Gary Sheffield Rips Current State of MLB, Says He Never Watches Baseball | THE ODD COUPLE

[@CliffPierson777]

The worst part of baseball lately is having a starting pitcher pitch 4 or 5 innings and using 5 relief pitchers until one blows the game for your team. Why are teams paying starting pitchers so much then?

[@MikeLoveThyself]

Facts it's not the like SP will play tomorrow he's gona rest the following day

[@theworkethic]

Is that what happens in baseball now? Haven’t watched baseball since 2001.

[@UnexpectedWonder]

Exactly!

[@Maal7432]

I get so pissed off. Shits goofy af.

[@LouBang718]

@@theworkethic yea man, No more CG pitchers like Schilling, Pedro Martinez ,Pettite it sucks.

[@Riles3152]

Let’s just go ahead and say it. The over usage and dependence on analytics literally destroying the heart and guts of sports.

[@juice4080]

it used to be part art part science now it's all science and no art no soul

[@nickj4526]

Baseball needs to let guys celebrate. There’s no emotion in the game, even for home runs. Even the players look bored as hell out there. If you drop the bat a certain way, it’s considered disrespectful. It’s a GAME! It’s supposed to be fun.

[@PedroGarcia-zf8zg]

Dominican winter league is the best. Its like there little leaguers out there thats the only baseball i watch. I might watch the mlb highlights.

[@shavarez]

their culture sucks thats why the most athletic americans play basketball or football

[@chrisisslick]

Those have been my sentiments EXACTLY! There's no individuality and everything exciting is looked down upon .

[@nategreen9348]

I agree with Gary Sheffield..football, baseball, and basketball are all watered down and the media wants you to believe that your watching the evolution of sports and your not your watching the nerdification of sports

[@miltondorrielan2553]

Hitting the other way is a lost art in baseball now versus when I was watching in the 90s. I agree with Rob on that. My opinion.

[@briarlyric6033]

I realize it's kinda off topic but does anybody know of a good place to watch newly released movies online?

[@kieranpaxton2245]

@Briar Lyric flixportal :P

[@josemorales-is6uv]

Hey kris Broussard Who's jerry Sheffield

[@bradyparker4001]

Lolllll that’s great

[@HotspurFC-cu6ny]

1997 World Series champion with the Florida Marlins

[@universe-ie2mk]

@@HotspurFC-cu6ny no he was saying jerry not gary lol

[@mannylora]

He meant to say Jerry Seinfeld

[@jonsnipe5484]

NO PEDS FOR YOU🤣🤣

[@maja7thseventh955]

Rob's unbiased opinions and engagement goes through the roof on baseball topics. 75%foolishness on basketball

[@DressCode2005]

And TB12 talk lol ROBERT HORRY SMH!

[@jingqi9106]

That Gary Sheffield isn't in the HOF is ridiculous. I mean, this dude was a great hitter for so many years, I loved watching him play. He never tested positive and is totally miscast. Wow

[@jingqi9106]

@@robgronkowski4899 Sheffield hit over 500 home runs and was a good average hitter for most of his career. That's pretty damn good.

[@Maal7432]

@@robgronkowski4899 Gary wasn’t that good? WHAT?

[@andu1854]

Also, not like there are not cheaters in Hall, and many were on speed,

[@hardworkingcriminal4873]

This the most engaged ive seen rob on a sports topic in a while...since Jackie Robinson day probably

[@Maal7432]

He’s a baseball guy at heart lol.

[@ramoncruz2453]

I think the money has gotten crazy. That teams dont what to risk injuries with their investment. No stolen bases, keeping guys on the injury list way longer then they should.

[@hardworkingcriminal4873]

@ramon cruz Do you actually watch baseball? Guys get hurt running to first base on a base hit & base stealing is an art not everyone can do it successfully at a high rate. They've even changed the position you can slide into a base. I could go on

[@ramoncruz2453]

@@hardworkingcriminal4873 you don’t think pitchers are pampered??? Look at Mike Trout’s stolen base totals his first 2 years.

[@jingqi9106]

I miss seeing Hank Aaron who was a consistent home run hitter but also a high average hitter that was disciplined and didn't strike out too much. He knew how to hit behind runnersnd played with a high IQ. Now these dudes are striking out too much, it's boring, c'mon now.

[@ammarkhalid874]

It feels like the only reason American sports remain entertaining is because of storylines and the controversies instead of it being about the game itself. If they stopped talking about Lebron, Tom Brady and other storylines I’m pretty sure NFL and NBA would go the same way as baseball. Unlike Soccer and cricket where people just watch for the game regardless of who plays

[@FelicisFelix]

I used to think Gary struck out so much when I watched him as a kid. It’s no comparison to the rate of strikeouts nowadays.

[@PMKru]

Didnt They Take Baseball Tonight Off ESPN As Well? Thats A Big Hit To The Game Too Coverage Of The Sport & Presentation. I Remember Chris Berman Is What Made Baseball For Me. BACK BACK BACK BACK GONE!!

[@Silkk121382]

...for me it was The Sports Machine with George Michael, the little Baseball Digest magazine, and the big weekly baseball newspaper...this was back in the mid to late '90's.

[@dannycass7931]

ESPN needs to give Lebron James and Tom Brady more air time

[@vboch1]

What a change up. Chris and Rob agree. And then I agreed with them. That has never happened to me before with "THE ODD COUPLE".

[@fcdl61]

90s and 00s sports were better than this decade of sports. NFL has too much passing and too many restrictions on defense. NBA are glorified three point contests and coastal elite superteams. MLB is home run or bust league now.

[@OhCanada613]

Yup every sports league went offense crazy to the point that it ruined sports

[@pep2st8p64]

Explained perfection

[@no40]

Here's how I would improve the MLB: -132 regular season schedule ending on the last week of August -16 team postseason with 7 games in each round starting in the first week of September -Reduce innings from 9 to 7 -Reduce starting lineup from 9 to 7

[@infoguy1978]

sl82- great rule changes. heck i would do 88 games. thats 4 games a week for 5.5 months. they shouldnt be playing games in the second half of october when its freezing. starting the post season in early september is the best weather

[@stevevisconti908]

Great segment fellas. I didn't know that the league was thinking about experimenting with moving the mound back 12 inches.

[@mannymota2871]

Jerry Sheffield was a great hitter

[@mikerotonda6264]

Gary Sheffield is a hall of famer! No argument!! If we put players in the hall of fame because of how good of a baseball player they were, like we should, then he is without question as good as most players who are currently in the hall!!

[@damonhampton1622]

IM SO TIRED Of ANALYTICS IN SPORTS ITS CRAZY

[@juanogando1901]

Not it’s in football man. It’s horrible. 😂😂😂

[@donjuan2222]

Love Rob’s baseball expertise

[@Maal7432]

What he’s best at.

[@MikeLoveThyself]

Analytics has ruined baseball and basketball two sports I loved to play.

[@Maal7432]

Football too.

[@bucballzy]

One of the best discussion that needs to be had in sports! You two are the best bpoat best pod of all time

[@noneya9866]

best of all time my ass

[@RushBig0786]

Chad Broussard called Gary Sheffield Jerry Sheffield lol

[@theformulaproduction35]

Baseball in nature was never really great for TV. Now with no small ball, no great athletes, no pitcher can pitch more than 7 innings it's unwatchable.

[@HT-sm9dm]

Lol what? That’s the exact opposite of true. Baseball is aesthetically MADE for tv. The camera is set right behind the pitchers so you can see the pitch movement and to a lesser degree the velocity.

[@kenpreston3898]

Gary Sheffield can't watch baseball, Ray Lewis can't watch football. What's next? Magic can't watch basketball? Beckham can't watch soccer? Sports keep losing viewers trying to change to get viewers.

[@Husha2263]

Kevin Durant is one the most efficient scores in the game and he does it with a great mid range game and not souley relying on the 3 pointer....Analytics is killing the sport we knew and loved as kids

[@MrBmick79]

I miss when American Blacks played baseball. The sport really peaked out in the 90's.

[@chiniechinchen]

the braves also used to have a pitching team and they kept losing to home run teams like the twins and yankees

[@prilljazzatlanta5070]

Glavine, Maddux, and Smoltz. Didnt even need a famous closer

[@chiniechinchen]

the cardinals used to play small ball one base at a time and they kept losing to home run hitting teams like the royals and twins playing in small ball parks

[@genxtasy9914]

ESPN Sunday night baseball I always looked forward to as a kid.

[@PMKru]

JERRY SHEFFIELD - Chris Broussard 2021 😭😭😭😭

[@versewonderstrikes5353]

The most he ever struck out in a season was 83 he did that twice.👀👀👀

[@UnexpectedWonder]

Exactly!!!

[@UnexpectedWonder]

"Hello? Is this on?" 😁😁😂😂🤣🤣 Rob was on point with that. They're truly not playing the totality of Baseball. Small Ball wins.

[@00ghostcobra]

There is no speed in baseball anymore..

[@chrisisslick]

Sports are losing BALANCE. That's the downfall of it all.

[@Maal7432]

FACTS. It’s a lil boring and super repetitive.

[@moisesledesma2607]

Hey guys,you should phone call Ricky Henderson to talk about the state of MLB

[@terronisaac2098]

Sports in general is going downhill fast

[@winglee6644]

So much love for Sheffy for blatant truth 👍

[@17thN.O]

If analytics don't like it, it goes away.

[@TampaDE5]

I honestly enjoy college softball more than mlb for all the reasons mentioned.

[@universe-ie2mk]

baseball has just become less important as the decades have evolved. with tv, the internet, social media, the nba, the nfl, hockey, mma, soccer (which were either non-existent or not as much of pop culture the way it is now when baseball was in its heyday) people just aint gonna watch a wednesday game in april knowing that game will have 0 effect on the outcome of their season. and once a team is 10 or more back of it by june 1st its a wrap. that hometown if it has a team will be waiting to watch nfl training camp footage.

[@SensaiChill]

Basketball is the same. Boring as hell. People just shooting 3s or fast break scores. Virtually no post up. Theres no push back on defense.

[@PMKru]

Speak For Yourself & Im A 90s Baby Born In 91’ But Basketball Is Still More Enetrtaining Then All Other Sports Lol Sorry Not Sorry Bruh

[@SensaiChill]

@@PMKru I dont know how you'd watch late 90s - early to mid 2000s basketball & think this is entertaining

[@swpdisciple]

@@SensaiChill it’s funny because in the post-Jordan years 1998-2005 ratings were down because basketball entered a dead ball era. Players in general couldn’t shoot the 3 well and the game was played 20ft and in with congested lanes and inefficient scoring. NFL , NHL, MLB did the same thing. It’s actually on a different level in the NFL where a decent year used to be 3500yds 25TD/12 INT. Now the game is so open that you need to be approaching 5000yds 35-45TD/ single digit INT to be in the MVP discussion. It makes it hard to compare eras.

[@timbrown9796]

Everybody run utah offense pick n roll lol stockton n Malone. No offense ran at all but they better than 90 2000 ball, miss me

[@gnielsen07]

@@PMKru nfl is way more entertaining than the nba

[@atlien1988]

He ain’t lying. I’ve been playing MLB The Show for the first time ever and the first baseball game I’ve played in the last 14-15 years....and when I say the game puts me to SLEEP! Such a shame because the developers actually crafted a great product and I can tell Sony Santa Monica actually cares about the game. BASEBALL IS JUST BORING AS HECK!!

[@MikeLoveThyself]

I think it's still fun when you play stoned lol

[@atlien1988]

@@MikeLoveThyself I have to say I'm changing my opinion. After learning and changing th mechanics to my play style, I can say I've become much more immersed into the experience. My feelings remain about baseball in general, but Sony Santa Monica has truly done an excellent job in crafting an excellent baseball experience.

[@atlien1988]

@@MikeLoveThyself and I do play stoned 😂

[@HeMadNice]

“ chicks dig the long ball”- espn

[@jingqi9106]

These major sports ruining themselves with all these funky rules they putting in. These sports are getting worse not better. The quality of the product is going down. STOP

[@sportsnerdtv4506]

Baseball is fun to watch on tv or the stands. My thing is I wish starting pitchers went deeper into games.

[@rayfuentesjr]

Hot Take: New rule that forces a player to be removed from the game after striking out 3 times in a game. 3 strikes your out. 3 strikeouts your out as well.

[@kearonredmon1192]

All pitchers throw 95+ now, it’s ridiculous to hit as well.

[@HT-sm9dm]

That’s BS. The radar gun measurement show faster speeds now because MLB started measuring velocity instantly upon release as opposed to 10 feet from home plate.

[@coolblack4869]

Baseball is dead in my opinion because African American players not playing anymore. The last most popular players MLB had was African American. Not being racial it just seem that way to me. Nobody hits for average, steal bases or make crazy outfield plays. Where's the Ricky Henderson, Big Hurt, Kirby Puckett, Mike Davis, Dave Winfield, Joe Morgan's!!! We brought style to the GAME!!!! Just my thoughts.

[@Localtravel3r]

The biggest franchise in the sport is the number one pushing for this kind of BS play style of long ball.

[@royhobbs5167]

Sheffdog is LEGIT!! I saw that man hit a five hundred foot dinger in Seattle!! He's right, these guys aren't nearly the level of hitters the old school guys were.

[@Whocares-z6v]

Sheffield was the man, everybody wanted to try to do his batting stance during BP when I played as a kid

[@marcuswithuniverse]

The nerds were hired to save the team money..I blame the owners...they hired nerds to create championships on a certain budget or the cap..nothing wrong with the nerds budgeting but they shouldn't pick the talent

[@isaiahh4108]

Analytics work during the reg seasons but it’s useless in the playoffs when things are more random

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

If analytics didn’t work, most or all of the teams wouldn’t use it lmao. Nobody chooses not to use it because you’d be at a competitive disadvantage

[@isaiahh4108]

@@Howdidhenotseeme can you not read they work in a regular season setting they’re irrelevant in the playoffs

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

@@isaiahh4108 What you said it wrong. Let me know what teams chooses not to use analytics in the playoffs and still wins...

[@mrjonsey]

Analytics don’t measure performance under pressure. They can tell you what a what a player did under pressure but they can’t measure what’s inside of that particular player.

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

@@mrjonsey Nobody said it did, but it does a lot of other things

[@n00utz81]

they had dudes in the All Star game hitting .195 and .230. Listen I love my Braves and last year was awesome but yes the game has completely been watered down but at the same time you either get with the movement or get left it is what it is. you got the warriors winning a championship with a 6'6 center who averages 8 ppg but doesn't get you 15-20 rebounds like Barkley or Rodman would and some randos like Jordan Poole and Kevon Looney lol. I just think the games have all been watered down the players are bigger and faster but the knowledge and IQ have become so much worse with all these shortened attention spans and social media podcasters. Players make way too much guaranteed money now that they all think they are superstars after 1 good year.

[@jdh9219]

Everyone, analytics say that Nikola Jokic is the greatest center to ever play basketball. I must trust and believe in them 😉

[@rolie321]

Thank you for sticking to sports!

[@universe-ie2mk]

the days of sticking to sports are over and not coming back. either accept it and choose to ignore it if you dont like it, which is fine, or watch the food channel or something else. the choice is yours, but it aint going back.

[@rolie321]

@@universe-ie2mk I’m sorry who are you? Do you work for the odd couple??? If you do tell Chris and Rob good job 👍

[@timbrown9796]

N these athletes b fragile to me, never seen so many injuries in my life

[@17thN.O]

Analyitcs nerds are people couldn't play and got degrees, so the use money numbers to control the game.

[@josephvanhorn5347]

I like this show but why do they say each other’s names so often? I know it’s a radio show but I noticed they do it all the time and now I can’t stop noticing it.

[@lukewronski9823]

HItters don't hit to contact. Pitchers don't pitch to contact. Both teams get so focused on pitch count that an 9 pitch strikeout is considered a great at bar. Games take Four and a half hours. That's just how it is these days.

[@joekotulak7617]

It’s so easy for anyone to sit there and say analytics has helped teams entering the playoffs win a title. Well of course it does, but it doesn’t prove that analytics works better in the playoffs for teams that use it as opposed to teams that don’t use them. If everyone use analytics, in the playoffs, then there is nothing to compare or prove with analytics vs. non-analytics.

[@tanyasalas2763]

Sports today is not like it was back in the day.. SPOON FED PLAYERS

[@Maal7432]

I agree with Sheffield on this one. Oh how I miss small ball.

[@17thN.O]

The f'n Houston Rockets missed 27 straight analytics 3s in a row and nobody blinked an eye. That is incredible. How was the Superbowl won this year? Brady gets the credit, but Mahomes he was tapdancing like the late great Gregory Hines when that Tampa Bay defense was on hi a**. So did. "The GOAT" twice when the Giants defense was on his a** twice. How about MVP Rich Gannon against Tampa Bay. Or the Legion Of Boom for about 4 straight years.

[@dukedematteo1995]

Pitchers throw absolute gas now....of course they strike out more.

[@kapounited]

Totally ruined basketball for me. I don't watch baseball. Analytics has made it's way into football but it hasn't overtaken the essence of the sport itself. All the important pieces need to be there still regardless of if you're a defensive team, air it out, run it out. Once you get to the playoffs especially, but really in general, you can't be bad at anything

[@Maal7432]

All they do is pass in football. The backs just don’t get the carries anymore.

[@supersplashgibson9155]

This man said Jerry Sheffield

[@escomobro23]

Where's Juan Pierre when you need him

[@Greeneyedpanther]

Broussard nba guy Rob baseball guy. Rob don’t even cover the sport on the show.

[@benjaminberman6200]

Rob Parker- in a league WITHOUT a Salary cap, when any team can and does outbid a team with less money, you can only succeed by finding players who are undervalued. The people in Oakland determined that the most undervalued skill in baseball was the ability to draw walks- and they were able to cheaply get those players. If they could have gotten ARod, Manny Ramirez and Randy Johnson, you don’t think they would? The “Nerds” are also known as smart people, who should be running whatever they can. Analytics will always exist, it will morph based on the rules. We agree that the rules should be changed because the shift makes it difficult to tell guys to hit the ball hard on the ground. But analytics are just smart decisions. That’s all they are.

[@windridermach]

analytics: nerds and unathletic ppls ticket into sports.

[@wholewheaties]

Yes, it's definitely NOT more entertaining.

[@ddp5406]

Boomers are sensitive...every generation thinks their generation is the best.. But u guys take the cake...and its clearly jealousy

[@Maal7432]

What’s Sheffield jealous of?

[@ddp5406]

@@Maal7432 "A risk? Come on, they're paying Brownie (Kevin Brown) $15 million a year until he's 41," Sheffield was quoted as saying. "They just gave (Darren) Dreifort $55 million when he's only won 39 games in his career and had arm surgery. They gave Shawn Green $13 million a year. And how about Carlos Perez -- paying him $6 million a year? "And you talk about risk, that I'm a risk? That's an insult. ... I'm getting less than Dreifort? I'm getting just $3 million more than Carlos Perez? It's not my fault they signed Perez to that stupid contract. It's not my fault they gave Eric Karros a no-trade clause when he's got no value. It's not my fault they gave Greenie all that money. "They give out all of these dumb contracts, and when it comes to me -- nothing. And I'm even willing to defer a lot of the money for that. They were saying how they lost $25 million. I almost laughed in their face." He has always been bitter and points the finger at others before pointing it at himself. He is jealous of players making more than him and is trying to act like the game hasn't changed and views himself superior because his numbers look different in a different era of the game. Its not just baseball either...take shaq for example, at least he finally admitted he was salty

[@Ghost-vd5mc]

How anyone can sit for hours and watch someone literally swing a stick at a tiny ball is beyond me..baseball is the absolute most BORING sport to watch second only to golf.americas sport my ass 😒

[@HahaHaha-km4sm]

Baseball ain’t been good since Barry bonds them retired. After he hit like 70 hr that year that was it for me

[@Maal7432]

I stopped watching heavily after 2010 for 4 years. Got back into it then now I got bored with it again. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@no40]

Same here, lol

[@EBurks-fw6ze]

Stop drug testing and I’ll buy season tickets

[@bigwaltpro]

Baseball was losing viewership. Like any good business they made changes to make the game more exciting

[@andu1854]

What changes? Baseball is still boring, still tedious, and they still only go for home runs and strike outs, my Giants have no stats but the analytics tel you they are good, but 5 games under 500 says they suck

[@17thN.O]

"3s over 2s" how about 0s over 3s and 2s.

[@shawnbantz]

Yes & Yes. Ruining both of em.

[@rods7028]

Can't believe such a boring sport gets televised

[@codyzanini8273]

Who’s Jerry Sheffield?

[@kenschaefer7625]

I am old enough to have watched Dizzy Dean and PeeWee Reese call the game of the week. Fun stuff.

[@STR33TJESSUS]

Gary played in the steroid era

[@saburrashid5566]

Analytics is bs

[@capachinoxm]

Sheffield strikes me as a guy who isn't watching any type of baseball that he's not playing in. He just happened to be naturally good and decided he'd use his gifts to become a millionaire.

[@Dancingontgesun1942]

I ask this, do Bonds, Clemens or any of the other players have adverse health problems? If not why not all the players juice up?

[@marcuswithuniverse]

All sports are softer and less entertaining

[@thebluecollarmister2075]

Good video, sports today are awful.. football, basketball and baseball.. I don't watch them.

[@joegamble6598]

Bill James started this

[@kevinathans4191]

Hey Rob, is he a HoF in your opinion? He never tested positive.

[@fcdl61]

Rob said that he voted for the guy.

[@kevinathans4191]

@@fcdl61 Of course he did...but he crushes NFL players for PEDs...oh, but Sheff didn't fail a test...

[@zzbottom5455]

Ultimately, the only stat that anyone (fans included) should care about, is WINS. How they get there and what data they choose to utilize, is up to the team. These GM’s and front offices aren’t/weren’t nerds that knew nothing about their respective sport. They were the guys who might not have had the physical gifts in high school, but spent every minute of their free time breaking down film and evaluating players. There are professional madden players, right now, that could effectively run an NFL front office. Those are the types who are today’s game of baseball’s GM. Y’all act like Bill Gates or Elon Musk nudged their way into a profession they’re not qualified for. Not the case. These dudes are Ivy League educated statisticians and masters of probability and economics.

[@marklopata4218]

Rob Parker the number 1 hater

[@302ec]

Baseball is boring as heck

[@vincentwilliams5271]

GS Warriors win using analytics

[@Whocares-z6v]

Rob knows baseball fairly well but the thing the media doesnt understand is that the pitching in today's game is unbelievable. The high strikeout rates have more to do with that than anything else

[@marklopata4218]

I’ll go to a baseball game an leave by the 7 innings shits more boring then soccer except the playoff

[@scottgman86]

Paging Jason Werth somewhere