I was (and still am :) a Yankees fan. I followed Reggie to California and that's how I discovered Carew. He became one of my favorite players and I was heartbroken when he made the final out of the 1982 division series, when Milwaukee came back down 0-2 to win 3-2. Man, Carew was unreal to watch.
Growing up Carew was my BaseBall Hero; i modeled my game after him. what a pure Hitter. Many were fortunatley enough to see him play; and for those who didnt , you miised an al time great. i Remember .403
Not only a truly great hitter...he could run the bases better than most! And he was never a "hot dog", was very cool on the field. A very classy example for all to witness.
In my first 2 years playing little league I tried to adopt a Joe Morgan style of batting but realized I wasn't a power hitter and adopted the ever so gently batting style of the The Great Rod Carew !! My avg. Went up up up !!!
The number of HOFs in this great highlight video is amazing. Seaver, Palmer, Morris, Henderson, Raines, Winfield, Dawson, Murray, just to name some I noticed.
He was GREAT but not quite what you said. He won 7 batting titles in a 19 year career and hit .388 (which is incredible) in 1977 but never close to that in any other season.
I was a young kid during rod carews prime years and I knew he was good but at the time I didn't realize how good he really was The dude was an absolute hitting machine and super consistent for years at a very high level
Thank You!!!!!!! This is the best Rod Carew Highlight video I've ever seen. The majority of it is stuff I've never seen. The Upper Deck Yankee Stadium HOMERUN was a surprise. And alot of Twins Highlights and his chase for .400 highlights was awesome. 💪⚾💪
My little leauge coach taught me the drag bunt because I was a lefty and could run fast. He also taught me to not swing for the fences. Singles and smart base running win games.
I had the same attitude about hitting when I was a kid...just make contact...at the end of the season, I was shocked, when my fellow teammates gave me the Inspirational Trophy....Sixty-five years later, I can remember how much that meant to me!..Funny, how such things stay with you, for a lifetime! I never really enjoyed playing baseball, I preferred basketball, but never was a great player on the court! But you play sports for the fun of it, not for accolades.
I had the pleasure of watching Rod Carew in the 80's when he played for the Anaheim Angels, an amazing hitter, he put the ball in the perfect location to avoid the defense!
1977 Rod Carew won the AL MVP award as he led the Major Leagues in batting average, hits, triples, runs scored, on base percentage and on base plus slugging percentage (combined). He also had exceptional stolen base numbers between 1973-1978 as he stole 220 of his 353 stolen bases. 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977, he had four 200 hit campaigns. Career batting average of .328 which isn’t too bad considering he won seven batting average titles in a ten year span (1969-78)
In 1977-78 I was 13-14 and thanks to my best friends father who was a corporate executive we went to over 60 home games over those two years. Rod was the best hitter I have ever seen (Tony Gwynn a very close second). My only knock on Carew would be that every game we went to we would get there early and Rod would be just a few feet away and he always refused to sign an autograph. Not sure why but I still enjoyed his time with the Twins.
,388 in 1977..... If it wasn't for a poor five-game series in Kansas City that season Rodney would have hit 400. I grew up at the Met stadium in Bloomington Minnesota hundreds of twins games watched all of this live.......#29 hit them where they ain't!!!!!!
As an Angels fan, I have to thank you for sharing #29 with us for a while. I understand fully the privilege and honor it was to see him play for your team.
@@guppybill I used to talk to rod& Tony oliva, Steve Braun, they used to take extra hitting practice which was in right center field by the black scoreboard. My mother graduated with Rod's first wife Marlene from Brooklyn center high School that's a true story oh man do I have stories.
Love me some Rod Carew, who had the prettiest swing, ever!!! Also Cecil Cooper of the Milwaukee Brewers; one of Bamby's Bombers, he had more home run power
Love me some Rod Carew, who had the prettiest swing, ever!!! Also Cecil Cooper of the Milwaukee Brewers; one of Bamby's Bombers, he had more home run power
I was (and still am :) a Yankees fan. I followed Reggie to California and that's how I discovered Carew. He became one of my favorite players and I was heartbroken when he made the final out of the 1982 division series, when Milwaukee came back down 0-2 to win 3-2. Man, Carew was unreal to watch.
Growing up Carew was my BaseBall Hero; i modeled my game after him. what a pure Hitter. Many were fortunatley enough to see him play; and for those who didnt , you miised an al time great. i Remember .403
One of the best pure hitters I've ever seen play. Period!
Not only a truly great hitter...he could run the bases better than most! And he was never a "hot dog", was very cool on the field. A very classy example for all to witness.
What a pleasure it was to watch that Man play ball!!! We were blessed by God with Rod Carew.
One of the greatest left-handed batters of all time , if not the greatest . I would take Carew over Tony Gywnn .
In my first 2 years playing little league I tried to adopt a Joe Morgan style of batting but realized I wasn't a power hitter and adopted the ever so gently batting style of the The Great Rod Carew !! My avg. Went up up up !!!
He was a phenomenal playmaker, more than just a hitter, nice video wish there was one of him stealing home.
The number of HOFs in this great highlight video is amazing. Seaver, Palmer, Morris, Henderson, Raines, Winfield, Dawson, Murray, just to name some I noticed.
Rod was great. He led the league in batting mostly every year and almost batted 400 a few times.
He was GREAT but not quite what you said. He won 7 batting titles in a 19 year career and hit .388 (which is incredible) in 1977 but never close to that in any other season.
I was a young kid during rod carews prime years and I knew he was good but at the time I didn't realize how good he really was
The dude was an absolute hitting machine and super consistent for years at a very high level
Who didn't imitate Rod Carew's stance playing baseball around the neighborhood?
Who also cheated UP in the box and not behind it ? He often cheated UP in the box and claimed it gave the pitch less distance to break.
People who never saw him play and even then
Thank You!!!!!!! This is the best Rod Carew Highlight video I've ever seen. The majority of it is stuff I've never seen. The Upper Deck Yankee Stadium HOMERUN was a surprise. And alot of Twins Highlights and his chase for .400 highlights was awesome. 💪⚾💪
Yep. Hope you like it
@@dominickclaflin5295 Definitely, I just added a few more comments. Be Blessed
My little leauge coach taught me the drag bunt because I was a lefty and could run fast. He also taught me to not swing for the fences. Singles and smart base running win games.
I had the same attitude about hitting when I was a kid...just make contact...at the end of the season, I was shocked, when my fellow teammates gave me the Inspirational Trophy....Sixty-five years later, I can remember how much that meant to me!..Funny, how such things stay with you, for a lifetime! I never really enjoyed playing baseball, I preferred basketball, but never was a great player on the court! But you play sports for the fun of it, not for accolades.
So many understated greats in that era.
Rod Carew was one of my favorites. Loved the way he swung that C243. He had a hitting video out and it was great visual instruction.
A master of the bunt
There's something to say about that relaxed batting stance. Gwynn and Carew both looked so relaxed and dominated.
Nah
Come to think about it 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔Did Pete Rose used a similar batting stance?
One of the greatest contact hitters to play.
I had the pleasure of watching Rod Carew in the 80's when he played for the Anaheim Angels, an amazing hitter, he put the ball in the perfect location to avoid the defense!
A maestro with the bat.
And a magician with the bat
388 in 1977. Flirted with 400 much of the year but came up short.
Also drove in 100 runs and hit 14 homers in '77.
Best pure hitter of the 70s.
I asked a co worker who the greatest player he ever saw was. His answer, ROD CAREW. Was not expecting that.
1977 Rod Carew won the AL MVP award as he led the Major Leagues in batting average, hits, triples, runs scored, on base percentage and on base plus slugging percentage (combined). He also had exceptional stolen base numbers between 1973-1978 as he stole 220 of his 353 stolen bases. 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977, he had four 200 hit campaigns. Career batting average of .328 which isn’t too bad considering he won seven batting average titles in a ten year span (1969-78)
Geez, I’m grateful we tv broadcasts in HD nowadays.
Smooth in every aspect of the game.
In 1977-78 I was 13-14 and thanks to my best friends father who was a corporate executive we went to over 60 home games over those two years. Rod was the best hitter I have ever seen (Tony Gwynn a very close second). My only knock on Carew would be that every game we went to we would get there early and Rod would be just a few feet away and he always refused to sign an autograph. Not sure why but I still enjoyed his time with the Twins.
Mi bateador favorito un típico bateador de tacto único en su género ...
I use to watch this week in baseball just to see him hit and OZZIE smith play short
,388 in 1977..... If it wasn't for a poor five-game series in Kansas City that season Rodney would have hit 400. I grew up at the Met stadium in Bloomington Minnesota hundreds of twins games watched all of this live.......#29 hit them where they ain't!!!!!!
As an Angels fan, I have to thank you for sharing #29 with us for a while. I understand fully the privilege and honor it was to see him play for your team.
@@guppybill I used to talk to rod& Tony oliva, Steve Braun, they used to take extra hitting practice which was in right center field by the black scoreboard. My mother graduated with Rod's first wife Marlene from Brooklyn center high School that's a true story oh man do I have stories.
“I got more action than my man John Woo/And I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew” - Mike D, Beastie Boys
I love that so hard. (I often say that I'm just chillin', like Bob Dylan.)
Oh, and there's also the line about Sadaharu Oh! Is that the same song?
the only guy who ever held the bat like it made sense
When baseball was good
3,053 hits 3.28 BA.
“I got mad hits like I was rod carew”--literally the first thing I think when he comes up
Love me some Rod Carew, who had the prettiest swing, ever!!! Also Cecil Cooper of the Milwaukee Brewers; one of Bamby's Bombers, he had more home run power
It’s funny that a highlight reel of a baseball player could just be a guy hitting singles… But that’s what this guy did and he did it a lot
Rod carew..if you wanted to put the stick on the ball.and hit em.where they ain't...carew
Looking at the footage, you wonder how they ever got him out. What a sweet swing.
Hardly any homeruns at a ll but tremendous pure hitter.
beautiful drag bunts
Just like The Beastie Boys sang, he got mad hits.
Rod was Fantastic. Hit for average. 1'st on base. Drove runs in. On and on. Less power than Brett. But, just as effective.
Sadly would he even make a major league roster in 2023. The game is full of .200 hitters with power. It’s ugly to watch.
Lol,he would bat 400 gainst the crap today.There are no hitters today to even compare him to,he was that good..
A Twin
2900 singles...big deal!
Thinner Tony Gwynn
I saw him in Denver at an exibition game,ive never seen a hitter better than him,great defensive player too..
Love me some Rod Carew, who had the prettiest swing, ever!!! Also Cecil Cooper of the Milwaukee Brewers; one of Bamby's Bombers, he had more home run power