1999 HRD Rd1: McGwire hits 13 HRs in Round 1 of '99 derby

[@Millsey_]

its pretty hard to describe how incredible it was to be a kid in the 90s watching baseball

[@lobsterzilla]

honestly was incredible. sammy vs mac was one of the greatest memories of my life as a kid

[@wornsothin-j1g]

facts. love the steroids

[@Buckqh]

unless your the kid that got trucked by the camera man LMAO

[@wornsothin-j1g]

@@Buckqh dude. the cameraman gave 0 fks. he was a fan as much as a cameraman Lol

[@bridgelaurie9490]

It was unreal man

[@johnmeehan6444]

I 100 times out of 100 take this home run derby format over the one we currently have. The emphasis on each individual homer was was so much greater as opposed to now where its just endurance based. Seeing guys hit absolute moon shots is what the derby is about.

[@CJsbro1]

Also means they can let bad pitches go, so the ptichers dont affect it as much

[@Tiptop56812]

I miss it

[@thinkbeforyouvote]

Camera man gave a total of ZERO phucks when steamrolling that kid...

[@_JellyDonut_]

@@Howard007 "total scum" for that? Pretty sure the kid survived, he probably laughs about it now

[@jch8376]

Yup . i did the math and it gave me a total of ZERO phucks.

[@mrjoe2227]

That kids dad gave no fucks when he abandoned his child to chases a silly baseball like a rabid dog....

[@Downsouthroots]

🤣🤣🤣

[@steverangon1658]

@Alex F Not with that heavy azz video cam on his shoulder.

[@rbeneveds]

Juiced up or not... 98 was an amazing year to be a baseball fan!

[@Crunchykyle]

1999 was a amazing year for everything.

[@majliescobar8975]

Yup

[@JT-xb7yn]

@@Crunchykyle Bring back the monoculture!!!

[@robertjohnson9756]

Cal ripken breaking the streak in 95 saved baseball after the strike, the 99 homerun race brought baseball back to where it was before the strike

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Steroids give you ZERO ability to hit a baseball

[@kevinrock5942]

That homerun race saved baseball....i dont care if he juiced, still have to hit the ball.... Mcgwire is a legend.

[@s.marshian8455]

Absolutely..Lol if we’re all being serious the steroid era was highly entertaining. The Mark-Sammy race, then of course Barry going for Mark’s 70.

[@Memoop-iz6vk]

Only reason why people hate on it is because they say that's the only way they broke the old greats records is by juicing... I'm 50/50 on it. Although I don't agree with what they was doing but it was a very entertaining era in sports

[@arroganceinvictus]

Everyone is on exogenous testosterone and/or GH anyway, still to this day.

[@l34l]

Amen 😀

[@E_xe2]

mcgwires balls might have been small but they definitely didnt stay in the park when he hit them LMAOO... The sheer amount of power he had, he was never an on base hitter, His home run percentage 9.42% is #1 above bonds and ruth, he has the most home runs in the least amount of at bats.. In 2001 he hit 29 home runs with a .187 batting average.

[@masonkeith45]

The camera guy killed that kid lolzzz

[@rjwilliams2088]

Dude, I just saw that. What a douche. Not even a hand for that little bastard. Harsh.

[@seabrook1976]

Welcome to the 90’s.

[@drealboy_]

Instantly went to the comments when I seen that, first comment, this one. Lol.

[@JasonSmith-cz8yj]

Not only did he Truck stick him he no looked him after dickn him down. That boy is now prob 30 and reading this. Prob still feels that thing smack his neck. That’s a cold ass blood of a cameraman

[@dariielperez9235]

@@drealboy_ kkkkllo

[@Sangria]

"Does this have enough juice to find the net?" You better believe it, Chris!

[@Flowerz__]

Mario Lopez haha Berman was the best!!

[@adampruitt9211]

Ohhhhhh A MOON SHOT!!!!!!! LOL

[@hfarthingt]

Haha

[@metrodecatur6764]

About 3ccs of it

[@paulrevere1479]

Lmao I'm dying

[@danjack1447]

Sosa vs McGwire was probably the most exciting thing I've ever seen in sports I'll never forget how amazing that was

[@bigtroll8249]

Barry Bonds was pretty exciting, too

[@americanscarelines2757]

Sosa sucked. McGuire and Bonds were legit power hitters before juice.

[@maceomillions2192]

66th like for Sammy Sosa!

[@Pisces8Gemini]

Power or no power. Ichiro is still one of the best batters out there

[@rkellyvsjerryleelewiskingo4736]

@@bigtroll8249 / except he wasn’t racing, it was a monopoly.

[@Robocoppat]

I'll never forget when he hit #70. The whole world shook from the excitement 😄

[@hectorlopez1069]

Now that homerun is fake.

[@TehSpury]

I was born in downtown Saint Louis that same day

[@harjimbaugh4234]

@@TehSpury well he was on roids so...

[@mikes7446]

Nah

[@Danielo197]

I was at Busch when he hit 62 place went nuts it was something else

[@jakethejeweler3092]

We miss you Stuart Scott. Dude was a legend.

[@NemosNightmare]

"Cool as the other side of the pillow"

[@ajeroneski7338]

Stewart Scott. Big mac Griffey,Sosa. Old Espn. This were the days

[@3931aaron]

I'm 32 years old. This was the best era of baseball for me. I'll never forget it.

[@chad_garrison1991]

The good days

[@generalzod7959]

Before the wokeness.

[@trapboyjack5179]

Baseball will never be this great again 😞

[@TitleistGolf13]

100% some of the best

[@shaserdeses]

People looked so happy back then. So many smiling faces, no smartphones anywhere just watching what was happening jumping and clapping around

[@towelman8589]

Nobody running around and shouting "WORLD STAR!" at any given moment 🤣

[@tommygun7299]

But to just to find out this cheater was juicing the whole time. What a disgrace to baseball and all sports period.

[@Noah204.]

So true man...it’s scary what has become of it, distracting everyone from what’s really going on....

[@harveyboy7019]

@@killout18 Your not supposed to be proud of being white. That's politically incorrect. Nevermind the fact that your comment has actual merit in reality lmao

[@harveyboy7019]

@Stevie Champagne Well at least you get it. The rest of the peons don't seem to mind calling them our friends.

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

Their was a special report every nite when these 2 played. Baseball has never been this good since!

[@kasanova3056]

Was and still is a fan of Mark..best era in baseball ⚾️ 🙌

[@megclifton6692]

70's were better honestly not the home run contest just over all.... especially the WS games....some epic moments

[@joelarchuleta1814]

One of the best times of my life. Pulled me back to baseball and felt like a kid again. Love Big Mac

[@user-df8nw3jg4b]

This popped up in my feed and had to watch. Brought back so many memories as a kid and how excited I was about baseball.

[@Crunchykyle]

Same here. I’m 30 years old now. Seems like yesterday I was 7 years old.

[@richardbeach2430]

If you would have asked anyone there that night if they thought Mark McGuire was on any kind of juice they would have told you they didn't care. . They got to watch something they will never forget and this was the greatest summer of baseball in decades. . I was so glad I got to relax at home after a days work and watch Mark and Sammy chase each other every night

[@sittingbackandwatchingital3845]

Richard Beach everybody knew he was juiced up

[@smudent2010]

This home run derby was in 1999, the year after he broke the home run record in 1998.

[@andyc9979]

@@sittingbackandwatchingital3845 exactly. People knew a lot of them did. No one cared. Baseball was insanely exciting back then too. Yes McGwire and Sosa made it so fun but in general baseball was fun. You had the Yankees and everyone trying to beat the villain. So many superstars as well.

[@sic7585]

3:05 biggest hit of the night.

[@paulandr]

dude straight up disrespected that kid. stepped over his lifeless corpse

[@gohabs8918]

He took that kid out lol... and did not even stop to apologize

[@Jareyes42]

The reaction of those kids behind home plate, are priceless thats something that they bring up as adults now how much fun they had watching that derby

[@medixforchune9958]

This was the greatest era in baseball history.

[@randynoles1]

*

[@medixforchune9958]

@@randynoles1 😂😂😂

[@Salty12]

This was the * era in baseball history

[@richardbullwood5941]

It would be sad if somebody actually thought that.

[@medixforchune9958]

@@richardbullwood5941 you can’t deny how exciting it was to see roided out players hit moonshots

[@thejandjchannel5016]

Baseball at its absolute peak...miss those days

[@thejandjchannel5016]

@Pamela Wiles well...this saved baseball..they wanna juice up...that's ther business.

[@savagedick3848]

Pamela Wiles Sure made it exciting

[@jeffhall3044]

I went to New York University in 1999.

[@Jacob_Spang]

@@thejandjchannel5016 NFL was doing it decades before MLB was caught. Who's to say it wasn't going on before the "era"

[@haydencook682]

When baseball players were bigger than the guys in the NFL lol

[@aspazzz]

Eh

[@oljimeagle]

They look like WWF wrestlers. It was insane..

[@oljimeagle]

You have to wonder what was going through Hank Aaron's head while watching this.. He did it without a full fledged laboratory boosting his every hormone to inhuman levels..

[@oljimeagle]

@Travis Bridges no no no no... He SHOULD be the all time leader.. But from about 1992-present, he get to watch these circus freaks break his absolute incredible record, that he achieved naturally, and against all odds.. It's a shame Bonds is above him on the list..

[@jamiealexander7665]

@@oljimeagle AAS were around back then, and he had his career highs in OPS at 37 and 39 years old.

[@davidca96]

I dont care if he took any kind of substances, watching him hit a baseball was amazing.

[@Mike.Jones2]

Damn it made the game way more exciting

[@davidca96]

@Rob Gonz So what, he hit like a machine and it was incredible to watch. I dont personally care if he took something that made him better the result was an incredible hitter and thats what I loved to watch.

[@BeefPapa]

@@davidca96 You don't care *that he took...

[@ChuckBeefOG]

Steroids dont give you hand-eye coordination. Mark was just a big strong dude in general

[@BeefPapa]

@Michael Higgins Then why take them?

[@chris012569]

Don't care what ANYONE says. Mark McGwire us a baseball hero of mine. Dude hit 49 in his rookie year. Juice didn't do anything for his eye contact. You people are fools. He's a baddass

[@briansmith4475]

"Its headed for the flag pole... THUD.. SALUTS THE FLAG!!"- Great call by Cheis Berman i miss steroids so much

[@ermedic1986]

Lmao true

[@NorEEzta]

Miss the Stuart Scott days. As a kid I could watch Sports center repeats all morning.

[@LaloPrado92]

not allowed in HOF but MLB using this video and his name to make money. Makes sense 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@bradstrayer485]

You just summed up the whole steroid era perfectly.

[@robhalfmann4701]

@Jack Benton 2 things, one of marks failed tests was from a substance anyone can buy over the counter. MLB didnt test back when hammerin hank played so all we know he was juiced. 2nd steroids dont help ur hand eye coordination to hit the ball. Players today can even use prescription steroids for injuries.

[@picark]

The other person is Thurnan Munson Rookie of the year,Two time MVP .Captain of the Yankees yet played just ten years so that disqualifies him...hmmmmm??

[@robhalfmann4701]

@@picark 11 years 7 all stars rookie of the year 1 mvp and died in a plane crash. Number 15 retired by yankees. Great player

[@jtmnavy]

bernardo prado but he made millions of dollars playing baseball ,, stfu

[@politicsfromthebalcony4465]

Steroids and chewing gum gave him the strongest pumped up cheeks in baseball ⚾️

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

And Amphetamines' 💸💊

[@SergioHernandez-zv5wc]

This was my favorite time in baseball. So much fun

[@teasystableent]

Amen brother

[@fib4923]

Remember watching this as a kid LIVE. Thank you for posting this up MLB. Cant believe its been over 20 years now!

[@joshtutor2526]

I don't care what people say about McGwire, he is the main reason I'm a baseball fan now..Watching him play in the late 80's with Oakland was my first introduction into what has remained my favorite sport ever since.

[@one7deep7savage7]

Yup...long Haired McGwire and Jose On Oakland...Griffey and Edgar on SEA...BIG HURT on Chicago...loved 90s baseball!

[@lasagna3106]

Best team in MLB in 80s and really 90s. Bash brothers baby

[@RM-xk6iu]

I was a kid then but still remember the starting line up from '89 A's. Juice or not, Mr. Mcgwire was truly a great player.

[@MoneyOverFame]

Oh no doubt about it.

[@seangray3653]

Mine too….. The Bash Brothers …. McGwire & Canseco!

[@bobbyowsley4604]

Juice or no juice - these guys deserve to be in the HOF because they saved baseball in a bad era. Mac, Sosa, Bonds, and even Clemens. If you were old enough to remember 1998 and the chase, you remember America being glued to the games to see Sosa and Mac.

[@Tren-uh8bx]

Manny Ramirez also

[@douglas61920]

Bobby Owsley He and Sosa did help revive baseball but they did if by cheating. Neither one will ever be in the HOF and the reason is obvious.

[@bobbyowsley4604]

@@douglas61920 I agree that the reason is obvious, but the definition of cheating is slightly skewed here as well. For one, there wasn't a rule against anabolics in baseball at that time. For another, MLB - the curators of the HOF - didn't seem to care one iota if those guys were dropping syringes next to the bat donut in the on-deck circle before every at bat. Baseball cashed in on "the chase" and promoted the living daylights out of it to breathe life back into the game even when it became apparent that something was afoul. Not one, but TWO guys zeroing in on the single season HR record at the same time? They knew and they were all too happy to hide behind the lack of a specific rule against it. In fact, it wasn't until Canseco's book came out that baseball really felt pressure from Congress to institute rules.

[@ryandavis8658]

Yeah Barry is the 🐐 hitter with or without the boost!

[@douglas61920]

Bobby Owsley The 98 season was something special until people realized that both were cheating. I do believe that MLB knew that they were cheating (as well as others) but I don’t think that there were no rules against steroids.

[@sammymorales6838]

Attitude Era of baseball, most exciting time to be a baseball fan

[@bigc2626]

I love him. My favorite baseball player, ever.

[@kidzbop38isstraightfire92]

Best HR Derby performance ever I don't care how many you hit, I want to see them go far.

[@billycausgrove9657]

Josh Hamilton's performance makes this one look stupid

[@kidzbop38isstraightfire92]

@@billycausgrove9657 he hit alot, and some of them were way deep, but I don't think they were as deep as these...again, I don't care if you hit 100 homers, I want to see how far they can be hit...and nobody hits them as far as McGwire, nobody

[@jbeard82]

@@billycausgrove9657yeah if you like short distances HR’s. But you do you.

[@213idk]

It's hard to believe that this was already 20 years ago.

[@DannyDirtyDrawz]

tell me about it. thats crazy

[@bigpoison408]

I wish baseball players can use steroids. Baseball is so much fun when roids are involved.

[@DannyDirtyDrawz]

@@bigpoison408 lmao hell yea. I had no problems with them juicing

[@lloydkeaton2963]

M37 I guess we're getting old bro

[@aftrthejake6843]

I remember watching this live and eating meatball sub from Subway. Weird how you remember random things. 🤷 But I can't remember where I put my keys nowadays.

[@bowlnow824]

Mcgwire and Sosa saved baseball! Loved watching both of them play and hit home runs like it's nothing!

[@RobertDGordon]

This was 2 weeks before my son was born... he’s about to start his junior year in college. Time flies as fast as a Mark McGwire homerun. RIP Stuart Scott 👊🏾

[@cameronjordan6022]

fenway is such a great home run derby park

[@ragtopcat70]

Sad thing is 99 was the last time it was ever there. Since then it has been everywhere but there.

[@Bahllin9]

THE BEST era of baseball, ever. I don't care.

[@TheLocalLt]

8:15 RIP Stuart Scott

[@4208jason]

I dont know what to talk about, hows you golf game lol. Dude was awesome.

[@brandonblack40483]

TheLocalLt damn...... I miss Stewart

[@littlemoo52]

Stu Scott was cooler than the other side of the pillow.

[@Dunkaroos248]

Indeed

[@cflo1386]

Well missed, when espn was worth watching.

[@davidmsirois]

McGwire hitting over the Green Monster... the 90s were the best for so many reasons.

[@rogergodell1200]

David Sirois it’s as if it was the PG era lol

[@hectorlopez1069]

Steroids were hitting over the green monster.

[@RockinRob69]

*I don't care what ANYONE says....THIS was the BEST HR Derby...and in the BEST park!*

[@miketate8554]

Mickey Mantel vs Hank Aaron

[@jonnyblayze5149]

The best park for this specific derby because of the hitters involved. That's about it

[@davidnewcomb2431]

Being from west Tennessee...McGwire was my all time favorite Cardinal....we all was so proud of him when he was just destroying balls!!

[@calapsesathir4408]

Juice or no juice, I'm a simple sports fan. Entertain me

[@zachweaver599]

Juice em up

[@midrangetorque]

The ‘roid era was the best era! Yes, I 100% agree it’s cheating, but that era was SO exciting to watch!!

[@kyle2441]

We use to have chewing tabacco and ball players... now we have sensitive athletes and snapchat....

[@midrangetorque]

Kyle Annese Agreed!...super sensitive! And SOFT!

[@TheGoldenTrout]

Baseball had no problems profiting off of the steroid era and using it as a means to bounce back from the strike.

[@flipnotrab]

Show me correlation between ANY drug and eye hand coordination and you have a VALID point.

[@midrangetorque]

flipnotrab Agreed that drugs won’t improve hand eye coordination. They didn’t use drugs for that. Drugs weren’t needed for that. Drugs was the difference between a 300 ft fly ball and a 350ft+ homerun. The difference between a 350ft homer and a 400ft homer, and so on. Big homers and plenty of homers got you big contracts too. Drugs helped your strength, muscle fibers, and “quick twitch” muscles. Baseball is a game of inches right? Well, if you’re juicin’ and extra strong with a quicker than avg bat, you can wait a tick longer for a pitch which in turn lets you see the ball for a tick longer. It’s similar to seeing 95+ mph as if it were 85-90 mph...because their added strength & power allows them to wait longer. In baseball, that’s a huge difference!

[@baschfonrosenburg8003]

The sound of McGwire's bat is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard!

[@64CadDeville]

Best swing in baseball ever. Everyone looked happy back then too. Good times...good times

[@creepytoast23]

Wrong. Griffey had the best swing..

[@nicolasbaker9601]

@@creepytoast23 lol if nobody else had said it I would be wondered why not. Absolutely beautiful

[@williebeamen2x]

Griffen, Bonds , Shefield

[@hienzguedarian2477]

@@creepytoast23 nah, but you can just be a lemming and follow the choice every fool who doesn't know baseball picks

[@hienzguedarian2477]

@@williebeamen2x also Clark, Joyner, pujols etc etc

[@timoneil6675]

I miss these awesome days of baseball. Nothing but the best players of all!

[@faithfamilyandcountry7452]

I remember this night. I was living in St Louis but was visiting my grandparents in CA. I remember sitting in front of the TV watching with my grandfather and being so proud it was a Cardinal putting on the show. Great memories

[@matthewhowell1389]

Sammy and Mark deserve to get in for the simple fact that they brought people back to baseball after the strike. Everyone that walked away after the strike came back to be fans and people who really didn't care about baseball were glued to the TV to see Mark or Sammy hit a homerun that day

[@jodycwilliams]

100%. I was one of those people.

[@charlesmullins3238]

I was one of those who hated it and they turned me around…best times of my life

[@ARusso1192]

The 90s were a damn good time

[@jmm1817]

Not for music

[@mustang268]

@@jmm1817 you nuts

[@raiderscorpio562]

@@jmm1817 what music were you listening too , all of 90s were classics 😂

[@jmm1817]

Thats bs...I love to hear what Classics came out of the 90s

[@mustang268]

@@jmm1817 if you lived in the 90s which you obviously didn't you wouldn't ask such a dumb question guess you don't know who nirvana Shania Twain 2pac or oasis is lol

[@isaiasguerrero6634]

Miss this era of baseball 😔⚾💛

[@hectorlopez1069]

I don't because it's an era of steroids.

[@MrTee-hw7mp]

I had the privilege of seeing him take BP at the old Busch Stadium, once from as close as 30 feet during the 98’ race, and it was jaw-droppingly awesome. Majestic. It made me want to quit playing baseball. I’ll never be close to hitting the ball like that.

[@poindextertunes]

I got to see his BP at Kaufman and he was hitting balls not just over the fence but completely OUT of the park. It was amazing to watch

[@MrTee-hw7mp]

@@poindextertunes you a Royal’s fan?

[@monterutledge8317]

This was my childhood, watching these giants do their thing on the diamond. Scandals aside, was a wonderful time to be a kid and a baseball fan.

[@majorshrimp5394]

2:40 "Does it have enough juice to find the net?" If we knew then what we know now.

[@mr.timebombman2230]

His head got even bigger just like Bonds. Ridiculous.

[@strawberrycough22]

@@mr.timebombman2230 Not true Only gh can do that, in extreme cases Stop spreading lies Sports should legalize ped's Fucking stick ball, its a kids game Worship God Respect surgeons Enjoy athletes

[@charleswhitmerjr7554]

Oh big deal the old guys had coke the olders had booze they all had crutches.

[@mr.timebombman2230]

@@jorgedelgado8177 Yeah, Umm.... There's not usually the huge disparity in a few years like in Bonds ' case. Come on now!

[@strawberrycough22]

@@mr.timebombman2230 It's proportionate to growth. Are you this much of an idiot? Look at bonds pics now, his head is smaller, representing his smaller frame. You're crazy man.

[@Wolfman12395]

I honestly can't wait for the All Star game to come back to Fenway, 1999 was an AWESOME year. Can't believe that was 20 years ago!!!!

[@ryankoehler3170]

It was so exciting to watch him and Sammy. I'm a Cubs fan and for this rivalry to be in the same division was awesome

[@petepan9696]

Beautiful time before all the cell phones. In the moment having a blast in the stands.

[@350mack]

God i miss these days. Same as football, wwf/wwe and the nba. Man the crowd pop is gone today

[@Mr.Perry33]

Too many regulations in sports today which pushes fans away and isn’t as entertaining

[@trusteppakt5908]

Sammy Sosa the same color as Mark now 😂

[@x00p3]

He looks like a vampire.

[@trusteppakt5908]

x00p3 😂😂 fse

[@Devlins10]

@W MI knew someone would make a dumb race comment.

[@leyvaondabeatz2159]

x00p3 that dude was Neapolitan ice creme colors 😂

[@ja2357]

Lmfao

[@Darbobski]

The Steroid era feels like the WWE's Attitude Era.

[@350mack]

Yes ! Nba too

[@kbshowtyme]

That's the best correlation I have heard yet. I miss this period of sports.

[@bobsmith3457]

Big deal. Happy Gilmore accomplished that same feat no more than an hour ago

[@SandwichMan1764]

You need to play the ball as it lies! I had to hit off of Frankenstein fat foot!

[@ray817oneDEEP]

@@SandwichMan1764 I still hate Shooter til this day from that role.

[@KamalaToe]

“Well good for Happy GilmomoOHMYGAWD!!”

[@Apexjasonmorganllc]

That’s not possible sir

[@tomfoolery5033]

@@KamalaToe I think you wrote that as perfectly as he said it!!!

[@Gitfiddle]

I remember watching this. It was extraordinary.

[@1lenzter]

Mcquire and Sosa two of the greatest!

[@jkentuckybbn8849]

Them retro cameras take alot of focus off your immediate surroundings. Rip kid.

[@DirtyBeefCurtains]

Let players be juiced to the gills and play every sport. So much more fun to watch

[@seansmith373]

Facts

[@addisonhinson6290]

Only in baseball I think it shouldn't be a big deal cause it's not as physical.

[@ADT2695]

+Dirty Beef Curtains. Okay, Joe.

[@zachbartlett2829]

I agree. However the problem is that not every competitor would be willing to take them, so it would be unfair to them. But it would be insanely entertaining to watch a sauced out league

[@zachbartlett2829]

@Kenny Powers yea but then youd almost inevitably had some natural players that are still better than some of the sauced guys. They just dont want to take it. So youd have guys in a “lesser” league who are good enough to play at the top

[@Atmosrainmusic]

McGwire, Sosa and Clemens and a few others deserve to be in the HOF. They were an inspiration to countless kids in the 90’s. Including myself and McGwire was the reason I wanted to pick up a baseball bat. Juice or not they were the face of baseball in a time when it needed it most

[@safee4540]

You left out Bonds???

[@notglomethazine]

@@safee4540 Bonds should be number one for sure

[@safee4540]

@@notglomethazine 👍

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Clemens only used steroids when he was old.

[@steveharper879]

I agree. I was a huge baseball fan back then but never in my life have I cared much about any sport at all since then. Watching a sport, being a fan, its about a combination of entertainment and inspiration they provide and if the steroids add to that then so be it. Mostly every sport in the world has its viewer appeal enhanced by benefits of steroids and it would be better off accepted.

[@hurricaneaquatics]

I remember watching this. This was a fantastic time of baseball and the last of the great times of enjoyment. Who cares what they were on? The fans were together, having a great time, etc. Now all people seem to do is complain about everything. Bring back the good times, when men were men.

[@Fermion.]

Right, if some juiced up behemoths want to ruin their bodies for our entertainment, have at it, good sirs. My popcorn stands at the ready.

[@RushNZ]

I loved being a kid in the 90s because of times like this, MJ with the Bulls, all the great football, and then these guys in the late 90s saving baseball, sure they were juiced but come on that was the era, it was amazing to watch none the less.

[@donnelson826]

How can guys like McGwire and Bonds not be in the Hall of Fame? Just look at that crowd reaction to the greatest home run hitter ever.

[@mattmatt7072]

Because they were juicing at the time, but they are used sometimes for medical purposes. Unfortunately there's no grey area when it comes to rules

[@thomasmckenzie4584]

Why was Ben Johnson stripped of his 100 meter gold medal? Why was Marian Jones stripped of her 5 medals? These A-holes cheated the game of baseball, records that have stood for decades. They blew away these records by cheating, by taking steroids.

[@gpipeline]

you are clueless.

[@artemia79]

Because they blatantly disregarded the rules. To say they belong in the HOF is nothing but dumb. No Clemens, no A-rod, none of them "deserve" to be there.

[@ericbell1374]

Because they cheated their way into the record books. Theyre both insults to the sport

[@m.christopher8824]

1:35. Two Absolute Legends of the game, Hammerin Hank and Don Zimmer. They were before my time with two of my absolute favorites thanks to the internet

[@EthnHayabusa]

I have watched this video perhaps 15 times. Awesome.

[@tombambauer5220]

Bring back the juice!!!! Viewership and excitement will double. Damn it was a awesome Era.

[@1kennylo]

1999 was one of the best years of my life

[@seannews90]

God I miss this America 🇺🇸 !!!!

[@Mr.Perry33]

Before social media

[@juniormontero340]

Makes 22 years 😯🔥

[@waddles3858]

I loved the great relationship that him and sammy had.

[@3ll3nwood]

He hit some of the most EPIC, towering shots in the of any homerun derby. I remember watching this live as a kid and being psyched outta my mind!

[@mreco7896]

Roger Maris, you are the greatest.

[@hitmantwestsidebloodsstl677]

Mark McGwire number two all-time great Barry Bonds number one all-time great

[@joeykooreny5058]

Imagine the treat we would've had of there were timed rounds in the 1999 homerun derby.... What a waste of the steroid era

[@bodazaphfa]

These were the last days that I watched MLB.

[@donbohaven952]

That was fun to watch Such memories

[@jamessmith9946]

98-99 were amazing years in MLB

[@deanfender7965]

NO MATTER WHAT TOOK PLACE THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE ! SOSA AN MCGUIRE PUT BASEBALL BACK ON THE MAP .

[@baroqueguitarist5673]

Stanton hit 59 a few years ago. Really hoping Judge and Stanton can pull off a season like Maris and Mantle if they can stay healthy in the post steroid era. Love to see a player not on PED revive this record again. Watching Bonds, Mcguire, and Sosa chase the record was beyond exciting. Stanton hits some bombs with 118 mph exit velocity. Love to see a healthy season with Judge and Stanton getting 60 plus

[@SteveZ919]

RIP Stuwart Scott, as easily recognized as McGuire in his day.

[@kevinrock5942]

Legendary. Gives me chills listening to that bat.

[@gibshall2007]

Absolute favorite player growing up!

[@gregory46236]

3:06. Camera man runs over Kid.

[@seanwaz4675]

Pfiftyone Mustang inwatched this A few times 😂

[@one7deep7savage7]

Lmao

[@johnnylawrence]

And i bet it never made the news back then and people laughed and thought "kid get out of the way." Now, it'd be on NBC nightly news, a huge lawsuit, racial tensions, new regulations about fielding homeruns from the street, and social media uproar. Then in just a week something new happens and it's 100% old news.

[@DDunc1020]

@@johnnylawrence wow that was perfect, you are 100% correct sad world we live in now

[@VirantRoss]

Black kicks white

[@25patberk]

I keep looking at Sosa thinking imagine if we all knew what he would look like today 😳🤣

[@hectorlopez1069]

He looks disgusting with his new look.

[@Funrunner008]

Nice to see a guy in the stands who did all his baseball accomplishments without performance enhancing drugs in one Hank Aaron

[@hesper499]

Thats not true actually. Go look up a thing called greenies. Players were taking them back then

[@jodycwilliams]

They weren’t testing, and a lot of players were using other drugs and “enhancers” back then.

[@mikemeinhardt8555]

Oh the good old days of baseball when it was fun to watch!!

[@LiLgPnoy15]

A great year for baseball!

[@couchtours8323]

I've never liked so many baseball comments in my life!!! Damn life was good 20 years ago!!!

[@LambeauLeeeper]

When baseball was fun. Miss those days.

[@TiMOThy931GBO]

@7:43 Rafael Palmerio-“Im recording this for evidence so I can testify in front of congress.

[@JonJon-wf5yj]

"If I go down everyone goes down!"

[@GreekboyyD]

😂😂😂

[@Kolegate]

I remember that year. His home run hitting that year had all baseball fans enthralled with watching him. Fans would show up to the parks hours before the game in hopes of seeing him take bp. The Cards came to Cleveland one season and I still remember when McGwire hit the scoreboard during bp at the Jake.

[@elijahheadrick1389]

This has a WHOLE vibe. I love it.