How This Bearded Baseball Team Took the Sport by Storm

[@jah2827]

If this isn’t about the 2013 Red Sox I’m gonna be pissed

[@StarkRavingSports]

this genuinely got a gut-busting laugh out of us

[@retro_retro_retro]

That’s definitely a thumbnail of the year nominee.

[@jr637-1]

As someone who loves baseball, I had never heard of this team before. Fascinating story!

[@22CentrryProductions]

reminds me of the 2013 red sox and their beards

[@kevin.skorupa]

I live near the house of David. They have continued to play local games with old-fashioned rules and equipment against locals, and have played likely the last they'll ever play in the last couple years. My parents played against them multiple times, as did I in what could have been their last ever game of any sort. It's avery unique group that certainly lives up to this reputation. So cool to see this video.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Another certified Historian 10/10

[@StarkRavingSports]

you already know ✌️

[@stevenmccart5455]

The house of David...I knew it. Im surprised hardly anyone knows of these guys. Most young people seem to think baseball started in 1990

[@PrinceMeowmers]

I play for the Chicago Salmon vintage base ball club. Every year we play a match at the House of David in Benton Harbor.

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

6:45 That telegram is such a cool piece of baseball history. I also didn't know this barnstorming existed at all.

[@DarbySagala]

During the shutdown, I would look up parks to go to in West Michigan on google maps. I saw the house of david on the map and decided to have a look around. The original field is vaguely plotted out, it's now a campground. They also had an amusement park, which people were doing restoration work to while I was there. The residences of the commune were a bit down the road from the park.

[@SRSMike]

I personally wish I could’ve visited Honus Wagner’s circus

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

I learned about the House of David from the 1952 Doris Day/Ronald Reagan movie “The Winning Team”. According to the film, Pete Alexander played for the HOD when he was too sick with alcoholism to compete in the majors.

[@leonanderson2197]

You’re a disgrace Paul

[@TheBrodudemanguy]

Beards make sports better. It's just a fact.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

It’s easier to pull of the “hidden ball” trick.

[@romiarkan450]

The Yankees' worst nightmare here

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

As a Yankees fan I wish we’d get rid of the beard rule. Gerrit Cole used to look so badass

[@michaelstein7510]

Fascinating. I was aware of barnstorming teams, but had never heard of the House of David team before this video.

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Grover Cleveland Alexander actually barnstormed with the House of David team for a time.

[@KWEND23]

Why target field in the background?

[@dbzfan667]

Imagine Babe Ruth's 20k in 1920 though, a single family house cost like 6.3k on average, and a gallon of milk was 33 cents. He'd still be living large

[@corbenpeach813]

Bro the angles guy looks like Walmart Tony Stark💀

[@kotaowens6978]

Solidarity!

[@pbcoop62]

Another good barnstorming team was the multi-racial All Nations team from Kansas City, and their star pitcher John Donaldson.

[@ryanclark3935]

First HoD image, center - that's Freddie Freeman. Guys - Freddie Freeman is a time traveller. Or immortal. Either way, neat.

[@zukevail478]

I thought this vid was gonnna be on the ‘13 Red Sox

[@YungJ]

I’m still holding out on buying to see the Red Sox in the Bronx opening day Yankee Stadium… A lockout would fuckin _suck_

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

The MLBPA needs to unionize the minors and join as a single collective. That would give them more power.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Truth!!

[@rowdyboys951]

Agreed I think MLB should use what both the NBA and NFL use and have no Minor Leagues, as soon as they get drafted, they can play

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@rowdyboys951 That's not really better. First, the NFL has an unpaid minor league in college football. The NBA and MLB use college a little as a minor league, but not to the extent football does. And that's a different but equally thorny can of worms. But unlike basketball, players take a lot more development before they're ready. The top high school players and a lot of college players can play in the NBA. The same isn't true of MLB. Players peak in their late 20s and aren't MLB ready until their mid 20s after a lot of professional instruction typically.

[@rowdyboys951]

@@Sam_on_KZbin But no one attends Minor League games since they’re not being played at a professional level, unless the MiLB makes changes to bring in larger crowds, hardly anyone will go to the games. Also why does it take longer for those in the MLB to develop than in any other sport?

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@rowdyboys951 I'm not qualified to answer why player development takes longer, but I know that it does. Maybe it is because the basics are more technical? Don't know. But an MLB team could pay its entire minor league system a living wage for about 5 million a year. That's the cost of 1 pretty good MLB player. The minor leagues don't need to be profitable. They are necessary to field a top quality MLB team and the players who make that possible deserve a living wage. The vast majority of them will never reach the majors at all and they are spending their prime years making nothing and acquiring no marketable skills.

[@PoweroftheP00f]

WOAH this took a left turn! "Babe Ruth's Salary...The Negro Leagues...Jackie Robinson...Oh yeah A CULT ONCE MADE A COMPETITIVE BASEBALL TEAM!"

[@dilanger11]

Great Video

[@majorfacepalm736]

I kinda went into this video hoping it was about my favorite misfits of baseball the 1993 Phillies

[@jmwburner]

Ebbets has a jersey of theirs for sale for those interested

[@jordankendall2705]

With MLB's future in jeopardy, maybe the House of David needs a reboot

[@nate_kang]

ok I haven't watched the video yet but judging based on the title before I clicked on it I'm gonna guess that this video is about the House of David. heard about them from reading something from Ebbets Field Flannels. edit:yup lol

[@jordanleighton6893]

Welp, that ain’t happened lmao

[@StarkRavingSports]

a man can dream

[@modder15]

I feel like this epside could have been a lot better if you went into more detail about the House of David.

[@majorfacepalm736]

Chuck Norris' favorite team 🤣

[@Matts_Smirkingrevenge]

Note to self... Create organized religion centered around baseball. I think I'd get to write off season tickets as a religious expense right? I'm just going to church after all! 🙏

[@senororlando2]

whoa these guys sound a lot like Ass-Kickers United

[@Guaga_]

Nice thumbnail

[@DirkStarlight]

Go on about Manfred...

[@jimbrady735]

I have not watched the video yet. But this must be about the house of David

[@pikapal91]

Bingo

[@troyrichards6752]

Jewish baseball team that barnstorm around the league.. They were called the Sons of David.

[@BaldHeadSosa]

They weren’t drunks,they practiced celibacy outside of marriage, they were good at baseball AND they weren’t racist? They sound cool to me😂💯

[@avgGamer662]

If they existed today, i would root for them only. And I'm not a Christian

[@ryanclark3935]

Important missing context for salaries is the revenues of MLB. If we want to discern whether the players were underpaid, we need to know their piece of the pie.

[@JP-wx6uh]

When all these players started growing GriZzly Adam's beards back about 10-12 years ago, it was so annoying. Anybody born after the Adams series in 1980 should not be wearing an Adams' beard.

[@andrewbloom7694]

They were shockingly progressive for a cult lol

[@johnatcraihg6939]

First

[@aidansmith2779]

bruh