I literally thought his response was fake. I honestly thought I was watching an edited video lmfao I cannot believe he just straight up said all this. We are living in wild times.
Way to go there Gerrit Cole..your 6 seconds of absolute silence when you should of been speaking...pretty much confirms pitchers are doctoring the baseballs..
YES. I was getting those exact same kind of vibes from Cole's "answer". It totally reminded me of when Roger Clemons had to "explain himself" before a congressional committee.
"Yes I share all of this information with the other pitchers throughout the league to justify in my mind that I'm not creating an unfair advantage, even though the people who are disadvantaged are the league's batters and my logic is psychotically flawed to the point of obvious neurosis as you can see in my non-answer to this question..."
This is 100% the league's fault in my mind. You have a rule in the rulebook for this but if you're not going to enforce it then what do you think is going to happen? Pitchers are going to see other pitchers use it and if they want to maintain the same ability/salary as them then they're almost forced to use it.
MLB players break the official rules but go apeshit when the “unofficial rules” are broken. I agree though, at the end of the day it’s the league’s fault for never enforcing their own rules.
@Chip Piperson Oh please!! there's nothing wrong with people making loads of cash off of others willing to fork it over to watch them work, athletes work their asses off to get to that point, if everyone could do it they would, most choose not to put in the work.
@Chip Piperson there ain't no second flood coming buddy - you gotta read your Bible a little more closely: "and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." - Genesis 8:21
@@williefree2128 spider tack is not as serious as steroids lol every player has something they do, if you don’t your at a disadvantage at that level. You don’t understand how competitive professional athletes are.
People (Trevor Bauer) have accused Gerrit Cole of this for years, he’s had years to prepare an answer to this question, and THAT is the best he can come up with??? The MLB should treat him as a scapegoat for that answer alone
I made a joke awhile ago that a pitcher coming into the game was gonna have to be swabbed and have the swab put in those airport machines that check for bomb making material residue. I didn't think they'd actually have a check point.
"I'm not here to talk about the past". It's just like the late 90s. Steroids and HGH were ostensibly illegal but there was no testing and MLB looked the other way because revenues were up.
I blame MLB for this whole thing. They never enforce the damn rules. All they do is react to new scandals. If they would’ve set the precedent earlier we wouldn’t even be talking about this right now
100%. Same thing with steroid era. Looked the other way because “chicks dig the long ball” and fans were coming back following the ‘94 strike. Kept their heads in the sand until it became too ridiculous to ignore.
exactly - this isn't steroids... the league just hasn't been "enforcing" this rule - and that's why Trevor whatever his name is is so annoying... they're scheming little miscreants creating a world of hell for all MLB batters and scooping up trophies and contracts in the process
How do you define foreign substance? Does rosin count? Does sweat count? Does hand lotion count? Does sun tan lotion count? How do you stop them from getting those? "Sorry, you have to get cancer because a youtube comment said so."
@@TheRoyalHour the best answer would be ' no ,but even if I say that would you believe me so wait for the official report '. Never even heard of it will drive him into a corner even more. No way baseball player doesn't know about spider tack.
@@vsk1494 I suppose. A simple “no” would have been fine,too 🤷🏾♂️. Either way,it doesn’t matter. They aren’t getting checked yet. I don’t see the issue,anyway. Let the hitters take PEDs,excluding any sort of anabolic steroids and HGH. Let the pitchers doctor the ball. Play ball.
He is the only player that is answering the question without treating everyone like he is smarter then them, I very much respect the way he answered and I’m not a Yankees fan.
Blame the management of the league. I feel bad for the pitchers because now public perception is no one can pitch without it. But just watch people will start complaining about too many home runs after the league changes this 😂
3:50 I'm hoping with as much as they're paying him, gerrit cole does more than go to amazon! lol I really hope this doesn't turn into a looooooong 8 years of gerrit cole in NY
I really really really hope it does turn into a long 8 years of gerrit cole in NY - "omg I'm Gerrit Cole, the Yankees were my favorite team growing up yayyyyyy" - BARF
It’s the right and honest answer. He can’t say no and lie, but he is also representing every pitcher in the MLB and he can’t just oust the entire league. He’s saying it’s a conversation that needs to be had and that conversation is not going to be had over a press conference for media amusement.
I actually thought his answer was fine. The first 10 secs were painful, but what did you expect him to say? If he says no, you call him out for lying. If he says yes, you crucify him for cheating. He’s explaining the practice while not throwing anyone under the bus. There’s a huge grey area here that baseball has been complicit in. To expect a player to out himself and other players for something that hasn’t been enforced properly for decades is totally unreasonable. I’m just glad he didn’t flat out deny it.
Gerrit did you do something illegal? Gerrit: No! You are lying. Gerrit: Prove it. I'm not trying to defend him, but lying should be the least of his worries. Just so no, getting called out means absolutely nothing. This is the MLB's fault as much as I hate cheaters!
I respect that answer. It may not be him literally confessing yes he does, but he's being honest about a problem in the league that the league needs to address.
If you don’t think that they’re cheating…I’ve got some oceanfront property in Arizona for you. Cheap! Since the first guy picked up a baseball ⚾️, he’s been trying to make it harder to hit. Same with the hitters; corked bats, stealing signs, whatever. 🤦🏻♂️🙄
a suggestion: a batter should trot up to the plate carrying an aluminum bat, get in the box and see what happens. And then physically resist when they try to take it away, then point to the pitcher
Anything other than an emphatic "No, I don't." is a fucking "Yes, I do.", but not only did he say that, he flat out said that "Every pitcher in the league is using it, and the have been for decades."
This isn't the first time substances have been used. This is just the first time we've acknowledged the whining about it. I don't want "better offense" because the pitchers get hindered. I want better offense because the offensive players WORK HARDER to become better at offense. Hitters have become lazy, and full of bad habits. Donaldson might be the laziest of them all. This is no different than telling defensive backs they can't face guard, or telling defensive players in the NBA they can't hand check anymore. It's nothing more than handicapping the defense in favor of "more offense". And what has it done? Ruined the game. Why? Because we, as fans, know that the offense we see isn't as "earned" as it could be.
can’t wait to see how pitchers start to hide the sticky stuff.. mouth, pant lining, etc.. can you do this in a sneaking manner if you have to? Will the checkpoints be enough, we’ll find out.
How does anyone have the balls to feel bad for a guy who makes 320 million dollars? In part by exploiting the system.. Would it serve him right to finish the season 11-14 with a 4.19 ERA? My would that be fascinating.
All they have to do is call a halt to the season for one week, then institute new plans and checks. And then ban the first guy they catch for the remainder of the season - no pay. It'll stop immediately.
Translation. "I am a 270 million dollar pitcher, I am white, You can't touch me, BLAH, BLAH BLAH, BLAH. Any other questions, call my big money lawyer. "
A non-answer? That was the perfect answer, without a lawyer. "A-bee a-bee a-bee a-bee"-stamerring like Porky Pig. 5:10 Players said the same thing 20-25 years ago. And we all know how that turned out.
Trevor Bauer isn't the guy behind all of this. He just made it public years ago, while calling out Gerrit Cole (and the Astros) for doing this. I won't be surprised when Rob Manfred punishes Bauer and pretends that everything's solved, but they're going to have to suspend way more guys than him.
Batters are still hitting the ball, teams are still scoring runs. What's the issue? If someone is throwing a 98 mph projectile anywhere near me, I hope they have complete control over that ball.
That answer is the longest “Yes” in MLB history.
There's no timed element in MLB, so the "Yes" can theoretically last forever.
More like doesn't everyone ...
Haha
"I don't quite know how to answer that." That's pretty much an answer.
If it has nothing to do with baseball, I'm pretty sure Cole doesn't know how to answer just about any question.
I feel like I need a shower after listening to Gerrit's answer
I literally thought his response was fake. I honestly thought I was watching an edited video lmfao I cannot believe he just straight up said all this. We are living in wild times.
I was showing my buddy the clip and he said “I’d this an edited video?” 🤣
Reminds me of Ricky Bobby trying to figure out what to do with his hands.
😫🤣
🤷♂️
Way to go there Gerrit Cole..your 6 seconds of absolute silence when you should of been speaking...pretty much confirms pitchers are doctoring the baseballs..
I mean was there really a need for confirmation we already had all the evidence we needed lmao
should HAVE, not should "of"
Pitchers have always done this. You cant take sunscreen and rosin out the issue is using these crazing manufactured concotions.
Way to go gdub, you’re a super investigator. It’s not like pitchers have been using substances since the 1920s.
If you break down that 6 seconds with the $300+ million dollar GUARANTEED CONTRACT...roughly $50+ million per second of uncomfortable silence.
That answer felt so much like Mark McGwire testifying before Congress.
YES. I was getting those exact same kind of vibes from Cole's "answer". It totally reminded me of when Roger Clemons had to "explain himself" before a congressional committee.
"I'm here to talk about the future"
WHAT HE REALLY SAID: "Yes I do use it. No I will not admit that I do use it. Yes, I got my big contract from using Spider Tack."
"Yes I share all of this information with the other pitchers throughout the league to justify in my mind that I'm not creating an unfair advantage, even though the people who are disadvantaged are the league's batters and my logic is psychotically flawed to the point of obvious neurosis as you can see in my non-answer to this question..."
"we'll just tell your mother, we ate it..."
- american pie
Hahahaha!!!
Genuine laugh reading that. Superb
Shoulda hit ‘em with the “I’m just here so I won’t get fined”
Lmao
This is 100% the league's fault in my mind. You have a rule in the rulebook for this but if you're not going to enforce it then what do you think is going to happen? Pitchers are going to see other pitchers use it and if they want to maintain the same ability/salary as them then they're almost forced to use it.
MLB players break the official rules but go apeshit when the “unofficial rules” are broken. I agree though, at the end of the day it’s the league’s fault for never enforcing their own rules.
100%
@@DynamicUnreal The "unofficial rules" aren't meant to be broken, otherwise they'd be rules.
Not the league. Just Manfred. I mean manbitch
Trevor Bauer called all of this, including that he'd figure out how to do it and win a Cy Young doing it.
He has 300 million reasons why to use Spider Tack.
and now he ain't gettin' in the hall of fame
@Chip Piperson Oh please!! there's nothing wrong with people making loads of cash off of others willing to fork it over to watch them work, athletes work their asses off to get to that point, if everyone could do it they would, most choose not to put in the work.
@Chip Piperson there ain't no second flood coming buddy - you gotta read your Bible a little more closely: "and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." - Genesis 8:21
@@williefree2128 spider tack is not as serious as steroids lol every player has something they do, if you don’t your at a disadvantage at that level. You don’t understand how competitive professional athletes are.
@@anonymous2457 lol yourself
People (Trevor Bauer) have accused Gerrit Cole of this for years, he’s had years to prepare an answer to this question, and THAT is the best he can come up with??? The MLB should treat him as a scapegoat for that answer alone
@Interdimensional Bigfoot yeah, he seemed to start after he spent years complaining about how the rest of the league uses it
Anything short of “no” was a yes he buried himself there lol
“That’s a conversation we can have”
Not if you can’t answer a very simple yes or no question
No wonder people laugh at the MLB as an organization
"I don't quite know how to answer that"
Nah, that'll do fine
Only worse response would have been, "I'm not here to talk about the past...."
I made a joke awhile ago that a pitcher coming into the game was gonna have to be swabbed and have the swab put in those airport machines that check for bomb making material residue. I didn't think they'd actually have a check point.
Going for the most guilty answer in MLB history and nailing it!
Lots of practice, he did pitch for Houston.
"I'm not here to talk about the past". It's just like the late 90s. Steroids and HGH were ostensibly illegal but there was no testing and MLB looked the other way because revenues were up.
@@spsawyer22 That's true, but revenues are not up these days.
If this guy was being questioned about a murder, you'd be like "oh this dude definitely has someone cut up in his freezer.
This is why I love baseball. A sport with so much detail with a bunch of scoundrels trying to get an edge.
That answer reminded me of Adam when he said to God: “the woman you gave me...”.
I was there. Not how it went down.
NFL: "Nobody could ever screw up their image as bad as we have...." MLB: "Hold my beer..."
MLB: "hold my $10 beer"
@@kevinmyers6176 hahaha they pump Budweiser into Busch Stadium like it's river water so the prices are a little bit lower here in St. Louis
If you can't just answer that question no, there's your answer.
he's shook
should've just said "The commissioner made his report"
Bauer has been calling this out for the last 4 years
And doing it, too. Him calling it out doesn't matter that much.
@@hmich176 get your facts straight
@@hmich176 he only started to do it when he realized baseball wasn’t going to do anything. An unenforced rule isn’t a real rule. I blame MLB
He saw a cheat code that wasn’t patched yet shiiiiiiid
@@hmich176 he was kinda forced to if he wants to keep up
This is like Mark McGwire saying he’s not here to talk about the past.
Longest non-answer that’s really a yes in history!
I blame MLB for this whole thing. They never enforce the damn rules. All they do is react to new scandals. If they would’ve set the precedent earlier we wouldn’t even be talking about this right now
100%. Same thing with steroid era. Looked the other way because “chicks dig the long ball” and fans were coming back following the ‘94 strike. Kept their heads in the sand until it became too ridiculous to ignore.
It IS illegal to apply a foreign substance to a baseball, by MLB rule.
exactly - this isn't steroids... the league just hasn't been "enforcing" this rule - and that's why Trevor whatever his name is is so annoying... they're scheming little miscreants creating a world of hell for all MLB batters and scooping up trophies and contracts in the process
How do you define foreign substance? Does rosin count? Does sweat count? Does hand lotion count? Does sun tan lotion count? How do you stop them from getting those?
"Sorry, you have to get cancer because a youtube comment said so."
I wish these segments were significantly longer. Hearing Rich Eisen speak is so nice
"word salad" - hahhahaah!!
Lmao “I don’t…” YIKES. This was bad. Definitely could have gotten out of this by giving a simple yes or no.
he's afraid of looking like Rafael Palmeiro at the steriod hearing, not realizing he isn't actually testifying before Congress
@@williefree2128 that’s why I said a simple “no” would have sufficed. Maybe add a “I have never even heard of that” for good measure lol
@@TheRoyalHour the best answer would be ' no ,but even if I say that would you believe me so wait for the official report '. Never even heard of it will drive him into a corner even more. No way baseball player doesn't know about spider tack.
@@vsk1494 I suppose. A simple “no” would have been fine,too 🤷🏾♂️. Either way,it doesn’t matter. They aren’t getting checked yet. I don’t see the issue,anyway. Let the hitters take PEDs,excluding any sort of anabolic steroids and HGH. Let the pitchers doctor the ball. Play ball.
@@TheRoyalHour I get the feeling they will delay it so that the star pitchers stop using so that they won't get suspended.
He is the only player that is answering the question without treating everyone like he is smarter then them, I very much respect the way he answered and I’m not a Yankees fan.
I love how players act stupid when they're busted.
but other pitchers aren't getting busted
If they put up livestreams of the checkpoints from every park it'd make me interested in baseball again
Josh Donaldson is gonna get plunked everytime he’s up at bat
Who’s that brave? Josh Donaldson is about that life.
There will be plenty of pitchers with black eyes as a result 😂
I’ll take Donaldson over any pitcher period.
@@ztarz99 agreed Donaldson is to be claimed the angriest player in baseball that’s how he gets his hits
@@markgriffin2087 that was such a good video lol
Blame the management of the league. I feel bad for the pitchers because now public perception is no one can pitch without it. But just watch people will start complaining about too many home runs after the league changes this 😂
I don't feel bad for pitchers.
And people complain about too many home runs already. Three True Outcomes.
“I’m not sure how to answer that.”
Speech 100
It's used for strong man competitions. Originally used to help the Atlas Stones stick to your chest without slipping off
Get Enrico Pallazzo to work the checkpoints
🤣🤣🤣 Reference from my childhood always great
Steeeeeeriiiiike threeee-eee-eee-eee
(Moonwalks)
“Hey!! It’s Enrico Palazzo!”
One of the best movies ever made
It’s like he didn’t have 4 months to prepare a statement- what the hell was that? Lmao
Whats the penalty for this when the Astros players who cheated to win a championship got nothing...
Sounds like a butt hurt dodgers fan
bro a league-wide issue is more important than a one team issue
It was the longest 6 secs of silence. Felt like 5 hrs lmao
3:50 I'm hoping with as much as they're paying him, gerrit cole does more than go to amazon! lol
I really hope this doesn't turn into a looooooong 8 years of gerrit cole in NY
Expect the best, prepare for the worst!
I really really really hope it does turn into a long 8 years of gerrit cole in NY - "omg I'm Gerrit Cole, the Yankees were my favorite team growing up yayyyyyy" - BARF
It’s the right and honest answer. He can’t say no and lie, but he is also representing every pitcher in the MLB and he can’t just oust the entire league. He’s saying it’s a conversation that needs to be had and that conversation is not going to be had over a press conference for media amusement.
Trevor Bauer probably hasn't stopped cackling since this interview.
Trevor Bauer is shitting himself
can't wait to hear what Bauer thinks of this
Honestly he gave a great answer
I think what he was going for there is - " It depends upon what the meaning of the word was is "
"no I did not have sexual relations with that woman"
@@williefree2128 You can bet Slick Willy wouldn't be goin' down over this Spider Tack issue - although his Cigar was Damp & Sticky
I actually thought his answer was fine. The first 10 secs were painful, but what did you expect him to say? If he says no, you call him out for lying. If he says yes, you crucify him for cheating. He’s explaining the practice while not throwing anyone under the bus. There’s a huge grey area here that baseball has been complicit in. To expect a player to out himself and other players for something that hasn’t been enforced properly for decades is totally unreasonable. I’m just glad he didn’t flat out deny it.
Gerrit did you do something illegal? Gerrit: No! You are lying. Gerrit: Prove it. I'm not trying to defend him, but lying should be the least of his worries. Just so no, getting called out means absolutely nothing. This is the MLB's fault as much as I hate cheaters!
Horrible that a guy being honest as much as he can be without getting in serious trouble is considered to be a horrible answer.
Either wear your glasses or don't! Pick one!
I respect that answer. It may not be him literally confessing yes he does, but he's being honest about a problem in the league that the league needs to address.
It wasn't a non-answer. It was a straight up yes I'm cheating. Maybe Cole thought it was a non-answer but no one else possibly could.
he thinks we're, like, dumb
Better answer would've been "no comment"
no comment
If you don’t think that they’re cheating…I’ve got some oceanfront property in Arizona for you. Cheap! Since the first guy picked up a baseball ⚾️, he’s been trying to make it harder to hit. Same with the hitters; corked bats, stealing signs, whatever. 🤦🏻♂️🙄
a suggestion: a batter should trot up to the plate carrying an aluminum bat, get in the box and see what happens. And then physically resist when they try to take it away, then point to the pitcher
Baseball Doesn´t Exists brought me here
No one cares because you don't exist.
Anything other than an emphatic "No, I don't." is a fucking "Yes, I do.", but not only did he say that, he flat out said that "Every pitcher in the league is using it, and the have been for decades."
Why not have the ump check the ball after a pitch once in a while?
i dont know how to say no without lying
Guilty as charged!
need police squad Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) at the ball game as the ump
Would love to see that😆😆😆
I hope half of internet gets this reference 😃
We need Enrico Palazzo to make sense of all this
Alright, you win. You win the internet.
Seems like he’s already there. (At times. Some of these guys are amazing at their craft. Respect.
He pretty much admitted to it
I like Cole’s answer included the phrase “to be honest.”
Mission accomplished MLB, I had no idea who Gerrit Cole was before the video today.
Could have saved yourself time and breath by just saying "Yes" Cole.
but then he would be acting with integrity - and we can't have that
Look at Pete Alonsos answer yesterday Rich... You're making a mountain out of a mole hill...
He must use the same speech writer as Bregman
Thought the stream was buffering while he was talking lol
Cole has a future in politics with that answer.
This isn't the first time substances have been used. This is just the first time we've acknowledged the whining about it.
I don't want "better offense" because the pitchers get hindered. I want better offense because the offensive players WORK HARDER to become better at offense. Hitters have become lazy, and full of bad habits. Donaldson might be the laziest of them all.
This is no different than telling defensive backs they can't face guard, or telling defensive players in the NBA they can't hand check anymore. It's nothing more than handicapping the defense in favor of "more offense".
And what has it done? Ruined the game. Why? Because we, as fans, know that the offense we see isn't as "earned" as it could be.
You don't hesitate if the answer is no.
can’t wait to see how pitchers start to hide the sticky stuff.. mouth, pant lining, etc.. can you do this in a sneaking manner if you have to? Will the checkpoints be enough, we’ll find out.
They've already been doing that with their hats and gloves.
He should have said, "I only use what other MLB pitchers use."
He should have just said no.
Just watch his spin rate fall off the planet...
He just beat the twins dummy
@@stujohn6569 there aren't checkpoints yet dummy
How does anyone have the balls to feel bad for a guy who makes 320 million dollars? In part by exploiting the system.. Would it serve him right to finish the season 11-14 with a 4.19 ERA? My would that be fascinating.
In other words....”Yes.”
In other words "mommy, help me"
I’d give cole credit. Not a drop of sweat. I would’ve shat upon thy self 😂 and ran off.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States, Gerrit Cole
All they have to do is call a halt to the season for one week, then institute new plans and checks. And then ban the first guy they catch for the remainder of the season - no pay. It'll stop immediately.
love the jomboy shoutout!
He just should have said yes. That’s what it sounded like to me.
Translation. "I am a 270 million dollar pitcher, I am white, You can't touch me, BLAH, BLAH BLAH, BLAH. Any other questions, call my big money lawyer. "
“ No comment” was the correct answer there pal
Why can’t the umps check them while warm up pitches
Worst answer since they asked Sandusky if he was attracted to young boys 😂
As a Red Sox fan I would be so happy if Cole goes back to being average without performance enhancing substances.
That was probably the worst response Cole could have given.
Basically he’s saying It’s been around for years...guys have been doing it...I do it...but if MLB is going to really enforce it now...then so be it.
he blamed an unknown mentor... "certain things have been passed down by the older generation..." - bizarre
It's been around for years because it is 100% unenforceable to disallow it.
When you ask Billy Madison to explain the Industrial Revolution
A non-answer? That was the perfect answer, without a lawyer. "A-bee a-bee a-bee a-bee"-stamerring like Porky Pig. 5:10 Players said the same thing 20-25 years ago. And we all know how that turned out.
Trevor Bauer isn't the guy behind all of this. He just made it public years ago, while calling out Gerrit Cole (and the Astros) for doing this. I won't be surprised when Rob Manfred punishes Bauer and pretends that everything's solved, but they're going to have to suspend way more guys than him.
I’m a huge Gerrit Cole fan, but this response was so horrible LMFAO
There needs to be some substance, but what substance and how much of it will be ok?
Why is anyone pretending to be surprised by this? Doctoring the ball by pitchers has been around for decades.
there's a difference between individual psychos doctoring the ball and a league-wide cheating scandal - it used to be micro, now it is macro
Still not as bad as Lester Hayes and the stick-um :P
Cole: No.
All he needed to say
Batters are still hitting the ball, teams are still scoring runs. What's the issue? If someone is throwing a 98 mph projectile anywhere near me, I hope they have complete control over that ball.