2000 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby

The best home run hitters in Major League Baseball face off in the legendary Home Run Derby. Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs headlines a group that includes Ken Griffey Jr, Chipper Jones, and Vladimir Guerrero. The derby was held at the site of the 2000 All-Star Game: Atlanta's Turner Field.
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[@BeefPapa]

We were witnessing the end of Junior's prime.

[@burtmacklinfbi8824]

One of the best intros I’ve ever heard in a long ass time... homerun derby’s were so better back in the day man

[@nickdehart5702]

I was thinking the same thing. It was FANTASTIC!!

[@chriscraven9335]

The 2019 Derby was badass

[@DaBronx_Bomber]

💉 agrees.

[@rickylopez4736]

For sure

[@burtmacklinfbi8824]

@Harry Engel I liked how each home run we all can watch and admire how far it went, now it’s just so fast paced we can’t really admire the homers... it’s still fun but not even close how badass it was back in the back, especially with chris berman doing the calls

[@theodorerooseveltsantlers270]

I was 12 when this aired and notice how the fans were excited and were there to have fun. If Griffey stays in Seattle he probably has 800 home runs. Was my favorite player until he went to the reds and became a constant addition to the injured list.

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

The steroids started to break his body down

[@theodorerooseveltsantlers270]

@@thickerconstrictor9037 Got any proof of Griffey taking steroids?

[@fatkat311]

What are you talking about? Going to Cincinnati had nothing to do with his injuries.

[@theodorerooseveltsantlers270]

@@fatkat311 Dude, that's not the point I was making at all?

[@fatkat311]

@@theodorerooseveltsantlers270 damn. You were right back with the comment. Maybe I misunderstood. 🤦‍♀️… my take was his injuries were bound to happen anywhere whether it was in Seattle or Cincinnati.

[@dylan.heaton73]

The Foo Fighters intro at the beginning just freakin hit me

[@cjones3710]

Arg i used be be irrited by thier loud whining, but compared to the pop crap of todays ESPN , its actually become tolerable.

[@Rknowles813]

these were the best home run derby years. iconic. this intro alone was remarkable.

[@CommentingTheTruth]

Griffey is the best! Love that guy!

[@rickylopez4736]

Hell yeah

[@rickylopez4736]

Clemens didn't mean that

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

I'm so fucking happy someone finally downloaded this. Hopefully someone will download 02 where Sosa was launching it all over the place. Some clips are available online but the quality is crap. I'm hoping ESPN will put some of the older ones on. and holy crap I can't believe this was 20 years ago. I remember my grandma rented a condo on the beach for the week because I had family down and I remember watching the dodgers versus the Mariners because I was a huge Sheffield fan and the game started at 10 p.m. and I remember watching A-Rod slide head-first into Alex Cora's knee. I've never seen it again since that night and here they are talking about it

[@robertanderson2898]

2002 is on here now, full show, just watched the other day.

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

@@robertanderson2898 well shiiiit

[@thejamnasium6447]

Chipper Jones will always be my favorite baseball player. growing up as a kid playing baseball in the 90s in the south, we all worshipped Chipper

[@BronxBomber-mf9hl]

95-2000 steroids or not the most exciting time in baseball and those that say it wasn't either are too young to remember it or were not alive

[@robertgutierrez1702]

Shit was entertaining af

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Yep. Steroids saved baseball

[@hfontanez98]

All you saying that 95-2000 wasn't exciting are a) Full of shit b) Lying your ass off c) Afraid to admit you were celebrating every HR until shit stained your briefs d) All of the above Baseball started to get really interesting since 1984 to me. There were a lot of stories that had nothing to do with steroids. In the early 90s, Nolan Ryan threw his 6th and 7th no-hitters. New, nice looking, ballparks were being built. The Marlins won a WS in record time for an expansion team, they dismantle the team after winning, rebuilt and won a second WS less than a decade later. There were a bunch of exciting stories that, AGAIN, had nothing to do with steroids. BUT, to come here and say that you were not celebrating or following the McGwire/Sosa HR race, or Barry's chasing all time HR record is pure BS. EVERYONE was into it.

[@fernandososa6692]

I was born in 2002 and I agree. Baseball now is not shit, but the fact that they’re too much crybabys is disappointing

[@bhavikupadhyaya972]

facts it saved baseball

[@VaCRAYtion]

This presentation or the derby was elite

[@MrMedeiros223]

Out of this 2 hour video, the Foo Fighters are getting all of the ad revenue for that 20sec intro 😂😂

[@QuietDriver97]

I wish I was older than 2 when this happened. These guys juice or not look like comic book heroes any kid would want a poster of on the wall.

[@chosen1one930]

That intro

[@gomariners9123]

Sosa is so juiced up my God its sick. Griffey is 10x the ball player

[@hectorquintana712]

Stop hating it was an ERA

[@postreading6889]

Griffey was likely juiced up, but kept it under control. When in Rome

[@phoenixrising441]

@@postreading6889 Absolutely Griffey was on steroids when in Seattle. He was smart enough to take non bulking steroids like A Rod and Randy Johnson. He probably had regrets and escaped that toxic environment in Cincinnati. He learned the hard way when you go off the steroids after a decade of use you will get injured. And it happened just like it says in the textbooks.

[@gomariners9123]

Bullshit Griffey would never stoop to that level

[@rickylopez4736]

All Legends

[@EoCx1]

This old format was so substantially better. This is what they need to return to.

[@coopercollins7792]

I’m going to the 2021 all star game in Atlanta but that intro at the beginning was badass!

[@jerrysmith3695]

Denver, ATL got cancelled

[@Shawn6751]

I'm going to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game and the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby.

[@RichardNotaLoca]

Puras leyendas salen en este Home Run Derby ufff

[@justanothergoy5900]

🇵🇷

[@Robmercado1]

Man Guerrero had the real power👀🐐

[@joshserrano554]

You know the Home Run Derby was an event when a legend like Michael Buffer was emceeing!!! Also he was putting all of the Latinos way over man I love it!!! And of course LET'S GET READY TO RRRRRRUUUUUUMMMMMMBBBBBLLLLLLEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

[@chriscraven9335]

Would've loved to see prime Griffey Jr in the timed HR Derby, started in recent years

[@hectorlopez1069]

Me too

[@jimclaus1576]

I think McGwire would have done the best with timed. The way he could just effortlessly flick them out with hardly even a stride or effort… Mac would go over 30 no doubt.

[@user-hl4mp2pm9b]

Everett was my fav player

[@bjoverflow]

My Highschool teammate...AWESOME EVERETT

[@robertanderson2898]

I've been having a BLAST watching these, 1995-1999 so far. Daytona 500 is postponed until tomorrow so i'll have plenty to do :)

[@GaiaGGAWPW]

sammy with the toe tap swing

[@geegee9420]

Me and some friends would go to the tball field and do this

[@lucidxchrist2133]

Let’s get ready to rumbleeeee

[@paulocohenA_]

i love the foo fighters intro

[@rickylopez4736]

And Griffey is such a class player. Clemens, Johnson, Maddox, and the others. Hank Aaron, national treasure.

[@colinphillips4272]

Griffey isn’t as classy as people think. He went AWOL on the Mariners. The organization didn’t know where he was for multiple days. They finally tracked him down in Cincinnati. He drove across the country and didn’t bother telling anyone because he was upset the team wanted to trade him to the Mets instead of Cincy. This basically forced the Mariners to trade him to Cincinnati. Then when the M’s brought him back for his twilight tour in 2010, he was lazy and a terrible influence to the younger players. Not to mention the multiple times they wanted him to pinch hit and couldn’t find him, only to find him sleeping in a recliner in the locker room mid-game. I’m not saying he’s a horrible person, but he’s absolutely a diva and not as classy a player as people think.

[@BronxBomber-mf9hl]

Larry Jones hometown hero

[@iamjp1]

must have been a bad omen for pudge. 26 homers at the all-star break, injured after 91 games with 27 HRs

[@tristandavidmanley8150]

The "my hero" intro song hits different now lol

[@hectorquintana712]

SOSA!!!!

[@johnathonhiner3015]

They all look ready after their Bull Rhino shakes, 70% juiced to the gills....Long live that Long Ball!!!

[@jl5822]

New format > Old format

[@mikelikesbama]

Man you could tell A-Rod was destined for commentary. Not a bad job

[@lauriewilliams3335]

Wasnt a red sox fan until 2 yrs after this. B4 that i rooted for players. Rickey henderson was my favorite then barry bonds. BONDS, you were twice the man you were even here then you were in 87 when u broke in with the pirates. Just admit you used and do the workd a favor or atleast those of us that cheer and rooted for you. I burned all ur rookie cards that i spent yrs collecting and hundreds of dollars pursuing. Chump

[@rickylopez4736]

Chipper Jones.

[@billmoyer3254]

RHOIDWORLD

[@docofswank88]

Sammy definitely double up on the juice for pre game before this.

[@Robmercado1]

Sammy is a beast.

[@MrSturdystratus]

He was good. To bad he got busted using corked bats and steriods. Griffey never had any of that, all natural skill

[@hectorquintana712]

@@MrSturdystratus Roids don’t help to hit the ball!! Ken was injury prone when he left seattle, Sosa was the man!

[@MrSturdystratus]

@@hectorquintana712 roids help you hit the ball further lol. Soda was also busted using cork bats in a game hah he got caught cheating multiple times

[@hectorquintana712]

@@MrSturdystratus 66

[@MrSturdystratus]

@@hectorquintana712 cool on the 66. Griffey still a better player than soda. Griffey could also play defense with 10 gold gloves. Griffey is also a first ballot hall of famer which Sosa is not even in the hall of fame

[@allenh3072]

Everyone looks juiced

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Steroids saved baseball. No exaggeration. Could you imagine guys like trout, Staunton, judge, Harper all gassed up. It would be amazing

[@Veganerd_]

@UCZob0Fca-zepgAd2v8pnhRA Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Vlad Jr, and Pete Alonso, too. lol

[@allenh3072]

@@thickerconstrictor9037 the ball is juiced now tho 😂

[@rickylopez4736]

Ball was not juiced... Chris Burmannh or something fucking legendary.

[@pepsiguy52883]

It’s Ken Griffey Jr not Junior Griffey Berman

[@rickylopez4736]

Frank Thomas

[@WilliamHendershott]

Mix in a strike to Edgar.

[@rickylopez4736]

But best pitcher ever. Nolan Ryan

[@user-sg9rp4wz3w]

15th annual

[@rickylopez4736]

Alex Rodriguez classic reminds me Aaron Rodgers

[@robertanderson2898]

Sammy: "Jesus......."

[@scootscootriot1020]

1:14:17 YOWZA!!!!!!!😳

[@Thefvkingoat]

1

[@dramc27]

Griffey didn't make the All Star team that year??

[@tylerpitman2339]

I think he did.

[@j_r_3404]

He did. He just didn't play in the game due to a nagging knee injury that he wanted to rest.

[@eddie3492]

Kipnis in the thumbnail

[@avigdorbenhaim2551]

E Money#14 that’s Edgar Martinez

[@rickylopez4736]

Jeter though, I'm a sox fan but Jeter

[@rickylopez4736]

Pedro Martinez

[@robertanderson2898]

Martinez, Jones, Griffey Jr, Guerrero and Ivan Rodriguez all Hall of Famers, Sosa and Delgado could or should be, and Carl Everett a big stinking NO :)

[@edwardmiguel5682]

Sosa is the best💪🏻💪🏻

[@rickylopez4736]

Mohammed Ali Griffey.

[@tomxconn]

Wife and I Went to this and the ASG. Two things that stood out to me were it was terribly hot and humid, and the Turner Field ballpark staff were just plain rude. You could not walk or stand anywhere without attracting someone to sternly telling you "need to go this way, can't stand here, need to move outta the way..." When kids' were looking for pre-game autographs during warmups, field ushers kept yelling at them to not touch the wall, pissing off some parents.

[@rickylopez4736]

Roger didn't mean that

[@cjones3710]

Ah the hr derby before it got all mucked up with a clock and stupid pop music. AL vs. NL as it should be.

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Remember when 5-6 home runs could get you in another round. I remember when they changed the way the format was I was upset but now it's so much better. It's so much more exciting. The only thing that I don't like is you don't get a chance to actually marvel with how far some of the ball's go to camera is changing every couple seconds and if there's a 520 ft home run hit you can't just sit back and enjoy it for a minute. It's on to the next next next next next. That and I think Chris Berman being gone sucks. If Chris Berman was calling it today will be so entertaining

[@michaelchristopher2003]

Sammy is so juiced in this

[@BronxBomber-mf9hl]

Homerun derbys nowadays are a joke, you got guys like Vlad Jr who want even in the top ten at the half in homers, I remember only the best homerun hitters at the half participated in homerun derby not this shit they have been throwing at us for the past few years. Baseball has changed so much. I miss watching 90's baseball

[@wreckinlobbies6825]

Bronx Bomber1983 Guerrero also set a record for home runs so your statement means nothing lol

[@blackknight9322]

Wreckin Lobbies different format the real king is josh Hamilton for a single homerun derby round

[@WretchEph289]

Steroids been berry berry good to me.

[@colinbarrett5120]

arod and bonds boooooo!

[@ami2evil]

They didn't show them shootin' 'roids in the dugouts... Shootin' up with the audience, yea bhoy!

[@coreymorgan7467]

Ûu

[@0piumchi]

Ah yes the roid era

[@chasecanali6830]

2000 Major League Steroid Derby

[@rushmike2952]

Only guy in the field who we know did steroids was Sammy Sosa. Junior, Chipper, Pudge, Vlad, and Edgar are in the Hall of Fame so we can reasonably assume they didn't do steroids. Carlos Delgado has never been linked to steroids, Carl Everett I'm not sure about.

[@chasecanali6830]

Rush Mike pudge and edgar have been confirmed

[@rushmike2952]

Being named by Jose Canseco doesn't count as being confirmed

[@chasecanali6830]

Rush Mike you n me both know they used and so did bagwell

[@chasecanali6830]

Rush Mike just look at them

[@jesuschristislord6790]

Griffey won. Sosa was on a ton of roids.

[@strugls8454]

Knowing he was jacked up on roids ruined this for me. Watching Griffey sit there and knowing what was going going is painful. Its fucking gross. Like the heart I'm him just fell out cause he knew Sosa was a cheater. Feels bad man.

[@ThatB1ueSS]

Cry me a river lmao. Roids have baseball the best era it ever had.

[@phoenixrising441]

Griffey used steroids too. He quit when he went to Cincinnati and that’s why he got hurt every year. 10 years of steroid use will do that

[@barbarapaparella1833]

​@@phoenixrising441if he used roids he would have came back quicker from his injuries. He had a few in Cincinnati. Unfortunately he was injury prone as a Red but still hit 600 clean home runs and is a top 10 player ever.

[@comiskeyballslarm2k271]

8:01 cheater

[@dawearhouse]

Get over it

[@comiskeyballslarm2k271]

dawearhouse nope. He’s a cheater

[@dawearhouse]

@@comiskeyballslarm2k271 so was everyone else. That's how life goes

@@dawearhouse false.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He makes me sick to my stomach.