The Real Kenny Powers From 'Eastbound and Down'?

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  • Опубліковано 18 гру 2014
  • The HBO comedy Eastbound and Down ushered in of a new type of dark hilarity and became a television cult classic in the process. The protagonist, Kenny Powers, is an obnoxious, crass Southerner who has fallen from grace after his professional baseball career has abruptly ended. But who was the inspiration for the character?
    At the height of his career, John Rocker was one of the best closers in professional baseball, and also one of the most disliked people in the game. In 1999, comments he made that were printed in Sports Illustrated came to represent the worst of American culture: racist, homophobic, and xenophobic. He apologized for the remarks later, but Rocker's crass and confrontational nature never died, and there's something kind of lovable and funny about the guy; after all, he's just a baseball player. Or maybe not? This is the real Kenny Powers.
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  • @imfraeglasgow
    @imfraeglasgow 9 років тому +827

    A lot of people ask me, ‘Kenny Powers you’re a giant star - you can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?’ The answer is yes, I have. Several times in fact. And it’s actually kind of cool. You can negotiate practically anything, and sometimes even just kinda do stuff in the moment you never agreed to pay for, and it goes by without much argument.

  • @JamesBeam420
    @JamesBeam420 8 років тому +1517

    Me and my wife Donna were watching this documentary in our bedroom one sultry evening, when i heard a rap on the door, and our son Gabriel walked in. My wife Donna said, "No!! Gabriel!!" And I said, "LET THE BOY ... WATCH!!"

    • @bokehgod4486
      @bokehgod4486 8 років тому +68

      "He needs to learn...like I learn from my father" 😂

    • @The_yeffy1
      @The_yeffy1 8 років тому +31

      Hey that plum looks good can I trade it for a Twinkie?
      No these are my plums!

    • @Shadoefax760
      @Shadoefax760 8 років тому +21

      +Jcurvs99 they glow with a bluish hue

    • @jimlahey9158
      @jimlahey9158 8 років тому +5

      Darla*, don't disrespect her like that

    • @RJCE420
      @RJCE420 7 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @readyupad
    @readyupad 5 років тому +430

    Nobody's "seen a few episodes" of Eastbound and Down.

    • @monadamus42
      @monadamus42 4 роки тому +31

      Lol, God it's so good.

    • @keef_cheefr3110
      @keef_cheefr3110 4 роки тому +55

      Finished the whole series in like 4 days. Fucking love Kenny P

    • @Chris-kx5lp
      @Chris-kx5lp 3 роки тому +17

      Tell me more about the feeexins

    • @zachpeat5076
      @zachpeat5076 3 роки тому +9

      One of the best shows HBO put out

    • @hankdatank09
      @hankdatank09 3 роки тому +1

      Facts!!

  • @joejackson9986
    @joejackson9986 3 роки тому +61

    "Sometimes, when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm."-Kenny Fuckin' Powers

  • @johnline
    @johnline 8 років тому +1396

    i play real sports. ain't trying to be the best at exercising

    • @Kennypowers51
      @Kennypowers51 8 років тому +113

      Sure, iv'e been called a xenophobe, but the truth is i'm not. I just think America is the best country and the other countries aren't as good. That used to be called patriotism.

    • @theflanman420420
      @theflanman420420 4 роки тому +19

      I love this fucking show... KP is a walking memorable quote generator.

    • @Caseycarlo
      @Caseycarlo 4 роки тому +5

      Oh shit do you play golf or tennis? I really hope you play something near a real sport and not just golf or tennis!

    • @Nana-hq9dv
      @Nana-hq9dv 4 роки тому +2

      Johnline lol

    • @maxwellschultz4784
      @maxwellschultz4784 4 роки тому +4

      Sports are a waste of time to placate stupid people. Ever heard of the Roman Colosseum? Yea...

  • @kaitlin4u
    @kaitlin4u 9 років тому +601

    Wow him and Danny Mcbride have such similar voices. What a good casting choice for the show

    • @gaminonya7599
      @gaminonya7599 9 років тому +58

      kaitlin_08 Danny Mcbride was one of the creators of east Bound and Down. Will Ferrell was just a producer.
      Danny Mcbride had the mindset, when creating the show, that he was Kenny from the onset.

    • @kaitlin4u
      @kaitlin4u 9 років тому +4

      Ohh okay good to know!

    • @DJRAKKK
      @DJRAKKK 9 років тому +32

      kaitlin_08 When he jumped the fence and it opened the fucking door KENNY FUCKING POWERS TO THE 10TH POWER haahhahaahahahahahahah

    • @niteprowler709
      @niteprowler709 8 років тому

      +kaitlin_08 haha just watched the vid. Zactly!

    • @danzig3764
      @danzig3764 5 років тому

      kaitlin_08 I was thinking that too

  • @gravenewworld6521
    @gravenewworld6521 2 роки тому +163

    My father was a sportswriter and I asked him about Rocker one time and he basically just said, “John is a guy with a good heart. He just likes to kick the hornets nest sometimes and he’s got a sense of humor most people would find upsetting.”

    • @bobbyhall7472
      @bobbyhall7472 Рік тому +6

      Kicking a hornet's nest huh? Who is your dad, and who did he write for?

    • @LeemLovesArt
      @LeemLovesArt Рік тому

      Pop may have been a racist

    • @trendybistro
      @trendybistro Місяць тому

      @@bobbyhall7472 The Fibbing Times

  • @mikeyd2030
    @mikeyd2030 10 місяців тому +154

    Crazy that Vice was ever capable of such a fair interview.

    • @jorgehuamanmusic
      @jorgehuamanmusic 9 місяців тому +12

      They would never do this post-Trump. Their brains melted.

    • @saulspeaks2557
      @saulspeaks2557 8 місяців тому +4

      Feels like another lifetime, huh?

    • @baverfjant
      @baverfjant 8 місяців тому +7

      @@jorgehuamanmusicHave you seen their reports from Isobel Yeung or Ben Solomon for instance? Probably not, or you wouldn't make such a dumb comment

    • @touchmytopic6763
      @touchmytopic6763 4 місяці тому +2

      Rocker probably smashed the interviewer.

    • @Spooky_515
      @Spooky_515 Місяць тому +2

      This was the first Vice piece I came across. I subscribed thinking I had been missing out. They never came close to duplicating the quality of this interview

  • @gregorykingdollar3108
    @gregorykingdollar3108 7 років тому +212

    Ashley Schaeffer gave him 200 bucks for this interview

  • @mikepekala832
    @mikepekala832 8 років тому +506

    rofl "I'm not a bigot... I dated a black girl and even lived a year with her in the gayest part of town.." LMAO

    • @CBuehler82
      @CBuehler82 7 років тому +34

      Lol. I died laughing.

    • @SquirrelJam
      @SquirrelJam 5 років тому +64

      "sink or swim, like you know how the Chinese throw their kids in the water..."

    • @gunplaygaming6830
      @gunplaygaming6830 5 років тому +6

      Mike Pekala cringe dear white folks just because you bang chicks outside your race doesnt make you not a racist 😂
      unreal
      same with the i have black friends thing you do .

    • @celestegagnon1581
      @celestegagnon1581 5 років тому +64

      Gun Play Gaming dear asshole- saying dear white people is racist, you are labeling an entire people with your ignorant comments feigning what, your enlightenment? Go fuck yourself.

    • @Sokrabiades
      @Sokrabiades 5 років тому +23

      Meanwhile Mark Wahlberg tries to murder a Vietnamese immigrant, and everybody loves him. smh

  • @toddhitchens6272
    @toddhitchens6272 4 роки тому +197

    "offensive and racist"? He literally said the same things New Yorkers say about New York.

    • @perceptortron
      @perceptortron 3 роки тому +26

      Yeah but hes a straight white male

    • @fightmilk8613
      @fightmilk8613 3 роки тому +7

      Welcome to Vice. Accusing people of whatever they can to divide segments of the country.

    • @mannym1635
      @mannym1635 2 роки тому +5

      @JC as a fellow NY who commuted by the 7 train back and forth for decades, everything he said about the people who ride it was 100% accurate.

    • @Luke8-17
      @Luke8-17 2 роки тому +1

      This is so true!!

    • @rustinjobinson
      @rustinjobinson 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, that's not at all how that works at all. He's actual scum.

  • @andyborowitz1730
    @andyborowitz1730 5 років тому +314

    this doesn't look like an interview,it looks like a Tinder hookup.

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 3 роки тому +10

      @Read Father Seraphim Rose everyone slightly right of Marx is a racist

    • @guzz114
      @guzz114 3 роки тому +4

      Lmfao this comes across as a date.

    • @anatolepapafilippou7967
      @anatolepapafilippou7967 3 роки тому +1

      Nailed.

    • @sammmy4495
      @sammmy4495 3 роки тому +1

      @Read Father Seraphim Rose he’s a man

    • @joshuaahn8182
      @joshuaahn8182 3 роки тому +6

      Came here to say they def have the pre hook up vibe

  • @aeternusero
    @aeternusero 9 років тому +182

    If you are from the South, you know a Kenny Powers. We all do. That's why he plays the character so well, because there is one in every town.

    • @ws8061
      @ws8061 3 роки тому +3

      Jody Hill is from my hometown. His mom is a middle school teacher and I ofc don't know for sure but I swear he themes some characters from Vice Principles after real people.

    • @cyrilkoop1601
      @cyrilkoop1601 2 роки тому +1

      Come on now, there’s a lot more than just one.
      And there’s not a damn thing you can do about it! 😂

    • @juliebraden6911
      @juliebraden6911 Рік тому

      Assholes are everywhere. Definitely not just the South.

    • @Jeffc0987
      @Jeffc0987 Рік тому +1

      I had a coworker who once said..."Now I'm not a racist, but some black family just moved in next door and it just pisses me off".
      I asked him if there was any reason for it like loud music, not taking care of the lawn, whatever
      ...and yeah, it was just good old fashioned racism.
      That was my Kenny Powers.

    • @rhv84060
      @rhv84060 Рік тому

      Kenny powers won the World Series though. Lol

  • @Kem1kal13
    @Kem1kal13 7 років тому +368

    Close your eyes and listen, it IS Kenny Powers LOL

    • @pearce123456789
      @pearce123456789 7 років тому

      Icon of Sin haha he does.

    • @willpowr416
      @willpowr416 6 років тому +15

      I was thinking the same. McBride nailed the role

    • @justinx9892
      @justinx9892 3 роки тому +5

      I think he’s playing it up a bit to match the character

  • @Alknight7
    @Alknight7 3 роки тому +83

    “The mask from Scream, can I wear the mask from scream?”

    • @rhv84060
      @rhv84060 3 роки тому +1

      Cassie - your cell phone SUCKS

    • @JFKjr-gp7lf
      @JFKjr-gp7lf 3 роки тому +1

      Funny asf

    • @ecardullo10
      @ecardullo10 3 роки тому +1

      "While I do you from behind? Hello?"

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 роки тому +1

      @@ecardullo10 I fucking love that scene...”yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

    • @nickolasecker9817
      @nickolasecker9817 2 роки тому

      “I don’t see why I have to pay for a hotel room, I’ve got a house and you can come here and we could just cut out the middleman” *hands Cassie empty bud light can*

  • @enzotestarossa
    @enzotestarossa 4 роки тому +30

    Host: “You gonna show me your slider?”
    Fkn killed me

  • @M1lesJames
    @M1lesJames 8 років тому +220

    There is only one Kenny Fucking Powers

    • @SilverbackGorilla69
      @SilverbackGorilla69 8 років тому +3

      +Kenny Powers You're fucking out

    • @tonytaglalucci7778
      @tonytaglalucci7778 8 років тому

      hahaha!

    • @sparkholiday
      @sparkholiday 8 років тому +2

      +steve brule For your health!

    • @jimlahey9158
      @jimlahey9158 8 років тому +1

      You got that right, and he's a shit puppet

    • @thatdiamonds2148
      @thatdiamonds2148 7 років тому +1

      And they need to be angry shit puppets, but not at us, shit puppets need to be angry at other shit puppets

  • @jlistetson
    @jlistetson 9 років тому +128

    "My dad said you ruined baseball" - Eastbound and Down

    • @samuhlm2
      @samuhlm2 3 роки тому +10

      right before this is the best line. "Ya I went to rehab, hurt my nose"

  • @brandonwall5693
    @brandonwall5693 4 роки тому +41

    I’m from the same town as Rocker. He used to date one of my 7th grade teachers and would pick her up for lunch. He was always cool as hell and signed a bunch of stuff for me.

  • @David-um4dy
    @David-um4dy 4 роки тому +27

    "I'm not trying to be the best at exercising, I play real sports" 😂
    I loved East bound and down so much and never met anyone else that liked it lol.

    • @bobtwichew3103
      @bobtwichew3103 3 роки тому +3

      It was the fucking funniest show on tv at the time. I was pissed when they canceled it.

  • @miamoben
    @miamoben 9 років тому +119

    "You can't fix sucks" - John Rocker

  • @mhtpk1989
    @mhtpk1989 9 років тому +233

    Holy shit he is real. Danny McBride/Will Ferrell were barely exaggerating.

  • @dpowers1185
    @dpowers1185 5 років тому +51

    “People will take us more seriously if we do all of our voiceovers in a dry monotone voice” - Every Vice Producer

  • @StandardEnvy
    @StandardEnvy 3 роки тому +63

    he deffinely slept with that interviewer to, lmao.

    • @igohida
      @igohida 3 роки тому +4

      1000% . Just their body language at 10:14 is enough to tell

    • @defsushi
      @defsushi 3 роки тому

      Lol probably

    • @marchammond05
      @marchammond05 3 роки тому

      Ditto!

    • @ryanbrown3004
      @ryanbrown3004 3 роки тому

      I don’t think so. Women are like that, when they need to get stuff. Like decent interviews

    • @pegcity4eva
      @pegcity4eva 23 дні тому

      She works for vice its mandatory she be gay

  • @chsjo
    @chsjo 9 років тому +322

    I find unapologetic people refreshing.

  • @joelmorris32
    @joelmorris32 7 років тому +46

    Her body language around him is like a high school girl

  • @rayfalsetto1010
    @rayfalsetto1010 4 роки тому +27

    Just finished the series, I’ve been binge watching it for 3 days. Totally worth it.

  • @MoMo_IP2
    @MoMo_IP2 4 роки тому +183

    The host is a proud straight woman now after the taste of the rocker.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby 3 роки тому +16

      Not just straight she's full blown superstraight for Rocker

    • @SuperTrb0
      @SuperTrb0 3 роки тому +14

      She got her “I got railed by Rocker” t-shirt.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby 3 роки тому +9

      @@SuperTrb0 "I got rocked by Rocker"

    • @SuperTrb0
      @SuperTrb0 3 роки тому +1

      @@dr34mw34v3r who cares. Go be offended somewhere else.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby 3 роки тому +3

      She's Rockersexual

  • @Edward135i
    @Edward135i 7 років тому +179

    John Rocker needs a reality show where they just follow him around.

  • @PerryCuda
    @PerryCuda 7 років тому +314

    Looking at Rocker's body language during his interviews, it's obvious he thinks the host is in play.

    • @uzieric1
      @uzieric1 7 років тому +103

      and of course she is.

    • @latinolawdog5067
      @latinolawdog5067 6 років тому +47

      He’s a pro athlete. They think everybody’s in play.

    • @cordellsenior9935
      @cordellsenior9935 4 роки тому +19

      I think so too. Since the golf course.

    • @shanek6582
      @shanek6582 4 роки тому +3

      Ignatius I’d say she’s gay

    • @benjones7634
      @benjones7634 3 роки тому +32

      @@shanek6582 gay for that dick. She's married. To a guy.

  • @GetSchanked
    @GetSchanked 4 роки тому +72

    He's definitely the influence for Kenny Powers in Eastbound and Down lmaooo

    • @Heresastory23
      @Heresastory23 3 роки тому +8

      Thats literally the titlr of the video

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 роки тому +2

      I like this guy...! I’m not into baseball, but I think he’s really cool.😁

    • @didhedieddud334
      @didhedieddud334 3 роки тому

      G a y

    • @bodbn
      @bodbn 2 місяці тому

      McBride said he was based on a couple of different sports players one of which was Rocker.

  • @jimmorrison9411
    @jimmorrison9411 Рік тому +45

    This dude has such an unlikeable but hilarious personality and McBride did a great job of creating it on camera.

    • @tybaltyrant1
      @tybaltyrant1 5 місяців тому

      I think he's extremely likeable.

    • @bradbutcher3984
      @bradbutcher3984 Місяць тому

      You just mad he smashed Ole girl.

    • @mikevismyelement
      @mikevismyelement 2 дні тому

      Unlikeable? You must've got bullied by the athletes in school

  • @user6008
    @user6008 6 років тому +55

    Look at Rocker's stats from 1999-2001. The guy appeared in 201 games over the course of these three seasons. 162 games per season = 486. Basically Rocker pitched in roughly forty percent of baseball games every season. His arm was destroyed due to overuse, which happened to guys like Johnny Venters, Mark Wohlers and Eric O'Flaherty among others. They all played for Bobby Cox and hall of fame manager that he is, the man ruined many a bullpen arm. But such is the life of a relief pitcher, here today and gone tomorrow.

    • @oldkingcoleyounger
      @oldkingcoleyounger Рік тому +5

      I always thought Bobby Cox coached the game like a winner, but not a champion.maybe the reason he won a lot but only had one ring.

    • @currypablo
      @currypablo 8 місяців тому +1

      Add Steve Avery to the list of young arms Cox destroyed.

  • @DubstepClassicsHD
    @DubstepClassicsHD 9 років тому +218

    you gotta respect him for not really giving a fuck

    • @seymourglass26
      @seymourglass26 9 років тому +5

      He's faking it less than 2/3 of the comments, and they're even written in a pretty anonymous forum and still can't be honest.

    • @xperiazip7967
      @xperiazip7967 7 років тому

      Dubstep Classics he gave her a fuck

    • @elchatodeoro1
      @elchatodeoro1 6 років тому

      Is kenny powers you fucking idiot of course he wont give a fuck

  • @brianfeuerstein776
    @brianfeuerstein776 Рік тому +12

    " you can't fix sucks " is the most Kenny Powers thing ever 😂

  • @tee1up785
    @tee1up785 5 років тому +64

    KP- “You mean Jew York? Its f*cking great…”

  • @MarvelousPhilly
    @MarvelousPhilly 9 років тому +116

    I meant this guy once, and to be honest, he was a cool dude. Didn't seem racist to me. We had an hour long convo on sports, and just life in general. I knew about what he said in his past, and after talking to him, I didn't care. And yes, I'm a black man. I was 27 at the time. To sum it all up, he's actually a good person.

    • @gunplaygaming6830
      @gunplaygaming6830 5 років тому +4

      The Marvelous One lol what has anybody famous done around you that you deemed racist?? lol
      jeez

    • @michaeldobbins2632
      @michaeldobbins2632 2 роки тому +5

      Bro people are just too PC. Nobody can take an offensive joke at all

    • @RonnieG
      @RonnieG Рік тому

      I'm glad you meant him.

    • @bobbyhall7472
      @bobbyhall7472 Рік тому

      So because he didn't call you a N----- he must be a good dude huh🤡

  • @tommclarty17
    @tommclarty17 7 років тому +330

    This documentary gave me a tingle down in my plummmmmmsssss.

    • @bucky90269
      @bucky90269 7 років тому +18

      laces out Ray!

    • @nopansnogains5382
      @nopansnogains5382 4 роки тому +1

      @Leonard Holt fresh and juicy ready for the picking all the school children are lining up to put them in their sack lunches "hey that plum looks good could I trade for a twinkly" (naa these are my plums, I want to bite in to that plum and let the juice spill down my chin).... ya know what I mean

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 4 роки тому

      I have had too much fanta..mammy

    • @killmovezzz2185
      @killmovezzz2185 3 роки тому

      Special 2 for one

  • @anthonyhewitt9397
    @anthonyhewitt9397 4 роки тому +28

    The guy is giving homeless veterans homes and jobs you cant speculate on his intent.

  • @matt4122
    @matt4122 3 роки тому +18

    Wow, you can really tell this was filmed prior to 2016, otherwise this interview would've solely focused on his bigotry and the reporter would have utter contempt towards him.

  • @shahmm
    @shahmm 7 років тому +44

    "I'm not controversial, I'm polarizing." John Rocker

  • @biglakebulliesadamg.8715
    @biglakebulliesadamg.8715 6 років тому +122

    Rocker's still on the juice. 👍 "La Flama Blanca" ✊

  • @BuckfastConsumer
    @BuckfastConsumer 4 роки тому +31

    "Let the boy WATCH"

  • @jeremyhelton1261
    @jeremyhelton1261 3 роки тому +12

    I don’t watch sports and I’m not a baseball fan but for some reason I have to say this was one of the more interesting reporting assignments I have seen

  • @TheTaintedTango
    @TheTaintedTango 9 років тому +62

    Kenny Powers 110% tapped dat.

  • @MrHeatgap
    @MrHeatgap 8 років тому +96

    She's without a doubt my favorite interviewer for VICE, I can't stand the rest of the goofy, out of touch with all reality, hipsters they use.

    • @ryanbarrett3895
      @ryanbarrett3895 8 років тому +1

      what is her name?

    • @AGE0FQUARREL
      @AGE0FQUARREL 5 років тому +2

      @@ryanbarrett3895 Gianna Toboni.

    • @ilyab4792
      @ilyab4792 5 років тому +13

      @@ryanbarrett3895 gianna michaels

    • @ohsweatbret
      @ohsweatbret 4 роки тому +1

      She sucks, her gitmo visit was retarded. Basically 20 minutes of “we are at a facility that holds top secret prisoners! Y U NO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS?!?!?” Maybe she is better with these lighthearted interviews, but anything that’s serious she comes off as a naive sheltered out of touch hipster.

    • @kenesealo7982
      @kenesealo7982 2 роки тому +3

      What are you talking about she's a bit h rocking a side comb. How is that not hipster

  • @optimusmars
    @optimusmars 4 роки тому +24

    I grew a full beard upon watching this documantary.

    • @galedribble9535
      @galedribble9535 3 роки тому +2

      That’s crazy cuz you’re a wee little baby

  • @alexkulka8578
    @alexkulka8578 4 роки тому +33

    Definitely chemistry between the two.

    • @anthonymorabito32
      @anthonymorabito32 2 роки тому +9

      was looking for this comment lmao she was digging him

    • @RonnieG
      @RonnieG Рік тому

      She actually kicked him in the nuts after his first beer.

    • @reidkyle5030
      @reidkyle5030 9 місяців тому

      lol theres probably few women on the planet who wouldn't dig on him.

  • @llai8501
    @llai8501 7 років тому +36

    "You going to show me your slider?" Hahahha

  • @saltemann3581
    @saltemann3581 8 років тому +124

    he did smash

  • @Dustinwhy8
    @Dustinwhy8 3 роки тому +8

    “Can I do you from behind while wearing the scream mask? Hello...hello?. Cassie, your cell phone straight up blows.”

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 роки тому +1

      “Yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

  • @mikemcdermott7760
    @mikemcdermott7760 5 років тому +5

    Even Kenny Fukin POWERS grinned when she said "Will you show me your slider????".

  • @billcosbyeatsbabies9947
    @billcosbyeatsbabies9947 7 років тому +90

    Two things are for certain: 1) kenny powers was definitely inspired by this guy. & 2) he definitely banged that reporter, 100%.

    • @indo3052
      @indo3052 4 роки тому +4

      I dont know. She seems like a lesbian

    • @mybrokengains2404
      @mybrokengains2404 4 роки тому +5

      indo she was til she met Rocker...

    • @indo3052
      @indo3052 4 роки тому +2

      MyBroken Gains lol. Lesbians still crave d from my experience

    • @whywelovefilm7079
      @whywelovefilm7079 4 роки тому +4

      Not every female reporter sleeps with the person they're interviewing. Lol
      But you're right about this one. She totally slept with him...

    • @archydagr8
      @archydagr8 4 роки тому

      Lol 100%

  • @JimmyFranceable
    @JimmyFranceable 6 років тому +111

    Rocker was 100% accurate about NYs 7 train, and I grew up a Mets fan. He makes some valid comments about the media, he also seems like a good sport about it all. He knew how to play the bad guy and he played that role to the hilt. We all ate it up, it was great.

    • @alanharper4910
      @alanharper4910 5 років тому +3

      A broken clock is correct twice a day too

    • @t-townchampreviews1442
      @t-townchampreviews1442 4 роки тому +9

      @@alanharper4910 not if you go by military time.

    • @theleagueofshadows100
      @theleagueofshadows100 4 роки тому

      let me be your pappy!!!
      Me: “Why is this mic on the ground over here!?”
      -Reads comment-
      “Oh...nevermind, that’s where it belongs”
      and James France well said. Agreed all the way.

    • @joniraggi2358
      @joniraggi2358 3 роки тому +3

      Yup. I take and hate the 7 and all the pricks who ride it along with the smelly homeless people who expect me to pay them to ride it

    • @JimmyFranceable
      @JimmyFranceable 3 роки тому

      @@alanharper4910 You’re a broken clock.

  • @mikeschmidt4800
    @mikeschmidt4800 3 роки тому +6

    I had 1/4th of the shoulder surgeries he had/should have had and I learned to throw left handed in the healing process just so I could throw ball with my kids. Honestly, now, it is like having a fresh youthful arm that has been waiting for its time.

  • @ifinallyhavesocialmedia8728
    @ifinallyhavesocialmedia8728 4 роки тому +9

    Nice interview. . .I'm black and can truly appreciate people who are unapologetically themselves. You'd be shocked at how many of us shun liberals/hipsters/soy-boys. EVERY race is prejudiced to a certain extent; if someone's an asshole and living their truth, I'd respect them any day over a follower pretending to politically correct: the asshole gives me the liberty of knowing whom I'm dealing with.

    • @jasonhutter7534
      @jasonhutter7534 Рік тому

      Feel the same way. We ALL have prejudices. They surround us and we grow up with them. Some of the prejudices may have some basis in fact but people are way more similar than they are different. The important thing is to appreciate the differences, not dwell on them.

  • @ph0kused
    @ph0kused 8 років тому +362

    seems like a cool dude that can laugh at himeself

    • @Zeno7741
      @Zeno7741 7 років тому +17

      20$ she's a lesbian

    • @easterdm
      @easterdm 7 років тому +21

      she actually wants to D

    • @Mac-ze4gu
      @Mac-ze4gu 7 років тому +5

      Still hot AF

    • @NathanaelGreer
      @NathanaelGreer 7 років тому

      Mercredy Uy your super ghey

    • @mclovin9578
      @mclovin9578 5 років тому +1

      He sure as shit loves himself. Lol

  • @chilleverest
    @chilleverest 9 років тому +225

    This documentary was more about the reporter chicks road to banging Rocker than about Rocker himself.

    • @TGuy-bt4xz
      @TGuy-bt4xz 6 років тому +4

      chilleverest you said it all brotha , I felt apart of him smashing this chick ,almost a wingman she pounded tht drink the clear one and took it for NY

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 5 років тому

      You wouldn't have this interview without those self indulgent brats. Excellent work here if you ask me

  • @SmallBritney
    @SmallBritney 4 роки тому +20

    Hilarious, never knew a Kenny Powers was real down to the voice.

  • @xxsmack_dabxx396
    @xxsmack_dabxx396 3 роки тому +11

    I feel like Kenny powers is a mix of this guy and Lenny Dykstra

  • @pete7389
    @pete7389 9 років тому +7

    Terrific interview. I was never a fan of John Rocker, but as a lifelong Phillies fan I never cared for the Braves all together. Dunring his playing days I only knew of Rocker what I heard on the media, but this interview gave me a different appreciation of him. Well done.

  • @ApeQuake
    @ApeQuake 9 років тому +45

    John Rocker is clearly the inspiration for Kenny Powers. The main stepping off point was Kenny was a polarizing redemption story and John Rocker's redemption is private. Also, John is not really a bigot, he seems to hate everyone that's not like him equally -- white, black, females or whatever. I do not share his opinions and most items, but he's at least genuine. He's the real-life internet troll -- unfiltered and unrelenting. On the other hand, he does good for things he cares strongly about and puts effort into that as well (of course, mostly he just cares for himself... but still). I could not stand to see someone like him daily, but there is room in society for a John Rocker and he seems to be getting on (even though his Twitter feed is VERY difficult to read).

    • @CFergiee
      @CFergiee 9 років тому

      ***** I'm sure you pump gas for a living.

    • @CFergiee
      @CFergiee 9 років тому

      it's a shame you couldn't find a way to make money doing something you ENJOY. I'd appreciate you keeping your lack of manners where they belong. Oh wait this is a youtube comment section. Stop wasting your emotions and time. Go fill my tank.

    • @nlsupernovaable
      @nlsupernovaable 9 років тому +4

      Most people can't handle people who don't say what others want to hear and have an attitude like "you can take me as i am and if you don't like me, to bad". Everybody is always trying so hard to be liked by everyone because they are afraid to be rejected. When they are conftonted with someone who doesn't play along with their facade they feel something is wrong or weird with that person, or are jalous that they don't have the guts to do the same.
      I can relate very much to this guy. Don't know who he is but understand exactly how he feels. Tough apperance, misunderstood but to people who matter to him very warm and helpfull. and dedicated to things that actually matter instead of worying about what others think. Also very little patience for bullshit.
      If you don't like me, too bad. There are so many people i don't like, It happens. Mind your own business and move on. thats what i do and works great for me. A lot less stress

    • @cantryss
      @cantryss 9 років тому

      People throw the term troll around so often now it's lost all meaning. Beyond popular belief there is a difference between being a troll, and a asshole.
      Trolls say things they don't care about knowing they're going to get a rise out of people.
      Assholes can say things that will get a rise out of people, but they don't say it to get a rise out of people.
      Rocker fits in the Asshole personality category(Not saying he's a asshole)
      People on the internet need to learn the difference because there is one.
      Example in this thread:
      CFergiee Troll
      ***** Asshole/Troll*
      Cantryss Asshole
      *Read below

    • @cantryss
      @cantryss 9 років тому

      ***** I gave you the lesser of two evils but I guess you can't accept it. What a shame you've upgraded to troll.

  • @ticcusagram
    @ticcusagram 3 роки тому +8

    That mans gotta learn... the way I learned from my father..... the way he learned from his fatherr

  • @rodakjones7574
    @rodakjones7574 3 роки тому +3

    I live in Wilmington where the series was filmed. It's like living in his world every day. I walk by Ashley Schaffer BMW every day. Its not called that, but its the same building. It's a trip.

  • @dwgwnr1969
    @dwgwnr1969 8 років тому +66

    I'm a huge Braves fan and I loved when rocker hit the field runnin like a freight train to the mound, eyes blazin, sweat flyin..dying to crush any batters tryin to take away a win from his team.

    • @tthreepo4291
      @tthreepo4291 3 роки тому

      It's called roid rage bro....

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 2 роки тому +2

      @@tthreepo4291 i mean ge mightve been on some roids. But i dont see it, usually by his age he wouldve shrunk down and shown obvious signs of roids. Hes a pretty big dude naturally, and his mass and tone has aged naturally.

    • @tthreepo4291
      @tthreepo4291 2 роки тому +1

      @@plack_benis382 that's not an opinion dude, it's fact. He admitted to taking steriods while playing in his book 10 years ago and on several interviews...

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 2 роки тому

      @@tthreepo4291 yeah youre right he did. I dont think he was juicing super heavy though. Never had any of the negative effects besides ego that i can tell

    • @Jannakennels
      @Jannakennels Рік тому +3

      Lol. Everyone was on steroids, he was the only one running to the mound.

  • @Abravesfan1988
    @Abravesfan1988 6 років тому +34

    Ohhh shit look there's Marquis Grissom! Dude caught the last out of our last World Series in 1995! Damn good Centerfielder in the day!

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 4 роки тому +2

      Fat girls rule

    • @Abravesfan1988
      @Abravesfan1988 4 роки тому +1

      Dwayne Heath DAMN RIGHT!!

    • @SchmavidSchmobb
      @SchmavidSchmobb 3 роки тому +2

      Dude, I was so psyched to see him. The Only mlb game I saw as a kid, he hit an inside the park home run. My favorite player ever since

  • @mosipd
    @mosipd 5 років тому +16

    Help me understand why it's controversial to help immigrants learn the local language and assimilate successfully into society. I really don't understand why anyone would say this is controversial or how it could "piss people off" as Vice claims.

    • @iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053
      @iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 2 роки тому +3

      I agree 100%. I took 4 years of Spanish in High School and a semester in college as an elective. I can have a conversation. The most difficult part truly is when you're talking with spanish speaking dudes and THEY don't even know their own language. It frustrates me because I'm like "esse, I'm not supposed to know more than you".

    • @babyreps365
      @babyreps365 6 місяців тому

      Simple move to Germany learn to speak German not sure why English is so offensive

  • @akbrooks70
    @akbrooks70 5 років тому +9

    I have a cousin that played in triple A for 15 years. Got called up a few times but not for long mostly because of injuries but also because he was trouble. He makes Rocker look tame.
    Point is, these guys are a special kind of person. They're douchie and don't give a damn about anything but a W. Trying to make them feel bad about some off color comments or get them to change their feelings to meet yours is a lost cause.

    • @Igoruhandchu
      @Igoruhandchu 9 місяців тому

      Aka a MAN..dying breed these days

  • @achmeineye
    @achmeineye 7 років тому +15

    For some reason I absolutely love the narrator's voice...there's something about the tone that is just perfect to me. I wish she read audiobooks

  • @starrshine5976
    @starrshine5976 8 років тому +66

    I don't know much about this guy, but he is still, physically a giant.

  • @screamingmime76
    @screamingmime76 5 років тому +4

    Heard about this guy years ago. Had no clue he was Kenny Powers. Damn I love this guy. Going to watch all his interviews

    • @VernonMaxwellsfriend
      @VernonMaxwellsfriend 2 роки тому

      Kenny Powers was inspired by Mitch wild thing Williams as well.

  • @greydeath4273
    @greydeath4273 4 роки тому +17

    He sounds just like danny did in eastbound

  • @jwaxmcgeeg9706
    @jwaxmcgeeg9706 8 років тому +18

    This guy is cool, fuck the haters

  • @derekroberts5931
    @derekroberts5931 8 років тому +56

    He aged well. Almost a Luke Wilson look.

  • @rynov4981
    @rynov4981 5 років тому +9

    15:31 yall hear that fart? lol

    • @joshuawiseman5629
      @joshuawiseman5629 3 роки тому

      that's the chair hes sitting in creaking

    • @chasemcpot7789
      @chasemcpot7789 3 роки тому +1

      She licked her lips too. She was savoring it lol

  • @OnYourSquare
    @OnYourSquare 4 роки тому +12

    I remember 'ol John Rocker. He had triple digit heat on tap!

  • @gamerscouncil2262
    @gamerscouncil2262 6 років тому +15

    "You're gonna show me your slider" 😂😂😂😂

  • @pandemic7
    @pandemic7 7 років тому +254

    Lol, she was so into him. You catch all that flirting and girlish laughter. Makes sense, she's prob usually around a bunch of effete, man-bun wearing, Brooklyn hipsters.

    • @justonefyx
      @justonefyx 7 років тому +95

      It's the first time she's been in the presence of a real man. God knows, she's never seen one in the Vice offices.

    • @uzieric1
      @uzieric1 7 років тому +30

      so true. she's the manliest vice reporter I've ever seen. lol

    • @EnliveningJustice
      @EnliveningJustice 5 років тому +12

      g mack, “they ALL have to suppress it.”
      WTF are you on, clown?

    • @EnliveningJustice
      @EnliveningJustice 5 років тому +9

      she looks just like one of those hipster pony boys.

    • @historysmysteriesunveiled8043
      @historysmysteriesunveiled8043 4 роки тому +8

      "You gonna show me your slider?"

  • @heartlesshorseman4202
    @heartlesshorseman4202 5 років тому +9

    If this guy still played, I would actually watch baseball

  • @niceguy1774
    @niceguy1774 Рік тому +1

    As soon as she said "after what many consider were offensive and racist comments.. " without saying what they were, I tuned-out.
    So much for that 45 seconds.

  • @SethGoletz
    @SethGoletz 9 років тому +33

    The real question is... Who wears two gloves when golfing?

    • @andremaines
      @andremaines 4 роки тому +9

      Definitely not OJ

    • @JFKjr-gp7lf
      @JFKjr-gp7lf 3 роки тому +1

      @@andremaines 🤣🤣😂

    • @sammmy4495
      @sammmy4495 3 роки тому +1

      Sweaty palms on a hot southern day.

  • @logfog
    @logfog 8 років тому +105

    It pisses me off that "Learn to Speak...(the language spoken in the country you are going to)" is thought of as controversial by the media. It isn't controversial, it's common sense.

    • @kortneyjones4823
      @kortneyjones4823 6 років тому +5

      Log Fog your clearly a white person

    • @Tristige
      @Tristige 6 років тому +7

      *you're, lmao don't know how to speak it either?

    • @gstacks510
      @gstacks510 6 років тому +1

      Speak when spoken to boi...

    • @deprogramm
      @deprogramm 5 років тому +6

      It is very logical. Anyone who disagrees is just a politically correct moron. Assimilate, or get the fuck out.

    • @dylanevans7529
      @dylanevans7529 5 років тому +1

      Goes to Saudi Arabia... Don't Speak Arabic... Get hanged. Come to Western Countries.... Can't Speak Language... Official Second Language

  • @hunterbenz2042
    @hunterbenz2042 4 роки тому +34

    He is very well spoken, he’s like a normal person, I think the lady that interviewed him might of caught some feelings . This is a perfect example on how the media can make or break someone in the lime light.

    • @BigBewtieHoles
      @BigBewtieHoles 10 місяців тому

      Hmmmm...based on what I know about people with that hairstyle I would begin by advising you that the journalist doesn't adhere to binary gender pronouns. I've met some people who went as she with a haircut like that but they didn't stay she for long....

  • @whydoineedahandle269
    @whydoineedahandle269 3 роки тому +5

    Yeah let’s just do an interview inside a crowded bar

  • @herdondoozer
    @herdondoozer 7 років тому +399

    $10 he railed the girl reporting

    • @seande1314
      @seande1314 7 років тому +31

      NextStageFitness double money she doesn't swing that way. I know lesbians when I see em I know to man. might still hit though... people like experimentation

    • @roguestep4843
      @roguestep4843 7 років тому +38

      She just looks like a Lesbian... she got railed HARD, southern charm/hospitality works on city girls.

    • @TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream
      @TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream 7 років тому +44

      Everyone who wrote this in this comment chain is a man who was attracted to another man projecting their own attraction to this man into the female reporter. WE GET IT you think he's attractive lol. Some grown men below this comment have written things like "Yeah that's the first time she was in the presence of a *real man*" I think we have some sideways ass niggas in this comment chain

    • @mmorrison151
      @mmorrison151 7 років тому +21

      NextStageFitness she was soaked threw out the whole interview.

    • @SDADDYWSL1TR3Y
      @SDADDYWSL1TR3Y 7 років тому +5

      NextStageFitness well she's a liberal and a lesbian so i doubt it she probably hates his guts and this video only proved how much of a dick head this guy really is

  • @girlspooptoo8567
    @girlspooptoo8567 8 років тому +116

    He seems like a really good guy to me.
    New York's a little sensitive Maybe
    Stay Gold Ponyboy

    • @angelmurals298
      @angelmurals298 7 років тому +2

      Macedonian_Pride 83 its always liberals.

    • @MLCAgaming
      @MLCAgaming 6 років тому +5

      New York's a shit hole, who cares what they think

    • @JimmyFranceable
      @JimmyFranceable 6 років тому +3

      I'm a New Yorker and a Mets fan. I thought Rocker was great back in the day. He just played the villain well.

    • @staten84
      @staten84 5 років тому

      He's nice now. Obviously he learned his lesson

  • @Dstealthsniper
    @Dstealthsniper 4 роки тому +11

    $50 this girls parties were moist during this interview

  • @keatontyler6878
    @keatontyler6878 3 роки тому

    I'm guessing not as many people know who John Rocker is, as I thought. I had no idea he was the person that inspired Kenny Powers, but it makes so much more sense now!

  • @zshakur
    @zshakur 9 років тому +26

    People grow and change. Some become wiser. I remember those comments he made. I was living in Atl when he said them. I'm happy he's found his redemption through helping those that fight in our countries name. He's doing more for them than the government is. Racism is ignorance, intolerance is ignorance. What he's doing for forgotten vets...priceless.

    • @LeviDaManJabroni
      @LeviDaManJabroni 9 років тому +7

      Visa MasterCard

    • @cata3350
      @cata3350 Рік тому

      His organization partners with the VA a government organization, so they must be doing something right? 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @TJandFriends
    @TJandFriends 7 років тому +38

    East Bound and Down is still my favorite show, John you handled this documentary very well, respect, wish you nothing but more success throughout your life, either way you influenced the greatest show of all time, you're a good human being and were young when you said things im sure you'd take back. Much love and well done VICE, but John did you hit it haha jk :)

  • @jjjones7915
    @jjjones7915 4 роки тому +3

    Now,that's the best documentary that could of went the other way done by Vice. Bravo

  • @Chasity_Colvington
    @Chasity_Colvington 5 років тому +3

    I remember going to “john rocket battery night” where at old shea people coordinated to bring batteries to throw at him but he never entered if I remember correctly

  • @TheKSTEW3
    @TheKSTEW3 7 років тому +5

    This guy got the rap as being an uneducated bigot/bully, but I was surprised at how well spoken he was at times during this interview. This is an example of one comment from 17 years ago, still haunting this man to this day. What makes America great is giving someone a chance to redeem themselves even after what appears to be a permanent fall from grace.. As a former baseball player/fan I loved his competitive streak and take no prisoners attitude that every great closer must possess to be great. As a former Marine, I am even more impressed with what he has done to help former vets who have fallen on hard times, by providing the opportunity to become productive members of society again. As for Kenny Powers, the man was hilarious and gave me something to look forward to watching EastBound, but the only similarities between the 2 are how eerily similar their voices sound, and the fact that are hardass relievers from the same part of Georgia.

    • @tvxfilmtime
      @tvxfilmtime 8 місяців тому

      So you are a bigot like him

  • @BIGCOOKIE7581
    @BIGCOOKIE7581 9 років тому +4

    I was at Shea Stadium when the Mets beat Rocker in the 15th inning of the playoffs (Alfonzo , they gave out a promo that night, something with batteries I believe. Anyway after the Mets won, Rocker had to run off the field because he was getting hit with all types of debris. Best game I've ever been to.

  • @pecosR0B
    @pecosR0B 4 роки тому +2

    I was just a teenager when Rocker was in his prime and I wasn't really into baseball back then. I do remember a lot of people hating him but man, he doesn't deserve it anymore.

  • @markyncole
    @markyncole 5 років тому +16

    So people got upset because he described a typical NYC subway ride?

  • @someguy504
    @someguy504 9 років тому +14

    Looked more like a date than an interview. Probably plowed the shit out of her when they stopped filming.

  • @PKPJayhawk04
    @PKPJayhawk04 9 років тому +14

    I do sports. I'm not trying to be the best at exercising.

  • @Semiam1
    @Semiam1 2 роки тому +13

    I met him at a club in Buckhead a few years back and he is definitely larger than life yet he was down to earth.

  • @chrisL0430
    @chrisL0430 4 роки тому +7

    I'd love to get drunk and play a round of golf with this dude lol