterclass? How am I not shocked. Congrats on the baby, Clara!

  • @damalgriffin-neil9472
    @damalgriffin-neil947219 күн бұрын

    Great video. Bring back our Sonics!!!

  • @chrisyang05
    @chrisyang0513 күн бұрын

    Don't forget when Mariners designed Safeco field, they somehow decided to make it the most pitching friendly park in MLB. They finally moved the fence in 2013 and kinda admitted their "mistake". I remembered clearly ARod said in 2000: if you move the fence in, I might stay, but to no avail, of course. Oh, he also said, if Mariners win the World Series, I might stay.

  • @SirJoelsuf1
    @SirJoelsuf119 күн бұрын

    That said, A-Rod walked so Bryce Harper could run.

  • @codizzle
    @codizzle19 күн бұрын

    10:29 idk why but of all the beef related puns, pronouncing the plural as “beaves” like leaves made me chuckle

  • @clementkaunda2704
    @clementkaunda270414 күн бұрын

    What's the soundtrack from 8:34

  • @henrywood1304
    @henrywood130419 күн бұрын

    T-Mobile sponsoring a Mariners themed beef history is deeply ironic because they have the naming rights to the Mariners’ park

  • @cfairfax85
    @cfairfax8511 күн бұрын

    I always did and still do like A-Rod. Nothing wrong with loving yourself..beats not having any confidence. No one makes it to great things in life without being just a tad bit into themselves.

  • @lilxtra6211
    @lilxtra621119 күн бұрын

    I didn’t think I could like Arod less but him writing that letter to Boeing is insane

  • @stevenperry9762
    @stevenperry976219 күн бұрын

    'Centaur legs' is positively golden. I freaking love you humans.

  • @nathanielpotts2556
    @nathanielpotts255617 күн бұрын

    Sports are one of the only professions where people become anti-worker and pro-owner smh

  • @mckou1547
    @mckou154717 күн бұрын

    Who is that guy embracing the player at the 10:05 mark? He looks like an elderly Egyptian.

  • @otf7466
    @otf746619 күн бұрын

    The parallels between A-Rod and how Russ Wilson left town are uncanny

  • @samicat93
    @samicat9317 күн бұрын

    as a lifelong mariners fan, I was a tiny child when arod was here. I remember plenty of the names we loved, even ones I don't hear anymore, but arod even playing for us at all has been obliterated from my memory. all I can remember is that he is despised. like a torn up wedding photo lmao

  • @Extinguisher10
    @Extinguisher1018 күн бұрын

    T-Mobile sponsoring this video is fitting. I'm so glad it wasn't Starbucks!!

  • @Extinguisher10

    @Extinguisher10

    18 күн бұрын

    Also, the second the to last time I was at T-Mobile Park I saw an ad from Starbucks plastered all over the stadium saying "We're here for the home team" There were so many people who were pissed about that. For those of you who don't know, the CEO of Starbucks at the time (Howard Schultz) owned the Sonics and basically marched them down to Oklahoma City and Clay Bennett himself.

  • @fallryan
    @fallryan19 күн бұрын

    The ending remarks, about how maybe Seattle as a city got too infatuated with A-Rod is hitting the nail on the head. We were like that with *everybody* who contributed and stuck around more than a year in the M's golden age. We loved Randy Johnson, We adored Ken Griffey Jr. I don't have a superlative for how we feel about Edgar Martinez, but if I did it'd be in the same realm. We loved Dan Wilson, Jay Buhner and Joey Cora too. Before the mid nineties, the heroes in Seattle baseball were exploding toilets. After A-Rod we'd never get quite so infatuated with a player again, but I think it's telling how many Seattle pros stay here and maintain links to the city after they retire.

  • @boozywoozy73
    @boozywoozy7317 күн бұрын

    It's pro sports it ain't no such thing as loyalty between teams & players. I felt A-rod did the right thing. How could you turn down that kind of money

  • @MarkusAlkemus
    @MarkusAlkemus11 күн бұрын

    Glossing over the historical context in the early part of the video: The Mariners were in serious jeopardy of relocating to a different city had it not been for the 95 playoff run, which A-rod was on the roster for. That year is credited as saving MLB in the city of Seattle and fans fell in love with the team. How can you not form that kind of emotional attachment to the rising star from that team?

  • @TheHuskyK9
    @TheHuskyK919 күн бұрын

    Imagine if A-Rod and Griffey Jr stayed and played with Ichiro.

  • @Little88Mac

    @Little88Mac

    14 күн бұрын

    They likely don't have the money for Ichiro if they do. The Griffey trade ended up being a big positive for the Mariners. He dealt with too many injuries in Cincinnati. Mike Cameron was better during those years for the M's. They also got Boone and Olerud with that money

  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon19 күн бұрын

    Somewhat similar to how aldridge left portland, saying he wanted to be the greatest blazer ever, then signing with the spurs instead. Except he never won a ring, and he had a chance with that team in Portland.

  • @davidcollinsjr4288
    @davidcollinsjr428817 күн бұрын

    Ah, as a fan of a very particular program recently, yes, this "why you have to lie to me on the way out the door" angle of the narrative is very close to home, and yes, is absolutely the basis for big beef. Juicy beef.

  • @ericc9321
    @ericc932119 күн бұрын

    One of my earliest memories was of getting showered with "Pay-Rod money" someone had printed en mass and scattered over the edge of the stadium's upper deck. Fake cash with A-Rod's face and as many insults as they could fit into the design sensibility of currency.

  • @duhmark
    @duhmark19 күн бұрын

    Mazel tov, Clara!!!

  • @sirbradfordofhousejones
    @sirbradfordofhousejones19 күн бұрын

    Yay Clara!!!

  • @TheMr32hunter
    @TheMr32hunter18 күн бұрын

    the fans were totally wrong, 95 mill compared to 250 mil? every one of those fans would have done the same as Arod.

  • @ronanaviation9520
    @ronanaviation952019 күн бұрын

    Still waiting for part 7

  • @garretindall2820
    @garretindall282019 күн бұрын

    Congratulations Clara! 🎊🎉👩🏼‍🍼

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