MLB In-Game Cheating Incidents

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  • Incidents from the past where MLB players & pitchers were caught cheating in game. Some notable items include: corked bats, pine tar, and foreign substances.
    Part 2: • MLB In-Game Cheating I...
    Some clips courtesy of SW561 & Sports Odyssey
    All rights go to the MLB & its broadcasters. I do not own the music and the footage used in this video. No copyright infringement intended. For entertainment purposes only.
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  • @frankkiser5861
    @frankkiser5861 2 роки тому +522

    I'm surprised they didn't talk about that Albert Belle incident more. Yes the umps took the bat and brought it to the umpires office in the stadium. While the game was going on one of Belles teammates broke into the umpires office to steal the bat back lol. Ahhh the 90's 🤣

    • @frankkiser5861
      @frankkiser5861 2 роки тому +6

      @@khamjaninja. I had forgotten it was Paul Sorrento's bat he had replaced it with. I do remember it was Jason Grimsley that crawled in to retrieve the bat lol.. But I guess it shouldn't be a super shocker Grimsley would be involved in something like that, involving cheating. Because I'm pretty sure years later his name was linked to steroid use, and if I remember correctly they even came up with evidence of it being shipped to his house... What's the old saying once a cheater always a cheater.....

    • @BeefPapa
      @BeefPapa 2 роки тому +11

      They should do a 30 for 30 on this. I'd watch the crap out of it.

    • @Bozar069
      @Bozar069 2 роки тому +1

      It wasnt corked, it was just a lucky bat. The league heard he had a magic bat and they wanted to destroy it.

    • @Supperdude9
      @Supperdude9 2 роки тому +2

      @@khamjaninja. Man this sounds like some sitcom level stuff.

    • @jetstream17
      @jetstream17 2 роки тому +2

      I'm so glad I've heard of this because of a Secret Base video

  • @maxpower3504
    @maxpower3504 2 роки тому +556

    For those that don’t know, the George Brett incident was reversed by the commissioner and the Royals ended up winning the game

    • @Ruefus
      @Ruefus 2 роки тому +52

      An unforgettable reaction from George Brett.
      That is how you go about losing your mind. :)

    • @fifasims1996
      @fifasims1996 2 роки тому +6

      What happened

    • @nonethelessfirst8519
      @nonethelessfirst8519 2 роки тому +11

      @@fifasims1996 the royals ended up winning because the call was over turned by the commissioner.

    • @bobapjok4241
      @bobapjok4241 2 роки тому +21

      was just going to say that this was not a cheating incident since it was reversed anyway

    • @averye
      @averye 2 роки тому +5

      @@nonethelessfirst8519 wait what happened?

  • @PhantomofDB
    @PhantomofDB 2 роки тому +126

    Niekro flipping it out if his pants thinking no one would notice is hilarious. Toddler move

    • @MrEazyE357
      @MrEazyE357 2 роки тому +12

      I've seen many people try that move with drugs in front of cops. Lol.

    • @markglock2585
      @markglock2585 2 роки тому +5

      @@MrEazyE357 George Floyd dropped like 3 bags right on camera in front of cops and they didnt notice

    • @Cosmos6745
      @Cosmos6745 2 роки тому

      @@markglock2585 and still killed him.

    • @markglock2585
      @markglock2585 2 роки тому +1

      @@Cosmos6745 George Floyd was shot?

    • @Cosmos6745
      @Cosmos6745 2 роки тому

      @@markglock2585 killed. Sorry. I just assumed he was shot.

  • @horatiobeaker
    @horatiobeaker 2 роки тому +197

    Brett, the greatest display of absolute outrage ever in a ball game.

    • @jedclampett7705
      @jedclampett7705 2 роки тому +7

      Kinda miss it. Those guys played hard, intense, with everything they had. Today’s MLB? Different game for sure.

    • @pk7056
      @pk7056 2 роки тому +8

      ya back then it wasnt even roids if it was they sucked at it. it was just man code shit n mustaches, beer, n chew n abit of cocaine. They were getiin paid shit compared to todays players so the game seemed to matter more. 80s baseball was epic for kinda crap but spirited baseball and bench clearing fights

    • @bobbowie9350
      @bobbowie9350 2 роки тому

      Seems like all the judgement calls happened at Yankee Stadium. Umps cheat for the Yankees

    • @cheister97
      @cheister97 2 роки тому +1

      I remember that game.

    • @pk7056
      @pk7056 2 роки тому +1

      @@bobbowie9350 Money money money. You know why the Yankees always win? Because everyone is staring at those damn pinstripes.

  • @AxG-se7ww
    @AxG-se7ww 2 роки тому +95

    Imagine being in the crowd of a 0-0 game in the 12th inning between the Orioles and Marlins. I’d rather chop my arm off.

    • @Matt_Fields_29
      @Matt_Fields_29 2 роки тому +10

      One would HAVE TO imagine. Because no one was actually there.

  • @jasonmilly3320
    @jasonmilly3320 2 роки тому +49

    3:16 Guerrero picking up the broken bat himself kills me lmao. Yeah he knew...

  • @Maxbps88
    @Maxbps88 2 роки тому +184

    They didn't show the best part of Chris "Spuds" Sabo for Cincinnati = he broke his bat and was using someone else's bat that broke with cork in it. As he was leaving the dugout having been thrown out of the game, he walks past 1B Hal Morris and says something to him as Hal hides his head and both laugh. It was Hal Morris' bat and Spuds got caught with it corked.

    • @joesliva3772
      @joesliva3772 2 роки тому +1

      I think it was a prank war that culminated with Sabo being set up to get the corked bat

    • @jrod2510
      @jrod2510 2 роки тому +1

      Someone else's bat? Was it not his BP bat that got mixed in with game bats?

    • @claytron3000
      @claytron3000 2 роки тому +2

      @@jrod2510 I think that was Sosa’s excuse.

    • @74superglide
      @74superglide 2 роки тому +2

      I saw an episode of mythbusters and they tested corked vs uncorked bats and the corked didn't hit the ball as far as the regular bats.

    • @jrod2510
      @jrod2510 2 роки тому +1

      @@claytron3000 Was gonna say, I definitely remember someone around the Sabo/Sosa time that used that excuse

  • @TheBatugan77
    @TheBatugan77 9 місяців тому +4

    Yankees fan here...
    I saw the George Brett game on TV. 25 years later I was at Kauffman Stadium and they gave away George Brett pine tar tee shirts! And the Yankees were there! 6:16

  • @lgrismer6829
    @lgrismer6829 2 роки тому +14

    I appreciate that this has a good number of clips that aren't in every other UA-cam baseball highlight video.

    • @michaelmiller2397
      @michaelmiller2397 2 роки тому

      surprised no Gaylord Perry clip in there...how many times was he thrown out?

  • @billyeveryteen7328
    @billyeveryteen7328 2 роки тому +207

    I think it's unfair to call the Chris Sabo incident "cheating." That was like the third bat he had used that inning, after breaking two bats previously, and that last one he used also sounded like it broke, and he ended up using it again before it shattered. Whether it was a prank by his teammate, a mixup from the batboy, or a corked bat getting mixed in with the regular ones, I don't think Sabo was trying to cheat. He left the game without much protest, but there wasn't really anything he could argue, he used a corked bat and got tossed.

    • @hiimemily
      @hiimemily 2 роки тому +25

      So you're saying it was... Sabotage?

    • @do_gotcha
      @do_gotcha 2 роки тому +21

      I've always thought his reaction made it seem like he didn't know. But, accidently cheating is still cheating technically speaking.

    • @vincentpinckard2243
      @vincentpinckard2243 2 роки тому +1

      Question when they take the "evidence" up to the league office what does MLB do?

    • @emanuelmartinez7267
      @emanuelmartinez7267 2 роки тому +9

      @@do_gotcha yeah always took it as "goddammit, why did I have to pick THAT bat? Oh well can't do anything about it now"

    • @BigYank
      @BigYank 2 роки тому +3

      So who cheated then? He could’ve used 10 bats if they’re illegal you’re cheating.

  • @JeremyKey80
    @JeremyKey80 2 роки тому +52

    4:24 Sosa actually cheating twice here. He was just regular cheating the rest of the time.

    • @markkostka6897
      @markkostka6897 Місяць тому

      And Rafeal palmeiro and conesco, magwire, arod, bonds , giambi, geez good thing you called out sosa for taking steroids. ton more i didn't list. But you set the record straight.

  • @chuckfinley6747
    @chuckfinley6747 2 роки тому +52

    “Crisco. Bardol. Vagisil. Anyone of ‘em will give you another two to three inches drop on your curveball. Of course if the umps are watching me real close I’ll rub a little jalapeño up my nose, get it runnin’, and if I need to load the ball up I just rub my nose.”- Eddie Harris

    • @chaddean2771
      @chaddean2771 2 роки тому +13

      You put snot on the ball?!?

    • @chuckfinley6747
      @chuckfinley6747 2 роки тому +12

      @@chaddean2771 I haven’t got an arm like you kid. I have to put anything on it I can find. Someday you will too.

    • @cedricnora4481
      @cedricnora4481 2 роки тому

      @@chuckfinley6747 that felt like it was out of a movie 😭😂

    • @pauladurbin
      @pauladurbin Місяць тому

      Love Major League. Classic.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 Місяць тому

      I love baseball movies, but Major League is one of my all-time favorites.

  • @JPBVideo
    @JPBVideo 2 роки тому +34

    Jeez, Buck Showalter has managed everywhere.

    • @Kevin2297.
      @Kevin2297. 2 роки тому +1

      Yankees
      Diamondbacks
      Rangers
      Orioles
      Mets

    • @slackerZ1
      @slackerZ1 2 роки тому +1

      He was also on Seinfeld lol

    • @robertlosasso4222
      @robertlosasso4222 Місяць тому +1

      Yeah and never took a team to a World Series.

    • @TheCattyKid
      @TheCattyKid Місяць тому

      even Seinfeld lol

  • @rompus23
    @rompus23 Місяць тому +3

    Ricky Vaughn - "What's that s--- on your chest?" Eddie Harris - "Crisco. Bardol. Vagisil. Any one of them will give you an extra 2 to 3 inches of drop on your curveball. Of course if the umps are watching me close, I just put a little jalapeno in my nose and get it running. If I need to load up the ball I'll just wipe my nose."

  • @josegurrola9021
    @josegurrola9021 2 роки тому +9

    Michael PINEda was a funny one for some reason. Even though he has darker skin, the pine tar on his neck was so reflective and made the opposing manager suspicious.

    • @TheCattyKid
      @TheCattyKid Місяць тому

      bringing race into anything is never a good idea lol case and point - doesn't work haha

  • @jessejuliano5336
    @jessejuliano5336 2 роки тому +54

    Good 'Ol Billy Martin.
    There will never be one like him again.
    Rest in Peace.

    • @jeff7764
      @jeff7764 Місяць тому

      Yes there will

    • @TheFailedmessiah
      @TheFailedmessiah Місяць тому

      He was in the first light beer commercial.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 24 дні тому

      It was Yogi's idea though

  • @brandensimmons653
    @brandensimmons653 2 роки тому +20

    Phil trying to be real slick by sneaking throwing away the evidence lol 😆

  • @ONEbadSTEVE
    @ONEbadSTEVE 2 роки тому +45

    Imagine having to cheat to beat the Marlins. Embarrassing

    • @Esoterik14
      @Esoterik14 2 роки тому +4

      It's the Orioles

    • @DrSamwpepper
      @DrSamwpepper 2 роки тому

      As a fish fan tbf...it is also the orials.
      And we have 14 one run losses. The record dosn't show how weve been.
      Its still pain anyway😔

    • @EweCantHandletheTruth
      @EweCantHandletheTruth Місяць тому

      Haven’t they won more World Series in the past 27 years(2)than the Atlanta Braves?

  • @MrBruinman86
    @MrBruinman86 2 роки тому +23

    I still to this have yet to see a baseball player become as heated and animated as Brett was that day. It's amazing he didn't have a heart attack on the field!

    • @birdman7135
      @birdman7135 2 роки тому +2

      He was exonerated, so why was he even in this video? They later had to reinstate his homer and continue the game

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 24 дні тому

      ​@@birdman7135
      He wasn't "exonerated"

    • @birdman7135
      @birdman7135 24 дні тому

      @@jimwerther *"He wasn't "exonerated""*
      ... *Exonerated:* _"absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case._
      ... You should probably do some research before commenting. It'll save you from embarrassment.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 23 дні тому

      @@birdman7135
      It's bad enough when you're wrong; doing a celebratory song and dance makes you look hopelessly foolish.
      AL President Lee MacPhail ruled that while the umpires got the call right, he chose to overrule them because he felt it had not broken the "spirit" of the rule.
      That is not the definition of an "exoneration".
      Educate yourself. More importantly, learn decency and manners.

    • @birdman7135
      @birdman7135 23 дні тому

      @@jimwerther *"AL President Lee MacPhail ruled that while the umpires got the call right, he chose to overrule them because he felt it had not broken the "spirit" of the rule."*
      .... Once again, here's the definition: *Exonerated:* _"absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case."_ ... I suggest you look up the definition and see for yourself.
      After careful consideration of the ruling against Brett, MacPhail chose to overrule the umpires' decision. That literally *matches the definition* of "Exoneration." But by all means, please *feel free* to add as many follow-up comments as you wish trying to claim otherwise.
      What gets posted on the internet stays around forever, and people ten years from now will be seeing how ridiculous you are. I've even "copied and pasted" your own words should you suddenly figure this out and start deleting your comments.
      *"That is not the definition of an "exoneration"."*
      ... The definition I provided was copied and pasted straight out of online dictionary sources. But hey, keep on arguing against it like you know better. _... It's hilarious!_
      *"Educate yourself. More importantly, learn decency and manners."*
      ... (See above).

  • @Blakerzzzz4
    @Blakerzzzz4 2 роки тому +6

    It hurts my soul that we still have some of the same umpires from the 80s still ruining games 😂

  • @arnicus208
    @arnicus208 2 роки тому +85

    The George Brett ‘pine tar’ incident was and still is ridiculous.

    • @BilCook
      @BilCook 2 роки тому

      on protest the league office overturned the umpires ruling and the game was resumed from that point en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tar_Incident

    • @gatorbod21
      @gatorbod21 2 роки тому +3

      The home run call was ridiculous too. Announcers have gotten much better these days. Except Joe Buck. He sucks.

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 2 роки тому

      @@gatorbod21 No...it is just that announcers actually catered to SPORTS FANS back then. Not pathetic lifelong children who still wear baseball caps (usually backwards) into their middle aged adulthood and continue to refer to their favorite team in the first person like "we need to better closer."
      You will find that the more you actually KNOW about sports, the less you want to hear announcers who scream at every little thing and have cliched calls that don't actually tell the play very well. Like idiot John Sterling screaming It is HIGH, it is FAR, it is GONE" whether the home run is a 450 foot mammoth shot, a line drive that barely gets over the fence, or in many cases with him, a fly out that is caught just on the warning track.. Only worthless idiots who were never picked in gym class (not even last when the gym teacher said the captains HAD to choose everybody) think that that is good announcing. That is bullshit announcing by people who think fans tune into the game for THEM...not the action on he field.
      so, my advice to you is, grow up..take your baseball cap off, ort at least turn it around, and learn about the sports. You will enjoy it more.

    • @hengambles
      @hengambles 2 роки тому

      I 100% agree they had no clue what they were talking about

    • @danhedges7917
      @danhedges7917 2 роки тому

      I agree, I still have no idea how they overturned the ruling. You can't have pine tar more than 18 inches up the bat, it was more, batter is out.

  • @xapie128
    @xapie128 2 роки тому +42

    George Brett was not cheating. It was ruled that the bat should have been excluded from future use, but the home run counted. The game was resumed the following month from the point of Brett's homerun and ended with a Royals win.

    • @robbyf5522
      @robbyf5522 2 роки тому +5

      Fun fact, that game was the last time a left handed thrower played 2nd base in the MLB, and it was Don Mattingly

    • @tonyt9850
      @tonyt9850 2 роки тому

      Why would this be included when it got overturned?

    • @gbutt3554
      @gbutt3554 2 роки тому

      @@tonyt9850 because the person that made it isn't perfect?? Like bro, bias towards the creator?????

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 2 роки тому

      @@tonyt9850 Because it is UA-cam and it is a list channel. And one that wants the video to be as long as possible to maximize ads. List videos ALWAYS include fill that are not relevant to the title of the video. How many videos of "People who celebrated too early" including not only in the video, but as the THUMBNAIL the hot pole vaulter who missed her vault but happily waved to the crowd because she still had beater her personal best and had won the event. And it isn't as if she was waving as the bar wobbled and then eventually fell. It fell right away. so in no way was it a "celebrated too early" or could even be confused by the dozens of idiot list channels that included it.

    • @robbyf5522
      @robbyf5522 2 роки тому

      @Dick Mountain more that righties make better throws from 2nd but, fair

  • @FactsMatter
    @FactsMatter 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent compilation. Thanks.

  • @Awwscrewit
    @Awwscrewit 2 роки тому +6

    "This is weak oh they threw him out of the game!"
    LOL

  • @EssexAggiegrad2011
    @EssexAggiegrad2011 2 роки тому +18

    1:09 Nierko tries to ditch the evidence, but the ump spotted him

    • @richardtherichard26
      @richardtherichard26 2 роки тому +11

      I mean it’s not like he did a great job. Stevie wonder was in the crowd like “hey did you see that” 😂😂😂

    • @gray3641
      @gray3641 2 роки тому +1

      @@richardtherichard26 😂😂

    • @havok9001
      @havok9001 2 роки тому

      i say if they cheat or ditch the evidence then they sure be hit with a fine of $5000 with 5 to 10 games missed if they do it 2 more times they get banned for life

    • @WillieDuitt1
      @WillieDuitt1 2 роки тому +2

      It looked like an episode of Cops when the people exit their car and try to throw the baggie of contraband away without getting caught

    • @JeremyKey80
      @JeremyKey80 2 роки тому

      @@WillieDuitt1 I saw a live PD where they did a cavity check and pulled cocaine out his ass. He goes "That ain't mine"

  • @jbdixon4020
    @jbdixon4020 2 роки тому +5

    7:10 gotta love jim joyce’s no-nonsense toss

  • @AS_Gringo
    @AS_Gringo 2 роки тому +3

    Do you have the video of Gaylord Perry explaining how he would hide substances to juice the ball?

  • @Wolf4Babygirl
    @Wolf4Babygirl 2 роки тому +63

    Brett didnt cheat. It was reversed the next day

    • @thedragonzord_
      @thedragonzord_ 2 роки тому

      Sure bro. He didn't cheat. But he did act like a entitled douche bag and display some world class sportsmanship

    • @BuccaneerBruce
      @BuccaneerBruce 2 роки тому

      Yep. Billy Martin was such a turd.

    • @mijreed
      @mijreed 2 роки тому +3

      It was a BS call

    • @lordofthemound3890
      @lordofthemound3890 2 роки тому +4

      Still against the rules.

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 2 роки тому +3

      @@lordofthemound3890 Not as cheating. Only as a way to not use as many baseballs. It was NEVER about an unfair advantage for the hitter.

  • @stephenantonio3713
    @stephenantonio3713 16 днів тому

    The way that ump called Brett out was fantastic, and the way Brett reacted was amazing..

  • @zach7193
    @zach7193 2 роки тому +4

    I've seen some of these, but it's the first time seeing the other ones. Forgot about Guerrero with his corked bat. Not to mention Gaylord Perry, Don Sutton, and Gabe Gross.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 24 дні тому

      Kevin Gross
      Mike Scott
      Rick Honeycutt

  • @TheLeadSled
    @TheLeadSled 2 роки тому +6

    I clearly remember that night when Jeter hit the ball to right field and a kid leaned over the wall and caught it before our right fielder could catch it. I remember yelling at my tv screen that it was interference, but alas they were not going to overturn that call in Yankee Stadium during the playoffs with that large crowd, we got cheated.
    P.S. I still do not like seeing it all these years later, I still see it as fan interference everytime.

  • @qwerty722
    @qwerty722 2 роки тому +18

    Joe West has made some pretty bad calls over the years, but you've gotta respect all the good ones he makes too. The man has a firm grasp of the game, years and years of experiences and he knows bullshit when he sees it and isn't afraid to call it out. Quickest thumb in the business, but he's usually correct (on ejections, at least). He isn't great at safe/out calls but he sees a corked/split bat or a doctored ball almost instantly (and will watch a pitcher like a hawk when he suspects something). Definitely no Angel Hernandez

    • @cbr274
      @cbr274 2 роки тому +6

      Agreed, he’s usually good but does try to claim the spotlight a bit too much for me

    • @qwerty722
      @qwerty722 2 роки тому +3

      @@cbr274 Yeah, he's just old-school. He's got a bit of an ego which means he's stubborn when he's wrong and believes he deserves a certain level of respect but other than some truly awful calls at 2nd/3rd/home (against the NYY particularly), he deserves it. No one runs a pitcher/corked batter quicker or with more confidence (& if there were umpire report cards for properly identified substances/corked/altered bats etc. He'd probably be 99%+), even if he also runs managers for "disrespecting" him arguing a call.

    • @CSharpMajor
      @CSharpMajor 2 роки тому +2

      Agreed. He is a loose cannon with a short fuse, but hes normally dead on. Not to mention the guys kinda a douchebag (a la Adrien Beltre), but the guys old school. Cant blame him

  • @silmarian
    @silmarian 4 місяці тому

    That Joe Niekro ball scuff one was wild. Not only did he have the file, but he had sandpaper as well

  • @warpig4942
    @warpig4942 2 роки тому +6

    George Brett's bat was illegal but it wasn't cheating. There is no advantage to a batter to have extra pine tar. If anything, a pitcher may gain an advantage if some got onto a ball that was still being used.

    • @TheCattyKid
      @TheCattyKid Місяць тому

      he also did not tar it as high as they said...he used unfinished raw grain wood so if he started the tar off low it would have worked its way up with use and soaked in...whatcha gunna do lol

  • @cincinnatipedalsteel4347
    @cincinnatipedalsteel4347 9 місяців тому +2

    Niekro trying to throw the sand paper was the worst 😂😂😂

  • @no1bandfan
    @no1bandfan 2 роки тому +4

    Didn’t they scientifically prove that corked bats don’t hit the ball as far? I guess you can swing it a little faster and get a hit but not send the ball farther.

    • @joeblack363
      @joeblack363 2 роки тому

      Yes, you can swing faster but the exit velocity is less therefore cancelling out any benefit but they didn't know at the time I'm guessing

  • @rancidcrawfish
    @rancidcrawfish 2 роки тому +17

    George "hold me back, bro" Brett had a few opportunities to throw a punch or slap before he was overwhelmed

    • @KentuckyWaterfall13
      @KentuckyWaterfall13 2 роки тому +1

      Good point. He looked so incredibly mad though, it’s hilarious.

    • @TheRdela24
      @TheRdela24 2 роки тому +1

      He’s a pro , gets mad yes but why would he punch an ump and risk his career ?

    • @TheRdela24
      @TheRdela24 2 роки тому

      Against each other yeah , but a pro isn’t gonna punch an ump

    • @devon3407
      @devon3407 2 роки тому +2

      @Gregory Holden wouldn’t be kicked out of baseball but he would get a serious suspension. At least like 50 or so games i would guess

    • @kevinmiller6380
      @kevinmiller6380 2 роки тому

      @@TheRdela24 Brett wouldn't have risked his career; the worst thing that could have happened to him was pay a fine, and face a lengthy suspension.

  • @chrisuncleahmad
    @chrisuncleahmad 2 роки тому +7

    Could you do a video of grand slams in the 90s?

    • @TheLocalLt
      @TheLocalLt 2 роки тому

      “Grand slam for Albert belle!”

  • @babaoriley1
    @babaoriley1 2 роки тому

    Joe Niekro with the elusive nail file toss. Everybody was doctoring the ball with this, that and the other. Gaylord Perry was a master of the spitter. 😆

  • @rudysalasiii5660
    @rudysalasiii5660 2 роки тому +4

    George Brett going ballistic priceless

  • @EssexAggiegrad2011
    @EssexAggiegrad2011 2 роки тому +7

    2:22 Was this when the Indians had a relief pitcher break into the ump's office to get the bat back?

    • @AEMoreira81
      @AEMoreira81 2 роки тому

      Yes and I believe they tried to sneak in Paul Sorrento's bat.

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 2 роки тому

      @@AEMoreira81 Then the umps noticed and threatened to get the FBI involved

  • @patrickkanas3874
    @patrickkanas3874 2 роки тому +7

    The George Brett one is interesting because while he did have too much pine tar on the bat it wasn't enough to affect whether or not that ball he hit would've been a homer

    • @patrickkanas3874
      @patrickkanas3874 2 роки тому

      @Gregory Holden pine tar is meant to help the batter get a better grip on the bat but if you put it on the bat to high it can affect how far a ball goes. In Brett's case the tar was higher on his bat than the rules allow (probably because of the messy rag they use to apply it) but it was still low enough on the bat that it couldn't have possibly aided him in hitting that home run. There was a whole mini special on the incident amd fallout of it a few years ago

    • @jrow84
      @jrow84 2 роки тому

      And the league overruled the umps call and they counted the HR and finished the game the next day

    • @jrow84
      @jrow84 2 роки тому

      @Gregory Holden Right. Been too long since I read about it

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 2 роки тому

      NO amount of pine tar effects the hit at all. The rule (that was repealed years earlier anyway) was NEVER about a batter gaining an unfair advantage. It was about the pine tar getting on the baseball if it was too far up the bat, and therefore the baseball having to be taken out of play. Teams weren't worth billions of dollars in those days. And especially in the 70s when that rule was last in effect. Even in the 80s, players would get fined for tossing the ball into the stands after the third out. Because balls were kept in play until they either were hit into the stands, or they were badly scuffed. Not like today when an outfield pretty much tossed the ball into the stands on every catch, and anytime a pitch is in the dirt at all, it is thrown out.
      Common sense would tell you that putting a stick substance on the part of the bat where you would hit it would make the ball travel slightly LESS distance. Geez..THINK about it. The ball will stick to the bat for a split second, with the pine tar "pulling" it back How on earth do you think that could help it go FARTHER? You said there was a video on that incident...but did you watch it? Because unless the people who made that video are complete idiots, they sure didn't claim the pine tar helped the ball travel farther. Nor did the appeal being upheld have ANYTHING to do with "Well, it was high, but not THAT high." The appeal was upheld because the rule was thrown out in the 70s when it was no longer quite as big a deal to take a baseball out of play. And even before the 70s, it was NEVER supposed to mean the home run was taken away. Even when enforced, the ONLY thing that rule ever called for was for the bat to be taken out of play (and the player got it back and could clean it up and use it the next at bat if he wanted to)..but ALL at bats stood up to then. Nobody was called out and no hits were taken away.
      The umpires fucked up. Plain and simple. THAT is the only way protests get upheld. When the umpires make a call that goes against the rulebook. And that is what they did there. There is no "Well, it was high, but not too high in my opinion" grounds for protest. That would be umpires discretion would would NOT win on protests. That is why in the entire hostory of baseball, there have only been 15 protests upheld. (And teams can no longer protest at all anymore.)

    • @TheCattyKid
      @TheCattyKid Місяць тому

      pine tar is sticky...so the ball hitting the tar would actually have not gone as far then if it were to hit straight wood...not an advantage hitting...an advantage to the pitcher getting that ball back AND a wasted unusable baseball

  • @ericlarsen4050
    @ericlarsen4050 Місяць тому

    Whats the song playing in the background at 1:52?

  • @bloodhound3817
    @bloodhound3817 2 роки тому +1

    George Brett and Tommy Lasorda were always carrying on about something. Lol

  • @TheBushmyster
    @TheBushmyster 2 роки тому +2

    Ignorant Aussie here, does cork in the bat actually make the ball go further when hit than with a regular bat or is it bullshit?

    • @cotydavis5817
      @cotydavis5817 2 роки тому +1

      The idea is to make the bat lighter, thereby allowing a faster swing. So you can weild a large bat that is lighter than regulation with cork or a similar lighter material in the core.

    • @TheBushmyster
      @TheBushmyster 2 роки тому

      @@cotydavis5817 oh Righto thanks for the info.

  • @jimmyw7291
    @jimmyw7291 13 днів тому

    Now you know your man's guilty when your manager doesn't even flip out

  • @TheJTTaylor000
    @TheJTTaylor000 2 роки тому +1

    MLB should take a look at all the substances that they’ve come across and come up with one that all pitchers can use. I’ve seen interviews with players that would rather be up there facing someone with all possible control of that 90+mph projectile.

    • @nastcar6351
      @nastcar6351 2 роки тому

      yep bro agree your comment.
      yrs back in ll ball. Friend found took his stepdads testost gel. He had over heard his stepdad sayn how it helped him swing his "bat" harder that it wer more rock solid. How he could hit the sweet spit real good each time causin him shoot double the score ammount.
      Bro and me put some the gel on thighs and under arms. Ready to really play hard. Only 20mins later got me tremble shakin sweatn hard breathn real fast. My mind was racing with thoughts a beautiful females. Causin constant rigid boners and fist time sticky wetness all in my cup.
      It did help me play harder as so much tension energy wer coarsin thru my entire body. Especially in my sack. Also each time I ran hard it kept movin my cup push pullin foreskin on my bone back down up over. Causin major intense new pleasure sensations my body.
      So definately played the game real harder but not with whole lot improved performance.
      Ain't gunna lie neither entire ride home kept experimentn movin my cup around alot. Listening to him answer describe for me all my real curious questions about a females body. How man pleasures his girl real good. Remember well tho real nervous red faced he answer describe real good for me about penetration ..how bro gits it up in between them upright arche labia lips. How a bro's bone is much like a bat. lol
      Definately agree your comment. However would not recommend testost gel for playn. Playn wit your girl maybe but not bball.
      What type substances you heard of or think would actually be good no side effects like gel?

  • @White_sox_fan
    @White_sox_fan 10 місяців тому

    great start with the pine tar incident

  • @whiskeymonk4085
    @whiskeymonk4085 15 днів тому

    I'm curious, is a natural amount of sweat considered a foreign substance?

  • @dylanpeterson6192
    @dylanpeterson6192 2 роки тому

    I feel like atleast annotations, if not a 2-3 second screen with a brief description or link to the info would make these videos explode.

  • @jameshblack
    @jameshblack 2 роки тому +4

    Dose any one play this game clean

  • @jakemartinez1354
    @jakemartinez1354 2 роки тому

    What was the Byung Kim thing about what was that??? A paper towel?? Been a Dbacks fan since their inception and dont remember that

  • @coldsnap5742
    @coldsnap5742 2 роки тому +7

    The worst part about these corked bats?
    Mythbusters proved they're WORSE for hitting than solid bats!
    These men risked their careers for nothing!

    • @jakesnussbuster3565
      @jakesnussbuster3565 2 роки тому +2

      You obviously don't know the point of a corked bat

    • @OfLanceTheLonginus
      @OfLanceTheLonginus 2 роки тому +4

      Don’t take MB as fact dude, they used a machine

    • @TheCattyKid
      @TheCattyKid Місяць тому

      @@jakesnussbuster3565 techincally he is right and he is wrong...there is a benefit but also a downside too

  • @bellamafiaquackafellarecor7770
    @bellamafiaquackafellarecor7770 11 місяців тому +1

    Cheating has been engrained in baseball since the very beginning

  • @nothanks3980
    @nothanks3980 2 роки тому +2

    i like how they run out there like their gonna fight but then just yell and point.

  • @quentinparhiala9415
    @quentinparhiala9415 2 роки тому +8

    George Brett was very mad that the umpires threw him out because he had too much pine tar on his bat and today's MLB game is different then it was back then in the 1980's

  • @kkane5777
    @kkane5777 2 роки тому +2

    For anyone wondering, 1:15 was Joe Niekro using emery board & sandpaper to scuff the baseball, that’s what fell outta his pocket lol 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @leetaeryeo5269
      @leetaeryeo5269 2 роки тому

      Oh, thanks for explaining. I couldn’t tell and didn’t know the game to reference to look it up

  • @theman1412
    @theman1412 2 роки тому +3

    The nail clipper from Niekro 😀

  • @Tsagia
    @Tsagia 21 день тому

    "Snap my bat and call me Corky" 😂😂😂

  • @SLURM187
    @SLURM187 Місяць тому

    The 90s was a wild time in baseball

  • @boolboolbool6255
    @boolboolbool6255 2 роки тому +1

    Saying it’s not your bat and you didn’t know it was corked is the equivalent of dudes on cops get busted and saying it’s their cousins pants and they didn’t know it was in the pocket lol

  • @chieflongsock
    @chieflongsock 2 роки тому +15

    If you never got to experience the early 90s as a child, teen, or adult I feel sorry for you...what a time to be alive

    • @Valientlink
      @Valientlink 2 роки тому +1

      Weird flex but aight lol

    • @dullahan7677
      @dullahan7677 2 роки тому +2

      @@Valientlink It's not weird if you were there to remember it. The man speaks truth.

    • @killtrump_666
      @killtrump_666 2 роки тому +1

      I’ll take phones and modern medicine lol

    • @BananaMana69
      @BananaMana69 2 роки тому +1

      My dad said the exact same thing about the 80s... everyone's nostalgic for the time they grew up in.

    • @TheCattyKid
      @TheCattyKid Місяць тому

      anything after 9/11 was and is tainted

  • @lightningbolt99999
    @lightningbolt99999 Місяць тому

    0:00 why did games back in the day show the pitch being thrown from such different angles?

  • @marshie1337
    @marshie1337 2 роки тому +13

    For those wondering, the niekro clip where he tried to toss that shit when he emptied his pocket, it was an emery board and sand paper he had stashed and he was scuffing the ball. I thought it was blow lol

    • @ac-130fan
      @ac-130fan 2 роки тому +1

      Same, until I read this. Coke would’ve been more effective tbh

  • @zachansen8293
    @zachansen8293 28 днів тому

    this whole video should just be the astros logo for 20 minutes.

  • @jakerogers7916
    @jakerogers7916 2 роки тому

    What's in the cloves I don't understand??

  • @noellutsey5620
    @noellutsey5620 Місяць тому

    You put the George Brett incident in a "cheating" video?

  • @ProfessorOfLogic81
    @ProfessorOfLogic81 Місяць тому

    The smirk on Niekro’s face 😏

  • @blakedelbridge9546
    @blakedelbridge9546 2 роки тому +1

    i feel like i’ve seen multiple players claim that they didn’t know the bat was corked, which is understandable. then again i would have probably said the same thing

  • @billt8504
    @billt8504 2 роки тому +3

    Sammy Sosa was such a cheater. Over his career he got caught with: 1) a corked bat, 2) a bat drilled out and stuffed with super balls, and 3) a bat with a steel rod inserted.

    • @Greyghost9774
      @Greyghost9774 2 роки тому +2

      And took massive amounts of growth hormones

    • @richardday3136
      @richardday3136 2 роки тому

      @@Greyghost9774 And was born in DR but made $120 million+ hitting a ball.

    • @hectorlopez1069
      @hectorlopez1069 8 місяців тому

      ​​@@Greyghost9774you can bet on that, what a disgrace, I hope the cubs never retired his number.

  • @geocooley7282
    @geocooley7282 Місяць тому

    Should be a whole video on the Astros.

  • @ah12337
    @ah12337 2 роки тому +1

    George Brett should had never been called out

  • @thatdude169
    @thatdude169 2 роки тому

    The history of baseball is so fascinating

  • @spg77777
    @spg77777 29 днів тому

    This video was preceded by a mixed race couple ad...
    that's what's known as social engineering...

  • @mergrew0110
    @mergrew0110 2 роки тому +6

    Sport is when you participate in an activity for pleasure and joy, this is what happens when you involve big business.

    • @stephenpepper1790
      @stephenpepper1790 2 роки тому

      So do people only cheat because of big business' involvement?

    • @mergrew0110
      @mergrew0110 2 роки тому +1

      @@stephenpepper1790. No. You’re right, people always have and always will cheat. However, introduce money as an incentive, and that’s when the temptation seduces those who wouldn’t normally cheat.

    • @nickbarnett7391
      @nickbarnett7391 2 роки тому

      People cheat in my Sunday Softball league all the time. I pitch and I don’t usually care unless it’s a double wall bat. I don’t have the response time I used to…

  • @txguy8369
    @txguy8369 2 роки тому

    Drama of cheating and everything else that goes on in sports. Makes watching highlights and videos better for me as a everyday kind of guy who doesn't like that much drama.

  • @brycewilson1909
    @brycewilson1909 Місяць тому

    ....does the thumbnail look like John McCain or am i going crazy lol

  • @gamerx112
    @gamerx112 2 роки тому +3

    i'm shocked at the amount of cheating over the years.

    • @RobCartwright
      @RobCartwright 2 роки тому

      You shouldn't be. Make friends with any professional ball player, they'll tell you just about every pitcher does something to make their fingers stickier, almost all of them. The game is not getting caught.

  • @MaxMoon65
    @MaxMoon65 2 роки тому +3

    When I played high school baseball we had a pitcher that had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches he snacked on and the peanut butter would help him and the umps never caught on.

    • @MaxMoon65
      @MaxMoon65 2 роки тому

      @Gregory Holden yeah... right in the freaking dugout!!!

    • @MaxMoon65
      @MaxMoon65 2 роки тому

      @Gregory Holden not many...he was a skinny kid!!

    • @hahaimasian
      @hahaimasian 2 роки тому

      It ain't cheating if your caught

  • @chrishughes3873
    @chrishughes3873 2 роки тому

    George Brett could have hit a home run off Gossage with an emery board. The pine tar did absolutely nothing to make the ball fly farther.

  • @richardtherichard26
    @richardtherichard26 2 роки тому +3

    I have to admit once in a while I’ll give a batter w a corked bay the benefit of a doubt. Only bc years and years ago when I played, i didn’t realize where we were in the line up and had to run up to the box really quick, and on my way out I just grabbed A bat. Got a single, turned out I had used a softball bat. (We had it bc my dad/coach at the time also played in a SP softball league. I never even noticed. Literally just grabbed a bat and ran out there rq. Got called out bc of it. I was only like 10 so they didn’t eject me but, yea I was like “first of all I didn’t know it was a softball bat 2nd of all I didn’t know I couldn’t use a softball bat.

    • @us-Bahn
      @us-Bahn 2 роки тому

      @Gregory Holden come on, he’s a forensic tax analyst. He’s doing the best he can to interact with humans.

    • @us-Bahn
      @us-Bahn 2 роки тому

      @Gregory Holden then he’s your man (as long as he doesn’t confront the IRS with a softball bat)

  • @bench-clearingbrawl7737
    @bench-clearingbrawl7737 Місяць тому

    Nobody:
    Astros: 🗑 “Bang” “Bang”
    Nobody:
    Redsox: ⌚️📲

  • @TheSnakehunter
    @TheSnakehunter 2 роки тому

    So far, it looks like corked bats don't do much of anything so why use them?

  • @keithvlombardo
    @keithvlombardo 2 роки тому

    Pineda be like, where’s a good spot to hide a silver dollar sized glob of pine tar? Jeter be like, what you guys looking for?

  • @robbyf5522
    @robbyf5522 2 роки тому +2

    Albert Belle’s bat wasn’t corked when the league got it so not sure why it’s on here? Unrelated, but if anyone is curious if a man can fit in the ceiling above the umpires offices in Comenski Park, you should talk to the former Cleveland reliever Jason Grimslely!

  • @richj6596
    @richj6596 2 роки тому +3

    It just makes you wonder how many other times they’ve cheated and didn’t get caught

    • @us-Bahn
      @us-Bahn 2 роки тому +1

      Plenty

    • @scottmc1855
      @scottmc1855 2 роки тому

      It's only cheating if you get caught.

    • @nickytheyahoo_
      @nickytheyahoo_ 2 роки тому

      @@scottmc1855 you’re sadly mistaken . Cheating is cheating. Caught or not, your soul and mind are shitty enough to cheat. Shows poor character and non-existent moral compass.

    • @nickbarnett7391
      @nickbarnett7391 2 роки тому

      Nobody ever cheated and didn’t get caught. At least that’s what weak minded fans have to tell themselves . 😁

    • @sethbomgardner9030
      @sethbomgardner9030 2 роки тому

      If your talking about pitchers, they are almost ALL cheating. However, they aren't checked much (at least until recently) or b) they're really good at hiding it. Managers know pitchers are cheating but usually don't do anything because they know their pitchers are doing it too, but if it's blatantly obvious...

  • @ticotechhouston4917
    @ticotechhouston4917 2 роки тому

    Houston Astros : Hold my beer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @E-MAN979
    @E-MAN979 2 роки тому +1

    It would be nice to be told what happened

  • @qwerty722
    @qwerty722 2 роки тому

    Thought that was Wandy (not this "Joel") Peralta getting tossed at 6:00 ish and was quite surprised, both that he played for the Rays and the obvious
    ETA: this Joel Peralta dude looks like he's on Canseco-level juice too 😂😂

  • @mikes51501
    @mikes51501 2 роки тому +1

    Ahh, so it’s not just the Astros? Shocker!! Lol

  • @cassidymalone
    @cassidymalone 2 роки тому

    @7:15 these umps could never work for the academy awards

  • @likydsplit8483
    @likydsplit8483 2 роки тому +2

    The rules are the rules - Brett was out.

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 2 роки тому

      Rules ARE rules. But that wasn't a rule in 1983. And even when it was, the rule didn't call for the batter to be out.
      God damn..you are ON the internet. So you know that this great invention that has transformed research over the past 25+ years exists. So do just 15 seconds of googling to see that that rule was taken off the books several years earlier, and was NEVER about "cheating" and never called for the batter to be called out.

    • @larrycopeland2413
      @larrycopeland2413 23 дні тому

      @@KnickKnack07 This wasn't even cheating then. The AL president overruled the ump's call, and they counted Brett's HR and replayed the rest of the game from that point.

  • @opeg8894
    @opeg8894 2 роки тому

    That last clip is probably an example of why mlb ruined extra innings. National broadcast going into the 12th inning plus gets in the way of other programming. Trying to speed up the game in other ways too but this was a big threat to their $$$

  • @918Mitchell
    @918Mitchell 2 роки тому +2

    Huston should be on the list

    • @us-Bahn
      @us-Bahn 2 роки тому

      These videos are about shoplifting. Houston’s crimes were homicide.

  • @jwilliams6002
    @jwilliams6002 2 роки тому

    I'm amazed by the 0-0 score....in the 12th!!! What?!?!

  • @Gmoney00718
    @Gmoney00718 2 роки тому

    As an Astros fan, it’s funny to see us in this video at 0:40

  • @TheDizzleHawke
    @TheDizzleHawke 2 роки тому

    Foreign substance should be the name of a band.

  • @Crash33333a
    @Crash33333a Місяць тому

    I'd like to know what the Yankees are using these days to get spin rate on pitches. Every single pitcher that came from another team has a massive increase to spin rate and there's no logical explanation.

  • @carterobrien5233
    @carterobrien5233 2 роки тому

    My question is do the managers know when these guys use substances and corks?

    • @dustinnichols658
      @dustinnichols658 2 роки тому

      If the manager in question is Tony LaRussa, yes.

  • @brandonsmith7787
    @brandonsmith7787 2 роки тому

    Minnesota Twins pitcher Niekro going into his back pocket 🤣🤣🤣