Bob Costas Talks Baseball Hall of Fame Voting, Kobe Bryant, NFL OT with Rich Eisen | Full Interview

Broadcaster and baseball historian Bob Costas tells Rich Eisen that he would have voted for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling if he had a Hall of Fame vote, if there’s a way to have suspected steroid users or the likes of Pete Rose in Cooperstown, his favorite memories of his interactions with Kobe Bryant on the 2-year anniversary of the Lakers great’s death, and why he absolutely HATES the NFL’s current Overtime rules.
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[@mikemoore5263]

Costas is a national treasure, a modern day poet with spoken language about sports. Just enjoy

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

SHUT UP!

[@kellerthedog]

nah, he is a puppet

[@stevenbrown6720]

30 percent of the people act like they have a crystal ball and the media peed in. There cheerios

[@mikemoore5263]

Why so many trolls I just like how he words things, better than a lot of sportscasters I have heard, lol

[@TVGabo1985]

Congrats sir, a great definition. Love him!

[@blauney1]

That “shut up” will be an amazing drop. Thank you Bob Costas!

[@joebarr725]

Here is what we have never heard from any baseball player, except maybe Jose Canseco. "Sure, I used PEDs. They made me a better, more durable player. I got paid a LOT more because I used them. There were no penalties for using them. I don't regret it, and I would do it again." One more point. Bud Selig, who oversaw the entire steroid era, is in the Hall Of Fame, but some of the greatest players of the era are not.

[@dukedematteo1995]

The 90s guys don't owe me any apologies. Rules aren't really rules if there's absolutely no enforcement of said rule...either officially or by social sanction and reputational damage.

[@jamesgoss1860]

"Pete Rose is banned from baseball ..... this segment brought to you by DraftKings" Dead.

[@TheGlobalfrog12]

Costas is totally correct ...the overtime setup in the playoffs is a joke ...The argument that the defence has the opportunity to stop the offence is similarly idiotic...The league rules completely favour the offence, so the suggestion Costas makes is totally logical ...

[@lukewronski9823]

Costas just knows everything about baseball. Don't all these writers sit down and go, "What would Costas do here?" before they vote?

[@ronnywestbrooks3794]

I'm glad they don't

[@levi6859]

Did Bob Costas just say "oh shut up"!!!!! Ong that was too perfect. Who saw that coming lol.

[@mr.marcus2560]

Bob smoked that playoffs overtime segment 🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@patriceodom2553]

From his lips to the football god's ears...

[@janmunce496]

Even in Canada we play a 15 minute overtime period in football. The fans love it, a bonus quarter in football. It’s like getting 5 quarters for only a dollar. Who if anybody would lose in this scenario? Stay safe from Newfoundland

[@c2itccase9]

Who cares what anyone does in Canada???

[@markcole8887]

@@c2itccase9 😹🤖😱😅😂🤣

[@christiansoldier77]

Jan Munce I dont understand why people cant just go with the simple solution . Another quarter is the simple solution

[@amihays7449]

I enjoyed hearing u interview costas. I could tell he felt VERY COMFORTABLE with u👏👏

[@kobejete2796]

I'll never have a say or voice in television or radio so I'm glad to have the most articulate man in broadcasting share my sentiments about the NFL overtime rule.

[@matthewck1370]

If steroids alone could make a player great, our league would be filled with bodybuilders. Steroids cannot help one time and hit a 95mph slider. Yes, recovery time and added strength was an unfair advantage. Would not all these great pitchers using foreign substances also be cheaters? There are HOF pitchers we know doctored the ball, Slippery slope.

[@MrBezl]

Baseball is the cheating sport. Literally every team every year is cheating. And we’re gonna stick to PEDS? So dumb. 🤦‍♂️ baseball doesn’t know how to get out of its own way and that’s why it’s dying

[@BeefPapa]

It helps you hit it harder. Stop making excuses for them.

[@Abeja1225]

@@dffndjdjd So steroids directly increased Bonds BA by .03? Or did the steroids allow the 30+ something, umm.. ya know, stay healthy? Steroids allowed players to stay healthy and STAY GRINDING. There's not as much downtime or rust to knock off when the player does come back.

[@Abeja1225]

@Andrew G Did he headbutt the ball? His whole body grew cause he was taking steroids, working out, and never stopping. You can be the biggest, muscle meat head in the world, but it doesn't help reflexes or hand eye coordination. Again, are you quantifying the steroid boost as .03 BA? Did the steroids DIRECTLY help him hit. No. Did they indirectly help him hit?. Yes, because he was able to stay healthy/recover faster. Bonds won ROY,was MVP in his 5th year. How much are you saying he cheated then? Was he going to be a HOF, and not the GOAT? Just HOF? Hall of Very Good?

[@BeefPapa]

@@Abeja1225 Strength is directly related to bat speed. Bat speed is directly related to BABIP. BABIP is directly related to batting average. Hope that helps.

[@benmarnoch4111]

The NFL OT rule is in the same category as the Cricket World Cup final from 2019 England and New Zealand tied in regulation, they then got 6 balls each to make as many runs as possible, they both got 14, England won because they'd hit more boundaries (home runs). Garbage! England never won that, it should have gone to another 6 balls.

[@PlutoTheSecond]

Preach, Costas. Hall of Fame is a museum and museums are all about preserving and telling stories, including both the good and the bad.

[@beschutzer42]

Not saying that he doesn't deserve to get in, but Bonds basically took the Super Soldier Serum🤣.

[@jamesbartholomew7664]

Mike zimmer once had the vikings kick.off in overtime when their offense was bad but their defense was elite and they won the game. granted this was a regular season game.

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

Bonds not being in delegitimizes the Hall more than it delegitimizes Bonds

[@stevewyche5232]

His record delegitimizes Hank Aaron

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

@@stevewyche5232 nothing delegitimizes Hank Aaron or ever could, what an absurd thing to say

[@stevewyche5232]

@@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers Of course it does. Not my fault that you're too stupid to see it. It cheapens it because Hank should be first.

[@kuonrat123]

Here's how you fix it... not first to a touchdown or first score. But an 8 minute period with a first to 10 points (touchdown and field goal) stipulation or whoever is in the lead after the period ends.

[@PlutoTheSecond]

I like this idea, but I'd change it to 9 points (minimum for a two-score lead).

[@beschutzer42]

It's the dumbest rule in NFL, second only to ineligible receiver down field. How can you reasonably ask a 300lb person to not take a step beyond the line of scrimmage? At least make it 3-5 yrds. It is a ancient rule from the days when passing was illegal.

[@franktarantino7607]

Bob, I have scrap book from 1961 micks hrs. Lived in Chicago had access to the tribune,and sun times

[@edwardkim639]

Bonds, Rose and Clemens were generational players. HOF and the baseball writers are a joke

[@chepo1956]

Totally agree with you!

[@rwmorey71]

I bet Pete Rose gets in to the HOF posthumously.

[@ethanedwards7557]

He shouldn’t get in unless Joe Jackson gets in first.

[@robertcook2195]

@The Rich Eisen Show and @Bob Costas the best overtime rule would be win the toss and choose offense or defense. You get one 4 down progressive drive (basically 4 down territory) to get a touchdown. If you the defense stop the offense the defensive team win... if the offense score then it's the opposing outcome. Imagine you were the seattle defense in the broncos game. Imagine it was a close and low scoring affair that went to overtime and pete carrol wins the toss. Does he go with young nqb and ground and pound short game or let the legion of boom stop payton from getting in the endzone? THAT IS EXCITING BOB!!!

[@mr.pudding51]

Pete Rose never gets into the Hall of Fame while he's alive. "I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I DID do it and for $24.95 you can buy my book and find out how!"

[@pablocruise678]

I believe Costas would be a fantastic commissioner for baseball.

[@mattjohnson91]

Yeah they blew the lead but surprising that noone has ever mentioned the falcons not getting the ball in overtime

[@zepmarq]

Costas is the best. 👍

[@paulvece3714]

The HOF is for the game, the players, and the fans. The fact that Bonds and Rose aren't in is fucking sinful.

[@rogertayloRRR]

Its called SUDDEN DEATH. Bob lol. I love bob when he talks baseball and smtimes basketball

[@aranjenkins2627]

OH SHUT UP! -Bob Costas. ABSOLUTE GOLD. Also Costas may be the most interesting man in the world.

[@rodrohrer403]

The pushback against Barry Bonds, who when playing for Pittsburgh (think he was 28 or 29 at the time) was an incredible player and had a phenomenal year. But, history and statistics do not lie - NO PLAYER OVER THE AGE OF 35 has ever increased their home run production and continued to do so as they aged beyond 35 years of age. Also, their home run length doesn't increase by 25 feet at that age versus their average homerun distance in their upper 20's. And, their shoe size and forehead size does not grow in their upper 30 years of age! It is just common sense!

[@moboutmen]

How about this? A special section in the Hall acknowledging "The Enhanced Era" of MLB statistics, and add those players to it.

[@brianmiller1077]

I think that's what Costas is suggesting, a baseball museum that is not the Hall Of Fame.

[@wvnovello]

To Costas's point at 5:45...The MLB needs to come to grips with what they tacitly sanctioned for a decade plus..and that is the use of steroids. The made millions upon millions knowing many of the top players were juiced (as did the media).

[@nsn5564]

Firstly, why do only writers get to choose? Does the BWA own the HoF?

[@chassmith8779]

MLB HOF is a joke. If they allow Bonds and Clemons in the MUST allow Rose also. Its mess made by those who vote.

[@frankberger3507]

Overtime rule: Both coaches submit a bid for the yard line where they will take the ball, visitor must be even number, home odd. Lowest number gets the ball. First team to score wins. No random chance coin flip, coach's decision. Regular football, no special rules.

[@JLFAN2009]

As Bill James put it: the Hall of Fame is a museum run by a bunch of accountants; the Hall of Fame is a self-defining institution which has failed to define itself.

[@rwmorey71]

Although originally against changes to OT, I now think that each team should get the ball in playoff OT.

[@rob.b3293]

If it’s overtime both teams have 2 mins to score. At the end of both possessions the team with the highest score wins. If they are tied each teams kicker will have a field goal kick off from 50 yard line. Whoever misses twice loses.

[@kellerthedog]

But he did test positive? you can make it sound however you want but the guy was a cheater

[@lynnturman8157]

If there's a tie after four quarters, I think they should make one player from each team take turns playing russian roulette. The team with only one player alive at the end wins.

[@realtingdis1574]

No Ortiz played into there stereotype mascot role

[@dougsmith8104]

Bob said multiple time that known steroid users are current in the MOF... who? Is he talking about those who used illicit drugs or amphetamines?

[@dukedematteo1995]

The steroid era is a myth. From 1992 to 1994 HRS jumped 33%, Runs/game went up a run, and BABIP jumped 15 pts, and basically stayed at those levels for 20 years. And it had nothing to do with steroids....It was the ball.

[@c2itccase9]

Let’s say OT is 1 quarter and after that quarter it’s still tied…Costas is wrong. Buffalo couldn’t keep them out of FG range and there were only 13 seconds left. Let’s admit it, Buffalo thought they’d won…The Chiefs didn’t agree.

[@mikejennings4495]

A slap in the face of Hank Aaron.

[@markshaw7253]

Forget steroids for a moment. Ortiz was not first ballot material. Couldn't run the bases, Couldn't field at all, strictly a hitter in a way that few players are. If Ortiz is first ballot then Edgar Martinez should be proclaimed king of the Hall. HOF, yes first ballot, no.

[@josephsoper9036]

How about either take thevote from the writers all together or at least remove the anonymity...

[@thekid6378]

12:45

[@randallmartin2549]

Hall of fame to me means most famous. Was anybody in modern baseball history more famous than Bonds? No. So he is a hall of famer.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

A panel to separate certain players? No.

[@MrBezl]

Not gonna lie… I love that the only time we talk about baseball is when they’re fucking up. Baseball has been falling and falling for years now. We’ll see if all these writers ever put a Houston Astro in the hall. We all know that they’re hypocrites anyways

[@otaviofrn_adv]

if they put one, Rose and roided players should go in no doubt

[@Amber90125]

You cannot talk about the history baseball without mentioning Peter Edward Rose. Both Pete Rose & Shoeless Joe Jackson should be in The Baseball Hall Of Fame.

[@johnanderson8096]

Bob must have Info that can Eliminate Baroid Bonds from using Roids at ASU.... I played D1 Hoops late 70's/ 80... I saw it Big Time in Football.... Hoops... where I was at... ZERO!!!... Baseball... Professional Dad... I don t know... Roids got more Sophisticated...So did Baroid!!!!!!.... ???????????????

[@robbie5138]

HOF is a Garbage way to represent the game there is Hundreds of guys in the hall who played before testing was around...

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

David Ortiz should be kinda upset. I would. No one’s talking about his greatness but they are talking about Bonds’. Good or bad. It’d piss me off.

[@matthewhonaker5410]

Mike Ditka deferred in OT when coaching the Bears, the Bears won

[@mertonhirsch4734]

So Bonds never tested positive, and Ortiz did, but it wasn't supposed to be made public. So Bonds never won a world series, but he broke records. Ortiz won 3 world series after testing positive. So A-Rod received punishment both in lost playing time and monetary loss, and Ortiz was never punished, so A-Rod should be punished again. So Bonds lost MVP awards and his team lost games to known cheaters in the 90s and MLB did nothing. So Bonds took Balco supplements which had ergogenic effects, but which were marketed to athletes as technically legal designer steroid alternatives, but Ortiz may have tested positive because he only took a technically legal steroid alternative that has since been reclassified as illegal, and banned. So Clemens faced a league of batters that hit 50% more home runs in the 90s than it had in the 80s, and literally had PED enhanced world class athletes launching the ball at his head at 110 mph, and baseball allowed that unfair and dangerous imbalance to impact his relative performance, well-being, safety and livelihood for years before he is suspected of having done anything. So steroids permanently affect your ability to perform (unlike greenies) but Ortiz only tested positive before he won 3 world championships so they are all legit. Houston broke the rules to win a championship. Barry Bonds never broke a rule of baseball and may have only ever taken, or at the least may have only believed he was taking technically legal steroid alternatives that were not categorized as such by the federal government at the time. So Bonds is punished because he hit 73 and 762, but Ortiz is not punished because he only hit 54 and 541.

[@jameshudson169]

who are these hall of famers who are known to have taken PEDs. spill it, bob!

[@mcleanse1382]

There is probably seven guys (Bonds, Clemens, ARod, Sosa, Palmeiro, Ramirez, and Sheffield) I would say that are attached to the steroid era and have HOF numbers. Having them in the HOF wouldn't really alter things that much, but I agree that either all should be in or none should.

[@chet174able]

It has to be a time overtime. Because if each team gets the ball at least once. Because the first team only gets 3 downs if they don't move the ball and the second team is going use 4 downs.

[@MrBezl]

But if it’s a timed overtime then you’re dealing with more players hurt. It’s a fact that the longer you play, the more your muscles fatigue, the higher likelihood you get hurt. And what if it’s tied after that time period. Are we going to have 80 minutes total of football? How is that fair for the winner? You go through two over time periods and win and now you have to turn around and play a week later in the championship game? That’s not fair. Football isn’t just about offense. It’s 3 phases. I think the rules are fine. You can’t say you should have won if you didn’t win in regulation

[@ajs4177]

Baseball is no longer America's eye.

[@bartier861]

Lol

[@robertsaul234]

They're mentioned in The Hall of Fame. They shouldn't be honored.

[@gene8172]

Rules have to mean something. Following the rules have to mean something and not following the rules have to have consequences. These players chose to break the rules, so there are now consequences.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

but the voters are breaking the rules themselves. cherrypicking who goes in and who doesn't. It's politics, something the roided players doesn't seem to have. They put Ortiz and not others. They put people who gave away to gamblers, they put Bud Selig who oversaw the Steroid Era and did next to nothing to stop it, because it brought, as Kramer would say, the big mamoo. Either you break to everyone or you spare no one

[@gene8172]

@@otaviofrn_adv That's their job. That literally is their job as voters, to determine who gets in and who doesn't. It isn't cherrypicking.

[@PlutoTheSecond]

@@gene8172 Yes it is, because it's inconsistent. David Ortiz is known to have tested positive, and got voted in in year one. That's Otavio's point, which you'd realize if you'd actually bothered to read his comment.

[@gene8172]

@@PlutoTheSecond The single unconfirmed and legally and scientifically unreliable positive for Papi is small potatoes compared to the rampant cheating by Bonds, and Clemens and ARod.

[@swamistevie4711]

What makes the “Steroid Era” different than the “Amphetamine Era” and other drug eras?

[@swamistevie4711]

@@mactheknife7049 look into “The Big Red Machine” of the 70’s.

[@PFB1994]

You'd think Manny Ramirez upon seeing his teammate Oritiz have such success without steroids would have realized steroids don't help you in baseball.

[@lancescallon7264]

barry bonds is the greatest player of all time. he should be in the hall of fame but id like to reverse one thing. strike his records. the man is a cheater so let him in the HOF but negate his records. only seems fair.

[@lancescallon7264]

@@dffndjdjd i largely agree with you, he is a cheat.. but my point is i would rather have his records stricken. and allowed him in the HOF.

[@erickingston7756]

Bonds should be in just to show what they can do for an already great player and recognize that like he's saying

[@thewho2482]

What about Sammy Sosa.

[@lotpb]

A useless MALAKAS

[@shakycameratheater]

MLB decides to strike I refuse to watch or listen to another baseball game. They are all millionaires working for billion dollar teams. The MLB needed steroids to get interest back. What will they do this time?

[@davidleary4524]

It's actually a lockout.

[@BeefPapa]

The way I would fix overtime: - sudden death, any score wins. - no kickoff - team that wants the ball gets it at their own 5 yard line. - team that wins the coin toss decides if possession warrants horrid field position. - teams would defer possession quite a lot. if you defer you can't complain you never touched the ball.

[@markcoleman2890]

to me it's simple. they cheated, you don't reward cheating

[@davidleary4524]

Gaylord Perry is in the Hall of Fame.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

cheating is rewarded in baseball quite a lot

[@stephenkasper6081]

You can't tell the story of Cycling without Lance Armstrong. If your goal was to be he greatest of all time, there can't be an asterisk. Michael Jordan doesn't have one.

[@freedom6919741]

Even Bob Costas believes Bonds needs in.

[@swdierks]

Putting a DH into the hall is absurd. They are glorified golfers, not athletes. If you can't play the game, then don't play.

[@davidleary4524]

DH has been a position for almost 50 years and is going to be in both leagues. And are you implying golfers aren't athletes then?

[@swdierks]

@@davidleary4524 Yes, all they do is swing a stick at a ball. Not a baseball player. If there were no DH, you never would have even heard of Ortiz. Unless he won the PGA.

[@davidleary4524]

@@swdierks But again there IS a DH. He played games at 1B. And Ted WIlliams said hitting is the hardest thing to do in baseball. You're making it sound like anyone can do it.

[@swdierks]

@@davidleary4524 I didn't say golfing is easy, but it's golf. If there hadn't been a DH, you never would have even heard of Ortiz. Just because there is a DH, doesn't mean I have to like it. Before the DH, a career pinch-hitter (which is what DH's are) would NEVER get into the hall.

[@PlutoTheSecond]

Go tell Edgar Martinez that, I dare you.

[@bobbybax2360]

If they came out as Trans, they would have garnered 100% of the vote.

[@davidleary4524]

Congrats. You win dumbest comment of the day.

[@bobbybax2360]

@@davidleary4524 The Trans is more powerful than the Steroids.

[@DEWwords]

Coastas is just another useless racetrack tout. Except he's more irritating.