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Mike Piazza is my third favorite Dodger of all time! (behind Ohtani and Nomo). I remember going to so many Dodger Games with my dad and watching Mike knock out so many HRs!
Great video. I lived through this as Mike was my catcher and teammate in 89, 90 and first half of 92 in San Antonio. He and I had some really funny conversations in winter workouts at Dodger Stadium.. He's actually a funny guy. The reason he left the team midway through 1990 from my recollection was he was not happy with our Manager Joe Alvarez (many were not) and his playing time splitting with our other catcher Pete Gonzales. It was pretty incredible watching his meteoric rise after the 1990 season. The guy worked his butt off...period. Many late days after practice in Vero. HOF was well deserved for Mike
I wonder what he changed in the return to home after being convinced to return that led to such an increase in offense. Had to be more than suspected steroids.
If Teddy Ballgame says you can hit, well, then you can hit. The man forgot more about hitting than most people knew. If he hadn't lost 4+ years (most during his prime) to military service imagine what his career numbers might have been. Williams missed all of the 1943-45 seasons and missed most of the 1952 and 1953 seasons as well. Add in another 145 HR's, 500 rbi, and 800 hits (less than he was averaging per season at that time) and he might have finished with 666 HR, 2339 rbi, and 3454 hits. Those numbers would have made him 6th All Time in HR's, 1st in rbi, and 7th in hits.
the "he's a catcher now" reminded me of football/soccer player casemiro who won many titles for real madrid. when he first tried out in sao paulo the scout asked the kids "who plays striker? who plays number 10?" and a bunch of hands were raised up, that's what everyone wanted to play. but when he asked who played defensive midfielder and no one raised their hand casemiro saw the opportunity and said "i do", despite also wanting to play an offensive position and having never played DM before. great vid
Given his sudden change in performance, I wonder if there was something else involved like steroids. Although I know nothing about him, but how could a person change so suddenly in just a year?
7:15 was a ball measured at 496 but went considerably further than the ball Stanton hit that went 504. It cleared the bleachers in the deepest part of the park and cleared by a good distance. I think it was closer to 510 feet. The longest home run I've seen in a game at coors
That's why I hate pitch com. Now catchers don't have to pitch sequence and call a game for a pitcher. Taking a huge element out of the game, it hurts my heart
I’d say the most disappointing team in this century at least for me would have to be the 2010 chargers. #1 offense, #1 defense, one of the most dominant teams ever… fluked their way to not making the playoffs with a mixture of bad special teams and worse luck
I was lucky (or unlucky depending on your POV) to live in Bakersfield while Piazza played there. The ball exploded off his bat better than anyone else playing for the team. Very loud outs and moonshot home runs. It was obvious he was special.
Omg the name Mike Piazza literally jumpscared me he went to my high school. It’s not a large high school either. I knew he went to the MLB but I don’t follow baseball closely and didn’t know he was THAT good.
As someone who grew up watching and playing baseball. It's insane that you didn't know. If a player this good came from my hometown he would be on the news every night after a homerun. He was a household name in the US during the peak of his career. That was also during the peak of baseball's popularity of the steroid era.
Piazza played 137 of his 141 games as a catcher in 1997, while Joe Torre played only 90 of his 161 games as a catcher in 1970 when got more hits than Mike.
the narration is great. there's one 600k channel where the guy inflects upwards into a question mark on about every sentence and it's annoying af. i'm sure you know who i'm talking about
