You didn't mention him, but you showed a clip of the seemingly baseball immortal, Julio Franco. Weird stance extraordinaire.
@thebaseballprofessor3 күн бұрын
Julio Franco really put his personal stamp on the game.
@tommoran2366 күн бұрын
Im 63 and still love Big League Chew.
@thebaseballprofessor3 күн бұрын
I buy Big League Chew about once a year. It brings me back to boyhood
@aVerveQuest9 күн бұрын
The power that Hollywood has the cement public remembering versus the lack of responsibility they take in representing it is beyond unfortunate for the culture as a whole.
@thebaseballprofessor3 күн бұрын
Agree
@PunkDudette513 күн бұрын
4:05 I was cleaning and this scared me 😂😂
@Jeff-fx1zy13 күн бұрын
I think there was an episode of "Dennis the Menace", with Sandy Koufax.
@thebaseballprofessor13 күн бұрын
I just found it on KZread. Nice. Thanks for the comment.
@brianwilliams863514 күн бұрын
I was a perfect candidate for appreciating Ball 4: I was a 15-year-old male in 1970!! So I am now age 69. Maybe a little more wisdom now? So I re-consider Ball 4 and now I sense bitterness behind Bouton's attitude. And I'm not pointing fingers: Here was a very young man who gained fame, soaked it in, then saw it go away because of a sore arm. This in a time when young players did not have agents to guide them in a whole lot of things including how to handle fame. How to insulate yourself some, to understand people's motivations. I think this is all standard now.
@thebaseballprofessor13 күн бұрын
Bouton did an interview with Johnny Carson when he was playing fo the Portland Mavericks (mid-1970s). It's an interesting interview because Bouton had already played for the Yankees, wrote Ball Four, and worked as a sports broadcaster in NYC. Then he gave it up to pursue the dream of remaking the major leagues as a middle age knuckleball pitcher. Bouton explains to Carson that it was confusing for his children. They used to see their dad on TV. They knew he had once been a star pitcher. Now he was making very little money and traveling around with a lowly minor league team dreaming of a shot at the show. There is a groundedness and humility to the guy that makes him very likeable.
@stvinney14 күн бұрын
Fun fact, the creator of "The Wire"... this was his favorite book. I think it's what inspired him to write if i remember right
@stvinney14 күн бұрын
You can get into a lot more trouble telling the truth than lying In fact, you can become a VERY powerful person if you're willing to lie often But i read this. Bouton obviously wasn't banned like i used to think. He got tons of interviews and mlb let him work in his post career
@thebaseballprofessor13 күн бұрын
Part of the reason he got so many interviews is just how funny and compelling he is as an interviewee. Not all pro ballplayers are insightful or interesting to hear speak.
@CtrlAltDft21 күн бұрын
This video was so good, it made me forget about my problems for a second. 😊 Thank you
@jimsullivan345622 күн бұрын
cool ole pics
@steed390225 күн бұрын
Hey bud. 26:33 lol, if you're gonna try to be a historian, please get your Roosevelts correct....TR died in 1919!
@thebaseballprofessor13 күн бұрын
I'm surprised no one has pointed that out yet. I meant FDR not TR!
@steed390213 күн бұрын
@@thebaseballprofessor i apologize for my snarky firs post. i really enjoy your videos. :-)
@steed390225 күн бұрын
Great lecture about the dead ball....Grover Cleveland Alexander "Alex" deserves a mention in this episode!
@blairkenneth773926 күн бұрын
May MLB will order face mask , simular to a football helmut for batters in the future.
@kcwagner619029 күн бұрын
Headgear became mandatory after Tony Conigliaro was beaned.
@foxmccloud7055Ай бұрын
Remember the times fans ran on to the field during the Senators last game in Washington DC before moving to Arlington, Texas, the Ten Cent Beer Night fiasco, and the Disco Demolition Night fiasco?
@silverranger302Ай бұрын
How do you always manage to turn a beautiful topic into sissy political points?
@xlargetophatАй бұрын
Now we have to sneak cheap vodka into games
@alandesouzacruz5124Ай бұрын
Make a vídeo about the history of Bubble Gum in Baseball
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
I like your idea. Baseball is the only professional sports where you see players chewing gum in significant numbers.
@eeddieedwards3890Ай бұрын
They stopped serving beer at Dodger Stadium. They lost the opener.
@eeddieedwards3890Ай бұрын
Grandpa Munster Came to be a Bat.
@Lucas-cf5szАй бұрын
this channel is unapparelled in it's quality blend of the old and the new.
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
Thank you for the comment. It's much appreciated.
@mrsinister8943Ай бұрын
To me personally 1990-1994 baseball was just great. Being 10 years old and seeing the Reds win the title and getting into collecting baseball cards. Baseball still had the old guard like Nolan Ryan and Ripken closing in on the streak along with new superstars rising each and every year. Frank Thomas,Bagwell,Piazza,Biggio...etc. Its sad how the steroid era ruined some of sports greatest records,mainly the single season hr record. No one can come close to 73 hrs unless they are juiced. Sosa,Mark and Bonds had one big problem,they were too good on whatever they were taking especially Sosa and Bonds. In the whole decade of the 80's i think only 1 or 2 players hit 50+ hrs,i know in 1989 when Cecil Fielder hit 51 and it was a big deal. Then Sosa hits 60+ for 4 or 5 seasons 😂. I remember when that story broke about the reporter finding the androwhatever that Mcgwire had in his locker and nobody cared. I blame baseball and the players union for not testing but then again the substances were banned by baseball and those players knew it. Ppl say steroids or whatever they were using doesnt help with hitting but thats not true. It can give you many benefits from recovering quickly and more energy and just feeling better physically which can put them feeling better mentally. I dont think Bonds becomes the greatest offensive force and homerun king without enhancements,in fact looking at his career you can kinda see when and why he started cheating. Can you blame someone drinking from the fountain of youth? Alot of us would of done the same thing and so would alot of former players from different eras. It is a shame how baseball ruined some of its best records. As a Ken Griffey Jr fan he was always better than Bonds and im glad ppl realize Griffeys greatness and being clean. Ill never forget Bagwell showing up one season looking jacked😂. Many players cheated but only 3 really screwed everything up😂 Bonds,Mcgwire and Sosa.
@LovetheducksАй бұрын
I still can’t get over their gloves.
@naciremastiАй бұрын
I watched all the lectures again today. I've watched them in their chronological order for the past few off seasons. Today the Negro Leagues stats were added to the MLB records and changed the landscape of the leader boards. You should complete all these lectures into one long form video as you first documentary. and hopefully you're working on your shadowball documentary. It's hard to find anything long form on the Negro Leagues. You should be the channel that drops that banger. Shadowball Innings 1-9
@ericgoldfarb4870Ай бұрын
Ted Williams born in san diego mother was Mexican. A secret he kept for his entire life.
@atomicorangАй бұрын
Very good video. My modern day baseball superstar hero is Sweet Lou Whitaker #1 Detroit Tigers.
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
Whitaker belongs in the HOF.
@markamytraver5762Ай бұрын
My Mom was just happy that I read a book. I almost have it memorized. It made the players human. It was so sad he lost his daughter.
@adamdorgant945426 күн бұрын
It was sad for him to Lose his Daughter!!!!
@The_fire_truck_guyАй бұрын
Can you make a video on Hoyt Wylhelm?
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
He's on my list. I need to read more on his war experience.
@The_fire_truck_guyАй бұрын
@@thebaseballprofessor I’m his 4th cousin so I can help! He was wounded by artillery and received a purple heart. He played his whole career with metal in his back. He was a staff Sargent which later gave him the nickname “ol’ sarge.”He served in the Army and played baseball for his division or squad, something like that. My grandpa has the bat that he used for his first and only (pretty sure only) home run.
@Wanderlust598Ай бұрын
Put the juicers in the Hall Of Fame
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
Well, some of them. Maybe not all of banished juicers
@63IRISH63Ай бұрын
No offense to the Professor/narrator, but the only thing missing from this is some Shelby Foote narration (press F).
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
The production team looked for a preeminent southern writer to narrate the lecture series. Tim Gautreaux was unavailable.
@dbrinkm1Ай бұрын
very interesting.....Rockford has a history in baseball that most are not aware of and being only two miles from Greenwood cemetery . I shall look up his headstone next time I am there., Greenwood also has the very first burial sight for the GAR [ Grand Army of the Republic ] veteran group of the civil war and many civil war veterans are buried in this cemetery.
@kennywickhamАй бұрын
I just finished reading Cisco Kid and this parallels what happened on the death of Ray Chapman. However Cisco Kid did not die.
@Hamzakarim00Ай бұрын
You stink strawberry, we want home run homer
@alandesouzacruz5124Ай бұрын
Fascinating i love the roaring 1920s
@stgenterprisesinc.7143Ай бұрын
Excellent video. You asked about forgotten players. Lou Boudreau. In 1948 he was the best defensive player, offensive MVP, and World Champion manager, all at the same time. No one will likely ever be eligible to try and match that record.
@jaya1000Ай бұрын
Wait how can it be a city championship if they were playing shelbyville? Shouldnt it be a county championship?
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
You make a fair point, but the drama of Springfield v. Shelbyville!
@jaya1000Ай бұрын
@@thebaseballprofessor I'm right. Admit it
@user-bz9sj8mh5dАй бұрын
This is a great series of videos! If I may nitpick one thing, it's that you didn't take the opportunity in this video to include a photo of the South End Grounds in Boston, a great example of an early stadium built specifically for baseball. But that's just a personal nitpick. Otherwise, I find these videos pretty fascinating.
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
I plan to reissue my lectures next year. I think you're right. The South End Grounds could use a little more love.
@user-bz9sj8mh5dАй бұрын
Love this video! The history of baseball has always fascinated me, and it's always been quite interesting to look at the evolution of the game as it happened in the 19th century.
@GOMF-eq4qcАй бұрын
Just curious, we have attended 1857 rules base ball, which has underhand slow pitching and outs on one bound of the ball with players advancing, including foul outs on one bound. Just curious when fast overhand pitching began. This really changed the game from a game played by anyone for fun versus the game being played by pros with high skills as a spectator sport.
@thebaseballprofessorАй бұрын
The MLB rules committee decided pitchers could throw overhand in 1884 but even before that pitchers were delivering the ball with impressive speed using a delivery a bit like underhanded reliever Dan Quisenberry.
@Baseballify2 ай бұрын
This video is very interesting I was always interested in the 1880s-1959 Baseball and the world at that time so combining both is awesome
@moenibus2 ай бұрын
AGAIN, since somehow i did "offend", somebody: any pitcher who tries to harm or hit a batter, with intentions, should get jail time or fines. you're trying to harm me or kill me, that's attempted murd3r. that's not a "game". that's assault
@ipod97712 ай бұрын
I don’t watch baseball, but there’s nothing like a hotdog and a beer and basketball game. Tradition.
@Noverificationneeded2 ай бұрын
Did anybody notice Babe Ruth’s footwork as he took a swing in this clip. Back foot went behind front foot, then front foot went forward towards the pitch as it arrived. More bat speed? Curious as to why batters don’t do that. Is that an illegal swing in today’s baseball?
@smeagle32952 ай бұрын
I learned more about your politics in the first minutes than I did about baseball. Thank fuck that Ken Burns made an actual documentary.
@thebaseballprofessor2 ай бұрын
So you liked it! Awww.
@jamesglenn52592 ай бұрын
Great video of a terrible tragedy that changed MLB forever.
@mitchpalmer51162 ай бұрын
As a kid I liked Louis Tiants wind up
@kevywevykevy2 ай бұрын
Shout Out to Dontrelle Willis
@icomarv172 ай бұрын
Baseball is boring AF
@thebaseballprofessor2 ай бұрын
Better with beer?
@davidchurch51712 ай бұрын
I started watching MLB when the Mariners had their breakthrough into the playoffs in 1995. I loved watching the different player approaches in the batter's box. Griffey would rock his body back and forth. Edgar Martinez held his bat almost horizontal as the end of it orbited behind his head. Then Jay Buhner would come up with his bat vertical and standing perfectly still.
@thebaseballprofessor2 ай бұрын
That was a great "batting stances" team. Thanks for the comment.
@Karatetedtunesreverbnation2 ай бұрын
I can’t afford to go to Fenway to see the bosox play, any more. The price alone to park, never mind the ticket and price of beer, isn’t worth it! However, that allows me to splurge on some expensive craft beer, while I watch it on tv. I just picked up a 4 pack of Saint bernadus 12, which is a little pricey…but still cheaper than the price to park my car. I don’t think they sell Trappist ale at Fenway! If they did, it would be like $25 a bottle.
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You didn't mention him, but you showed a clip of the seemingly baseball immortal, Julio Franco. Weird stance extraordinaire.
Julio Franco really put his personal stamp on the game.
Im 63 and still love Big League Chew.
I buy Big League Chew about once a year. It brings me back to boyhood
The power that Hollywood has the cement public remembering versus the lack of responsibility they take in representing it is beyond unfortunate for the culture as a whole.
Agree
4:05 I was cleaning and this scared me 😂😂
I think there was an episode of "Dennis the Menace", with Sandy Koufax.
I just found it on KZread. Nice. Thanks for the comment.
I was a perfect candidate for appreciating Ball 4: I was a 15-year-old male in 1970!! So I am now age 69. Maybe a little more wisdom now? So I re-consider Ball 4 and now I sense bitterness behind Bouton's attitude. And I'm not pointing fingers: Here was a very young man who gained fame, soaked it in, then saw it go away because of a sore arm. This in a time when young players did not have agents to guide them in a whole lot of things including how to handle fame. How to insulate yourself some, to understand people's motivations. I think this is all standard now.
Bouton did an interview with Johnny Carson when he was playing fo the Portland Mavericks (mid-1970s). It's an interesting interview because Bouton had already played for the Yankees, wrote Ball Four, and worked as a sports broadcaster in NYC. Then he gave it up to pursue the dream of remaking the major leagues as a middle age knuckleball pitcher. Bouton explains to Carson that it was confusing for his children. They used to see their dad on TV. They knew he had once been a star pitcher. Now he was making very little money and traveling around with a lowly minor league team dreaming of a shot at the show. There is a groundedness and humility to the guy that makes him very likeable.
Fun fact, the creator of "The Wire"... this was his favorite book. I think it's what inspired him to write if i remember right
You can get into a lot more trouble telling the truth than lying In fact, you can become a VERY powerful person if you're willing to lie often But i read this. Bouton obviously wasn't banned like i used to think. He got tons of interviews and mlb let him work in his post career
Part of the reason he got so many interviews is just how funny and compelling he is as an interviewee. Not all pro ballplayers are insightful or interesting to hear speak.
This video was so good, it made me forget about my problems for a second. 😊 Thank you
cool ole pics
Hey bud. 26:33 lol, if you're gonna try to be a historian, please get your Roosevelts correct....TR died in 1919!
I'm surprised no one has pointed that out yet. I meant FDR not TR!
@@thebaseballprofessor i apologize for my snarky firs post. i really enjoy your videos. :-)
Great lecture about the dead ball....Grover Cleveland Alexander "Alex" deserves a mention in this episode!
May MLB will order face mask , simular to a football helmut for batters in the future.
Headgear became mandatory after Tony Conigliaro was beaned.
Remember the times fans ran on to the field during the Senators last game in Washington DC before moving to Arlington, Texas, the Ten Cent Beer Night fiasco, and the Disco Demolition Night fiasco?
How do you always manage to turn a beautiful topic into sissy political points?
Now we have to sneak cheap vodka into games
Make a vídeo about the history of Bubble Gum in Baseball
I like your idea. Baseball is the only professional sports where you see players chewing gum in significant numbers.
They stopped serving beer at Dodger Stadium. They lost the opener.
Grandpa Munster Came to be a Bat.
this channel is unapparelled in it's quality blend of the old and the new.
Thank you for the comment. It's much appreciated.
To me personally 1990-1994 baseball was just great. Being 10 years old and seeing the Reds win the title and getting into collecting baseball cards. Baseball still had the old guard like Nolan Ryan and Ripken closing in on the streak along with new superstars rising each and every year. Frank Thomas,Bagwell,Piazza,Biggio...etc. Its sad how the steroid era ruined some of sports greatest records,mainly the single season hr record. No one can come close to 73 hrs unless they are juiced. Sosa,Mark and Bonds had one big problem,they were too good on whatever they were taking especially Sosa and Bonds. In the whole decade of the 80's i think only 1 or 2 players hit 50+ hrs,i know in 1989 when Cecil Fielder hit 51 and it was a big deal. Then Sosa hits 60+ for 4 or 5 seasons 😂. I remember when that story broke about the reporter finding the androwhatever that Mcgwire had in his locker and nobody cared. I blame baseball and the players union for not testing but then again the substances were banned by baseball and those players knew it. Ppl say steroids or whatever they were using doesnt help with hitting but thats not true. It can give you many benefits from recovering quickly and more energy and just feeling better physically which can put them feeling better mentally. I dont think Bonds becomes the greatest offensive force and homerun king without enhancements,in fact looking at his career you can kinda see when and why he started cheating. Can you blame someone drinking from the fountain of youth? Alot of us would of done the same thing and so would alot of former players from different eras. It is a shame how baseball ruined some of its best records. As a Ken Griffey Jr fan he was always better than Bonds and im glad ppl realize Griffeys greatness and being clean. Ill never forget Bagwell showing up one season looking jacked😂. Many players cheated but only 3 really screwed everything up😂 Bonds,Mcgwire and Sosa.
I still can’t get over their gloves.
I watched all the lectures again today. I've watched them in their chronological order for the past few off seasons. Today the Negro Leagues stats were added to the MLB records and changed the landscape of the leader boards. You should complete all these lectures into one long form video as you first documentary. and hopefully you're working on your shadowball documentary. It's hard to find anything long form on the Negro Leagues. You should be the channel that drops that banger. Shadowball Innings 1-9
Ted Williams born in san diego mother was Mexican. A secret he kept for his entire life.
Very good video. My modern day baseball superstar hero is Sweet Lou Whitaker #1 Detroit Tigers.
Whitaker belongs in the HOF.
My Mom was just happy that I read a book. I almost have it memorized. It made the players human. It was so sad he lost his daughter.
It was sad for him to Lose his Daughter!!!!
Can you make a video on Hoyt Wylhelm?
He's on my list. I need to read more on his war experience.
@@thebaseballprofessor I’m his 4th cousin so I can help! He was wounded by artillery and received a purple heart. He played his whole career with metal in his back. He was a staff Sargent which later gave him the nickname “ol’ sarge.”He served in the Army and played baseball for his division or squad, something like that. My grandpa has the bat that he used for his first and only (pretty sure only) home run.
Put the juicers in the Hall Of Fame
Well, some of them. Maybe not all of banished juicers
No offense to the Professor/narrator, but the only thing missing from this is some Shelby Foote narration (press F).
The production team looked for a preeminent southern writer to narrate the lecture series. Tim Gautreaux was unavailable.
very interesting.....Rockford has a history in baseball that most are not aware of and being only two miles from Greenwood cemetery . I shall look up his headstone next time I am there., Greenwood also has the very first burial sight for the GAR [ Grand Army of the Republic ] veteran group of the civil war and many civil war veterans are buried in this cemetery.
I just finished reading Cisco Kid and this parallels what happened on the death of Ray Chapman. However Cisco Kid did not die.
You stink strawberry, we want home run homer
Fascinating i love the roaring 1920s
Excellent video. You asked about forgotten players. Lou Boudreau. In 1948 he was the best defensive player, offensive MVP, and World Champion manager, all at the same time. No one will likely ever be eligible to try and match that record.
Wait how can it be a city championship if they were playing shelbyville? Shouldnt it be a county championship?
You make a fair point, but the drama of Springfield v. Shelbyville!
@@thebaseballprofessor I'm right. Admit it
This is a great series of videos! If I may nitpick one thing, it's that you didn't take the opportunity in this video to include a photo of the South End Grounds in Boston, a great example of an early stadium built specifically for baseball. But that's just a personal nitpick. Otherwise, I find these videos pretty fascinating.
I plan to reissue my lectures next year. I think you're right. The South End Grounds could use a little more love.
Love this video! The history of baseball has always fascinated me, and it's always been quite interesting to look at the evolution of the game as it happened in the 19th century.
Just curious, we have attended 1857 rules base ball, which has underhand slow pitching and outs on one bound of the ball with players advancing, including foul outs on one bound. Just curious when fast overhand pitching began. This really changed the game from a game played by anyone for fun versus the game being played by pros with high skills as a spectator sport.
The MLB rules committee decided pitchers could throw overhand in 1884 but even before that pitchers were delivering the ball with impressive speed using a delivery a bit like underhanded reliever Dan Quisenberry.
This video is very interesting I was always interested in the 1880s-1959 Baseball and the world at that time so combining both is awesome
AGAIN, since somehow i did "offend", somebody: any pitcher who tries to harm or hit a batter, with intentions, should get jail time or fines. you're trying to harm me or kill me, that's attempted murd3r. that's not a "game". that's assault
I don’t watch baseball, but there’s nothing like a hotdog and a beer and basketball game. Tradition.
Did anybody notice Babe Ruth’s footwork as he took a swing in this clip. Back foot went behind front foot, then front foot went forward towards the pitch as it arrived. More bat speed? Curious as to why batters don’t do that. Is that an illegal swing in today’s baseball?
I learned more about your politics in the first minutes than I did about baseball. Thank fuck that Ken Burns made an actual documentary.
So you liked it! Awww.
Great video of a terrible tragedy that changed MLB forever.
As a kid I liked Louis Tiants wind up
Shout Out to Dontrelle Willis
Baseball is boring AF
Better with beer?
I started watching MLB when the Mariners had their breakthrough into the playoffs in 1995. I loved watching the different player approaches in the batter's box. Griffey would rock his body back and forth. Edgar Martinez held his bat almost horizontal as the end of it orbited behind his head. Then Jay Buhner would come up with his bat vertical and standing perfectly still.
That was a great "batting stances" team. Thanks for the comment.
I can’t afford to go to Fenway to see the bosox play, any more. The price alone to park, never mind the ticket and price of beer, isn’t worth it! However, that allows me to splurge on some expensive craft beer, while I watch it on tv. I just picked up a 4 pack of Saint bernadus 12, which is a little pricey…but still cheaper than the price to park my car. I don’t think they sell Trappist ale at Fenway! If they did, it would be like $25 a bottle.