There was a different opening day video that I saw which showed the new faces of the Yankees acquired during the offseason (Juan Soto, Alex Verdugo, Trent Grisham and Marcus Stroman).
Too bad he did what he did . He only has himself to blame for the fact he will NEVER be in the hall of fame. He really didn't play much against the Yankees.
They should of had Messier, Giuliani, Pataki, and Bloomberg in this, another captain, the mayor that got us through 9/11 and the Nxt best mayor who was in office wen the Yankees won in 2009
I just became aware of the Captain (August 2023) and like the other comments I fell in love with the opening music. Thanks for making the loop! P.S. I am enjoying this series s lot
@@garyt19651 You and I don't know squat, ask the quote unquote greatest players and experts, they most often say Bonds. It would be like Wilt not being in the NBA hall of fame
Mussina was not some kind of genius. He was lucky. Bonds had only 6 at-bats against Mussina for his entire career. Bonds was 3 for 5 with a walk in those 6 at-bats for a 0.600 average. On that small sample size, we'd have to say that Bonds owned Mussina. On this at-bat, Bonds guessed wrong.
Mussina has a degree from Stanford and, without using steroids or being a big super athletically gifted person, managed to be an elite pitcher in the best offensive division in the most difficult era in baseball history to pitch. He actually was some kind of pitching genius. Bonds on the other hand was juiced out of his fkin mind in 2002. Mussina apparently avoided being valedictorian of his high school class just to avoid giving the speech. dude was brainiac.
Mussina was TRULY a genious on the mound. 5 at bats in no way is any kind of sample size to judge stats. I am sure Buid Harrelson was 3-5 against someone one day, you or I could be 3-5 against a great pitcher one day. LUCKY, no way, you obviously did not see Mussina pitch throughout his career. Sorry for you that you didn't , it was like watching a artist. Unlike Bonds , Mike was someone you could look up to the way he presenetd himself as a perosn ON and OFF the field.
@@garyt19651 The point is that winning a single at-bat against Barry Bonds proves nothing. If 6 appearances are too small a sample size, then a single appearance proves even less. I am not trying to denigrate Mussina's career. He was a fantastic pitcher. But the argument that a single victory over Barry proves that Mussina is a genius does not get anywhere. Bonds owned Mussina. Again 6 appearances is all of the Bonds/Mussina history we have. It's not just one bad day. That is the entirety of their head to head competition,
@@breadandcircuses8127find an example of a guy who hits a lot of homeruns who has struck out fewer times in a season. since 1955 only been done once by a player who hit more than 40 HRs in a season. Barry Bonds in 2004. 45 Hrs to 41 Ks. i doubt you could easily find anyone else who is a qualified hitter. pretty mind blowing.
What I hate about Bonds wasn't that he lied about using steroids, by playing the ignorant card, and blaming his trainer, it was that while in Pittsburgh he did shit at the plate when the pressure was on in the NLCS. The Braves (and Reds) just ate him alive in clutch sitautions. He goes to the Giants, does little, watches McGwire and Sosa have a huge homer race, wants to be part of that, starts juicing, so when they finally make it to the NLCS in 2002, then he finally puts up decent numbers. If he really wanted to help his team in the 90's, he'd have juiced like the Juice Brothers were doing out in Oakland.
He never really had good teams and he had no leadership qualities. That's what's great about baseball. You can have the best player ever on your team and not make the playoffs most of the time.
well.... pretty much everyone except douchebags think he's a big douchebag and he never will make the Hall of Fame so I'd say he is facing some consequences lol.
Mussina is a hall of famer, despite pitching in horrifying run environments for a right handed pitcher. He was so effective at getting both left-handed hitters and right-handed hitters out. His platoon split was almost nil. Moose had some of the most compact and precise, repeatable mechanics I’ve ever seen. Giving him excellent command, and making him particularly unpredictable and deceptive. He’s there with Rivera, Maddux, Pedro, Clemens, Pettitte in that era, as far as optimized mechanics. In his case, unlike Rivera and Clemens who made their money off of simpler repertoires, he had 3 off speed pitches and 2 fastballs, that he could throw in any count for strikes. Instead of having certain pitches being only used as “chase” pitches, he could shape them, add and subtract to them, to generate a chase out of the zone, a called strike, in even counts, a swing to the part of the zone most difficult for lefty pull hitters to handle-low and away, high and away. Like Maddux, he could pitch backwards, his fastball, changeup and overhand curve looked identical in the glove and at release. To top it off, he had such a flat approach angle, in part from high backspin and high arm looseness in his delivery. This made his pitches really difficult to track for both sides, for a guy with such a vertical release point. Going over the top, his scaps were pinched totally together, with maximal abdominal loading. Moose’s pitches all looked so similar at release, all moved differently, and he changed velocity consistently. He was able to generate heavy arm-side run. Against left-handed batters, he was so effective with his 2-seam and changeup, and worked up and in, low and away and up and away so effectively.
Mussina had to re-invent himself after his fastball diminished in velocity. Later in his career, he developed into an excellent finesse pitcher with solid control and command of his pitches. Also of note is that Moose pitched in the powerhouse AL East for his entire career and also against users during the steroid scandal.
I watched him work his magic mostly during his later half of career. Absolutely charmed by the way he pitched. Unfortunately as a kid, I ended up having the ridiculous expectations that all good pitchers are supposed to command the strike zone with at least 3 different pitches. Then as I grew older, I realised there are only so many pettitte’s, halladay’s, lee’s, Carpenter’s, wainwright’s, kershaw’s, etc. in this world😂😂😂
@@pathua7692 You're absolutely right. The 00s was a golden era of not just batting but pitching too as so many great pitchers made their money off minuscule, tactical adjustments whereas today it seems to be maximizing movement and velocity and hoping it finds the strike zone. Are you an Aussie by the way?
@@Garrett1240 no but was in Canada for a while. Building on what you said, pitchers with amazing command just age far better than those who mainly rely on gas. I’ve seen some who seem to have drop off a cliff the moment their fastball loses 2-3mph. It’s actually quite sad especially when that’s the pitcher you’re rooting for, hoping that he would make the adjustment.
559 cc of steroids into his femoral artery every morning lol... that era of Bonds-en-stein... plus the juiced balls ... it was just unfair for pitchers. He got walked like crazy cause even his casual pop ups were leaving the park.
