What makes this 1000 times more impressive is the fact that he goes down 0-2 immediately. For 20 straight pitches he was protecting the plate. That’s almost impossible to do.
Imagine being a flamethrowing reliever that usually doesn't go past 30 pitches or so, facing your first batter in two years, and he burns up almost your whole pitch count by himself.
I love when JB overlays back to back pitches that have similar release and early trajectory. I don't think a lot of people understand why its so hard to hit a good pitcher, then you see that and are like...oh...
I agree, I've never played baseball (or watched it) until I found Jomboy a few years ago. I always thought that batting was so easy, but then Jomboy overlays the similar release pitches and know I understand how hard baseball actually is. That split second where it just drops is insane for any batter to recognize.
this is also why you hear sometimes of a pitcher "tipping pitches" - the release or grip changes just enough for the batter to be able to pick up on it.
It's what the pitchers call "tunneling". They want every pitch to look as similar as possible until the last millisecond when it breaks.....or doesn't break
For those who don’t play baseball, long at bats are actually good because it raises his pitch count and fatigues his arm (although this is just spring training so it doesn’t really matter but in a real game that’s really good)
@@jaydeleon8094 I mean nobody has ever gotten more than 21 pitches in a regular game so apparently they won’t give up. I’m sure if it got over 20 though most coaches would step in and make a decision depending on how many on base, score and how many outs.
I mean, most of them had the same look on their face the whole game, not just that at-bat. Am a bit concerned as they weren't even blinking or moving, that flat look on their faces was fringing on artificial. It was as if they had no life in them at all. Sad, really.
Exactly. I'm a Giants fan but if I got free tickets to this game. And I didn't care who was gonna win. I wld have been really excited for both teams. Well just because. That was cool 🤷♂️
Tom Cheney was probably thinking that when he pitched all 16 innings of a game in 1962, striking out a major league record 21 hitters while throwing 228 pitches. I don't clearly remember, but I also was probably thinking that while listening to the game on radio.
I heard one coach say baseball is the best “competetive” sport because there’s no end to it. There’s never a point where the game is 100% chance, without a doubt, out of reach for the other team. There’s no clock, so you can’t just sit on the ball and run the clock out like you could in football, basketball, soccer, etc. yea even then, those aren’t guarantees but the point is in those sports, you can actually stop playing to win, and no matter what, you’ll still win. A basketball team could be up by 40 with 2 minutes left, and just take a 24 second violation every time they’re still gonna win. That’s like a baseball team being up by 20 runs in the bottom of the ninth, and just allowing a walk to every batter, that losing team will win. The competitive juices never stop flowing in baseball, and that’s why it’s the best sport
@@msquared9605 yeah thats the thinking behind the elam ending in basketball, they will probably never actually do it but definitely would improve the sport, no more meaningless minutes at end of games
@@msquared9605 Major League Baseball still has unwritten rules about when you're supposed to stop trying to score and sit on a lead and violating them results in coaches whining in public for multiple days about respect for the game, so in practice it's not really all that different.
Well he certainly was up there throwing strikes. 18 strikes 4 balls is a pretty good line for a bullpen guy. Sure you'd like to have like 4-5 outs with that.
As someone who watched the Mets broadcast of this, this was the best at-bat I have ever seen. 11 minutes, 22 pitches and a Mets dugout going absolutely berserk. That was fun to watch. And it's Guillorme again. Remember the thrown bat from ST last year?
@@jada._marie I swear every baseball team has at least 4 guys who all throw 100 with late life. Forget everything else about how we approach hitting now and three true outcomes, even if baseball was normal nobody would have a chance.
Jordan Hicks is a thrower. Not a pitcher. Everybody "oohs" and "aaahs" over his speed. But if he can't get someone out, like this, it's worthless. I mean, he's not facing the second coming of Tony Gwynn for chrissake.
@@milescoburn1845 I’m starting to think you went watching the video where he literally threw all strikes until the hitter stopped swinging at a random ball.
The Greatest At bat I saw was Bartolo Colon in an actual late season game.....It was the 7th Inning, and Bartolo was already 90 pitches into the night, and got a batter on a strikeout on a 21 pitch at bat.
Even though Luis Guillermo was insane in this at-bat, you gotta give credit to Jordan Hicks for throwing that many consecutive pitches that were close to strikes, if not, actual strikes.
lmao i don't think manfred would be mad about this one. it's not like either of them were intentionally taking a long ass time to do anything, it was just a pitcher/hitter battle
this is a great outcome for the hitter even if you end up striking out, because exhausting a pitcher in one at bat is one hell of a way to fuck over the opposing team
Incredible. Going down 0-2 and drawing a walk is impressive in little league. The extent this man fought against that good a pitcher is something else.
The 3 batter rule is in effect this late into spring training but the Cards brought the trainer out to explain to the Umpire that he just came back from a long injury.
To work back from 0-2 with 20 more pitches and draw a walk... insane battle. Reminds me of the grind Jomboy’s been on lately pumping out breakdown after breakdown
And that statement right there is the problem with baseball. If someone is able to run up a pitch count on you you’re not a good pitcher. Why should the batter stop fighting for a base when the pitcher isn’t just going to throw that 4th ball. Like come on.
Can we get a breakdown of the Indians/Giants game where they played the bottom of the 9th with no umpires even though the home team was already in the lead? :D
How?! I get one person maybe two continuing play but realizing the game’s over when no one else takes the field but usually people celebrate games therefore getting a sense of finality. Two teams’ entire coaching staff and players continuing play must have just been for the meme.
@@alexmartinez5859 They didn't "not realize it was over" or anything; since it was spring training, the Indians still wanted to get in a little bit more work for their pitchers. The Giants were OK with this, since it let them get more work for their hitters. The umpires left because, as the game was officially OVER according to baseball's rules, they had completed their jobs; but there's nothing saying that the teams can't keep playing if they want to! The Indians' catcher was calling balls and strikes, since there were no umps; he actually messed up, and someone had a 5-ball walk!
@@awaishafeez9027 Thanks, I completely missed that! It has been done. I have not been able to find ANY video of the game but it sounds like it was a hilarious situation, so I'd like to see a Jomboy breakdown!
Pitchers when I’m batting in RTTS: “5 Pitches, you’re getting struck out or popped out, no exceptions.” Batters when I’m pitching in RTTS: this dude apparently.
love these type of things. Like that tennis match la few years back that was played over a few days cuz they couldn't get out of the 5th set. Marathon AB's would be great in regular season play. Great battle.
@@njdevils9236 you can read the ball easily at 90 mph...at 100 mph it's a blur... above 100 mph...it becomes a solid white line from the pitches hand to the plate.
Super cool that you shared this at bat. Only missing in this scenario was pitcher walking to first base to shake that man’s hand after he was pulled. Would have been a little extra badass to see a show of respect like that as icing on the cake.
No guarantee a basketball game will end either if the game is always tied after overtime. No guarantee an NFL or NHL Playoff game will end, but the regular season game for that sport will end if they don't stop playing for fatal type conditions
This reminds me of the World Series in the 70's with Pete Rose. Duels similar to this used to be more common before many rule changes such as raising the mound. I think this is good for baseball.
Unlike the DH and the placing of a runner on second begnning a tenth or subsequent inniing, and some other more subtle changes that they should have just left alone. Baseball is dynamic - no two games are ever identical, and the variables, especially with non-standard dimensions of ballparks are infinite, as "ground rules" for each stadium are different. When they start mandating "cookie cutter" ballparks, all identical in size and shapes, I am done with MLB. I watch much less of it than I used to, due to some of the changes. But Big Money will get its way, whatever that is, whenever that is. For now, I am sufficienty engaged - Go Giants!
When the Orioles and White Sox played at an empty Camden Yards in 2015, they didn't do anything. All you heard was the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball hitting the glove. It was glorious -- it was like a bunch of big kids playing in the park just for fun. They should have done that for baseball and hockey last season and this season instead of piping in the fake "laugh track" crowd noise.
I can't wait for Jordan Hicks to come to his full potential this year as well and just look back on this at bat and be like "Yep, now this is even more impressive".
Jomboy, do the Mariners Reds night game. Mariners pitcher loaded the bags and Servais got to just call the inning over and take home the win. That just happened this week!
In 1951 I saw Willie Mays in a 22-pitch at-bat for the Minneapolis Millers in AAA ball. He batted .477 and the Giants called him up after only 35 games.
If this had happened one day earlier I believe it would’ve been the only at bat of the Inning! Someone correct me if I’m wrong but with the rollover inning rule I believe only 20 pitches need to be thrown in an inning
@@jje8058 I’m not an idiot lmao, in early spring training they implemented a rule to prevent too many pitches being thrown/the game being too long. It’s called a rollover inning look it up
