MLB’s Ultimate Playoff Choker (besides Aaron Judge)

[@hipstereagle6050]

If Bonds was an NFL QB or an NBA star he’d never hear the end of it (even though his playoff mishaps got plenty of coverage) it’s good that baseball isn’t consumed by ring culture

[@AndThatsBaseball]

For sure. Can't be equated because MLB is such a full team game compared to other sports

[@dollartwentychickentendies]

can you imagine if social media existed in 1976 when Aaron retired with "just" one WS win and all the braindead "debates" surrounding whether 755 really mattered if he didn't have 7 rings like Ruth... baseball would have "died" decades before it supposedly has now

[@jamesknapp64]

yeah Ring culture is so bad. I hate it.

[@nickpeitchev7763]

Nooo it's not good he should be called out for being a serial choker

[@nickpeitchev7763]

I agreed with everything until the end smh

[@almightysosa3007]

Baseball is so hard to be clutch in. You can’t give your best player a chance to win the game, they just have to get lucky enough to be up to bat at that moment. This is one of the reasons guys like David freese will live on forever in baseball lore. Anyone can be the best player on the field at any given time, it’s all circumstantial.

[@dhruvadude808]

Bucky Dent

[@James_St._James]

Pinch hitters though.

[@ricky5369]

I don't think you watched the video

[@PrickFlair]

Bernie Williams made it look so easy, he was unreal

[@almightysosa3007]

@@ricky5369 I think you struggle with reading comprehension.

[@jimc.goodfellas]

"a 5 minute, 10 pitch walk" Haha yeah, the good ol days

[@guccimane3731]

The days where you could take a nap at the ball park and wake up and only one inning has passed time. 😂😂😂

[@NoLanConnection]

The days where you could think for 30 seconds about what the next pitch might be and it would be the 4th pick off attempt

[@booyahgenius]

Here after Judge choked the entire postseason, title is valid

[@brandocalrissian3294]

i came to say the same thing.

[@Strawhatj824]

“This would never happen in todays league” Aaron judge: hold my beer

[@carlpacquing2575]

27 walks in one postseason is nuts!

[@DGS2605]

Snow/Heat Miser theme in the background goes hard 🔥🔥🔥

[@RegisteredNurseLA]

just here to vindicate your Judge title, guy choked hard

[@OgumaPocchi]

Barry Bond's playoff struggles in the 90s can't be overlooked he wasn't at his best but man that 2002 run will always be special. It made me care for this sport for 20 years despite being tortured for being a Mets fan. He could've been a DH for contender AL team before he retired since his numbers was still good in that season. I know he's juiced af and the steroid era of baseball definitely tainted the sport but boy were those the most fun era I've watched.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

He was black balled and was forced to either accept very little money or retire. At that time most teams didn't want to deal with his legal issues due to the Balco investigation.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Going through the 2002 footage, it felt like he'd go yard every time he swung the bat Teams were TERRIFIED of him

[@dennisdezarn5895]

​@@henrywallacesghost5883most amazing sports primadonna ever! Greatest enhanced performer ever. So fun to watch both despite and sometimes because of his arrogance. He stated he would have played for the vets minimum that next year. He couldn't accept any less money due to the players union contract. Blackballed 100%. He had another 50 homers and 200 walks in him with that big cross dangling from his ear.

[@dollartwentychickentendies]

I will maintain that the late 90s/early 00s were the most fun period of baseball ever, no contest

[@guccimane3731]

It was special because he was juiced to the gills. He went from 49 HRs to 73 in one off season. Yeah, okay, “special.” Special drugs. 😂😂😂

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

I saw Barry Bonds in either 91 or 92 when the Pirates were playing against the Giants at Candlestick Park. I remember my dad wanted us to go and sit towards the left field for a couple of games just to be close to Barry Bonds. I remember we talked to him at one point in one of the games and he seemed like a nice guy. Him becoming a Giant a year or two later was one of those awesome moments as a Giants fan.

[@pepperponies7205]

Wtf is that photo he looks like he saw a fucking ghost

[@AndThatsBaseball]

I was so happy when I found it

[@soultrax101]

​@pepperponies7205 It technically still has the thumbnail. KZbin lets channels use more than one thumbnail now when a video is initially posted. I think the one that gets more clicks will be the permanent one.

[@pepperponies7205]

​@@soultrax101oh ok thanks 😅

[@charleyit]

When I first saw this title and knew it was about B.B., I thought, "oh here we go, more Bond bashing. But you were objective and just presented the facts. Very well done.

[@patrickcarrillo714]

2002 Anaheim Angels are one of the most underrated World Series winning teams of all time literally a team full of role players and no Hall of famers outside of the coaching staff uniting as one and never giving up proving that anything is possible and great teams win championships not individuals like Bonds

[@hipstereagle6050]

@@patrickcarrillo714 and it’s so ironic that the Angels are best known today for wasting the careers of generational superstars. Even future HoFers like Pujols and former stars like Hamilton and Rendon were ruined by the Angels

[@patrickcarrillo714]

@hipstereagle6050 You can thank The worst owner in baseball for the mess the franchise is right now Arte Moreno The second he sells the team or whatever happens to him that involves the Angels being sold is the second the rain cloud is lifted over the team

[@johnwayne9828]

Agreed. I pulled for the dodgers back then because I was a shawn green fan, but that 02 Angel's roster was fun to watch. Especially liked glaus and eckstein.

[@brockpodgurski6144]

Incredible stuff man, watching some stuff I've never seen before. Greatly appreciated.

[@LI2Chesapeake]

Incredibly ridiculous and vindictive.

[@brockpodgurski6144]

@@LI2Chesapeake Barry Bonds is the best to ever do it and it's nice too know that he, too, is human.

[@vicpicksinvesting5380]

Aaron choked again

[@DrCornwater]

Back when the Giants were going insane in the playoffs, I remember there was a bit on Sportscenter about Bonds' playoff chokes. This video made me have a brain blast about it.

[@gliiitched]

Those 2002 playoff games raised his postseason OPS by like 2-300 points

[@bradwong]

You need to put a less catchy song in. I wasn't paying attention to the video because I was singing "IM MISTER GREEN CHRISTMAS, IM MISTER SUN"

[@pblmrt]

A lot of athletes got to be very blessed that social media wasn't a thing when they were playing. There are a lot of legends that miss out or never win a prestige award or a huge tournament.

[@jamesknapp64]

That 1990 Bond's season stat line is just an insane. Thats a legendary career year for most HoF'ers

[@johnwayne9828]

Yeah, but im pretty sure that lone home run in anaheim in 02 is still somewhere in orbit.

[@TheTEN24]

The beginning of this video is exactly why his exclusion from the hall is ridiculous but never knew he struggled in the playoffs early in his career

[@guitarwok]

AWESOME video

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Thanks!

[@SocratesJohnson86]

Was not expecting to hear the Cold Miser/Heat Miser music in a video about Barry Bonds choking in the playoffs.

[@Katsos44]

I miss the OG thumbnail cause that’s literally the face I make when I’m choking on something

[@AndThatsBaseball]

It's still there, I'm just A/B tested two different ones

[@Katsos44]

@@AndThatsBaseball dang, weird I got to see both options, I feel like it would mess up testing if I’m getting recommended a video I’ve already seen with a different thumbnail, I’m less likely to click a video I’ve already seen so I’m artificially hurting the performance of one of the thumbnails, I guess maybe don’t trust the A/B metrics too much

[@Sawyer817]

That title is crazy

[@flame-sky7148]

Great breakdown, year the Braves pitching stymied Bonds, Multiple HOF pitchers.

[@appendix_gang2245]

Based on the events of this week, I think we’re finally due for a deep dive into the failures of the Milwaukee Brewers

[@Spamus]

9:28 "this would never happen in today's game" Oops it happened in game 2 of the ALCS

[@shibbyjim]

Judge choked again

[@jc3productions362]

All this just goes to show baseball is the ultimate team sport. You can take over a game, or even in series in football or basketball, hell even in hockey. But you need all 8 other guys pulling with you to win a title in baseball

[@FOH999]

Why would you lie about the crowd in Game 7 of the 1991 NLCS? Yankee fans are the only people to ever boo their own players didn't you hear? Great video!

[@elrondhubbard9127]

Well this didn't age well for Aaron Judge 😂😂

[@RobertNugent]

Reminds me of another video I saw about 5 minutes ago: A KZbinr watching the bottom of the tenth of game one of the 2024 WS told himself that Freddie Freeman is a playoff choker.

[@fluoriteheals]

Just because he has the most homeruns in Baseball (with a HUGE *) never makes him the greatest of all time.

[@johnwayne9828]

If he would have never touched the juice, he still might've been the goat. The dude was a true 5 tool talent and a superstar before it. But no era is perfect. Every one had its scandals. The beauty of baseball is theres no clear goat. You could ask 10 fans and they could all have different answers. Likely it all comes down to when you grew up.

[@fluoriteheals]

@ yeah i guess, barry was talented no lie, but I’ll never get why he used the sauce. He was poppin homers just as good before 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@gabrielvazquez1691]

Baseball, where even the greatest players average hitting 3 out of 10 times. It's a hard game.

[@SONICX1027]

Do I hear the Miser’s theme playing in the background?

[@patrickcarrillo714]

27:49 You forgot that Bonds was a liability in left field and fumbled the baseball twice in a row against Garrett Anderson and Troy Glaus both resorted to 2 doubles. His big steroid frame didn't help him when it came to running for the game Clinching and series altering Double by Troy Glaus which gave the Angels a 6-5 lead and the game and the championship. That was one of if not the greatest comebacks in World Series history and the biggest choke of Bonds career

[@almightysosa3007]

I’m an angels fan who was born in 98 so I didn’t get to watch the WS live, but a few years ago on mlb network they were showing a replay of game 5, and wow, bonds and that giants team were practically unstoppable that game. I have no clue how that angels beat the giants that year, I guess you could say the baseball gods were on our side

[@777DonMakaveli777]

"This would never happen in today's game." the Dodgers just walked Soto in game 2 so they could pitch to a struggling Judge so i guess it did happen lol

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Very similar but Bonilla isn’t Juan Soto

[@MountainSoftware1984]

I will always hate how baseballs goat took steroids. I know he is top 25, maybe even 10, all time even without them, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[@ricky5369]

you didn't mention how he missed the throw because he ignored the coach's order to play shallow

[@kurdt_patrick]

I don’t believe it was a coach, but teammate and cf Andy Van Slyke.

[@ricky5369]

@@kurdt_patrick I heard it from a video it was the coach. Since then, I've heard it from a different video saying it was the teammate. Maybe the coach ordered the teammate, idk

[@coleyoutubechannel]

Aaron Judge: Hold my beer...

[@TropTruth]

Bro besides Aaron judge is wild

[@aaronjudgehelmetflap2984]

Pretty crazy how similar Bonds and Judge are

[@AndThatsBaseball]

I wanted this to be Judge’s version of Bonds’s 2002 desperately. Brutal so far.

[@slinky_malinki5330]

The one thing I don't get is how the Marlins and Giants played each other in a division series... They're in different divisions, on opposite ends of the country.

[@MrT571]

Wild Card started the year before. The Marlins won it in 97

[@Iamhungey]

Remember how people assumed that had the Giants gotten into the playoffs in 1993, they would have won? If only they had known about Bonds' postseason woes. Chances are the Giants would have fare no better than the Braves against the Phillies.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Who knows? Maybe Bonds would’ve broken out that year if he got the chance. Ended his 1992 run on a few game hot streak. Those Phillies were an excellent team, though.

[@SmoothCriminal12]

Could've gone either way for Bonds VS Philly. Their pitching staff was fronted by Curt Schilling (Known playoff warrior) and Terry Mulholland (Bonds' favorite pitcher).

[@scottaznavourian3720]

The fact the first story is about 2 guys trying to out rood the other 😂

[@tobyjaffe270]

Bonds had some, erm, advantages in 2002 that he didn’t as a twig on the Pittsburgh pirates

[@jpmnky]

The 2002 SF Giants literally gave that World Series to the Angels. Of course they had to go out there and win games six and seven, but Bonds sure didn’t do anything to get his team in a position to win either elimination game that year. At that point, most MLB fans were pulling for Bonds to get a ring. With what happened with the 1990-92 Pirates, then in 2002 the Giants were on year 48-49 of their WS drought. If Barry Bonds got his emotions in check even just a little bit, especially those last 4-5 years, then his legacy would be far different. There are a lot of Pirates and Giants fans that don’t even like the guy. It’s no mystery why he didn’t get a single offer to play in the 2008 season. At that point everyone just wanted the guy to go away. Reminds me of a certain NBA superstar in 2024.

[@shorewall]

And they both have enlarged craniums.

[@Pussaychop]

Prosecution can rest. That was an indictment! Really well done.

[@LGPanthers1]

Thumbnail changes every 6 hours

[@AndThatsBaseball]

I'm running A/B/C tests to determine the best thumbnail lol

[@robotorch]

RIP Tom Browning 5:23

[@jimnfl7134]

After Bonds retired in 2007, who no fanfare (except for some Giants Fans). The Giants would win the World Series three years, five years and seven years later!

[@sKarr6988]

i dont get the title of this video, random thumbnail too, babe ruth wasnt a choker

[@Imboredofdeath]

It’s kinda happened a couple nights ago when they walked Juan Soto to get to Aaron judge.

[@dowpman1]

this should be a video about the post 1983 Orioles...

[@its-dg2987]

Is that an untitled Kendrick song in the mix oh my god

[@ryanscott717]

Man the beginning of this video sounds depressingly reminiscent of Aaron Judge

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

He’s still one of the greatest of all time:

[@justmaxproductions]

Aaron Judge sure proved those haters wrong this year!

[@905JimRaynor]

Dave Winfield was worse. His only extra base hit was a ground ball down the 3rd base line.

[@CombatSportsGaming]

Music too loud

[@dontatme1290]

Bonds 02 postseason run is all time great. Even in losing a 7 game WS to the Angels(the Giants blew a late lead in game 6) he maybe should have been WS MVP anyway.

[@wizard1687]

I remember Jeffrey Leonard winning NLCS MVP in 1987 despite the Cardinals winning the series

[@jgame2228]

I don't want to hear he was bad in clutch situations he has a .938 ops in the post season which is below his usual standard but anyone would kill for those numbers, really just should have made it on judge, a .768 in far more opportunities

[@thedukeofswellington1827]

had to run into those 97 marlins haha

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Every team Bonds lost to in the playoffs made the World Series Obviously that’s implied in the pre-divisional era, but 3 NLDS defeats and all 3 to eventual pennant winners.

[@jimnfl7134]

@@AndThatsBaseball 2002 World Series Game 6, i know this Video mentions it, is a What Might have been for Bonds.

[@woodys955]

If anyone doesn’t deserve a ring it’s definitely Barry bonds

[@batman8589]

All of the roid cheaters ruined baseball for me. It was so obvious the “home run kings”were juicing & the media gaslit everyone like nothing was happening. 185lb guys were showing up +40 lbs & no neck. That doesn’t happen without help. Cheaters robbing good players of the spotlight

[@Bethbutucancallmechandra]

There was no rule saying u cant use steroids at that time. Not technically cheating blame bud selig he is in hof therefore everyone he let "cheat" should be in too.

[@BoleDaPole]

Mr.Bonds was so good though he could choke bc he was a big reason the team got there in the first place. That's why baseball is a team game, you need your teammates to carry the water sometimes, its more on them than Mr.Bonds. 162 games carried and they couldn't show up in the last 20?? therefore I posit the notion that the biggest chokers are indeed his teammates and not Mr. Bonds. I rest my case.

[@acjnse8258]

Lmafo this was on my birth date 😂

[@djbeezy]

It's a shame he cheated. He was so gifted and would have been the best ever but now he is just an after thought. Nearly nobody considers him the legit all time homerun king.

[@Victor_Coelho]

Honestly, I don’t think the roids tainted his accomplishments as much. There were 50000 other guys using it but nobody even came close to bonds. He’s the goat with or without peds.

[@murishere]

its funny because he is still easily the best player of all time

[@jc3productions362]

Okay so take away 200 homeruns, he’s still the greatest hitter to ever live. Like let’s be fr

[@jc3productions362]

Like people fail to realize that even when he looked like a beanpole in Pittsburgh he was still a nightmare to pitch to

[@its-dg2987]

Never tested positive once.

[@alwaysup34]

9:28 Cleveland intentionally walked Soto to get to Judge in the ALCS.

[@rogertayloRRR]

Wasn't that a strike at 16:20? Dang

[@gabe_3483]

9:25 happened to judge vs the gaurdians

[@brianthomas2311]

He’s not the home run king.Hank Aaron is.

[@LI2Chesapeake]

Willie Mays in the postseason career numbers, .240 BA .350 Slg as opposed to a regular season career of .300 and Slg over .550. All you ever read about May's postseason is 1954, the only World Champion team, and his amazing catch/throw. Are you going to try and make a video of Willie May's failure to perform when it mattered, the postseason?? 😂 LMFAO

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Bonds got the choker gene from his godfather then

[@steveisgood2go]

Little Squirt wasn’t born when Bonds was setting records 🤣🤣🤣

[@AndThatsBaseball]

I was a month old when he hit 73

[@TheManny717]

I was 10 when that happened. 🤷

[@mrsic2012]

Hey man that's rude​@@AndThatsBaseball

[@FOH999]

is simply existing an accomplishment? Please enlighten us, how did you force yourself to be created before us? Since it was obviously something YOU did and had total control over. Weird comment dude.

[@Buttington_Headerson]

@@FOH999it’s not that serious, squirt

[@ConleySmooge]

The one homer he hit was cheap, too. John Smoltz had a 3-1 lead, with Bonds leading off. His sole mission was to not walk Bonds. Watch the video. He couldn't have cared less. Calmly signaled for a new ball, got 3 outs, and the save.

[@AK-qo6tx]

He is no Freddie Freeman.

[@otaviodiniz5934]

Virgin Sabermetrics fan (crying and screaming): "B-b-but, even without PEDs, all this stats prove that Bonds is the goat. Look at his homers, WAR, OPS, Woba+bcdf..." Chad gut felling enjoyer: "y'all know something? That [redacted] is a fn choker! Walk Bonilla... Twice for good measure!!!" - Bob Cox, probably.

[@ducksauce1290]

Palmerio was terrible in the playoffs also. I had to watch it every year in the late 90's as a Baltimore fan.

[@jnydfs6003]

Here after Freddie Freeman

[@26bisket50]

The fact he performed in the playoffs after juicing just shows idiotic people are when they they say him on steroids means nothinny

[@typeabnegative1]

His teams are fitting he looked like a hungry pirate then he became a giant. They should remove him from baseball all together. His stats his awards everything.

[@Avocado11]

Unfortunately for Barry by the time he got to the World Series he was facing a team with otherworldly being helping them win.

[@derekconstantino7759]

Judge is making his case for worst choker ever

[@javi994]

I still think it’s Kershaw 😂

[@ricky5369]

well he never had a good postseason, only him with steroids had a good postseason. he has to live with that, that he wasn't good enough.

[@4kU-si4ih]

Bro ohtani is 0-20 without runners on

[@rickysmith6041]

you shouldn't have changed it to say "besides Aaron Judge". or maybe you should write "more than Judge"! But it might not be good for clickbait to write besides Aaron Judge because people might come from the world series and click on the video

[@71invictus]

Bonds numbers are far worse than Judge, who has about 15 postseason homers. He'll never hear the end of the drop but I've never seen a world series team receive so much disrespect. Nobody care how boring and pathetic last season's series was with a under 90 win D-Back team making it.

[@shaindaman13]

Bonds was by NO stretch the Best Player Of The 90s. Tony Geynn was a Better player in the 90s. He was good, sure. Not the Best. I was there. I saw it. The Braves won the 92 NLCS because his noodle arm couldn’t even throw out the LITERAL slowest base runner in MLB, Sid Bream scoring from 2B.

[@masonhenry7522]

I mean the 91’ braves have one of the best pitching staffs ever. Obviously he hit bad but like bro glavine, Maddox and smoltz were disgusting

[@kenw2225]

Agree

[@elmascavidal1797]

I honestly never liked bonds his attitude sucked… and his teams never won it all

[@KevinMcFernley]

He’s just got under it? lol you’re shot. He didn’t get under it enough. That’s why he lined out to right…

[@nocturne311]

So Bonds was basically Aaron Rodgers.

[@LI2Chesapeake]

You really can make a video attacking anyone inc the Babe. Numbers, stats, are easy to manipulate and use for any agenda.

[@totallykoolyeah]

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[@ahoneybee823]

It wasn't his fault they came up short in 2002

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Second half of the video is all about that

[@TheManny717]

As an Angel fan, I beg to differ. ;)

[@dollartwentychickentendies]

It's never any one player's fault unless (maybe, and then only partially) they're the last guy who had a chance to win it

[@catman-du8927]

​@@TheManny717 Bonds had a .471 AVG, .700 OBP, and 1.294 SLG percentage in 2002 WS. That's a 1.994 OPS. That's the 5th highest OPS in World Series history & he had basically double the PAs of the guys above him. You couldn't ask more from him offensively

[@billycausgrove9657]

​@catman-du8927 He only has 1 career Home Runs outside of 2002. Horrible playoff performer

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

barry was sooooo good, but man, what a deuche...

[@John-k7x]

He was awfully in playoffs