He Was The Next Babe Ruth, But He Couldn't Read

[@beauferguson9800]

In case you are wondering what he is doing now, he has a job working in Texas, is doing much better socially, and still plays some baseball in an adult baseball league. He can still hit it a mile too...

[@gansmith]

Great to see that. Poor Toe was never given a proper chance to mature as a adult and that brought his professional downfall. Hopefully he can learn from his mistakes in the long run.

[@ebogar42]

Nobody can hit a mile liar.

[@robwilson2324]

@@ebogar42 I saw him too! A homerun almost 6000 feet before the ball hit the ground!!! I wouldn't believe it either if I didn't see it.

[@karlg1535]

They should give the guy a coaching job on some minor team

[@justinperalta3570]

@@karlg1535 he would be an absolutely terrible coach lol

[@krawczak9182]

“Size 18 shoe, maybe that’s why she liked him” I’m dead bruh

[@Ease54]

Give her a foot and she'll take a mile.

[@red5llaw]

You got small feet bro?

[@krawczak9182]

@@red5llaw 10, average guy here lol

[@red5llaw]

@@krawczak9182 hey Good for you. Hell it doesn't matter how big ummm your feet are, but how well you use them. Personally I'd stay away from the skanky 41 year old with heaps of kids. They be baaad news!

[@raulberna5789]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lukereiss8607]

The way he transitioned into saying he got into a bar fight after being signed with the reds had me laughing so hard 😂

[@russellmuscle7434]

70th like 😁

[@lukereiss8607]

@@russellmuscle7434 thx

[@janellemaynait]

I got mad

[@Truequalityedits]

I thought he was going to say “played a major league game” 😂

[@peejaythegreat6598]

The happy ass music ‼️🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@manner7073]

"Damn this player is awesome let's do nothing to help him develop as a person."

[@jamesbowman8138]

The Devil Ray's should have done that .

[@cheesemonster6948]

This is a fault in most sport organizations. These guys exploit their talent and pay them for it, but they don't seem to help them with their traumas that make them aggressive and make poor decisions..

[@manner7073]

@@cheesemonster6948 Crazy thing is as a scout it's not like i'd have to teach you right? I'd be like " Hey (insert talented athlete name), this Tony. Tony and his group of smart people are gonna prevent you from making bad decisions. Welcome to the big leagues 👋."

[@horatiohornblower3757]

@@manner7073 If you remember these guys are 18-22 years old. Most of them don't want to hear anything about "preventing you from making bad decisions". These guys most likely think they know it all. They are getting paid hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars a year as young men. Things most people can only dream of. Obviously their choices they've made prior to this point have all been "right"... because they're being paid so much money. It's not always as easy as it sounds to "life coach" these guys out of making career ending poor choices.

[@timmutohfan]

@@horatiohornblower3757 I get what you're saying and in the case of a lot of guys who made awful life decisions away from the field of sport, this guy is a different case. I'm not going to make the "oh he grew up poor" or "but he came from a broken home" argument. Plenty of stories about guys both failing and succeeding under those circumstances. This guy, it's feels different. Rookie ball ain't the time to try and get a guy together.

[@coachmcguirk6297]

I can't imagine how hard it is to navigate an airport without being able to read.

[@TalmboutJonAfrica]

Not only that but the dude had never left his town of 1400. It would be beyond overwhelming for someone to deal with just one of those difficulties. He was dealing with all kinds of different stuff. This was a very interesting story

[@TalmboutJonAfrica]

Also nice name and pic lmao

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

No

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

@@TalmboutJonAfrica no

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

@@TalmboutJonAfrica no

[@travisrowe7697]

Really sad. Tampa should’ve given him a handler and a tutor.

[@josepharmstrong1531]

This was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toe Smith was just one of many Ray's signings that blew up spectacularly in the worst way possible.

[@juliocs5483]

Yup...Josh Hamilton was another, however he was able to get out in time...funny how he went to the Reds as well and he was able to get out of their too.

[@travisrowe7697]

Elijah Dukes too. Although he turned out to be a bonafide psychopath. Absurd talent though.

[@brettleewilliams]

You were obviously there and know first hand exactly what they were doing with and for him. Please enlighten us with your evidence! Or are you just speculating what you think did/did not happen??? You are projecting your own fantasy version of what was done and what "should have" been done. Zero facts. Intellectually dishonest AF.

[@jparker19822009]

He needed a handler and tutor he was too young and immature and unlearned to handle it well

[@waifubreaks1572]

This dude's name really Benny Latino. lol

[@rdg760jr2]

I thought I heard him wrong until I read his name on the video 😂

[@duanecorey8637]

That's the scout that discovered him name.

[@shannonballspen1s482]

Thats like being named John Whiteman

[@shannonballspen1s482]

Or OJ Blackmon

[@pault2178]

i personally know benny latino from hammond la...any questions ill tell u about him

[@chuckwagon9973]

This is like me but instead I can read and I can’t play baseball, wild...

[@thisguypucks412]

Haha goated comment

[@keith5801]

😂😂😂

[@TheDimz14]

poor 15 yo girl :(

[@pracylopgonzer3176]

Lol

[@420Crush]

Lmfao! Bro!

[@spencybency2456]

I really like your new commentary videos. Im more of a football guy, but I am really learning a lot about baseball because of you!

[@thekiid3]

Lol I'm sorry but this channel is not teaching you baseball. It's teaching you the personal biases of the channel's owner. Most of the crap on here are opinions not facts.

[@spencybency2456]

@@thekiid3 Cool story bro

[@JanoyCresva]

Agreed A lot better stories in baseball IMO.

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

@@thekiid3 Show us your channel then.

[@Vivagallardo]

Shout out to those early 2000’s devil rays prospects: josh Hamilton, toe nash, Jonny Gomes, bj upton, delmon young, elijah dukes, and Carl Crawford. Imagine how legit they woulda been if some of those guys got proper guidance.

[@carolinatarheels7903]

Carl Crawford was the man in Tampa, it was after he left for Boston he kept getting injured and his career spiraled.

[@Vivagallardo]

@@carolinatarheels7903 yea he was great for them. Upton was good too. I’m saying that group of talent could’ve made for a special team if everything went right. I could even throw in Aubrey huff with that group as well.

[@carolinatarheels7903]

@@Vivagallardo that and some pitching. So many castoffs on the staff. I loved collecting those guys cards so much, especially Nash as I actually liked pulling his rookie card more than Pujols when their cards came out.

[@joeylawn36111]

And Evan Longoria. Him and some of the others mentioned above played for the Montgomery (AL) Biscuits, the Rays' AA affilliate, and won several Southern League titles.

[@imagydmusic1129]

Josh, elijah and toe..what a reality show dream

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

Even ty Cobb said he wasn’t the best player he played with as a kid growing up he said many with immense talent lost it to crime drugs and other bad choices.

[@samsalamander8147]

My kids father was so good they named a rule after him in little league called the Ronny rule it’s when you take an out because you are too scared to go up against the pitcher. He ruined his life by being a criminal. He had rich people trying to adopt him and sponsor him and people asking him to sign his balls because everyone was so sure he was going pro but the only place he went to was jail and he is still there to this day.

[@Born2ShitForced2Wipe]

@@samsalamander8147 You sure know how to pick winners.

[@I_like_turtles_67]

@@samsalamander8147 I guess your mealticket didn't pan out.

[@samsalamander8147]

@@I_like_turtles_67 I did not know him in little league I met him when he was older as a criminal so there was no meal ticket planned for me just stupidity and annoyance.

[@alexhildebrand5542]

@@samsalamander8147 i mean you the one flexing his accomplishments on a yt vid, just forget abt him if you feel that way

[@paulr6326]

The Sugarcane League is actually very organized. I will say there are some teams that are very "rough around the edges" and some the fields you play on are sketchy, but it's definitely organized. I will also say it's an "adult" league to the fullest extent....meaning it can get rowdy. This league provides baseball to adults who still enjoy the game.

[@everyonepoops6371]

Dude, that lead-up to 9:52 lollllll that was perfect

[@16floz]

"Yeah him and his friend did beat up a guy and steal his wallet, but that guy later said he had it coming and later forgave toe" lmfao what a good sport I guess

[@ethansprague2005]

Its crazy some people in the modern days still can't read

[@WaffleMan]

Not rlly

[@ImTheCrew]

Perfect example ^

[@WaffleMan]

@@ImTheCrew nope the perfect example is ^ I said it wasn’t that crazy that some people can’t read

[@LudaChez]

@Logan Titus fuck scientists and doctors...have you seen how good he can hit people ?

[@WaffleMan]

@Pham Über Alles indeed

[@Skapes11238]

In an alternate reality, the Rays have a dynasty in the mid 2000s with Toe and Dukes leading the charge.

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

He's like baseballs Waterboy without the happy ending. Sad how things happened, growing up in extreme poverty, he probably didn't know any better and kept ending up in jail.

[@Furluge]

The lack of education, the poverty, that's a shame. What did him in was the lack of morals and discipline.

[@rebornk9195]

I played football in HS with a top running back and we were a small 1A school so they made sure he graduated. He could have went anywhere. But he couldn’t read or write. So he couldn’t get far. Then trouble followed and he was done. This was in ‘91.

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

Uhhh but what high-school league if it wasn't one of the best in the country then he probably wouldn't have gone anywhere

[@umkane3851]

Reading and writing is his own fault for not pursuing it

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

Name?

[@kennethwagster3788]

Who was it?

[@iancrosby1326]

Thank you for this story. There are so many layers that need to be explored here. Mr. Nash could benefit from a documentary that can explore the myriad of psychosocial challenges that were barriers throughout his life.

[@DesroQc]

"...myriad of psychological challenges..." - Stop it with the excuses. He was an adult and he knew right from wrong. Every terrible decisions that he made are on him and him alone. The only barrier was the one he kept setting up for himself...

[@cornflakes2175]

The end where the guy just says, "It was weird" was hilarious.

[@yyzyyc9564]

This channel is so underrated, big ups from Canada

[@stefan18375]

Just looked at his Bowman Rookie Card and the back of the card read: Incredible physical specimen...star-type tools as hitter or pitcher...throws 95-mph with easy motion despite lack of advanced coaching...gets good rotation on raw curve...musters plus power from both sides of the plate.

[@newsnowcarolina6409]

just don't let him around your daughter

[@hoveringbanana782]

@@newsnowcarolina6409 LMFAOOOO

[@kylek1742]

I first heard about Toe from the Crime in Sports podcast. Everyone here should check that out to learn a little more

[@orbyfan]

I tried listening to one of their other podcasts, and gave up after a few minutes because of their constant use of foul language.

[@kylek1742]

@@orbyfan yeah I mean it doesn’t bother me much but understandable

[@billybang9362]

@@orbyfan damn are you 2 years old??

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

@@orbyfan foul language dosent change the information suck it up why r u complaining on this comment go on there video an say it ur pathetic to let foul language bother u so goddamn much

[@Lawomenshoops]

I read about Toe Nash in Baseball America. I saw him in CA, and he was one of the nicest guys you ever want to meet. I didn't know about his lack of education. And at that time he still didn't get into too much trouble. This reminds of a Jeff Stone- came up with the Phillies. It was said he once asked- Is that the same moon that comes up in Missouri- where he was from. He also said, No thank you, I don't drink, when asked if he wanted a shrimp cocktail. It was said he asked for $500 and a handshake with Pete Rose when he signed. Never made it big in the majors, but his first 30 or so games in a Sept. call up were awesome!!

[@Jamesss558]

I don't even like baseball. This channel is great though. Keep up the good work man!

[@SDSOverfiend]

A real life “Can’t Get Right”.😔🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mrqh406]

Yooooo , dead on , good observation.

[@ramsaybushnaq516]

Also, this story somewhat mirrors Josh hamilton's story. Strange since he was drafted by the rays before being released and getting a second chance in Cincy

[@qwerty52676]

Also they both have huge feet

[@philippiansfourfour1081]

Always loved watching Hamilton play. He could beat out a routine ground ball to shortstop one at bat, then hit a 470 foot home run the next time up. Always liked how even when he’d hit a no doubter home run he’d just drop the bat and run out of the box never standing there to admire his home run. Once saw him hit one over the right field seats at Tropicana Field as a Ranger, he hustled out of the box like he was thinking of going for a triple and the ball landed about 450-460 feet away.

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

@@philippiansfourfour1081Josh Hamilton might be the most natural baseball player ever to live. He would have had scary career numbers had he kept his head on straight his whole life.

[@gigachama]

9:05 I was rooting for him the whole video, then my world came crashing down. That's a hard nope for me chief.

[@pliar-lanejavaboom405]

What he did was understandable given his circumstances but still wrong. Doesn’t matter if it’s consensual. Sorry if I’m over analyzing but he probably didn’t know about protection.

[@evanstraintubeyt6950]

At least it wasn’t rape or something

[@pliar-lanejavaboom405]

@@evanstraintubeyt6950 ok but it’s still wrong tho and should stay illegal. Can’t trust teenagers to be a parent- same way we can’t let them drive too young or consistently make the right choices.

[@evanstraintubeyt6950]

@@pliar-lanejavaboom405 I agree I was just saying it could be worse

[@AirLancer]

@yossarian Frankly, in that community it's probably a pretty common thing.

[@alexvandierendonck3317]

Kevin Mitchell won an MVP and he never played high school

[@willsutter5207]

Same with Larry Walker

[@djquinn11]

Bobs Ruth never played high school baseball either.

[@dontdoittoyoself6786]

It's hard enough to just get scouted when you do.

[@arshanmostafavi9621]

I remember that barehanded catch he made playing for the giants .

[@jamesbowman8138]

Mitch actually did poor at his open tryout but the Mets signed him anyway.

[@lankey6969]

He was thrown 25 pitches and hit 26? He is amazing!

[@brettleewilliams]

25 from each side of the plate

[@MultiSneakerLover]

Must be rough being this dumb

[@c1np]

Had me in the first half lmfao

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

"the bad things weren't as good" that's how i'm describing teams that miss the playoffs now

[@msgtblbj]

"He was the next Babe Ruth, but he couldn't read." I'm getting this enscrawled on my tombstone.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

You have a tombstone?

[@msgtblbj]

@@breadoflifefaiupu8992 Are you intellectually challenged?

[@alecdorfman4871]

That bottle cap was taught to me by my father a boomer from Newark. Wasn't poor just a really good technique to learn batting accuracy 👌

[@WolverineOfWallstreet]

How is that played ?

[@alecdorfman4871]

@@WolverineOfWallstreet he saved his beer caps in a bucket and would toss them while sitting opposite the batter. We used a broomstick cut in half with tape on the handle. Usually like 100 at a time.

[@WolverineOfWallstreet]

@@alecdorfman4871 nice thank you. I did that today with berries

[@alecdorfman4871]

@@WolverineOfWallstreet that sounds awesome and fun/funny 🫐🫐

[@michaelstein7510]

Wow. I’m from Baton Rouge, just 25 minutes from Sorrento, and I’d never heard this story. If he had gone to high school at St. Amant, he would have been a freshman when Ben Sheets was a senior! Imagine those two on a high school team together!

[@KaiserDrew]

Crazy how there is a community like this in America all the money America spends around the world mean while kid as talented as Toe still doesn’t have a chance coming from upbringing like his.

[@RealCGH]

I mean his uncle was an NBA player (id admit salary was way less back then) but jeez could've helped him out especially since he couldn't even read

[@kellydavis4456]

What’s with the Rays signing problematic players?😳

[@GTMartin4]

Ik right

[@warlordofbritannia]

Tbf, Toe and Elijah Dukes were signed by the Tampa Bay DEVIL Rays.

[@christopherkimber7679]

@@warlordofbritannia don’t forget josh Hamilton.

[@rdg760jr2]

@@christopherkimber7679 and Matt Bush 🤣

[@positively_broad_st3780]

Josh Sale as well...

[@phil1353]

Damn he had a dope superstar name too.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Tfw Elijah Dukes and Toe Nash were signed by the Tampa Bay DEVIL Rays Edit: As were Delmon Young who once threw a bat at an umpire in Triple A and the troubled Josh Hamilton

[@positively_broad_st3780]

Josh Sale as well...

[@jjmonger6881]

The Devil Rays were so bad they would take talent wherever they could find it and hope for the best. Never seemed to work out.

[@griffinthemyth1942]

You could say whatever you want in the comments, he can’t read

[@onewaymichael12]

lmfao!

[@enzoferrari88]

Classic

[@scallywag4978]

Now that was funny...

[@ravenr1420]

Well played

[@cooterswift916]

But can you right 👈🏾?

[@kevingohdcantgo10_0]

Do “jarrod saltalamacchia, the longest last name in baseball’

[@kyle4246]

What’s baseball?

[@richitorres1able]

@@kyle4246 ignorance is bliss.

[@andreasgleckman9640]

He also married his high school PE teacher lol

[@kyle4246]

@@richitorres1able wat?

[@existing3628]

@@richitorres1able its probably a joke

[@paytonalbin3862]

"Size 18 shoe, maybe that's why she liked him" 😂😂😂

[@chesterthechickeneater1302]

Dude the title made it sound like your were gonna talk about shoeless joe Jackson. He couldn’t read and his named got tarnished because of it.

[@rdg760jr2]

His name got tarnished because of the Black Sox Scandal

[@rdg760jr2]

@Logan Titus 🤣🤣🤣

[@warlordofbritannia]

That is true, how can an illiterate man give a written confession of his supposed complicity in throwing the World Series. If memory serves, that’s how the “Eight Men Out” got acquitted by a jury, actually - the defense made the case that the supposed smoking gun, the prime piece of evidence, the affidavit where Joe Jackson confessed couldn’t be valid since an illiterate man couldn’t give a truthful written statement. Thus, it got thrown out.

[@765lbsquat]

“You either dont know, dont toe, or dont care whats goin on in the mf hood.” -doughboy

[@williammurray8060]

First, they should find his mom, give her a good horse whipping for abandoning the family.

[@justonemori]

@@williammurray8060 With a mom that horrible walking out may have been a gift.

[@vensonj]

You still got one brotha left toe

[@vensonj]

You still got one brotha left toe

[@bigbore4498]

“The choices we make in life, dictate the life we lead”- William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

[@runitback2back]

We are a Product of our Environment "Dave Chappelle" haha

[@bigbore4498]

@@runitback2back So rape wasn’t a choice.

[@mper8815]

Did you actually absorb anything in the video? I'm not saying it gives him a pass but the guy didn't even know how to order a pizza. Do you really think he asked how old the girl was or even had a clue her age could've got him in trouble? Again it doesn't make it ok but this guy never had a chance to be a functional member of society.

[@jefflewis4]

@@mper8815 I agree he likely had no idea it was illegal to have sex with a wiling 15 year old. There's probably married people in his town that age.

[@jamesgentry13]

@@jefflewis4 no excuse

[@25pinstripes]

I don't say this to defend Toe, exactly, but given the description of his upbringing is it possible that he genuinely had no idea that sleeping with a 15 year old was a crime?

[@jefflewis4]

He should have had a full time handler from the second he was signed. Its the only way he had any chance of success.

[@philippiansfourfour1081]

It is possible she lied about her age. Some females do that around that age.

[@GladiatorWC]

@@jefflewis4 30,000$ players dont get 50,000$ a year handlers

[@9lifet.v222]

He Used To Train At My Highschool. Harold Renolds Brought Him To Our School. My Highschool Basebal Coach's Wife Was Harold Renolds Accountant. My High School Coaches Son Currently Plays In The MLB (Jake Marisnick). I Watched Him Work Out. I Still Have The News Paper Clip.

[@DoctorX101]

Why do you capitalize the first letter of every word?

[@all_the_bad_news5614]

Bro really getting back in to baseball because of you man thx for reigniting my old passion bro, great videos..

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

You're welcome Tony

[@longj74]

I figured his uncle would've helped him out more considering he was a pro himself. If not to help but at least take advantage of him. Either way he could've made something more out of his life.

[@markm1972]

That picture was hilarious “the next Babe Ruth” but he couldn’t read lmaoo

[@anthonylucio7999]

Would be cool to see more of these types of videos. Imagine if today one of the best players in the league was nicknamed toe.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

There is Toe Say Canseco

[@waterwater111]

He's turning 39 soon, so maybe he could attempt a comeback with a lower ranking Indy league, like the Pecos, Empire, or PACA League. I know the chances of getting back to the affiliated level would be extremely low, but I'd be interested to see him play again at any level.

[@dcaseng]

29, maybe, 39, nah.

[@waterwater111]

@@dcaseng ​ I mean it's not impossible. Very unlikely, but not impossible. Keep in mind I'm talking low-level Indy ball, like the PECOs, which has talent ranking lower than Rookie ball. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaWtfqKnibN8d7c&ab_channel=23ABCNews%7CKERO Take Rod Tafoya for example. Had a short stint in low A when he was a young man, and since 48 has had a few appearances here and there in the PECOs. www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=tafoya001j-- kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKHEiKCpfdiHkK8&ab_channel=%E5%A4%A7%E7%80%AC%E4%BA%AE But keep in mind that these aren't random beer leagues. Although it's low level indy ball, these guys are trying their best for a chance to climb up the ladder, all while making chump change. I'm just saying that if he ever had the itch to play again, I think these types of leagues would be a nice way for him to satisfy that itch.

[@MrLiveWest]

this dude is the real life Happy Gilmore

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

Unhappy Gilbert

[@acgames2256]

"...but there's only 1400 of you so the chances are low..." made me laugh! Definitely earned a like with that

[@clickinitwithdrew6891]

"He was thrown 25 pitches and hit 26 of them for homeruns." Wat

[@clickinitwithdrew6891]

@Brendan Mafnas That caught me off guard. Haha

[@MrRobVision]

Damn, batting 1.040 🤣🤣

[@clickinitwithdrew6891]

@@MrRobVision 😂😂

[@jayvader9023]

@@MrRobVision not even including the other possible hits! GOAT /s

[@jeffgo5742]

😂😂😂

[@robbergeron4471]

Most of these things aren’t true. Toe can read, Hot Rod didn’t own a sugarcane plantation, and he knows how to order a pizza. Toe is doing well and has a job in Texas as a foreman in a chicken processing plant. He still comes down to Louisiana to play baseball every so often. I played with him from 1999-2001, and now we’re playing together again. He’s a good guy.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

So you're saying this video is smoke and mirrors?

[@flaskater49]

As "Dirt poor" as one could be. Sad and depressing to know this still exists in "The Greatest Nation ."

[@AMSNDylan]

Shit dude if you wanna see something really sad look up Appalachia West Virginia

[@peterz22thomas5]

@@AMSNDylan Or go to the slums in a different Country. If you dare.

[@md3dasnipa386]

The Nation not that GREAT!!

[@JobyOneKenobi7797]

As dirt poor as he was he still had the world in the palm of his hands. That's why this is still The Greatest Nation. Making dumb decisions is his fault.

[@spidermonkeynuts3851]

Bruh if you think that’s bad go ahead and see other countries. The fact he even had a chance is why the USA is amazing

[@tomb8969]

Appreciate the balanced perspective. Not a Manny fan though, struggled to support him at times while he was in Bmore.

[@pdubs7069]

Toe was also 7 years older then the kids he struck out!!

[@jonahfalcon442]

The birth certificate problem makes me think this is possible

[@Relentlezz41]

"I am 12" from The Benchwarmers

[@datl3afn1nja9]

I don’t even watch baseball but I’ve been watching your videos for awhile and have learned a lot. Very enjoyable!

[@kevinjean7704]

I'm new to the sport of baseball, but this is sad story, great work man, just a difference between the school athletic system in Europe and the states, take for example somebody like Wayne Rooney somebody who grew up in one of the roughest estate in Liverpool and academically he was never good but his talents, determination and drive made him one of England's greatest ever soccer players.

[@theadmiral460]

Rooney is a legend no doubt

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

Ed Rooney. Not Wang.

[@austin31bennett]

I know it hurts to hear, but anyone leaving the slums/trailer park/hood/whatever needs to realize that they can't ever go back. It will ruin them to return to what they escaped. Time and time again you hear stories like this where dudes are on the path to success but decide to visit their home and it all gets ruined. You just can't return to that life if you want to keep your new one.

[@billyanderson6457]

My uncle was a scout trying to recruit him...They said he had more raw talent then anyone to ever play baseball ⚾️...Just couldn't stay straight .

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

So he went gay

[@partygod159]

never heard this before. reminds me of me a little. I was the next Cal Ripken in MD until age 18 got a 10 yr sentence for manslaughter. one minute changed everything. my story is even crazier. But I dont exist

[@mslcook471]

I NEED to know your story. Pray tell me, please!!

[@ikigai47]

Bummer. I often wonder how many prodigies that would excel in something, never picked up the hobby. Or picked it up too late. On the plus tho, sticks and bottle caps will be on my son's daily list

[@VinylUnboxings]

You're just going to turn him away from sports if you _make_ him

[@brandonmartin9117]

I wish someone guided him this kid could have been special I see the pain when he started talking hope the best for this man

[@dickflair4538]

The Real "Can't Get Right" from the movie Life

[@bryanstrange3176]

Bruh!!!!!!!! I'm fudging dead! 🤣 06:41 "His name is toe because he has a size 18 shoe, maybe that's why she liked him" I legit spit out my French toast sticks when I heard this! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@fernandorosario3807]

He was thrown 25 pitches and hit 26 of those for hr; WHAT?

[@docamosroxie8686]

25 each side of plate...thus 26 HR out 50 pitches

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

25 each hitting both ways

[@lantech7709]

Lol yeah 26 of 50

[@DrPlatypus1]

This story was so sad but dammit you made me laugh really hard during a few parts... 😂

[@terryducote]

I was 2 years ahead of Toe in dixie youth but we watched him play. And one time they were trying to walk him and they threw the ball on the outside of the other batters box and with one arm he reached over and hit an opposite field hr. He was huge with long arms. Almost impossible to get out. And Sorrento is far from a 3rd world country. There is plenty of money there he just came from the shittiest part.

[@ShmeepShmopp]

This guy played in my hometown, the Princeton Rays. I’ve never known any of this about him, wild.

[@ShmeepShmopp]

Holy shit this is actually insane how nostalgic those old videos of him hitting in Princeton are, old ads on the outfield fence for places that have been closed down for 15 years, this is crazy.

[@JOkERBIDEN]

I learned today that Latino is an Italian last name

[@jdubmash]

"For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul"

[@theadmiral460]

"who really knows where your soul goes when those eyes close..."

[@pracylopgonzer3176]

Amen

[@neonfroot]

Yes, I love semi religious proverbial quotes. The pretentiousness is rank.

[@bdavis6115]

6:44 “he had an size 18 shoes so maybe that’s why” 😭😭😭😭😭

[@discernment8963]

If only somebody had spotted what was going on. From the outside looking in it seems obvious, but if you just catch a certain part of the story, or see a particular action by the guy, anybody would figure him for nut and steer as clear as they could.

[@insufferableconceit]

what?

[@jpmnky]

I really don’t think it’d be any different if he were born twenty years later. Poor guy. There’s tons of kids like him with the same problems we just don’t hear about.

[@threezysworld8089]

Absolutely. That's why when I hear people moping about their situations I always remind them that there are people out there who are way worse off. This guy was blessed with God given talent but unfortunately lacked many basic things that we take for granted.

[@kylorenkardashian79]

6:02 lmfao bruh

[@mikeschmidt4800]

That I love all of you at the end sounded about as natural as Mater Chief in the Halo movie saying, " they're my team, I love them. "

[@davidrosenzweig1380]

bottle caps was a classic game played outside of bars around here until the 90s you use a corkball bat

[@thor4224]

When "keeping it real" goes wrong

[@malcolmw4988]

Imagine all the dudes out there that are like this guy and super skilled at a sport but just get no recognition or just really athletic

[@papachung6639]

I don’t particularly like baseball but I really enjoy your videos. Same with Jomboy. 👍

[@TheseHotIdiots]

It's crazy how much potential he had and nobody really helped him stay focused on it

[@zekematthews]

5’10 140lbs hitting 460ft bombs

[@KeyserSoze23]

He also probably wasn't really 12 at that time. No birth certificate.

[@gtgodbear6320]

I used to live in a place More Country Than That. Literally half the kids never went to school one day in their life. In Putnam County Florida. The whole county is 30 years behind

[@danschuster5187]

Racist town then ?

[@gtgodbear6320]

@@danschuster5187 there wasn't much room for racism because there was probably more black people than white people.

[@aceburgers8801]

He has a 18in foot but call him toe? If he had an 18in toe, would they call him foot?

[@raulberna5789]

" AND THAN SOME " I GUESS

[@Devdogs]

🤣🤣

[@Yahmeen]

Foot and a half actually

[@laxdemon13]

This is truly a sad story. We seem to forget that making good decisions is a skill that must be taught. What happens when there is no one around to teach you? This is truly sad.

[@YTEdy]

I agree. Sleeping with a 15 year old is a mistake a lot of 19 year olds could make and 10 years probation? Seems too harsh to me.

[@pimpmykek3213]

@@YTEdy sleeping with somone makes it sound light.. The dude took turns raping a girl... in all honesty the dude deservers life without parole

[@gradybaby8309]

most dont realize the level of poverty in this country... take care of our own first... God Bless you sir...

[@croke835]

Lmaoooo the field of broken dreams 😭😂

[@LosAngelesBeast1218]

It’s unbelievable how so many people who were raised in better circumstances didn’t have the empathy to watch him like a hawk and talk sense into him. They just let him do whatever, one mentor isn’t enough smh

[@LosAngelesBeast1218]

@@fancychannelname you’re either very young or just very old and I’m not being mean but the reality is, life doesn’t work that way. Your surrounding conditions have a large effect on you as a kid, we are very impressionable.

[@scraplifetrashtocash4551]

@@LosAngelesBeast1218 U live under a rock. The guy in this video would stab u in the face and u would still feel empathy for him. People like him can't be helped. The proven fact is the multiple chances he was given.

[@LosAngelesBeast1218]

@@scraplifetrashtocash4551 you been hit in the head with a rock with those thinking skills

[@StMichael7]

He’s most likely a better person now that he’s older because most people mature after the age of 24. He might even be a better baseball player. He’s not even that old so i hope another team gives him a chance.

[@studogable]

I remember when he was the hottest prospect ever. Shame that he never reached his potential.

[@studogable]

@Hans Soundso what do you mean?

[@anthonyvillalobos3892]

Just wanted to say I love your channel man. I watch a video guaranteed every morning while I work out

[@thawkereynolds]

How do u have uncle who was a 14yr NBA player whos part of your town who can't show both Toe and his Dad whats right

[@JoseDior_]

"blood don't make you family" people only care for what they want and it shows how shitty people really are.

[@bP-yr3po]

Theres plenty of players who have gone flat broke trying to help everyone they grew up with.

[@lukegordon6898]

Sounds like he gave them work, if they're deadbeat family members that's all they could really ask for

[@Stealthybanjo91]

Bro his story’s basically wander Franco 😂😂😂

[@gridlore]

I'd just like to point out that this story happened here. In the United States. The State of Louisiana and the federal government have failed so hard when someone can reach 18 without any evidence of his existence, let alone be functionally illiterate. This guy didn't come out of some tiny village in Sudan, or out of an isolated mountain hamlet in Nepal, he is an American. That people fight against ending poverty and increasing education and job training sickens me. Toe Nash never had a fucking chance.

[@breadoflifefaiupu8992]

Blacks are hard to control

[@brettleewilliams]

Had multiple chances. He earned them, and then HE pissed em away. "Never had a chance" is a BS cop out statement. And a ;little racist IMHO

[@cedricrobertson627]

I worked out with him and he was the TRUTH. Sad he got in his own way. We picked him up when he got out of jail and went straight to HotRods field. He long tossed with me with no crow hop and it was on a line. He hit and it sounded like an explosion, hitting from both sides. I was suppose to look after him and right after that workout I never saw him again. Damn!

[@pbnaj]

"The Next Babe Ruth" is a ridiculous claim for a guy who K's 40% of the time and hits .240

[@WK-bo6qv]

I think that can be attributed to how overwhelmed about everything he was

[@jamesgentry13]

@Stutter of The House Ruth was overrated

[@gaper1287]

It’s hilarious that it was the rays that found him. Their scouts are actually next level😭😂