Munenori Kawasaki is kinda great. It takes a certain energy to go to a foreign country that speaks a language you barely speak and then just not even bother getting a translator so you just say shit. Dude speaks the language of baseball, that of being weird while also fun to watch.
Trot is always a good choice. Special shout out to Brock Holt tho. Utility man extraordinaire and the only man in baseball history to hit for the cycle in a postseason game
As a Ranger fan there’s a few deep cuts that come to mind before seeing our player. David Murphy, Neftali Felix, Derek Holland, Mike Napoli, Rusty Greer, Kenny Rogers and Hank Blalock. I’d also put Michael Young on that list because I believe he’s the most underrated franchise player ever and doesn’t get his recognized as much as he deserves but he’s probably overqualified as a “cult” hero.
Braves fan here. We will always appreciate Steven vogt. And I'm glad we were able to get him a ring. Sucked so bad that he was having the game of his life for us when he got injured but he was one of the guys that helped keep the pitching staff glued together while Travis was injured in that season.
Funny enough, Trot Nixon was my favorite player growing up and I did watch him play for the Paw Sox when I was a kid, maybe it’s because #7 was my favorite number at the time
As a Red Sox fan, I probably would’ve gone with Kevin Millar honestly from that same era over Trot Nixon, as much as I loved Trot as a kid. i feel like Millar’s fun personality played a pivitol role in that 04 World Series run, he came up with the Cowboy Up catch phrase of that year as well as the team calling themselves idiots. From a team morale standpoint I don’t think they would’ve gotten that historic comeback against the Yankees in the ALCS without Millar in the clubhouse. He may have only played with the Sox for 3 seasons, but he was seriously a legend in the city that year and especially that October
royals fan here, Alex Gordon is my favoriter royal ever, and I agree that he is probably the most important royal since Brett (maybe Salvy but he's the only person close). I wanna shout out Christian Colon though, he had a super clutch hit to tie the 2014 wildcard in the 12th inning and the go ahead rbi in the 2015 world series. I feel like he's kinda forgotten in royals' lore but he's a legend in my book
>Don Kelly *spit-take* Tigers Cult Heroes 1. Mark "The Bird"/"What If?" Fidrych 2. "Big Daddy" Cecil Fielder 3. "The Imperfect" Armando Gallaraga 4. Denny McLain 5. The entire 2003 team (seriously, stop trying to sweep us as I'm writing this, Oakland, and take the 126-loss season that is coming!)
As an Astros life long fan sorry we get alot of trolls who come into the community so that’s why you probably got rejected. Apologies on our behalf. Mike Scott was good personally Morgan ensberg is that guuuy
Trot was a great choice. Papelbon came to mind, but he was pretty well known, not quite cult. Mark Bellhorn came to mind, but he wasn't actually... good? Trot was the best. He felt like the epitome of a ballplayer to me. Loved his dirty hat and helmets. This was an awesome video. I wonder how this video would differ for each era. I can think of a few cult heroes from the 2010s Sox teams that could easily fit the bill. Brock Holt, Eduardo Nunez, Saltalamacchia, Koji.
Astros fans aren't in hiding. The reddit group got tight because of hypocritical Yankee and Dodgers fan came in trash talking. Scott is a known guy here but a true cult guy would of been Jose Lima or maybe even Adam Everett.
@@nomorefielders even better. I thought it was but didn’t want to get anyone in trouble. So did you just remember that no doubt was from Anaheim or did you Google “famous bands from Anaheim”? I only ask because it wasn’t until after I commented it was a clever move that I noticed the theme of using city specific music each time. Still clever and probably not noticed by everyone but definitely made me think your love for ska might not be as hardcore as I originally hoped
Dan Wilson lol i met semisonic at a hotel outside of the meadowlands in 1998 and I had a semisonic cd with me (i'm from canada). they all signed it. I was 16 and i went to NY to meet a girl i met on the internet from NC lol 25 years ago i traveled to meet a girl online, OG lol
I kinda feel like for the Rays, you gotta go with Dan Johnson even if he's a bit more well known. That man had exactly one skill by the time he got to the Rays: hit clutch homeruns, and somehow, even when he was otherwise a pretty lousy hitter, he just kept doing it, again and again and again, and of course, he saved his most famous for his final ever AB for the Rays. If and when the Rays get a new stadium, I think I speak for most Rays fans in saying there needs to be a statue of Dan Johnson out front.
i just started this video, and don’t know who’s on here for the White Sox, but i know we all talk about Paulie back home, but i never hear his name anywhere else. baseball was barely on my radar before he hit a grand slam in the wrld series.
Not to nit pick the song credits but I’m pretty sure the song for Kawasaki wasn’t windsurfing nation. I think it was pacific theme-also by broken social scene
Speaking of A’s and cubs , I watched Vogt hit a double in the gap off aroldis , at an A’s game in probably 2015? Anyways I BELIEVE IN STEPHEN VOGT , Our fan base also loved Eric sogard , A’s organization is fucked rn , but damn we’re a good fan base , grant ballfour was also so loved , and coco crisp… and Billy butler , and jack cust , and Derick Norris … ok I’ll stop great video
Mike Scott is a good pick for the Astros. But I personally would have gone with Hunter Pence. I was very young when he played for us, but he was one of my favorite players in a lineup that included Berkman, Biggio, and Bagwell.
Man we all love Mike Scott, but there are quite a few Astros that could have been a better pick. Charlie Kerfeld would be my personal #1 pick, but there is also Billy Doran, Dickie Thon, and of course Jose "Cheo" Cruz. I think Lance Berkman would fit the bill just fine except for the fact that pretty much any baseball fan would be familiar with him.
I would say as a Stros fan that Lance Berkman was my pick. HOF level player but will never make it in because he was in the shadow of the many great 1B of his time
I outwardly hate Trot Nixon. Not because I’m a Yankee fan but because he frustrated me all through my childhood growing up in baseball video games. It could’ve been any baseball game ever and I couldn’t get him out. Oh and we share the same birthday…
10:01 If you are talking about Mike Cuellar, the last name is pronounced \QUAY-yar\. Also, that was in 1973. Glad to see Rusty Greer and Mike Scott on the list.
As a rangers fan circa 2009 I honestly didn't know who he would pick but when it was greer that immediately made sense to me. Everyone knows him among Rangers fans
astros fan here, only been following baseball since the mid-2010s, but my pick would be Jake Marisnick. you'd be hard pressed to find a fan without a positive opinion of him.
Wouldn't classify him as a cult guy esp he didn't get to stay with for a long time but he was a great guy. He signed like four different balls for my family at an Academy in Austin. One of which was a big ass inflatable purple bouncy ball my daughter picked out. I don't know how big his name was back in the day nationally but I threw 9ut Jose Lima's name.
I just loved Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, and Greg Maddux as a kid so I considered the Braves my NL favorite team growing up, as a Sox fan, so your theory checks out
@@nomorefielders i think a lot of us are just jaded bc of how much "teasing" or just outright hate we get. it's easy to just stay in the bubble of people you know wont pick at a sore spot
The real fan base isn't pretentious, the 100+ losses fans are chill and humble af. Well, most of us lol. True story, I went to more games and had more during the tanking then most of winning seasons of the last several seasons. Well, my most favorite game of the last decade was that 2016 wild card game against the Yankees. DK wrecked the Yankmees.
the answer for the Astros is Jake Marisnick. Mike Scott isn't bad but, it's Jake Marisnick. For guys who flew under the radar and maybe weren't actually all that amazing... Jake Marisnick. Forever and always, Jake Marisnick. Both of my sister's favourite player... it's Jake Marisnick. The best looking man in MLB? Jake Marisnick. The best centerfielder in baseball who never gets any credit... Jake Marisnick. Jake Marisnick is one of only four players my mother has ever known the name of: Jose Cruz, Brad Ausmus, Jose Altuve, and Jake Marisnick. If it's not Jake Marisnick then it isn't right.
Munenori Kawasaki is kinda great. It takes a certain energy to go to a foreign country that speaks a language you barely speak and then just not even bother getting a translator so you just say shit. Dude speaks the language of baseball, that of being weird while also fun to watch.
Trot is always a good choice. Special shout out to Brock Holt tho. Utility man extraordinaire and the only man in baseball history to hit for the cycle in a postseason game
I was watching that game actually. Absolutely clobbered the Yankees
I would have gone with Troy O'Leary, but Trot is an excellent choice
Also a shout out to Tim Wakefield my favorite pitcher of all time
@@PokemonWalkthroughDSman Wake was awesome, RIP.
@@TacoVonDutchTroy O’Leary was tight
As a Ranger fan there’s a few deep cuts that come to mind before seeing our player. David Murphy, Neftali Felix, Derek Holland, Mike Napoli, Rusty Greer, Kenny Rogers and Hank Blalock. I’d also put Michael Young on that list because I believe he’s the most underrated franchise player ever and doesn’t get his recognized as much as he deserves but he’s probably overqualified as a “cult” hero.
Tim Salmon Jeff conine and others were also overqualified as well as Alex Gordon
i love how you picked music from each city
Yooo seriously appreciate you noticing. It was definitely a tedious effort but glad someone finally noticed.
Geto Boys for Houston was perfect!!
Love the broken social scene for the Jays
Awesome band. Totally worth the copyright claim. I was either between them or Rush to represent Toronto but decided I wanted to flex my indie roots.
Love the “Everything I Am” instrumental at the Chicago White Sox.
Braves fan here. We will always appreciate Steven vogt. And I'm glad we were able to get him a ring. Sucked so bad that he was having the game of his life for us when he got injured but he was one of the guys that helped keep the pitching staff glued together while Travis was injured in that season.
As a chicagoan, Mark Buerhle’s perfect game and Dewayne Wise’s save of it is what made me fall in love with baseball and the White Sox. Glorious
Please tell me I’m not the only person who laughed at a person named “Rusty Cunts”
Awesome video man, very small thing, it's Munenori Kawasaki, not Munori, just in case it comes up for you again. Keep up the good content!
Funny enough, Trot Nixon was my favorite player growing up and I did watch him play for the Paw Sox when I was a kid, maybe it’s because #7 was my favorite number at the time
"They can't stop Don Kelly" -Rod Allen
99/100 series. Amazing work, glad the algorithm blessed me with this channel
Only -1 is the Munenori Kawasaki misspelling and mispronunciation
Cool idea-Love the execution!
Thank you!
As a Red Sox fan, I probably would’ve gone with Kevin Millar honestly from that same era over Trot Nixon, as much as I loved Trot as a kid. i feel like Millar’s fun personality played a pivitol role in that 04 World Series run, he came up with the Cowboy Up catch phrase of that year as well as the team calling themselves idiots.
From a team morale standpoint I don’t think they would’ve gotten that historic comeback against the Yankees in the ALCS without Millar in the clubhouse. He may have only played with the Sox for 3 seasons, but he was seriously a legend in the city that year and especially that October
Trust me Kevin Millar was on the table, but I *may* do a full series on Kevin Millar’s career
I think Bill Mueller could have been a good choice for the Sox too despite only playing 3 years, 03 and 04 he was clutch against the yanks
royals fan here, Alex Gordon is my favoriter royal ever, and I agree that he is probably the most important royal since Brett (maybe Salvy but he's the only person close). I wanna shout out Christian Colon though, he had a super clutch hit to tie the 2014 wildcard in the 12th inning and the go ahead rbi in the 2015 world series. I feel like he's kinda forgotten in royals' lore but he's a legend in my book
Love this video. Could use more Office references though.
Yeah I think I needed 1 more to be eligible to join Stark Raving Sports
Subscribing finally cause you're a Red Sox guy. Your recent content it great!
As an astros fan I would of gone eith either biggio or bagwell if you you really wanted to go pitching though proably be roy Oswalt or Jr Richard.
>Don Kelly
*spit-take*
Tigers Cult Heroes
1. Mark "The Bird"/"What If?" Fidrych
2. "Big Daddy" Cecil Fielder
3. "The Imperfect" Armando Gallaraga
4. Denny McLain
5. The entire 2003 team (seriously, stop trying to sweep us as I'm writing this, Oakland, and take the 126-loss season that is coming!)
As an Astros life long fan sorry we get alot of trolls who come into the community so that’s why you probably got rejected. Apologies on our behalf. Mike Scott was good personally Morgan ensberg is that guuuy
Hunter pence also
Haha well I wish I had you consulting me when I was making the video. Will consider those if I decide to do a follow up
@@nomorefielders hey you picked a great choice it’s just my opinion and I’m sure most don’t agree idk maybe I’m wrong
Trot was a great choice. Papelbon came to mind, but he was pretty well known, not quite cult. Mark Bellhorn came to mind, but he wasn't actually... good? Trot was the best. He felt like the epitome of a ballplayer to me. Loved his dirty hat and helmets.
This was an awesome video. I wonder how this video would differ for each era. I can think of a few cult heroes from the 2010s Sox teams that could easily fit the bill. Brock Holt, Eduardo Nunez, Saltalamacchia, Koji.
Honestly I’ve thought about coming back to this series, so doing a cult hero from different eras is a really good idea
@@nomorefielders for sure. If you ask my dad, my grandpa, and me all that question, I bet you get 3 different answers
Kawasaki was the best postgame interview I’ve ever seen, but I would say Dave Stieb or joe carter could also be right up there
really nice editing man, good stuff
Thank you.
Billy Wagner for the Astros, man come on. BTW love the choice of the MC5 for Detroit's music
nice vid! hope you're able to keep up the content, this is way too hogh quality for the number of views it has
Haha thank you! Next video should be released around opening day and it’s going to be a banger (hopefully)
While watching this I was playing mlb the show 08 on the ps2 and made an insane throw from second to first with Nick Punto
Dude that’s crazy. I used to love MLB The Show 08. Wonder how my RTTS player is doing..
Well this is going to be very interesting.
Fun Fact, during 2003 trot Nixon didn’t receive a single mvp vote while big papi got mvp-5
Seriously if he put up that season in 2021 he’d be in the running for the cover of RBI Baseball 2022
Bubba Tranmell was the man the way he gained his status within a year or 2. I sat in section 142 a few times.
Astros fans aren't in hiding. The reddit group got tight because of hypocritical Yankee and Dodgers fan came in trash talking.
Scott is a known guy here but a true cult guy would of been Jose Lima or maybe even Adam Everett.
I thought about Everett but decided I wanted to include a pitcher. Didn’t even know about Jose Lima’s cult hero status in Houston.
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That jingle blew up here because of him lol
Well placed usage of the No Doubt-esque ska music for angels. I see you
I think it was a No Doubt song
@@nomorefielders even better. I thought it was but didn’t want to get anyone in trouble. So did you just remember that no doubt was from Anaheim or did you Google “famous bands from Anaheim”? I only ask because it wasn’t until after I commented it was a clever move that I noticed the theme of using city specific music each time. Still clever and probably not noticed by everyone but definitely made me think your love for ska might not be as hardcore as I originally hoped
Nixon Returning on Cleveland indians was bitter sweet
Dan Wilson lol i met semisonic at a hotel outside of the meadowlands in 1998 and I had a semisonic cd with me (i'm from canada). they all signed it. I was 16 and i went to NY to meet a girl i met on the internet from NC lol 25 years ago i traveled to meet a girl online, OG lol
Brett Gardner is a Hall of Famer to me, damnit!!
Good video enjoying your content just found your channel
Thank you!
I was going to be upset if you didn’t mention Nick Punto. Dudes a god. Biggest forearms in the sport.
I kinda feel like for the Rays, you gotta go with Dan Johnson even if he's a bit more well known. That man had exactly one skill by the time he got to the Rays: hit clutch homeruns, and somehow, even when he was otherwise a pretty lousy hitter, he just kept doing it, again and again and again, and of course, he saved his most famous for his final ever AB for the Rays. If and when the Rays get a new stadium, I think I speak for most Rays fans in saying there needs to be a statue of Dan Johnson out front.
Hahahahaha at me in the stands! Love me some Trot Nixon
Don Kelly was the most loved and greatest local meme in tigers history
Another reason that Creed Bratton is a cult icon is that he was in fact , in a cult.
Well made, thanks for your content. Got a sub outta me.
keep making content, its really great!!
Tino stood on his own as a Yankee you knew who he was I think a great one & more recent one is nick swisher the glue of the 09 team
Gotta love these kind of players
This guy makes great videos he should get more views!
i just started this video, and don’t know who’s on here for the White Sox, but i know we all talk about Paulie back home, but i never hear his name anywhere else. baseball was barely on my radar before he hit a grand slam in the wrld series.
Unfortunately he is not BUT I do mention him a few times in my White Sox video if that is of interest to you
@@nomorefielders still an awesome video 🙌🏾
this was a cool video! Also, go A's!
Especially If your name is Stephen Vogt
Keep it up this shit is bound to get big
Thank you!
Chilled with Robert Andino when he was a marlin
Yo that’s sick
Fantastic man
Not to nit pick the song credits but I’m pretty sure the song for Kawasaki wasn’t windsurfing nation. I think it was pacific theme-also by broken social scene
Ah crap you’re right. Not even the same album if I’m not mistaken
0:33 that is a W
I was hoping to see Brett Gardner for the Yankees
Eh he’s pretty well known at this point
@@nomorefielders he's my favorite Angry Thumb
Alex Gordon was spot on, I’m a life long fan and it’s between him and hosmer is kc
NICK PUUUUNTO I love it
For the white Sox I would say Jeff Blums home run in game 3 of the World Series more important but not a better play
As a royals fan.....it's Billy Butler and also Rusty Koo-ntz not what you said lmao
14:29 Nick Willians & Punto Astudillo
Punto Astudillo is a forgotten Colombian soccer legend from the 1950s. Nick Williams just got employee of the month at the IRS.
I am a Cleveland fan, but Munori Kawasaki is now my favorite player of all time.
Speaking of A’s and cubs , I watched Vogt hit a double in the gap off aroldis , at an A’s game in probably 2015? Anyways I BELIEVE IN STEPHEN VOGT , Our fan base also loved Eric sogard , A’s organization is fucked rn , but damn we’re a good fan base , grant ballfour was also so loved , and coco crisp… and Billy butler , and jack cust , and Derick Norris … ok I’ll stop great video
Mike Scott is a good pick for the Astros. But I personally would have gone with Hunter Pence. I was very young when he played for us, but he was one of my favorite players in a lineup that included Berkman, Biggio, and Bagwell.
Another one in a more recent era would be Lance McCullers
And I think Chaz McCormick has a chance to become one
They can’t stop Don Kelly
Dj kitty is the Rays true cult hero
the jury is still out on creed
L A T O R T U G A !
I was at that cubs series. Go A’s!
Did you sit in the bleachers?
Trot Nixon is a great choice-a Red Sox fan
Munenori* Kawasaki
Man we all love Mike Scott, but there are quite a few Astros that could have been a better pick. Charlie Kerfeld would be my personal #1 pick, but there is also Billy Doran, Dickie Thon, and of course Jose "Cheo" Cruz. I think Lance Berkman would fit the bill just fine except for the fact that pretty much any baseball fan would be familiar with him.
I would say as a Stros fan that Lance Berkman was my pick. HOF level player but will never make it in because he was in the shadow of the many great 1B of his time
Nice comment
nice comment
I'm sorry but, Creed is a Godsmack cover band.
Godsmack sucks
I outwardly hate Trot Nixon. Not because I’m a Yankee fan but because he frustrated me all through my childhood growing up in baseball video games. It could’ve been any baseball game ever and I couldn’t get him out. Oh and we share the same birthday…
That Tino choice is amazing I think about that 1998 Grandslam once a week at least
Hey he was a pesky hitter
Nah, the Astros cult hero is Josh Reddick for sure
Cleveland Indians player should have been sandy alomar jr.
Was expecting delmon young for the orioles
for sd is alfaro
Bubba treadmill 😂
nestor cortes would be a good choice for the yankees too.
I feel a day doesn't go by where I don't hear Nestor Cortes' name
Also Brett Gardner
Kevin Millar
MARTINEZ, DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE…GRAND SLAM!
13:10 What about Everyday Eddie?
From seattle its a tie between edgar, and buhner.
Ooooh I forgot about Wilson. He was a beast as a catcher myself I loved watching him. Good choice
Cool
Rusty kunts is the name of my mlb the show 24 rtts player..😂
Matt carpenter Yankees
10:01 If you are talking about Mike Cuellar, the last name is pronounced \QUAY-yar\. Also, that was in 1973. Glad to see Rusty Greer and Mike Scott on the list.
As a rangers fan circa 2009 I honestly didn't know who he would pick but when it was greer that immediately made sense to me. Everyone knows him among Rangers fans
astros fan here, only been following baseball since the mid-2010s, but my pick would be Jake Marisnick. you'd be hard pressed to find a fan without a positive opinion of him.
Wouldn't classify him as a cult guy esp he didn't get to stay with for a long time but he was a great guy. He signed like four different balls for my family at an Academy in Austin. One of which was a big ass inflatable purple bouncy ball my daughter picked out.
I don't know how big his name was back in the day nationally but I threw 9ut Jose Lima's name.
Paso Robles Bearcats legend Rusty Kuntz
What is the song for the Angels
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Anaheim’s finest
@@nomorefielders thanks
BUBBAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!
How was Bucky F Dent not the Yankees' cult hero?
But Tino….
Stephen Vogt
Yeah he’s there
Just me or are all braves and Red Sox fans a fan of each other’s teams
I see it, but I just have family ties in my case.
I see just as many Yankees/Braves fans
I just loved Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, and Greg Maddux as a kid so I considered the Braves my NL favorite team growing up, as a Sox fan, so your theory checks out
Johnny Lasagna in a close second for the yankees
👍
Tino over El Duque?
Don’t blame me blame baseball historian
I love the team, but god damn the Astros fanbase has gotten just as pretentious as Rockets fans. Sorry about that.
You’re good! It’s not you. I probably make fun of the Astros more than I should anyway. Hopefully you agreed with my selection.
@@nomorefielders i think a lot of us are just jaded bc of how much "teasing" or just outright hate we get. it's easy to just stay in the bubble of people you know wont pick at a sore spot
The real fan base isn't pretentious, the 100+ losses fans are chill and humble af. Well, most of us lol.
True story, I went to more games and had more during the tanking then most of winning seasons of the last several seasons. Well, my most favorite game of the last decade was that 2016 wild card game against the Yankees. DK wrecked the Yankmees.
the answer for the Astros is Jake Marisnick. Mike Scott isn't bad but, it's Jake Marisnick. For guys who flew under the radar and maybe weren't actually all that amazing... Jake Marisnick. Forever and always, Jake Marisnick. Both of my sister's favourite player... it's Jake Marisnick. The best looking man in MLB? Jake Marisnick. The best centerfielder in baseball who never gets any credit... Jake Marisnick. Jake Marisnick is one of only four players my mother has ever known the name of: Jose Cruz, Brad Ausmus, Jose Altuve, and Jake Marisnick. If it's not Jake Marisnick then it isn't right.
Jake Marisnick
I got any killer bee… Jeff Bagwell, biggio, or berkman