A fun Dorktown video would be David Ortiz vs Brian Matusz. Ortiz is probably the greatest DH of all time. Matusz was a first round bust. Yet Matusz stuck around the big leagues in part because he had one skill: he could get David Ortiz out. Papi went 4-30 lifetime against Matusz with 13 Ks and no HRs. It’s maybe the craziest example of a middling player owning a HOFer out there
MANCHESTER UNITED Latin America though and the Caribbean plus South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan and you throw in a slue of European countries we are talking about 40 ish countries
As a Pirates fan, I love all the shots you take at them, save for one. The "skinny lad in Pittsburgh" version of Barry Bonds was already a feared hitter, and had more than his fair share of homers.
The only way the absence of Jon Bois for this long will be acceptable is if he's been working on his magnum opus that will drive us all in to sports-charts-narrative ecstasy.
You have an error in here. The game where Benson faced McGwire in Pittsburgh was actually August 8, not August 7. I would know, I was at that game and remember when it happened!! You are spot-on about Gene Lamont, he never pulled his starters. (Some conjecture that's why Benson and Francisco Cordova blew out their arms early).
Steroids were not banned until 2005 and HGH wasn’t banned til 2011…wtf? And if ole Bud Selig gets a plaque then Bonds, Sosa and Mcgwire should as well. After all, they saved baseball.
BTW, the stereo at 10:00 is messed up. Alex's voice comes through on the LEFT side and Grant's voice on the RIGHT. C'mon, you guys, you can get this right.
Yeah but, you never know what's gonna happen in baseball. Look at Mike Vail. A part-time player who hit just 34 homers for his career, in 1983 for the Expos he hit two homers, yet both were against HOF pitcher Steve Carlton. How do you explain that? Plus, remember the sensation Fernando Valenzuela caused as a rookie? Yet the first MLB player to hit a home run off Valenzuela was Chris Speier, never a huge power hitter who hit just two home runs that entire 1981 season. Baseball is full of these statistics because they are not oddities, they are part of the game and what makes it beautiful.
in defense of Hampton giving up homers to players who almost never ding one; a pitcher often has good scouting reports on players and a player like Tatum and Banks, who would both be considered "low risk" home run hitters a pitcher is far more likely to give them a 'meat of the plate" fastball that would have been pounded by McGwire or Sosa almost every time they are given that kind of pitch. Hampton most likely pitched around both batters and rarely gave either of them a solid strike on anything but an 0-3 count.
A future topic - there was a journeyman pitcher in the 1920's and 1930's who owned Babe Ruth - IIRC, the Sultan of Swat's career BA against him was under .200
I take exception to your suggestion that because of Dan Naulty's admitted doping, Sosa and McGwire should be credited with more homeruns....McGwire and Sosa were both doped to the gills....how many homeruns less should they be credited with for that? We've got to stop given McGwire, Sosa and Bonds all this attention that they don't deserve.
I only noticed it at the end but when both are on screen talking back and forth the audio is coming out of the wrong sides. The guy on the left comes out the right ear and the guy on the right comes out the left. Great video, just thought that was an interesting outcome.
I was at a Twins game where McGwire faced the full fury of Bob Tewksbury's 30 MPH fastball. He probably hasn't faced anything that slow since little league. He couldn't get it out of the infield. McGwire was laughing when he got thrown out a first after his last at bat.
Okay, I know everyone wants Jon Bois. I want Jon Bois, can somebody please verify Jon Bois stills exists or at least that Jon Bois is still employed with SB Nation? Will we EVER see Jon Bois again? What did you do to Jon Bois? JON BOIS JON BOIS BOIS ..... jon.... bois.
We just gonna omit that Mike Hampton's love for the excellent Colorado school systems made him sign with the Rockies in 2001? Colorado, where pitchers go to die probably has a big impact on why Sammy started going deep on him
"the stats on all Dominican pitchers giving Sosa fastballs down the middle" is a weird way of spelling 'Jon Bois'. And is also somewhat prejudice. Shame on you.
Sosa should have had 1 more HR added to the list against Hampton. 2003 NLDS Game 2 in the first inning. Was clearly a HR but they didnt give it to him.
The stereo sound is backwards. Like how the right hand batter's box is backwards for the hitter. For the viewer, the sound comes out the opposite speaker than which side you are sitting on.
This video made me realize what makes Jon Bois so good. I can't really tell what they're talking about. Which makes sense, because I'm not a sports fan. The only reason I started watching SB nation videos is because friends recommended a couple videos to me (that Jon Bois did) and they were really interesting and engaging. He's able to communicate the significance of the people and events he features to someone who has no context or prior knowledge. Judging by the other comments, these guys are making an engaging and interesting video - if you're a baseball fan. I probably have no room to ask for this, but bring back Jon Bois! (The other guys are welcome, too, if Jon Bois is involved.)
cool video. stats n shit. oh and toward the end it sounded like the dude on the left was on the right and also the other way. maybe just my speakers???
Great video. But you didn't have to tease me with Pat Hentgen being highlighted and not mentioned. My favorite pitcher ever, that few people remember. Edit: Life lesson. Don't leave a comment 7 minutes in to a 10 minute video. Hentgen
Love ya love your show.... we have an idea for a episoda for ya...... in the nfl How many times has kicker hit the upright twice in the same game ? Even counting both teams ? Kicking Field golas or extra points hit the upright twice ? .... how many games in a row has the Entirity of NFL gone with out anyone hitting the uprights ? Has it haver happened three times in a Game ( including both teams) ? I do not know , but being a Chicago Bears fan I can tell you it Happend 4 times ..... in the Same game ...... by the same team..... ???? This year ! Has that ever happened before ? Hhas it ever been done more ?
Too bad Hampton will be remembered for his infamous Colorado stint. To be fair, he almost made it work in 2001 where his first half was good, but then it went downhill from there.
"Barry Bonds hit dozens - DOZENS - of home runs in his career" lmfao that line got me
63 1/2 dozen, to be exact.
Ya just a few dozen here & there, nothin too crazy…
@@alexvratsanos5227 half a royal baker's dozen worth of dozens.
*edit* I have invented the royal baker's dozen to excuse poor math
I love how it’s 1998 and Bartolo Colon is still on the charts
A fun Dorktown video would be David Ortiz vs Brian Matusz. Ortiz is probably the greatest DH of all time. Matusz was a first round bust. Yet Matusz stuck around the big leagues in part because he had one skill: he could get David Ortiz out. Papi went 4-30 lifetime against Matusz with 13 Ks and no HRs. It’s maybe the craziest example of a middling player owning a HOFer out there
The only other DH in the same breath is Edgar Martinez.
Sort of like the reverse of Enrique Wilson v Pedro Martinez. Nice!
Hub Pruett vs Babe Ruth-he fanned Ruth in 14 of 25 career AB. Ok, Ruth did hit .280 with 2 HR but still..
Jon Bois isn’t here. This is a Dorktown tragedy. We will have a day of remembrance soon. When? That’s up to you, buddy.
MANCHESTER UNITED Latin America though and the Caribbean plus South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan and you throw in a slue of European countries we are talking about 40 ish countries
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C go back to England and watch your stupid sport and leave us alone while we watch our even somewhat likeable sports, ok?
@M there are at most 200 countries
@@nokknokkfbi there's 193 countries lol
@@colinrankin1659 some definitions have more then that some have less. None go over 200 for the most part.
Jon not being in the video is the biggest and saddest plot twist ever
What a twist!
5:35 Hey Dave Stieb. 7th all time at keeping Sosa and McGwire homer less.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WE MUST INVADE SB HEADQUARTERS AND FREE JON BOIS
EDIT: THE VICEROY FILLED IN JUST FINE HOWEVER I WOULD STILL APPRECIATE JON BOIS
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Hahaha viceroy, nice title. Like czar but more esoteric these days
Me want Jon Bois. Give me Jon Bois. Right Now
Right... Now...
Jon Bois dead.
He might be working on something pretty good.
Grant is a PRETTY GOOD replacement though
That "King Of No Pop" joke makes me glad that Jon Bois wasn't around to hear it. I have dysentery now.
1,000 points for saying dysentery. Party on, Darth.
@@PanAndScanBuddy Party on, Bane.
As a Pirates fan, I love all the shots you take at them, save for one. The "skinny lad in Pittsburgh" version of Barry Bonds was already a feared hitter, and had more than his fair share of homers.
...and stolen bases.
I think it was more of a shot at Bonds than a shot at the Pirates.
Another crazy Kris Benson fact: his first strikeout was Sammy Sosa
4 years later, that is a crazy fun fact.
He’s no Jon Bois but grant is pretty good
Aw shit
Boooooooooo.
*ba dum tss*
Oh, hey Dave at 3:31 ; we'll get back to you eventually, just not here.
I’m torn between who I like better: Jon Bois or Jomboy
Why ya gotta like one better. I like blondes and brunettes
Jon Bois is my favorite sport's writer
There's no rhyme here, just how I feel
but he's not making videos
because he slipped on a peel
Grant Brisbee is mine
Settle down boys, Jon's working on something, he said so on Twitter a few days back
Something pretty good?
@@Victor012W hopefully either that or a Chart Party. We had a scorigami today!
+Whoofian Brony Was it the Bucs-Saints game? Can't imagine there are many 48-40 scores in NFL history.
McJohnson You even comment like you're talking like Hunter S. Thompson... my hero lol
Mike Hampton is from a really small town close to me, so I always love whenever he comes up in discussion.
Chart party with John Bois or we riot. Seriously get him back now
*JON!!!
bro, r u even a real fan
People who didn't experience it just have no idea the excitement these two men brought to baseball and the world in 1998. It was absolutely magical.
Magical is a good way of putting it, as magic is fake, and so was this!
Eh
No Jon Bois? Where did I leave that pitchfork again
The pitcher was actually all hitters couldn't touch.
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The Viceroy of Dorktown!! A title which certainly rolls off the tongue.
The kryptonite was when their supply of roids ran out.
The voice of the right speaker is in my left ear, and the voice of the left speaker is in my right ear... Flip the audio channels!
For those of you who don't know Jon is working on his own new project. Be patient a be grateful that we have dork town.
What is the name of the music which started at 1:05?
I've been wondering the same thing
@@GoinBaCk2JeRzEy anybody figured it out yet lol I’m looking too
Also need to find out the music on jon earlier chart party's "my favorite baseball player" "every nfl score ever" and early dork town starting song
Love these.
Excellent stats and always funny.
I miss Jon Bois. This was still better than a lot of the videos I watch on youtube.
The only way the absence of Jon Bois for this long will be acceptable is if he's been working on his magnum opus that will drive us all in to sports-charts-narrative ecstasy.
I thought his Magnum Opus was Troy v. DeVry
His magnum opus was 17776.
Everything is his Magnum Opus.
I’m sorry, who was the Giants pitching coach again I seem to have forgotten?
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AWESOME!
Thank you for closed captioning.
You have an error in here. The game where Benson faced McGwire in Pittsburgh was actually August 8, not August 7. I would know, I was at that game and remember when it happened!! You are spot-on about Gene Lamont, he never pulled his starters. (Some conjecture that's why Benson and Francisco Cordova blew out their arms early).
As much of a Jon Bois follower I am, I really liked this video. Good job :)
Steroids were not banned until 2005 and HGH wasn’t banned til 2011…wtf? And if ole Bud Selig gets a plaque then Bonds, Sosa and Mcgwire should as well. After all, they saved baseball.
As a Rockies fan we don't talk about Mike Hampton
Right?
BTW, the stereo at 10:00 is messed up. Alex's voice comes through on the LEFT side and Grant's voice on the RIGHT. C'mon, you guys, you can get this right.
Great video. Thanks. Baseball is nuts.
Is John Bois stuck in the bathroom like Jeff Francoeur?
Yeah but, you never know what's gonna happen in baseball. Look at Mike Vail. A part-time player who hit just 34 homers for his career, in 1983 for the Expos he hit two homers, yet both were against HOF pitcher Steve Carlton. How do you explain that? Plus, remember the sensation Fernando Valenzuela caused as a rookie? Yet the first MLB player to hit a home run off Valenzuela was Chris Speier, never a huge power hitter who hit just two home runs that entire 1981 season. Baseball is full of these statistics because they are not oddities, they are part of the game and what makes it beautiful.
Mike Hampton handed out so many signed balls at my local park in Houston that we literally used signed Mike Hampton balls in Little League games.
in defense of Hampton giving up homers to players who almost never ding one; a pitcher often has good scouting reports on players and a player like Tatum and Banks, who would both be considered "low risk" home run hitters a pitcher is far more likely to give them a 'meat of the plate" fastball that would have been pounded by McGwire or Sosa almost every time they are given that kind of pitch. Hampton most likely pitched around both batters and rarely gave either of them a solid strike on anything but an 0-3 count.
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isn't his name pronounced "Jon Bwah"?
Uru Sledge I think it can be pronounced either way, but usually jon pronounces it ‘boys’
A future topic - there was a journeyman pitcher in the 1920's and 1930's who owned Babe Ruth - IIRC, the Sultan of Swat's career BA against him was under .200
Around 10:02 , the person on the left is in the right ear, and the person on the right is in the left ear.
I take exception to your suggestion that because of Dan Naulty's admitted doping, Sosa and McGwire should be credited with more homeruns....McGwire and Sosa were both doped to the gills....how many homeruns less should they be credited with for that?
We've got to stop given McGwire, Sosa and Bonds all this attention that they don't deserve.
Agreed, they are scumbags
They were clearly joking, everyone knows that McGuire and Sosa were doped to the gills
I love the music In this series
Why is the left-hand guy's audio in the right channel, and the right-hand guy in the left? Made me check my speakers.
I only noticed it at the end but when both are on screen talking back and forth the audio is coming out of the wrong sides. The guy on the left comes out the right ear and the guy on the right comes out the left. Great video, just thought that was an interesting outcome.
I was at a Twins game where McGwire faced the full fury of Bob Tewksbury's 30 MPH fastball. He probably hasn't faced anything that slow since little league. He couldn't get it out of the infield. McGwire was laughing when he got thrown out a first after his last at bat.
Okay, I know everyone wants Jon Bois. I want Jon Bois, can somebody please verify Jon Bois stills exists or at least that Jon Bois is still employed with SB Nation? Will we EVER see Jon Bois again? What did you do to Jon Bois? JON BOIS JON BOIS BOIS ..... jon.... bois.
Alex Rubinstein, Jon Bois, AND Grant Brisbee would make this the best series on earth.
Also, the left and right audio are switched
2:03
Maybe I just miss Jon Bois, but does Tatum look a little like him??
Probably not a coincidence that Saberhagen, Benson and Sutcliffe were all low ball pitchers.
We just gonna omit that Mike Hampton's love for the excellent Colorado school systems made him sign with the Rockies in 2001? Colorado, where pitchers go to die probably has a big impact on why Sammy started going deep on him
Anyone else realize that this is under the Jon bois playlist but he isn’t here
I love the videos
When are we getting more Jon Bois or DorkTown?
I have met Dan Naulty. He's a nice guy and a pastor! He went to my church once and we had him over for lunch.
But where's the stats on all Dominican pitchers giving Sosa fastballs down the middle?
"the stats on all Dominican pitchers giving Sosa fastballs down the middle" is a weird way of spelling 'Jon Bois'. And is also somewhat prejudice. Shame on you.
But also, I would be *very* willing to go down that rabbit hole if it was backed up by (cool) charts.
Did Chicago even play Boston in 1998? Sammy does have 2 career home runs off Pedro.
Sosa should have had 1 more HR added to the list against Hampton. 2003 NLDS Game 2 in the first inning. Was clearly a HR but they didnt give it to him.
You should do more Sammy and Mark videos my childhood watching them hit the ball was just amazing
Jon Bois is up to his eyebrows in data analysis and is going to emerge from his Number Cocoon with some amazing video
Comment section not even respecting Benson with a 3 pitch strikeout to a man that had 44 HR by August. That's insane.
Mike Hampton was garbage once he got his giant contract from Colorado
Every pitcher was garbage at Coors Field before the humidor.
Funny that mlb couldn’t juice the players anymore so just juiced the ball. Now everyone gets at least ten a season
I know rich delucia in real life now and he has a team called three up three down and he helped me pitch better today he’s awesome :)
Lmao I need more of eps like this in my life
I saw Bob Ojeda on the list! What the hell was he still doing pitching in 1998?! And Dwight Gooden?! 86 Mets Dorktown right there!
The stereo sound is backwards. Like how the right hand batter's box is backwards for the hitter. For the viewer, the sound comes out the opposite speaker than which side you are sitting on.
Everyone whining about steroids... but doesn't care that they are popping a juiced ball today at record numbers.
Neifi Perez put the Cubs into a 1 game playoff against the Barry Bonds led Giants. Gary Gaetti pitched for the cubs in that game. The Cubs won
Hi I just freaked out because Chad Zerbe is my pitching coach and wow why is he in my video? Leave and go back to the Sheriff department Chad.
Fun fact: Dan Hampton had a higher career ERA+ than controversial Hall of Fame candidate Jack Morris.
This video made me realize what makes Jon Bois so good.
I can't really tell what they're talking about. Which makes sense, because I'm not a sports fan. The only reason I started watching SB nation videos is because friends recommended a couple videos to me (that Jon Bois did) and they were really interesting and engaging. He's able to communicate the significance of the people and events he features to someone who has no context or prior knowledge.
Judging by the other comments, these guys are making an engaging and interesting video - if you're a baseball fan.
I probably have no room to ask for this, but bring back Jon Bois! (The other guys are welcome, too, if Jon Bois is involved.)
From the old era , from the games before the relief pitcher was invented
Is uffsides coming back this year?
Can agree this series is kind of good, but it's not pretty good.
Bring back Bois
I literally thought this was Jon on the left because he has a beard just like Jon. I love Jon.
cool video. stats n shit.
oh and toward the end it sounded like the dude on the left was on the right and also the other way. maybe just my speakers???
nah dude it should be the other way around, not just you
yeah my ear got obliterated
Thanks for unleashing the Jon Bois comments again.
I don't know what would be weirder:
Working at SB nation and being Jon Bois,
or working at SB Nation and not being Jon Bois
I like this guy! He totally looks like a Giants fan.
You don't give someone a home run because the pitcher was on juice when those 2 were.
New Dorktown? Nice! Wait... there's no Jon Bois in this! This isn't even a real dorktown. BOO!
But it still has a dork in it, so it has to count for something.
Was it great hitting or not great pitching?
It's not Jon Bois but this guy has a great voice for radio
Jon must be working on the sequel to the Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles
Finally more dorktown. Missing Bois though.
Great video. But you didn't have to tease me with Pat Hentgen being highlighted and not mentioned. My favorite pitcher ever, that few people remember.
Edit: Life lesson. Don't leave a comment 7 minutes in to a 10 minute video. Hentgen
is that Eric Koston and Danny Bonaduce?
Jon better be making the best damn chart party ever
Wtf. Why is the sound backwards??? I’m checking my headphones, and yup, you put the sound L-R backwards.
Finally I’m not the only baseball dork lol
Love ya love your show.... we have an idea for a episoda for ya...... in the nfl How many times has kicker hit the upright twice in the same game ?
Even counting both teams ? Kicking Field golas or extra points hit the upright twice ? .... how many games in a row has the Entirity of NFL gone with out anyone hitting the uprights ?
Has it haver happened three times in a Game ( including both teams) ? I do not know , but being a Chicago Bears fan I can tell you it Happend 4 times ..... in the Same game ...... by the same team..... ???? This year ! Has that ever happened before ? Hhas it ever been done more ?
Why do I feel like you guys weren’t being ironic with the statement at 0:50
In that last segment one dude is in the right ear and one is in the left ear, but it's opposite their physical location. Kind of wacky.
Too bad Hampton will be remembered for his infamous Colorado stint. To be fair, he almost made it work in 2001 where his first half was good, but then it went downhill from there.
Kris Benson did get enough man points to marry the only Scores dancer to cross the Becky Mendoza line.
You're going down a dark path by not giving us Jon Bois