When Luis Gonzalez Broke Baseball 

I think the one great thing about fan bases like ours, is success is do rare that those runs are very special to all of us.

@@Goodassramen And for it to happen to a damn near expansion team is fairly unheard of in major sports. And that it was against the Yankees, lends it tons more credibility.

is that the one that had Magic Carpet Ride song in the main menu?

That's hilarious

And as a Dbacks fan, it was like the team was gonna face down a Murderers row 2.0, it gave the world one hell of a series.

Not really. He only had a couple good years and his 2001 season was shrouded in steroids

Watch the three ws before that lol, you'll be alright

They remember the bloop single lol

And it seems like nobody remembers how he wasn't that great until he started juicing

you already know

These "babe, wake up, new whatever blah blah..." comments were funnier the first 10,000 times i saw 'em.

Changing your hitting approach can uptick your home runs for sure, look at 2021 Joey Votto for example. Gonzo always hit for extra bases with consistently high career double totals. But yeah he had a lot of roid allegations. He's denied them and stayed free of most accusations from players and management, with only one from a DBacks management partner really ever making waves, but there was always grumblings from fans due to the unusual nature of his surge coinciding with the peak of his career. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were true, but he does seem like a player who was already pretty good and roids just gave him that extra push to mash at an elite level.

He hit 23, 26, and 31 homers in that order before he hit 57. I don't know if he juiced or not but lets trade in facts here.

I love how everyone sees a dude have a fluke home run season from this era and automatically assume steroids while neglecting to factor in the trend toward building smaller ballparks, expansion pitching, smaller strike zone, etc.

Tigers didn’t know he was going to juice ❤

@@EthanNiedorowskiProof?

57 hrs

That’s it

Well, I'm fairly certain Yankees Fans aren't really fond of people who stop them from winning world series

@@MazeDaGr8 Don't quote me on this, but the Yankees may have lost more World Series than any other franchise. Basically due to the sheer volume of World Series they have been eligible for. So Luis Gonzalez, I am sure, is not the biggest name or best overall player that has played a big part in adding to those WS loss totals. However, the way he ended the 2001 WS was maybe one of the most heartbreaking losses for the Yanks. And on a extremely fortunate, "perfectly placed" bloop hit, if there is such a thing. Perhaps the 1960 Bill Mazeroski bottom of the 9th inning game winning HR in game 7 of that WS was even more dramatic, but I was only 2 years old at the time, so didn't really have the appreciation for it as much as I did for the Gonzalez game winner in 2001, at the age of 42. And that the Gonzales single that ended game 7 versus the Yankees in the 2001 WS was simply gravy. Thanks for the memory, Luis and the 2021 World Champions.

What?!! He fell off hard after that season and only had one season prior to that with over 30 homers before that season. He definitely wasn’t natty. Most of the league wasn’t natty in 2001.

BradyAnderson2.0

Yeah sure, about as "natty" as a Kardashian's face.

Lmao

Did you have a point? Must you deny something every single time the 2001 season or 2001 WS is mentioned? So if you ever omit denying a rumor everytime you speak about a certain subject it proves you a liar? BTW, a "NO" in there would also not be considered proof that he did or didn't use steroids. What you are trying to insinuate about Gonzalez is bogus without an ounce of proof. Certainly didn't hear a "YES" from you, stating that you have proof either.

Based on? BAD LUCK???? LOL. Good one! Even if stats proved that it was ALWAYS a bad strategy, it would be based on multiple factors, with luck being none of those factors. Just curious, how old are you?

Sure. Gonzalez looked the same as he did his rookie season unlike Jim "Forehead" Thome.

Newsflash! Your words are complete lies without proof. And with your obviously steroid driven forehead, you really shouldn't make accusations.

I'm sure you have some proof to back your accusation, right? Would be odd if you did, as MLB, with all their resources did not. One guess for your false accusation is that you are a butt-hurt Yankee fan, or fan of some other team they eliminated on the way to winning the World Series in 2001. Or, you are simply a liar.

You got to be blind right? So you think Brady Anderson pulled a 50 out here back pocket?

Proof?

And you are probably wrong.

Proof?

The first non braves World series I watched

I wouldn’t say their dynasty ended here, I think that goes to the ‘04 Red Sox.

He literally didn't double his single season home run best.

Like Wade Boggs in '87 when he more than tripled his single season homerun record?

Proof?