The Heartbreaking Tragedy of Matt Harvey

[@AndThatsBaseball]

It got messed up on the reupload, but if you like the video, please subscribe. It's free and helps me out a ton. Also, check out Kofie's links in the description, he did such a good job with his part.

[@joedirt370]

😊

[@VaCRAYtion]

I am Forever grateful to Matt Harvey. He gave his arm and career for 2015

[@StarkRavingSports]

Die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@AndThatsBaseball]

The Dark Knight or Matt Harvey Dent?

[@thewopstop]

ain't that the truth

[@BaseballAF]

Seeing Harvey pitch his heart out in that game 5 gave me so much hope that was later dashed in the 9th. The electricity he brought only compared to Jacob deGrom in 2021, at least in my opinion.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Could make a video about the fall of everyone in the 2015 rotation honestly

[@michaeldepinto3562]

I believed in him so much in that game. I would have left him in too. Shame where his Career went from there.

[@tomatoes100]

Mets fans having hope LOL

[@Ignatius------6]

Welcome to being a met fan

[@seancohen81]

@@AndThatsBaseball For real. All of them. Even Matz.

[@travisrowe7697]

Giraffe neck doing cut away commentary like a seasoned vet is absolutely fantastic.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Great dude

[@ada_unknown_2738]

yeah that was a great moment

[@TheTEN24]

Was at that World Series game in the nosebleeds. Even tho they lost in heartbreak like they always do I’ll never forget it. I truly thought I’d never see the Mets in a World Series in my life let alone win one maybe. I appreciate him and Noah for giving their all to the team. However my favorite pitcher on that team was far and away pre cy young DeGrom I just feel like he always pitched well in big moments. Also nice play in CF man lol

[@AndThatsBaseball]

You know ball I'm a 99th percentile OAA CF

[@johnzenzen9666]

Game 1 of the 2015 NLCS is still the best pitching performance I've seen live. Never saw a baseball stadium walk out chanting one guys name.

[@nicholasbowen1825]

Word i was there too that day! Sat in right field near the foul pole near where Murphy hit the Hr

[@RandomAssist]

The Harvey's Better chant and that World Series start through 8 innings always give me goosebumps as a lifelong Mets fan. Great video! Even though watching the Duda "throw" to home felt like getting hit by a bus.

[@fortynights1513]

Dark Knight is a great nickname for a pitcher. Great video on a player I wasn’t familiar with today! One other thing: A video ago, I mentioned how the 91 Brewers came back from 17 games to finish over .500. Well the inverse, the most games over .500 in a season at one point by a team that ended with a losing record: The 1905 Cleveland Naps (what the Guardians were called back then) went from 52-29 to an outright losing record after Nap Lajoie got blood poisoning while sliding into second base. That’s falling off from having been 23 games over .500.

[@brainbarz]

i swear as a mets STAN not many moments get me more hyped than 12:30 seeing him scream like that ALWAYS gives me chills

[@Jamochashakenbake]

Recently found this channel and I was an instant fan. Feels like it falls right in the sweet spot somewhere between Foolish Baseball and Baseball Doesn’t Exist

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Glad you’ve enjoyed!

[@Gfactor1922]

Dang, my exact thoughts!

[@everettfowler11]

Fr tho

[@pranavarora9976]

0:55 That Degrom and Noah look 😭😭

[@Gemnist98]

deGrom later said he didn’t know what the hell he was thinking. Thor managed to rock it though.

[@SEATTLEKID2o6]

Was that a cheeky halo 1 drum run I heard? Sheesh. 2015 Harvey & halo 1 soundtrack?? My nostalgia is off the charts today

[@jtate2016]

another banger, loved bringing in kofie and marc.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Awesome dudes to work with

[@CharmCityGamer]

Definitely going to miss The Dark Knight. Thanks ATB!

[@jodapop32700]

You’re a legend for using Song Cry in the background

[@Tommy_Montana]

I completely forgot about the back to back years where the Mets chocked away division leads to the Phillies...thanks

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Mets fans tend to focus on the positive rather than getting hung up on past failures, that’s why most people don’t even remember 2007/08

[@jakeselig7410]

As a Mets fan, this just brings back even more trauma, what could've been if he was pulled after that one batter in Game 5...

[@willi6880]

Harvey Degrom Syndagaard Only the Mets could screw that up

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Wheeler and Matz (and big sexy) too

[@willi6880]

@@AndThatsBaseball my god you're right! How did I forget them lol. As a red sox fan, even I was excited to see what they would have done.

[@mikekeeler6362]

The Jets always suck

[@goosemcgee6247]

Matt Harvey will always be The Dark Knight...💪💪💪

[@nunkey7663]

This is a high quality video! Nice job.

[@lorimeyers3839]

His downfall was pretty incredible to watch. I remember seeing him pumping 99mph in the 9th inning of a CG shutout back in 2013 or 2014 I believe in Atlanta. Was 100 degrees. Day game. Unhitable. But yeah, the combination of TOS, perhaps his workload and especially the drugs took their toll.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

The main thing the drugs did imo is slow or mitigate any buildup he could’ve had after the TOS. If he was clean, eating right, working as hard as possible, maybe he gets back to 95-96 mph, but I don’t think he ever sits high 90s again.

[@jackwilliams7738]

@@AndThatsBaseballso difficult to throw high 90’s naturally that it doesn’t matter what a player does… they won’t be able to throw it long term…. Just not possible for the human body. Now with PEDS it is….

[@4149stonepony]

@@AndThatsBaseball Does he even get TOS if he is not partying and doing drugs? I believe his lack of fitness took its toll and led to TOS and then when he came back he had nothing underpinning his future performance. Not mentally or physically to come back from that surgery.

[@flgrnt2]

this is the best baseball channel simply for using keem beats for the background

[@larry2281]

Man those few years when he was a beast he was so fun to watch.

[@gulagboi4923]

That 2015 World Series was hard for my family. Half my family from KC and half from NYC queens sooooooooo yeah, it was tense and a ton of trash talk.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Must’ve been a fun thanksgiving that followed

[@gulagboi4923]

@@AndThatsBaseball Really was drunk uncles and all. Love the videos man.

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Fun Fact- In 2009, I get home from a College practice and met a young Matt Harvey at my mailbox. Tired of another party being thrown at my house, we talked baseball a bit and upcoming draft for both of us, gave him my room for the night…then left and stayed at my girlfriends. This was a VERY different Matt Harvey. He was the childhood friend of my nerd roommate who was all-in on North Carolina. Not the future sex symbol ace of NY. Was not surprised to hear that cocaine might’ve played a role ha. He gave NY his ALL…tho, so for that I admire him. Hope he liked my bed.

[@peteyprimo7173]

This reeks of bullshit

[@ronnieturner6820]

Dude is that Song Cry playing in the background? Subtle gold man. Made a similar beat before it got big used to work wit Blaze he got the idea from me but it’s all love man

[@generogersve]

this video was fantastic. I'm a cardinals fan, but harvey was my favorite pitcher back in the day.

[@aguynamedguy309]

"I'm going back out there. You're not pulling me. I'm going back out there." Broke my fucking heart.

[@toastedt140]

Good look man, nothing goes together quite like the mets and misery

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Perfect day to drop this after the game last night

[@WallStreet06]

Throathic outlet syndrome is hard core. The surgery is crazy. Props to anyone who even tries to pitch past that.

[@sporer_]

Marc lookin like a former superstar actor in a documentary in his later years w/that laid back stance... all that was a missing was a cig lol

[@one7deep7savage7]

I remember when he was consistently throwing 101-102MPH

[@philthornton1382]

Another great vid 👍🏻

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@patrickfoster62]

Song Cry is so fitting for the video excellent choice

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Had to have some Jay in a video largely about NY

[@Mziff9]

Great video!

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@David-m8i]

Outstanding job

[@WhatHappenedtoBaseball]

Babe, wake up, And That's Baseball just dropped a new banger

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Yup, first try, clean drop, zero copyright concerns

[@Gvnmff]

Great Video!

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Thanks!

[@tonyfregoso7449]

Wesley’s Theory 🔥

[@joshuaweiss8280]

The poster boy for not coming back from tommy John too soon

[@harrisonlee9585]

The thing about Matt Harvey is fans hold these players up to standards no one could live up to. The fans make these players, who after all of are just guys like any other, into statues. Because from the right distance a statue is perfect and invincible, which is what fans demand their favorite players be. They put them on that pedestal because guys like Matt did for a living something that most people would sacrifice everything for just to do for one at bat. And they put them on that pedestal because that means they get to tear them down, and from their heights the fall is so far, and so destructive, and there's nothing left but rubble, then gloat and smugly ask "What Went Wrong?" The answer is us. Every time.

[@mousev1093]

No it's not. This is so bogus it's not funny. You don't have to live up to any ridiculous standards to not do lines of coke in the locker room. You don't have live up to any standards to not facilitate murdering someone with opioids. New York didn't do anything to him, he was just always an asshole that pitched pretty well

[@nickc7494]

I still love him

[@J421-i6g]

Injury played a part, but I believe his party life and maturity is what did him in.

[@4149stonepony]

The video says thoracic outlet syndrome did him in, but if the man took care of his body better does he even have that issue? Yes, drugs and his party life ruined his career, no matter how much people want to claim it was injuries.

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

He had bad mechanics. Likely bad teaches he picked up from his college days.

[@danr154]

well....the bloody nose thing was pretty obviously cocaine related so I dunno how heroic that was.

[@Landis_Grant]

If only manager Terry Collins had not given in to Matt Harvey’s plea to let him stay in the game against the Royals in that World Series game…

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

Didnt the Mets have a lead in the 4 games they lost and blew them all as I recall?

[@stemogstel22]

The Metsiest Mets thing ever is to take any joy out of my adopted hometown team winning the WS. I am a dye-in-the-wool-life-long Mets fan who lives in...Kansas City... I adopted the Royals as my hometown team when I moved to Kansas City. What could possibly go wrong? If the Mets didn't win the 2015 World Series, it was going to be what every year since has been: dropping shoes and what-ifs. If the Royals didn't win, it would have been a cosmic-level injustice. -- After the 2014 WS, Royals fans, myself included, wanted a parade for the AL Champs that just LOST the WS because of what they accomplished and gave to KC. The energy coming off of 2014 was Championship-or-Bust, but there was no trace of the "other shoe-itis" that plagues Mets fans. In my opinion, the Royals were never going to be denied the Crown in 2015. It didn't matter what stood in their way. If the Mets won Game 5, there is a legitimate argument for Harvey being in the discussion for 2015 WS MVP--even if the Royals still went on to win.

[@alexjscki]

🔥 video

[@mayonnaise3115]

this is NOT batman‼

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Who said anything about batman? We're talking The Dark Knight

[@jeremiahtisdell4823]

blue is NOT Brucerick Wayne

[@addictedtoJB]

No, this is Patrick

[@Devin2872]

The title picture had batman in it

[@mikekeeler6362]

It's Robin

[@freshnorthwest6756]

what worse, being a Mariners fan or a Mets fan?

[@peteyprimo7173]

Obviously mariners . Mets fans get to sniff a title once in a while

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

Mariners by far, Mets have at least won a couple titles. Both have habits of perpetual underachieving though.

[@BKbandits5]

May 29 I watched Matt Harvey pitch against my white Sox in the 2nd game of the 7 inning double header. I was chirping the Mets manager saying Harvey will give up a bomb to billy Hamilton. I went crazy when billy hit one out. That’s my lasting memory of Matt Harvey.

[@ryantilbe8171]

i was 15 i was 16 i was 15 i was 16

[@jackwebster6718]

Being a Mets fan is tough -Braves fan

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

Not as tough as being a Cubs fan outside of 2016. Sure theyve won in the past decade but thats still 1 title in 114 years.

[@Ryfael]

This one really hurts....Being a Mets fan is just pain..

[@Barrybadrinath287]

I played against Hosmer and Harvey who were on the same summer team in high school. Forgot that Hosmer doubled off him in the 9th in that World Series.

[@cinemasnitch3959]

harvey pitching was must watch tv

[@AndThatsBaseball]

100%, I hope younger fans and non NY fans understand that

[@justsomeguywithastache7558]

Anyone know what song Mr. And that’s baseball used for the Kevin Mitchell 1989 highlight clip part??

[@justsomeguywithastache7558]

Sounded like a rock music of some sort but I can’t find it 😭

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Politically Incorrect instrumental from The Simpsons

[@justsomeguywithastache7558]

@@AndThatsBaseball thank you my man love the videos as well I’ve been on a binge and subscribed immediately 👌🏼👌🏼

[@AndThatsBaseball]

@@justsomeguywithastache7558 Glad you enjoy!

[@justsomeguywithastache7558]

@@AndThatsBaseball yessir 🫡

[@stuffstuff8942]

The guy’s named is Harvey but they called him The Dark Knight lmao

[@kapostatuz1677]

Your videos r awesome bro I’m sure your channel is gonna grow big

[@kapostatuz1677]

I had Harvey poster on my wall in 2015 and I got to meet him that year when he stopped by my job at serendipity. He was so chill when I asked him for a photo, he even flamed me for being a met fan but I was wearing a redsox hat at the time. I threw that shit away the first chance I got lol

[@michaelmarowelli6598]

rangers were big in 2013??

[@joshuawoods4039]

holy shit kofie from secret base cameo 😮

[@AndThatsBaseball]

I’m never beating the Jon Bois clone allegations

[@joshuawoods4039]

@@AndThatsBaseball it’s not the style that matters it’s that you make it your own.

[@DudetaketheBus]

Can I ask what’s the instrumental in the background?

[@JP93002]

That halo music at 8:15 tho

[@mss627]

This is what I love about New York fans. They practically demand that this kid pitch way beyond the recommended number of innings, then boo the hell out of him when he damages his arm and can no longer perform. deGromm and Syndergaard are other examples. This city sucks so hard. Is it any wonder no one wants to play here?

[@mpaulm]

Dark Knight? More like Harvey “Two Face” Dent.

[@alphanerdgames9417]

Harvey, degrom, syndegarrd, wheeler, Matz, AND BIG SEXY!! no championships.

[@itsonlyfairtokc]

Flipping the script in the middle of the vid was confusing and frustrating 😑

[@AndThatsBaseball]

You’d hate Christopher Nolan’s Memento

[@DudetaketheBus]

When Diaz got hurt in the WBC, I was hoping the Mets will give him a shot to be a closer. 1 inning, that’s all we needed. Sigh, what could’ve been 😔

[@jonasirw1]

Harvey has Aaron Rodgers energy..(+a few lines of coke)

[@AndThatsBaseball]

They kinda look similar don’t they

[@seniorqueso2263]

Tell me why for a sec I thought that was Justin Verlander on the thumbnail

[@AndThatsBaseball]

They don’t look too dissimilar

[@bsovvy07]

Im gonna have to call a rain check on dinner honey, ATB just dropped a new video

[@AndThatsBaseball]

The wife can wait

[@hmhm856]

Mets fans would say "Happy Harvey Day" when Harvey would start for the Mets, especially at Citi Field.

[@seen48]

As a lifelong Mets fan, well since Carter was traded there, the bigger mystery was how the hell did the Mets fall off the map the next season and not make a rub at the division until years later.

[@deshaundozier]

“EVERYONE WAS THERE”

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

When I first saw Harvey pitch I called it right from the get go that he would be Mark Prior 2.0 and I was right.

[@trevormaymusic]

That high school footage is against my team 😂. He had an off game and still struck out 17. Wasn’t fun

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Facing high 90s Matt Harvey after a calculus exam must’ve been a brutal day

[@trevormaymusic]

@@AndThatsBaseball Haha, yes it was! To add a bit more to it, I was the opposing pitcher. I pitched a one-hitter and we lost 1-0. Matt destroyed a triple off me (their high school field was massive, would have been a HR pretty much anywhere else). That team was stacked, his teammate Jesse Hahn was no slouch either (I think he's currently a free agent?). Anyway, my one at bat against Harvey, his fastballs were a blur, I swung at a curve that I thought was at my hip height but went in the dirt. I went to Detroit two years ago, part of a baseball road trip, they played Baltimore who Matt was playing with at the time. We caught up and he remembered me as the hothead pitcher with rec specs hahaha

[@AndThatsBaseball]

@@trevormaymusic with that performance, you are one of the top 2 Trevor May's to ever pitch a baseball

[@trevormaymusic]

@@AndThatsBaseball 🤣 you know it!

[@V6abyM]

first dont care, good vid blud🗣️

[@calebos268]

3:43 Mets DeGroming before DeGrom was even a Major League player lol

[@Gemnist98]

Posted during the Yankees-Mets series. I swear you did that on purpose.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Giving me too much credit, I stop procrastinating and grind editing for a few days and upload whenever it’s done

[@Gemnist98]

⁠​⁠@@AndThatsBaseball LOL. At least you admit it. No worries about uploads though, keep up the great work and we’ll always tune in!

[@waynerichards8606]

Behind the scenes or between the lines the Mets should make Mat Harvey a pitching coach work him in minors and then becoming a Major League pitching coach

[@julianmichael2791]

It makes me so happy that the Mets have the highest salary in baseball and they’re under 500. Yea the NL east is though with the Braves and Phillies but it’s still kind of embarrassing.

[@SphealDude]

Fan pressure into pitching which effectively ended his career, just to be boo'd for not being as good as he used to is why I don't think Muts fans deserve happiness, and I'm glad their franchise is dog ass. Terrible people. No city in sports makes players more depressed, more afraid, or as "Any team but them"" than both NY teams.

[@Salvatore1268]

Where are you from

[@johnstorm9314]

Guy gave himself the nickname, shouldn't be used, ever... even for clicks.

[@tweezerjam]

Playing a round of golf after many rounds at the bar is kinda legendary, can’t lie. 😂 definitely a major tool, though.

[@HuskyLol00]

WESLEYS THEORY I HEARD THAT

[@dumbbuff]

I contend his career ending injury was a broken heart.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

The padme amidala of mlb

[@aidenrogatz8071]

How is that pitching rotation real? could've been the best ever...

[@joeanthony526]

Why are so many baseball YT channel creators Mets fans???? I guess when your team is a constant disappointment, you gotta find another way to love the game 😂

[@mikemurphy8996]

This is why teams don’t pay pitchers early in their careers. They will do it for position players though. (Acura, Wander, ETC)

[@bordomsdeadly]

The Mets - "Matt we need you to throw a million pitches this year" Harvey - "The dr said I can only throw Half of that before my arm falls off" Mets- "you're selfish" Harvey - "Fine, I'll throw a million and 1" Harvey- "Hey, my arm fell off from throwing a million pitches, have you seen it anywhere?" The Mets - "Check on the bus" Harvey - "What bus would it be on?" Mets - "The one out of town, we don't want a pitcher without an arm"

[@OkayAllDay]

Did Qualcomm help?

[@GeeEm1313]

I still can't believe he pitched for the O's.

[@brianmouland209]

Should have never been left in, ended his career

[@gordobeenballin9826]

Crazy y’all still have this problem till this day 😂

[@thomasjr226]

2:30 yo what fucking song is this 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@maxberglind3275]

Where is heath ledger

[@joekerUli]

Now knowing about his opioid addiction, that bloody nose game hits different 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@marcoslaureano5562]

Could have been great. Mets made a huge mistake riding him so hard in the playoffs. They should have thought about the future and shut him down regardless of the playoff outcome. Like the Nationals did with Strasburg early in his career.

[@kclefthanded427]

Damn, the joker got away