I'll never forget the day I got Dave Winfield's autograph at a signing - He was eating a regular McDonalds cheeseburger while he signed my autograph. He has these large hands holding this little burger and for some reason, it stuck with me. Love Dave Winfield.
SomebodyPickaName : that's awesome. Celebrities can't fake it at an autograph session, kids in particular can spot a fake a mile away. The generous souls always shine. Even if kids might not understand what a person's issue is, they know. But anyway, I remember when players would just set up signings somewhere - Sears was popular by me - and you didn't have to pay for it. I'm being sarcastic because the card collecting boom ruined a lot for my kids' generation that we took for granted. But I met/got autographs from Rod Carew, Chris Chambliss, Goose Gossidge, Thurman Munson - that was great, unfortunately he died the next year - and Joe Morgan, one of my all time heroes.
I met Dave Winfield when I was a kid. He signed a baseball of mine, he was the most down to earth baseball player I have ever met. He is a sweetheart of a guy!
@jesusisnotallright s Believe it or not, I won a contest when I was a kid and got to be honorary batboy for the day when Winfield was with the Twins. Got autographs from him, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett(he was weird), Matt Walbeck, and other Twins players. Winfield was the nicest out of all of them.
@Randummm That's a reasonable response, rather than Clemens at the height of his fame, yeah you got 50 bucks kid? These guys aren't signing machines, but be straight up, not a jerk.
The Winfield Pavilion was a section above right field at San Diego Stadium. As a member of the San Diego Padres, #31 Captain Dave Winfield would routinely purchase huge blocks of seats for under-privileged children to attend Padres Games. That's the kind of man he was and still is.
@@cjones3710 Ray Kroc the original Padres owner was prepared to pay (then Free Agent) Dave Winfield whatever he wanted to re-sign with the Padres. Unfortunately, Dave refused. He publicly stated that he would ONLY sign with a winning franchise. As a kid it broke my heart 💔 to see Dave Winfield go to the Yankees ⚾️
Awh!!! Wasn't it sooo amazing?! As a native San Diego kid we NEVER missed a game, such a great time in my life 4 sure, I remembering my mother getting a hug from Dave Winfield, I thought she was gonna faint, Lol! 💯😊
My mother died of the same disease 10 years ago. I always liked Don Baylor as a player. As a fighter of the same disease that took my mother, I grew to love the man. I understand the fight he went through and the fight his family had to watch him go through. MY best to his family, friends and circle of loved ones.
i fortunately havent had a close family member die but ive always admired how the actor paul newman sold spaghetti sauces and salad dressings and a few other things and over about 20 years he raised 400$ million all for charity and no profit
I knew Don Baylor had passed, but didn't know from what. I suppose I'm much more inquisitive when it comes to diseases or medical conditions now that my ma has later-stage Alzheimer's and my dad is battling cancer, but Baylor was one of those guys who epitomized a true class act. I'm a Red Sox fan, so we were privileged to have Don play for the Sox for a couple seasons. No matter what the situation, Don NEVER retaliated or got angry when a pitcher hit him. RIP big man.
If only those mid 80's Yankees team had some pitching they would've won multiple World Series. I remember Henderson, Sax, Mattingly, Winfield, Jack Clark, Pags, Jose Cruz, Buhner, Cotto, Roberto Kelly, Bob Geren, Hal Morris, Phelps, Slaught, Ward, Claudell Washington and Randy Velarde. The best team of the 80's but never won the World Series. Hopefully the loaded 2019 Yankees of Sanchez, Voit, Lemahieu, Torres, Urshela, Judge, Stanton, Hicks, Encarnocion, Gardner, Frazier, Didi, a decent rotation and killer pen can win it all!
@@jackieslivkoff9835 Jose Cruz? When was this? I'm a big Astros fan and have been since I was about 10 ( 75) I'm guessing had to be near the end of his career...88ish? Just saying because I remember him being on the team that lost to the Mets in 86. One of my fav players.
The man was drafted by the MLB , NBA snd NFL .........use to watch him pitch snd play outfield for the Golden Gophers back in the day. Just a phenomenal athlete . The greatest I ever saw hands down
Dave Winfield was/is/and always WILL be a TOTAL class act! Just one little story. Circa 1981 I sent him a letter to Yankee Stadium and Mr. Winfield not only sent me an autographed pictured back, BUT sent me a TOPS baseball card with his signature. They were TWO different letters. He took the time. Will never forget that. Dare any ballplayer today to do the same. Not only baseball, but life would be better if we had more Winfield type people in this life. Thank you, Mr. Windfield, for taking care of a kid that now coaches and has a kid that wants to not only play like you, be a good man. You are not only a HOF ball player, but a HOL man!
I used to send my cards out and letters. Got them back signed everytime from my fav players. I sent tony gwynn and nolan ryan at least 15 letters on different occasions. Before athletes were over payed babies
Man he was the hero of game 6 of the 93 WS as a Blue Jay. His wobbly double down the line late in the game scored the winning run. He was a class act all the way.
I love Dave Winfield. I started watching baseball in 83' and was instant fan the first time I saw him. He's my favorite player All Time, and I think I admire him more as an adult seeing that my childhood hero, truly is a genuine, classy guy with so much to share with the world.
Mr. Winfield thank you very much for speaking about multiple myeloma my wife of 17 years has been living with it for 4 years now it is a cancer with no cure and needs to be talked about more and we need research to find a cure thank you very much for talking about it from the bottom of my heart it's hard to see someone you love fight it and just as hard watching it much love and God bless
I have a 2004 UpperDeck Classic Scripts Auto with Him and Mattingly both on it! 1 of my Fav cards! Have theyre Rookie Cards..GREAT segment, this may be 1 of the best ones done! Dave was so Happy and a blast here..KEEP these segments going!
@Vincent Cuttolo Well, sadly I knew a few that were rooting for Mattingly and it wasn't because he came up through their farm system. I am not saying that was the overwhelming case. Personally, I rooted for both of them and ultimately, only one would win the title.
@Vincent Cuttolo Okay, you are certainly are certainly right to have your opinion whether or not that you are fan of his. I personally disagree for someone to call out all fans about how he felt because #1, not everyone was taking side, me included. I root for all players on my team that I support. So long as they a really bad person. Still, his statement was distasteful. With that said, there certainly was some merit to his accusation as I have listening to numerous people as to why they were choosing Mattingly over Winfield and their opinion was driven by race. Again, not everyone based their opinion on race, I just can't ignore the fact this was true in some cases. Again, I am not accusing you of basing your opinion on race. My post isn't intended to be a "flame war. " As far as his not showing up in the World Series, if I recall correctly, his only WS appearance as a Yankee (only WS appearance period, I again correctly recall and was against the Dodgers. If so, of course it was a strike shorten season and a lot of regular season games were cancelled. This circumstance can cause havoc for hitters and getting their rhythm. Also, he never had the opportunity to redeem himself. With Mattingly, multi season gold glove at 1st bases, a terrific player who never got the chance to play in the WS. Which he would have been able to do if he was able to play another year. So, we really don't know for certain how much of a clutch hitter he would have been. We can only speculate. I am not at all trying to change your opinion about Winfiled. I am playing the devi's advocate, so to speak. Lastly, I would like to ask this question out of curiosity. Being that you do not at all like or respect Winfield, what is the purpose of watching and commenting on a video/subject etc that you know you do not like before hand? Thank you.
as a little guy whose family moved from Wash/DC to San Diego in 1973, I saw Winfield's entire career in San Diego...and at that time, he was the "Fernando Tatis Jr of his time"...he did it all, and for awhile, there was no one like Big Dave in MLB. My grandfather who moved from DC to SD, to live with us, after my grandma died, was the one who took me and my brothers to Padre games at what was then called 'San Diego Stadium".. it wasnt called The Murph' (Jack Murphy Stadium) or Qualcomm Stadium, in those days. My grandfather would tell us EVEN THEN, "if this kid stays pretty healthy, he's going to the HoF...that was in '73, when he first said that. I saw Winfield's very first game..and he's the only guy I can think of, off the top of my head, who didnt go to the minors at all. Him, Tony Gwynn and Trevor Hoffman, are the only REAL baseball gods, San Diego ever had.
This show is great.D.W. is a guy whose career I was lucky ennough to follow in its' entirety.I know he has stories from those S.D. years and a Ray Kroc tale or two.
❤ the set up you have with the baseball cards & old war stories. Winfield was a Stud....played Hoops and also pitched at University of Minnesota....1st Team American. NFL drafted him as well.
We had Dave Winfield in San Diego for eight seasons. He started in June of 1973, right after the end of the College World Series, which he helped Minnesota win as a dominant pitcher. Straight to MLB. I still remember a game early in his career when the Pads had men on first and third. Willie Davis, the old Dodger, had singled to send the lead runner to third. Willie noticed that the middle infielders were not paying attention, so he took second without a throw. Willie Mac (McCovey) was up next and they walked him to get to Winfield. Bases loaded. First pitch.....See Ya !!! Grand Slam HR.
I lived in the area where Winfield lived when he played for the Yankees. Never met him, but knew several people who did and was always willing to talk baseball with fans but set up ground rules that he didn't want to disuss anything personal.
@SA SPURS Um I was actually there. Just as Ventura got within 10 feet of Nolan, he put on the brakes (realizing the mistake he was about to make,lol), but it was too late, so the Texas cowboy whipped that ass for him! LOL
Ventura probably could have gotten him, or at least put up a much better showing, he was just young and didn't know what he wanted to do. Here's a tip in life, either fight or don't. A half measure of putting your finger in someone's chest or something like that is just going to get you knocked out.
When I was in 7th grade I played in a basketball tournament at the Hallie Q. Brown rec center in St. Paul against Dave Winfield’s 6th grade team. He was guarding me and made a complete fool out of me. Never thought of myself as a basketball player again.
Either you have not seen dozens of other players , or you are a relative . Dave was good perhaps very good even and may be a great person I don't know , but his numbers don't rate with the greats . It is true that he had more tools than most players .
Dave Winfield was a member of the University of Minnesota basketball team in 1972 during the brawl with Ohio State. There are several videos posted on RU-vid of the brawl, as well as several articles that have been written anout the brawl.
Never really liked Winfeild as a player, but, after seeing this, I can't imagine why he didn't have his own show and still of the air. What a great guy. Competitive, hard working, for sure, but what a great guy. It's a sure bet that he must have been a blast around the clubhouse as well. Good show right there, and the fella interviewing Big Dave, was right on the dime as well.Thanks,
Loved watching him roam right field in NY. What a cannon. And that explosive, reckless swing. One of the few players in which a strikeout was worth the price of admission.
Happy Birthday to David Mark Winfield.10-3-51.St.Paul,MN.I remember when he made an appearance on tv show "Married w/children" with Joe Morgan then got replace with Mike Piazza cause nobody knows how to operate the damn camera.The Player's strike episode.
I have Multiple Myeloma, the only treatments that can stave off the disease, for any period of time, are extremely expensive and are not covered by everyday insurance policies. Only the rich can get them. It's just a matter of time for me, had a year of Chemotherapy, which caused great damage to my body and I am just waiting now for the disease to return, really sucks.
TomsReviews Randomly reading comments here, as seeing DW talking brings back memories of my childhood as a Native San Diegian....absolutely loved Dave, we never missed a game. I happen to see your comment a year later, Im so sorry for your diagnosis😢 Prayin your doin okay🙏
After researching the story about Jim Rice, I’ve come to the conclusion that it was Matt Keough, not George Frazier who hit Rice in the 4 game series. The series began July 1, 1983. However it was game 2 of the series and Rice had already homered in the first game. Rice did go on to hit two more home runs in the 2nd game of the series And once more in game 3. In the 4th game Rice was 0-1 with 2 walks.
Winfield and Mattingly were my absolute favorite players. Not a better athlete than Dave Winfield. Rock Raines could literally do everything well. There were no weak points in his game at all.
i met dave at a kmart.. signing cards for folks.. i had one from his college days doing a slam dunk with a totally cool afro....lol he wouldnt sign it, the angels gave it out.. but its all good.. he was a really cool guy...
6:16 That's a funny story that Dave shared about OF George Hendrick. You can tell that these stories are 'off the cuff' and unscripted. Dave made a mistake! George was traded FROM the Cleveland Indians TO the San Diego Padres. The Padres made the MISTAKE of trading George TO the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Eric Rasmussen. George was the Cardinals team leader in HR's while he was there and helped lead them to a World Series. Eric Rasmussen didn't do very well in San Diego. Bad Trade for the Padres!
I had a dream where Im in an alternate universe in 1994. I stopped at a newsstand to look at tabloids during the trial of the century...for Dave Winfield. OJ I guess would be interviewed here but I had to wake up for school!!
Dave Winfield was in San Diego when Nolan Ryan was in Anaheim, and when he was a Yankee, Ryan was Pitching in Houston. At what part of Winfield’s Career was he in the same league as Ryan?
Winfield was terrible about fighting in his career....when he played basketball at Minnesota he and his team physically beat the crap out of Luke witty and the Ohio state team....the worst I have seen in my life....pathetic
I remember that fight and it was terrible, so bad I almost gave up basketball. But it was one incident in a lifetime. Would you want to be judged for the rest of your life by one five-minute incident when you were 19? By the way, the Ohio State center's name was Luke Witte, not witty.
As he cherry picks the cards he reminds me of when a teammate asked Barry Bonds to help with a fundraiser for some unfortunate disease, and he said, 'No, I don't sign for White people'. Of course the story was suppressed, for the most part, by our 'free press'. I don't think anyone could jive and shuck up to the plate as well him. The Twin Cities must teach he and his brethren well. It's been awhile since I've seen it, but they used to bop across busy, major thoroughfares in the middle of traffic. I thought of that every time I'd see Winfield boppin' and bouncin' and jivin' up to the plate.
Winfield was a racist in a half. Never forgave him and his teammates in that melee in the Ohio- Minnesota basketball. I see why Hitler didn't want to shake hands with black athletes in the 1936 Olympic.
Dave Winfield has never ever changed. He was kind hearted with the San Diego Padres and the same with my Yankees. Dave is just a gentleman. He was one of the few bright spots on the Yankees along with Mattingly during the horrible 80s for the Yanks.
