How One Swing Cost $1 Million

Could one swing really win cost someone $1 million? Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Jay Bell once put that to the test...
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[@aaronscarpa7469]

Jay Bell scored the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 of the World Series, and still ranked this moment ahead of that.

[@StarkRavingSports]

absolutely insane

[@la021583]

as a yankee fan, i agree with him :)

[@davidarends668]

@@ulceratedpiss scored, not hit

[@aaronscarpa7469]

@@ulceratedpiss you’re thinking of 1997, this was 2001

[@pianojazzman]

@@ulceratedpiss Craig Counsell was hit by a pitch before Luis Gonzalez came to bat, so he was on first when the winning hit happened. Jay Bell was at third and scored the winning run. Counsell did score the winning run on the 1997 World Series for the Marlins on an Edgar Renteria single.

[@forgettablelisa]

Just hearing how much Bell cared about it makes this an awesome story. What a dude.

[@seandawson5899]

This was one of the coolest stories I've never heard about in sports, period.

[@avgGamer662]

I as a Chinese Shephard who lives in Himalayas know about it

[@seandawson5899]

@avgGamer662 only someone on a mountain would pay attention to the rockies.

[@fakedeath13]

The clap to himself rounding 1st is awesome

[@thetopdawg2160]

I got goosebumps as you built up to the historical moment, so incredible. Excellent video!

[@mattc060793]

In some ways, this has to be just as if not better than winning a world series ring for a baseball player. Once in a lifetime.

[@riltalk4055]

Lol,Jay Bell scored the game winning run in the 9th inning of game 7 in the World Series to beat the Yankees in 2001.

[@FlyingDwarfman]

​@@riltalk4055 And yet still ranks this moment above that as his favorite in his career.

[@thergoezthatman7004]

It’s not even once in a lifetime, it’s once in 1,000 lifetimes to get one moment like that, all or nothing

[@mrnosaj71]

So wonderful to see a player celebrate like that because he just changed a fans life ... and hit a granny slammy! Cool video.

[@dennisazurdia2638]

The summoning salt music gives it that touch that makes videos unforgettable.

[@BALLERBOYS21]

It’s called we’re finally landing

[@andrewnavarro9806]

I’ve lived in Phoenix my whole life (24 years), and I had no idea about this story. Thank you for this!

[@TheTEN24]

Honestly never heard of this story or even bell for that matter. But he sounds like a great dude and what an awesome story this is, thanks man

[@JRT1287]

“Good guy Jay Bell” i like that

[@InglouriousBradsterd]

Dude. This was an amazing story...i'm a big baseball fan and never knew this!! Your video was nicely narrated and edited. I subbed immediately! Yes, Jay Bell wasnt an HOFer ---but he was a Hell of a ball player and a great guy. TY for this vid.

[@jonaroll2348]

This is so cool I never heard of this story. Amazing I love Jay Bell now

[@CharmCityGamer]

Couldn't happen to a nicer fella! Thanks IcyVert/SRS!

[@derrickspitzer3718]

How can you not be romantic about baseball

[@BobbyBarnacles]

“You just won that lady a million dollars!” So cool, awesome topic.

[@didntwork5709]

IcyVery, DEF a Philly thing going on there. Never heard of this story, but I must say, you rocked it!! Pro SRS Content. Keep ‘em’ coming!!

[@ILoveMisty1985]

Good ol' Jay Bell! I remember his one random year spent with the Kansas City Royals where he was the best position player for a bad team before he went on to bigger and better things in the Arizona desert.

[@postjazz1258]

i remember jay bell from his pesky shortstop in pittsburgh days. i forgot he had this random year where he hit almost 20% of his career homers.

[@grantreill1966]

he just started swinging more! he had a lot of lineup protection and pitchers found themselves needing to throw strikes to the dude because they didn't want to face Matt Williams, Luis Gonzalez, or Steve Finley, all of whom were known quantities of being a good hitter and appeared after him in the batting order for the most part. He hit 24 of his 38 home runs before the All-Star game, with the shot in this video being the final one before the break. He didn't really decline so much in the second half so much as he did adjust to what was given to him. He had the exact same OPS in the first half as he did in the second half, but hit 10 more homers before the ASG. The more you know!

[@postjazz1258]

@@grantreill1966 oh yeah that lineup was stacked with guys that could hurt you in multiple ways.

[@notmarcus17]

This was a really nice story, good for Hoyle and Bell

[@3stacksofHighSociety]

Whats the old cliche about if they tried to sell this story as a screenplay, no one would believe it? Well,.......truth is truly stranger than fiction. This is the most heartwarming story since Field of Dreams.

[@SipJuggernog]

IcyVert content we all needed

[@azcardguy7825]

I was at that game as a kid. It was INSANE. I had no clue how good I had it as a kid watching Randy Johnson and curt schilling ever give games.

[@ryklatortuga4146]

Most heart warming event in Baseball History since Enrico Pallazzo.

[@zachfischer5291]

love how your philly accent renders drawing as drawling…that’s anything but drawlin lmao

[@DFCwastaken]

I was waiting for the video to turn into a "The radio station refused to pay and a lengthy lawsuit followed"

[@SandiaUltraLights]

Jay Bell and Craig Counsell two of the best diamondbacks of all time

[@pathutchison7688]

I’m surprised whatever insurance company had to pay this off didn’t try to find some loophole to avoid paying. That happens more than you think with these types of giveaways.

[@Bigedub101]

Exactly like the one with the Bulls..

[@pathutchison7688]

@@Bigedub101 lol. That’s the first example that came to my mind too.

[@jamese4729]

I love that he swung at a ball above his chest to make this happen!

[@Jameson-vo4td]

High outside pitches were his wheelhouse somehow

[@Grey_Area]

Played little league/high school ball against Jay Bell's kid growing up and the dude couldn't have been nicer. Always took time out to say hello to the kids on opposing teams, would sign autographs, etc. Just a stand up guy from my experience

[@jrodsep]

Listen, it's a great story, i'll give you that. But, my main takeaway from all of this is, Arizona needs to use purple and teal again. Those are the DBacks I know and rooted for.

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

Those uniforms are so sick

[@radicaloctagon9449]

CHILLS. ABSOLUTE CHILLS. NICE VIDEO!

[@UnderwaterAlexJones]

Excellent choice in music to take us HOME.

[@russellst.martin4255]

0:49 Gylene wasn't a baseball fan at all lol. She said she never watched a game or knew any of the player's names. Her husband made the pick.

[@vetoland92]

Damn can't believe I've never heard this story. Amazing stuff!

[@Lyndiloo]

This was an awesome storytelling!

[@thergoezthatman7004]

It’s not even once in a lifetime, it’s once in 1,000 lifetimes to get one moment like that, all or nothing. No wonder he ranks it as his top moment with nothing coming close.

[@resmarted]

This isn't the most expensive swing in history. David Bote's walk-off grand slam ended up costing the Cubs ~$14 million .

[@WallStreet06]

We once did a million dollar hole in one challenge for our company’s golf tournament. It was surprisingly cheap to insure.

[@andrewlow5547]

stark raving summoning salt

[@zachariahswartz5970]

That is an incredible story!

[@vasilijestrugar603]

What a massive W from Hoying and especially from Bell

[@mikelang1364]

You really snuck some summoning salt in thier and thought nobody would notice

[@K1NGM4K3R]

This should be made into a movie. Apple would make $$$. Great content. How could we reach out to you about this?

[@rdk2323]

You're apple?

[@UniqueUserName123]

@@rdk2323yes, please send him your credit card info ASAP

[@josieclarke460]

were all apple@@rdk2323

[@williammaier6117]

I think you guys should do a 8 minute special on Paul Kernerko

[@burekevan]

the fact that hes just wearing the most normal basic pair of glasses while playing is incredible

[@pigs6486]

It's a crazy fact since there has not been very many hitters with glasses. Bonds and Gwynn were said to have 20/10 vision, I've always assumed most elite hitters had better than average eye sight.

[@Yeldineyintun]

How don’t I remember this. I was a 14year old baseball obsessed kid when this happened

[@blessd24]

I'm feeling the same. I was 12. But the news wasn't as available at that time.

[@Konformation07]

I know Jay Bell isn't a Hall of Famer but dammit he's a Hall of Famer to me simply for this alone.

[@duncanramsay9262]

I have a brain malformation that has a 0.004 % chance of developing... lucky me... id rather money

[@thebighurt7418]

ngl you should have left the actual atb clip in for the suspense

[@quxill]

big icy vert fan

[@GDArctangent]

Didn’t the diamond already do a video on this 🤨

[@DuckAvenger]

If someone told me this I wouldn’t have believed this. Crazy it got to a full count as well

[@rolyrod69]

I’m surprised the contest didn’t find ways not to pay out.

[@DevinZigby]

Think this guy watches summoning salt? Lol

[@IcyVerts]

Big fan of him if you can’t tell

[@jakebradminster709]

BTW, she wasn't a baseball fan. She didn't even know any of the players or follow the team. It was a completely random pick.

[@MisterOmega-yv3lb]

Jimmy Haynes doesn't give that many grand slams up? The record is 10 in a career by Nolan Ryan. Ryan played 27 seasons compared to Haynes 9 seasons

[@unkledoda420]

Fun fact: Jim Palmer never gave up a grand slam or back to back homeruns in his 19 seaon MLB career.

[@bobpop872]

this is so beautiful😭

[@andrewd2652]

Good job Steve Finley

[@supitzsammm]

IcyVert (assuming you are the narrator) are you from Delco???

[@bw.8]

The fact that he swung at that pitch that was at his shoulders

[@jhuds24]

summoning salt

[@sirbubble1813]

For those of you wondering knix is the country station

[@13AECA]

It probably wouldn’t have happened had they brought in Worrell to face Bell.

[@resmarted]

Now I don't want to ruin the vibe here but this video made me look at Jay Bell's baseball reference. Dude goes the first 10 years of his career never hitting above 20 home runs and then all of the sudden he is hitting over 20 every season, up to 38 in his 33 age season? In the late 90s? I think Jay Bell was juicing.

[@SportsNerd_SN]

LETS GO NEW SRS VID

[@TKainZero]

I love baseball so much

[@marshmallowdoom7720]

Haha not summoning salt

[@janelis156]

Nice!!!! Great story

[@jmu76featuring61]

Meanwhile i cant even have the dodgers cover the run line 😂

[@aemediainc]

Were there others who ever got the chance with the bases loaded?

[@arturobalderrama-perez92]

Actually, they didn't know any of the players at the time. Her husband suggested Jay Bell at random. So they were EXTREMELY lucky considering that they didn't know anything about Diamondbacks at the time

[@rileymalcom8206]

What a great moment!

[@borqee]

W video Mr. Vert

[@IcyVerts]

Appreciate that thank you

[@michaelleto9296]

Drawling, heume game 😦

[@gabe9346]

That percentage didn't even factor in how she had to choose a *specific inning* he was going to hit it. So it should've been further divided by 9!

[@jimcarrey6928]

literally thought i was watching secret base............?

[@SIAA-li2pt]

Billy bean is a GM not a owner…. He can only spend what the owner gives him.

[@tycham85]

Is that a Baltimore accent you got there?

[@OJsimpsonsKnife]

What if the pitcher helped?

[@skiprockjr.6881]

Narrator is from Philly or South Jersey.

[@IcyVerts]

Go Birds.

[@AWorldofKayos]

My 14th birthday HA!

[@decker528]

A million dollars isnt enough to retire on really. It was at one time, but not anymore. Runaway inflation makes a low six figure salary hard to live off of without careful money management. In 1999, a $100,000 a year job was a fortune. In 2024 after the last few years, its damn near the bottom of actual middle class

[@adamlauer1096]

That's incredible

[@smokeymchaggis73]

Baseball is the greatest game in the world 👍

[@williebeemin22]

So romantic.

[@oliverlowe5281]

First go guards

[@2girls1up]

Idk if 1million is extremely rich , just a very lucky win

[@christopherthrailkill5563]

Why did you play music over the moment it happened and filter. Cmon man

[@nickgavis0305]

If I was in his position and won it for her. I would’ve paid whatever the taxes took out in cash to her

[@Kouhiko9674]

So many houme games

[@RobbbbC]

Dope

[@geezushasrisen]

Yeah, this is cool and all, but is LolMets really dead?

[@MrPezdispencer]

Wow. Just copying the Diamond huh. He did it better btw.

[@jordan23159]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[@jq_ke4261]

Fire LaSponge

[@sunsfever83]

That's my sister. He butchered her name, but it's understandable.

[@mintermchugh8176]

Turning the screen purple during the most important moment only accomplished viewers not being able to see the point of contact. Prettttty lame dude. Good job setting it up but damn, fumbled at the 1 yard line

[@dirtface5923]

cool

[@ripharambe4796]

(one of the) first