The Sabo incident (the first one) was 100% an accident... that was his second bat after he broke his first one also, the bat boy brought it out, and the rest is history...
I don't think he cheated fr.. he would have switched bats on that foul ball. And no pros can tell the difference if they know. But in heat of the moment, in middle of an at bat. Your nerves are already a lil tense, feeling difference of Ozs is not easy for everyone. Some pros could most definitely tell but not all have that relationship with their bat
Listen to ‘the homer’ announcers. These guys r great. “These bats could have been used to mess around with in batting practice then mistakenly get into the game?” I need these 2 as my attorneys
Jim McCracken I’ll play fair. Ok, yes I did just see it. Hey bro ? Cmon, really ? If Santa Clause gave him the bat you’d know sabo was cheating. The bat kid knew it didn’t know. He DID know the bats that sabo told him to give him. 2:30AM typing this AFTER I already accepted n ubereats order. If the customer gets mad for cold food it’s your fault. Don’t you love push alerts though ?
They embody the open mindedness to the infinite number of circumstances when they dont have all of the facts that POLICE officers should have....not an instant finger of guilt pointed at him right then.
Smoking gun there is that, when he initially cracked that 2nd bat, he didn't replace it like most hitters would have. Odd decision, and dumb decision. It absolutely was going to break on contact if used again. Why not just grab a 3rd bat... unless you know the bat is corked and you (foolishly) feel you need the advantage it provides.
@@workingclassrunner bruh if he knew it was a corked bat he woulda switched it out so that exact thing that happened didnt happen, anyone cheating and using a corked bat switches it as soon as they think its gonna break so they dont get caught
@@workingclassrunner boi are you stupid? If he knew it was corked, he wouldnt have hit with it again. Anyone with a brain would know that. He probably didnt replace it because he looked at the bat and didnt notice any major cracks and didnt want to switch bats again. You must not know much about baseball or have ay common sense
I like how you included the "before and after" of each incident. You can make more sense out of the entire situation instead of just showing the umpires walking up to the mound and ejecting the pitchers... And Chris Sabo.
You have got to be joking pal? Major League hitters know their bats , you're saying to me a batboy gave Chris Sabo a bat and he didn't realize it was his or not his. Give your head a shake he was cheating he got caught.
It doesn't matter if it was his bat or not, if he knew it was corked or didn't, if the bat boy gave it to him by mistake he used it in a game that's why he was ejected.
@@mikeuher5054 They use corked bats occasionally during practice to put on a show for the people watching. Sometimes when at home stadium the corked practice bats can get put in with the regular bats. I'm not implying it was a mistake in this instance but it does happen.
@@samuelmcguire6261 they were stealing pitchers signs with a camera, TV or something. They would beat on the bat rack twice to signal the batter of an change up pitch being next.
Many hitters use corked bats in warmups. To hit hard balls, long balls to entertain the fans and intimidate the other team. They should have better monitoring.
@@ryleighroberts5770 *Because MLB implemented the rule before anyone conducted any scientific research on it* . They ASSUMED it was an advantage... but now that actual scientists have researched it, it has proven to be no advantage at all. The ball doesn't go as far off a corked bat.
So you want a bat to impress during batting practice, how 'bout not using the same color scheme then you don't accidently use the wrong one during a game.
@@zakwheeler1 That’s a myth. Research on corked bats pretty conclusively states that corked bats don’t give any real advantage. People used to think that they were an advantage because you can swing a lighter bat faster, but the lack of weight and structural integrity of the bat actually can cause you to lose distance on the ball. MLB banned corked bats before much research was done.
You are very correct when it comes to hitting the ball farther and hitting home runs no one can deny that however in the MLB with pictches as fast as they are a lighter bat may allow you to get a second of a faster swing which allows for more accurate hits so if your goal is to hit more accurately and get on base it will provide a very small advantages
I loved the segment with Chris Sabo and his corked bat. His Reds teammates, Mike Hampton (Astros pitcher) the announcers and even one of the umpires were all laughing and smiling about it.
Well the part that sucked was the bat boy brought it out and he didn't even know which bat it was until it broke. Surely it was just a bat they were playing around with in BP but at the same time they need to make sure that bat doesn't make it to the dugout for game time
well the baseball mentality has always been "it's not cheating unless you get caught". I mean I partially blame for the MLB as they never gave out any severe punishments whenever somebody was caught so there were no consequences for cheating but still.
Astonishing to me that Giamatti was a professor first, made a joke about wanting to be the AL president when he was candidate for the presidency of Yale (which he then held for 8 years) before becoming NL president (and eventually Commish) and being present for this absolutely iconic scene (the reference to the Rockwell painting was so accurate, there were so many instances that looked like adult versions of Rockwell's well known baseball illustrations) , as well as being the one to finally throw Pete Rose out of the sport, and the thing that is somehow his most enduring legacy is that he's Paul Giamatti's dad.
@@williamgibbs3199 I see what you're talking about there! Paul G. with nearly a fuller head of hair than his daddy! That's unbelievable. Yeah Giamatti and Pete Rose sure had history alright!
I'm an Orioles fan and I remember being at work watching that Baltimore vs Miami game. I was happy it was in extra innings because I worked 3rd shift and still do.
Yeah, Chris Sabo didn't know the bat was corked, and it wasn't even his bat, but rules are rules. Even if you are in the back seat and did nothing, but your buddy robs a store and you're in the car after wards, you are still guilty of that crime.
9:31-9:42 In the upper left hand corner, NL President Bart Giamatti's future actor son, Paul Giamatti, smoking a cigarette right behind him. (Sideways was great flick!)
Even in the minors our corked bats were ALWAYS stained a different color than the regulation stuff to avoid this. When I was playing in Kansas, we stained them all pink to make sure that they were not only highly visible, but also to let us know to mock the shit out of anyone who went to the plate with one, even for practice. There's no way this should happen in the show.
You know Jay Howell must have been obviously guilty because Tommy Lasorda wasn't screaming at the umps. Lasorda would yet at umps over the smallest injustice.
5:22 i obviously don't know if ump said like "substance on right arm" or something but he looked right at the spot he had it before it really looked like ump had a chance to point it out, seems like he called himself out by doing so lol
Gareth Belfast one. Usually that substance is something sticky which the pitcher uses to smear on the ball to give it more spin. This is illegal because it gives the pitcher an illegal advantage by making the ball harder to throw.
Gareth Belfast one. Pitchers will attempt to add pine tar, lard, or use some type of item to make the ball heavier on one side to make the ball spin and jump more unpredictably and thus harder to hit. If caught, the player is ejected from the game, all the current balls are replaced and removed from circulation, and the player is subject to a fine and/or suspension.
There's Sabo, sitting in the dugout daydreaming about all the ladies in the stadium swooning over the power of his Crushmaster 3000 guns snapping bats like twigs because he can't dial down his Superman-like strength.....next thing he knows he's ejected, suspended, living the walk of shame on the first page of every sports section across the country and sitting in his living room in his underwear at 2 in the morning with three days of stubble on his chin, asking his teddy bear "what the hell just happened?"
Ya know, sadly when most people hear the name Chris Sabo, the first thing comes to mind is "corked bat"...The guy was actually a fantastic player...Amazing how sometimes an isolated "incident" basically defines a players career...Hell, Robin Ventura was a great player as well, but as soon as someone mentions his name my first thought is Nolan Ryan flogging him in the top of the head...Sabo & Ventura both were likely not Hall of Famers, but both made a few All-star games, and were considered above average players.
I believe it. Why would you not use a corked bar at first but then somehow signal the batboy to bring you a corked bat and intentionally break your own bat. Doesn’t make sense. Maybe he could tell it was corked and isn’t say anything but he definitely didn’t cheat on purpose
I love how the second one the manager or who ever that was didn’t even argue just talked about it for a few seconds then that’s it he knew his player fucked up XD
Don't let the blatant cheating in the second clip distract you from the fact that this game between the MARLINS AND THE ORIOLES was being NATIONALLY TELEVISED on FOX.
Does a corked bat make a big difference? I dont know that's why I'm asking! I have heard of this but didn't know it was a big deal! What does it do or affect?
I remember watching Super Bowl X, and seeing Jack Lambert walk to the sidelines and fire one up. The way things are today, it's strange and amusing seeing that lol. (BTW I saw the game live, but when I saw him do that it was on a recording years later).
Funny to see Sabo get caught cheating, and then they show his teammate Boone who is also a known cheat with steroids. The good old days, when everyone cheated right in front of your face.
About the corked bat...wasn’t there a time when an ump confiscated a bat and locked it away as “evidence” and then one of the players broke into the umpires room mission impossible style and stole it back? I remember hearing that somewhere.
July 15, 1994 at Comiskey Park, Albert Belle (Indians) was the hitter. Cleveland reliever Jason Grimsley crawled through a drop ceiling into the umpire’s dressing room and switched the bat. Belle was suspended 10 games, which was never fully served due to appeal and the players’ strike.
In the third video, they're concerned about some substance inside the pitcher's glove, but they completely ignore the obvious substance on the brim of his hat.
What's crazy is just how many pitchers use foreign substances. It's to the point where if they don't use it their at a disadvantage to everyone else. But the thing is the mlb sort of allows it. Why because it creates better pitching. Faster fast balls, more curvy curve balls, sinkers sink more, sliders move harder. Why because more spin creates more drastic movement and control. Crazy times rn in mlb
