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Well it was also for indoor stadiums where they couldn’t get proper sunlight for the whole field to grow evenly. But that was an added bonus. Though it turned out to be a pain to maintain anyway, so most stadiums stopped using the stuff in the following builds.

Grass was originally planted in the AstroDome, however, because of the glare from the windows overhead in the outfield, players couldn't see the ball. So the windows were painted opaque, then the grass died. Thus AstroTurf.

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In the early days of astroturf, football players said it was like playing on asphalt.

Guess again. Originally, the stadium's surface was a Tifway 419 Bermuda grass, specifically bred for indoor use. The dome's ceiling contained thousands of semi-transparent panes made of Lucite. Players quickly complained that glare coming off the panes made it hard for them to track fly balls; to solve the problem, two sections of panes were painted white in April. However, within a few months, the grass died from lack of sunlight. For most of the 1965 season, the Astros played on green-painted dirt and dead grass. The clear panels also added a problem when combined with the natural grass. The grass tended to hold, then release moisture, often resulting in rain within the structure, causing games to be delayed while the grounds crews cleaned up the playing surface.

That is true, he plays hard every game

Kevin never really got paid what I think he was worth in Toronto. His signing bonus was a joke, I think it was a few hundred bucks

I was so bummed out when my SF Giants didn’t resign him. CF/RF is HUGE at Oracle Park, so we need someone who can fly into triples alley and take care of biz. He also hit 20 HRs at least in 1 year he played in SF. He’s got highlight reels for each year he’s played. There’s a reason his nickname is Superman! 😎✌️

@Jack Strawb - I agree w/ what you said, but if you’re referring to Sandy Alderson: he’s not the GM of the SF Giants- he was the Oakland A’s GM, and I’m not sure if he had that position anymore. However, I’m sure you’re right- it was a financial move to get a cheaper CFer. Pilar was also very capable w/ the bat; he hit close to 20 HRs in his stint w/ the Giants, and has gotten close to that a few seasons…I think 🤔

Kevin Kiermaier would like a word

where was that?

5:08

@HANNAH DARELY GONZALEZ - HERNANDEZ LJJJI 1sty' 9khe2

A-Rod the A-Hole.

So that was actually alex huh

Great commentators pretend as if the audience is blind and deaf

@@FGPlus I think you just mean blind.

With all of his baseball career including minors, World Classic Baseball, MLB. Yadi is the best catcher there is. He once said, “Respect the rank!” after Cubs’s catcher, Willson Contreras, loudmouthed claiming he’s better than Yadi.

Kirk Gibson has 2 of the 5 most dramatic homers in MLB history. Add to this one his extraordinary dinger in game 4 of the 1984 World Series.

Because he has already seen the first baseman miss the tag and could see that he couldn’t get the runner. But yes you are right. He did call it early

@@cindyinnew oh thanks that makes sense

No cynthia, he signaled safe to indicate the initial tag attempt was missed. He was not calling him safe at first base.

@@alanhess9306 oh thanks

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Now a not so good announcer for the Cards. Pretty sure that’s the same guy lmao

it really is the best ever. the Pillar one that isn't on here and Gary Matthews Jr are 2 and 3 in some order.

He is in some other compilations. Go Bravos!

He made the plays look too easy, that's why he was underappreciated. The same thing with Ryne Sandberg. He made plays that no one else could, yet he made them look so easy and effortless that he was never given the credit he was due as one of the greatest defensive second basemen of all time.

It probably was a ground ball into right field

@@garnett_ no not tag UP, just straight up he missed the base by a mile

Looked like he may have touched it with the toe of his left foot before his right swung over the bag and landed past it.

What you really mean it wasn’t impressive because someone outwitted Molina. Has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the runner touched third base. If I were the runner I would’ve rubbed it in Molina’s face.

I saw that and I think you're right. He missed third by a few inches.

Jimmys best days in the outfield were when he was a card.. you should go check out some of those catches

Vin Scully was one of the greatest just like Boston Red Sox's own Jerry Remy

@@Pikachufan2011 totally agree. May I add that Harry Carey and Skip Carey are both legendary in their own right

@@cindyinnew Harry Carey was fun to listen to. He added a lot to the broadcast and was fun to listen to. He was great, in stark contrast to the raving lunatic idiot Hawk Harrelson.

They got springer

@@prohdx4430 Yeah only thing is Springer is always a little "fatigued"

Pillar wasn't great. His plays looked cool because he was slow. Even Sportsnet did a thing on his reaction and running speed. The reason why he was constantly flying like superman, was because every other CF got to the ball and made those plays routinely, and if he didn't catch the ball, he would've lost his spot, long ago.

Great suggestion

Right?!?! If there's any one thing to be expected when Yadi is in the video, it's that he'll be throwing someone out! One of the best catchers to ever play the game without a doubt!! Not many people have done well when running on Yadi!

Exactly! That’s what I said when I saw my boy on here

Yeah, he probably felt that the next morning !

Yeah, the Cardinals should have seen that.

He didn’t lmao

Extraordinary athlete. Wish he could have stayed healthy. What might have been an even more stellar career

Pretty sure when they're dead inside like that is because they're broadcasting for the team that just got shit on with that play. It's hard to be passionate and empathetic when one of the craziest moves you've ever seen in your life was done to beat your favourite team. You're telling me that if the white sox did something insane like that against the Tigers that makes tigers lose the game and potentially more like the wildcard spot or even the world series - that you'd be jumping from joy and screaming about it? Almost definitely not. After the game's over and you had time to process the emotions maybe, but not right in that moment, live, the way you expect broadcasters to.

Yeah, about the only time I liked baseball was when Dave Neihouse was calling calling games. “Get out the rye bread and mustard Grandma. It’s GRAND SALAMI TIME!”

@@retro34Evidently you’ve never listened to a GOOD announcer. If you had, you would know that what you’re saying makes absolutely no sense.

Whoe, you’re right on that one ☝️

I agree, he should be, I am surprised he is not Hall of Fame yet , I am guessing

@@coreyhill681 he is.

@@matthewdonnelly8260 oh, okay. I did not know that

Literallly 😂 that forehead down run trying to carry that weight is priceless

I watching watching that game when he made that catch and my first thought was that I was shock that he didn’t crack his neck

He’s the goat of laying out for the catch

You got to Alex Gordon in there as well

No question about it

Pillar was slow and so had to lay out on plays most other CF would've made routinely.

And Jones too

Yeah there were better unexpected homeruns from pitchers. Daniel Norris hit a homer on his first PA since High School. And of course, Bartolo Colon.

@ConnorJ Gaming because a pitcher has never hit a homerun before?

@ConnorJ Gaming I played baseball for 22yrs, I'm well aware.

@ConnorJ Gaming omg....because a pitcher hitting a home run is NOT AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT.

@@ChirpyMike it kinda is. In 2018 pitchers batted .115/.144/.148 for a -25 wRC+. I just don’t think they should’ve used MadBum, a pitcher that is considered good at hitting for his position, even if he did try to lay down the sac bunt earlier in the AB

I love impractical jokers lol

@@origami74 lol

Was wondering if anyone else noticed😂😂

The goattttt

My team once tried to do something similar, but with a runner on 2nd that was stealing 3rd. The umpire called a balk, they said you can't pick off to an unoccupied bag. Not sure if that's the rule or not, but I do feel like it should be. That's just kinda silly that you got out there.

That was a balk. The pitcher can't throw to an unoccupied base unless trying to make a play. I'm assuming no one was on second. (And no, expecting the third baseman to throw it on to second is not "making a play".)

Godzilla had a fucking stroke and died trying to read this

@@theoc6738 I had a stroke writing this I can’t write I’m in high school I should be able to do stuff but I guess I can’t lol

It has nothing to do with the call. Jeter had no business being involved in that play but for some reason he was right there. That's whats crazy.

It doesn’t change the fact that jeter was amazing in that play

They have done countless replays on this. You can not say it was one way or another definitively. There does seem more who say Posada made the tag a split second before Giambi touched the base...

@@davidtsang4949 And those people would be wrong. If you look at it from the front you can see in the knee that Giambi has landed on the plate before there is any movement whatsoever in the Posada's? glove indicating contact with that leg. It was an amazing attempt by Jeter but the call was wrong.

@@masterbratac7379 You are not going to convince me with that. Until you can transpose when Posada made the tag to when Giambi touches the plate, you can not tell either way definitively. If they had video replay back then, you couldn't overturn the call with those video replays...