The Bob Emergency: a study of athletes named Bob, Part I | Chart Party 

I teared up a little

When you see a Bob, you help a Bob.

DUDE. the second I scrolled down to the comments and started to read your comment, the guy in the vid literally just started saying the exact same one... I'm scared.

That was the tear jerker

I read this right as he said this, damn.

I love scrolling through the comments while watching and happening upon comments about sections I watched seconds before.

What I learned, is to only watch five minutes of it and think the same. Garbage.... Wait... what... was I supposed to agree?

I'm commenting on this to remind you to rewatch the long form Dorktowns and Chart Parties

@@toilet_cleaner_man lol, thank you. Scorigami and History of the Falcons are already in my watch later playlist 😎

I would’ve loved to see a video about the famous Jack’s in history, for obvious reasons. Like “Bob,” most people called “Jack” aren’t Jack on the their birth certificate. Usually “Jo(h)nathan” but instead of John, some go by Jack. Not me, though. The name on my birth certificate is Jack. People apparently think this is so uncommon I’ve received three separate first paychecks at jobs made out to Jo(h)nathan. I couldn’t cash them, because that’s not me. Maybe I’m biased (lol) but I feel like I would like the name Jack even if it wasn’t my own. I feel like a special snowflake, in a world of John’s and occasionally James’ masquerading as Jacks? I’m the real deal.

Reminds me of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

@@TheDarkAssaultZX haha yeah, the Bobs are secretly one giant, long family with one strange nickname... Bob

that’s amazing man thanks for sharing that story. also awesome you got to work on that i bet it was a great experience

Thats pretty rad

@@famweefood7073You might say it’s Pretty Good.

Thank you for asking. I'd say that's a memory you'll treasure

ressurrcred?

@@tommykiesling4891 yeahhh that sounds about right

What does ressurrcred mean? I can't find it in the dictionary.

@@michaelevans580 he meant resurrected

Michael Evans brought back from the dead, literally and metaphorically.

Less bobs and more pedros and javiers. Baseball sucks nowadays.

d h baseball always sucked

d h Other than Pedro Martinez. He’s a god. Everyone else sucks

Plus I'll read and reply to comments below the video

As a Rob, I gotta give it a go, right?

or laundry room Master

This thought is oddly affecting for me. Each Bob touched upon in this project had hundreds, maybe thousands of stories to tell, and we were lucky enough to hear just one.

vtgyyyyvy tyyy v

Couldn’t have said it better

Hopefully he reads RU-vid comments while in the afterlife

@@falseshepherd-490 I like to imagine he can read them all at the exact same time. RIP Bob!

How did he make the WHOLE WORLD better?

Lol at Kareem Abdul Ja Bob

Don't forget hockey greats such as Wayne Bobsky.

Also, no mention of Bob Nobobski, who just ended his NBA-career ("National Bob Association") after 21 years at at the Dallas Bobmicks.

Most of those will be in the next part I'm sure. Bob Ruth was overrated.

Don't forget about Michael JorBob

That moment when you're scrolling thru comments, read a quote, and wonder Hrmm i wonder what point in the video that is, then 5 seconds later you hear that same quote. Mmmm spicy

came back cause Gibson, but still watching the full video 😭

there where five hundred and twenny fye bawbs

@@JannikHaueisen coolquips picture looks like an older you this is hilarious

PeePee PooPoo accidentally found a father-son duo on youtube again

That's such a badass quote too. I would've never known about Bob Gibson had it not been for Jon, and when he passed that sting hit hard, now knowing what an absolute beast he was.

Please give us the time stamp for this quote! I was trying to find it but I can't

@@killedradiostar it's one of the very last quotes in the video

40:51

You could publish a best seller on Jon quotes alone "This is the full court shot, there are no half measures"

Bois has a way of doing that. Nailing a quote in the last 90 seconds of a video to launch a feels missile right at you. He's pretty good.

Jon enter the twilight zone when coming up with topics for these videos

I'm guessing it's the weeeeduh

Yes

Jon Bois does DMT.

Read 17776. This is nothing for Jon.

Man, I kinda wonder if we might also be in a Larry Emergency

Kids still learn about baseball?

2005’s Carlos Silva and his 0.4301 walks/9 begs to differ

jawknives beg not begs

@@rm5surf3r39 shut up

I’d argue Pedro Martinez’s 2000 was an even bigger statistical outlier. He had an ERA of 1.74 pitching in the AL East during the height of the steroid era. His ERA+ that year was 291, on a scale where 100 is average. Meaning, Pedro was almost 3 times better that season than the average pitcher. For reference, the only pitcher to ever record a higher ERA+ was Tim Keefe way back in his rookie year of 1880 when baseball was a completely different game.

I laughed WAY more than he probably intended when reading the line.

Whoa dude, he so *reckless*

He'd be off my team if I was the coach. Can't have such a maverick ruining the team chemistry

That was a dangerous game he played

Second. To all of this. Well said.

As someone going by the name "Bob Bob" how can you call this crisis meaningless?

@@blakecarrigan4068 exactly

I laughed super hard at that comment

Thats true bob

Saw a comment from a production assistant who said Bob made ,between 3 takes, 21 in a row. Damn

I don't know if I'll ever hear the name "Bob" the same again

With a cliffhanger to boot.

I'm excited about part 2

Id say part I is pretty good

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Pedro Martinez 1999 to 2000. That has legitimate argument for being the greatest along with Gibson. Remember that Pedro Martinez was throwing up earned run average of 1.6 in an era where the second-best was 3.7, and The League average was five. Gibson had an excellent season, but he didn't beat the next best pitcher in his League by two runs.

@@paysonfox88 I think there's a difference between the best season by a pitcher in a relative sense versus an objective one. Pedro had the best season compared to everyone else in the league by a greater margin than Bob Gibson. But Bob's underlying stats were still better so I'd say he had the greatest objective season by a pitcher

The fact that he almost died just a few years into his life and turned it into an incredibly fulfilling career in professional sports and an 85 year life is a beautiful distillation of his life, RIP you legend.

@@kadinallan2436 But a relative sense is the only way to judge players from different eras. In a vacuum, yes, Bob Gibson's 1968 season was the best ever, or at least the best in the live ball era (1920-present). But there's a big difference between 1968 and 1999.

I just noticed it's actually in the picture, but face on to the camera. Incredible.

Nobody knew that man ever. He appeared, was swiftly knocked out then returned to obscurity. Sometimes on back to back nights. That is the legacy of bob cyclone

@@smacc765 maybe he preferred it this way. I just hope he found purpose in something he loved and lived happy.

The truth, the myth, the legend!

Wait I love racing so does Bobby Labonte or Bobby Hamilton count too?

@@awc8938 No. Just Bobs.

In the third week of the grass growing there was a sudden spike in its growth, one that can only be explained by the good weather and, of course, the grass’s determination

Hmmm, lemme think... Grass and sports? Let's talk about Pep Guardiola's obsession with how the grass' height affects how teams coached by him play.

Employee: Backs away slowly, then bolts out the door.

Jon: hmm why is everyone running away from me?

CAZZee Jon: better make chart to understand this

The Opponent literally started reading this in my head at the EXACT time he said it in the video

The Opponent we stan bob gibson

Trying to hang a jacket on a waterfall is pretty good, but not as impactful to be fair

And then he teases us with the possibility of an even more incredible achievement. The man is a master storyteller. I miss his work so much.

Word wizardry drizzled on top of impressive research, paired with satisfyingly, simple imagery and aesthetic interwoven quite literally in most parts 🤌🏻✨

everything?

@@kwibloupthesomething yup

I blame the algorithm.

i imagine that people came back here to reminisce about Gibson, and the algorithm picked it up.

😢Q 7:33 7:34

Tater Puddin thanks, buddy, it,means, a lot,.

exactly!😂

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thats one easy A this is a fantastic 2 part series

Agreed

Thank you Bob

Thank you Jon Bob

That third "thank you" was redundant. You already thanked God.

Bring back pretty good

bob gibson deserves his own shrine labeled the real hall of fame..the fact this god has to settle for the same honor as lesser players is absurd...hes what movies are made about..hes a superhero in sports lol...1.09 era?...and 28 complete games..this dude cant be for real

@Kyle Dunnell I felt much like you just a few months ago. You're in for some trying times.

@Kyle Dunnell Enjoy it while it lasts

hey I know that guy. Bob.

He doesnt really leave. His videos are like an hour long? You think he can do this every week?

first reply :P

You can also rely on them being in communication with an Alice. [FWIW: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob .]

They are beloved

He played a note in this symphony it was. But yes that was amazing

You don't have to go to work, you have to watch this video.

Tell them there was a traffic jam.

Imagine you call your boss to tell him you're late, and he texts "can't pick up, watching chart party"

Sounds like a Jeff emergency

Don't worry about it: your boss won't even know you're late. He's going to be late as well; a Jon Bois video just came out!

Cleveland heard this video was coming & changed the name of their arena

Part 1...

@@zomdai321 of 5

Sadly, most of my former teammates would agree with that theory.

So he went and chose the Seattle Mariners

facts

I had to pause the video because I was laughing so hard.

I love all his Chart Party vids. But, I think, saddest punts is my favorite.

BIG QUAZZ what video game is your profile pic

Nxght I think it’s red dead redemption 2

Earpolution 05 Either that or it might be Karl Marx from Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

0 is infinite. Bob Cyclone was infinitely unsuccessful as a boxer.

Despite having a truly first-class name.

Why don't we take the Earth And move it somewhere else

The video is entertaining regardless, even in absence of Bob cyclone. Details and tangents like that are why it's truly great.

even as a kid i wondered if anyone could really rack up a record of 0-99 but Bob Cyclone has made me believe

I dont think he deserves a Pulitzer, maybe an oscar for best documentary though

Actually, if there is a prize for this, it would very likely BE the Pulitzer. "Awarded for excellence in newspaper, magazine and online journalism" among other things.

@@johnsalem1795 His Breaking Madden series deserves several pulitzers and maybe a nobel.

Need to invent something new for him, Pulitzer is eeh.

Wow not even a day after this comment we lost Bob Gibson, unreal, Rest In Peace Bob Gibson

This is truly an option after the release of this epic

Make sure that, in order to achieve success in professional sports, he works out every other day 8 times every 2 weeks.

David Castillo That is a golden comment

The bois is back in town

Let’s be honest though. Not many people have the patience to collect all this data, as well as create the graphics.

@@lakedubois8109 I think there are a lot of people capable of doing those things. But Jon has the power to deliver the story inside the data to us in a groundbreaking, powerful way. He just delivers. Like Gibson did.

Ville Lahti you have a point. Maybe it’s just the fact that I personally can’t see myself doing it haha. You’re right though. Jon has a compelling way of pulling you in like no one I’ve seen before on YT

Most of this job is just looking through incredibly dry lists of statistics. Jon's ability to turn the dry numbers of athletes I've never heard of in sports I'm not a big fan of into compelling narratives is unparalleled.

If this was easy, RU-vid would be good.

Don't encourage suicide

"Bob.. you're making this very difficult."

We drink beer and smoke cigars. Dont believe us? Smell our cars

Chart Party is my favorite sport I like the way they dribble up and down the court.

@@walterxbenjamin i like jon bois he takes it to the rim my favorite play is the alley oop

thanks Bob. we support you. #bringbackbob

What's funny is that he actually animates these *with* the Google Earth software, just texturing random bits of ground then using the camera automation controls to record it.

God bless!

Gotta be Beamon. Can't wait for part two.