Race for the Record - Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa 1998

[@theenglishman]

Steroids issue aside, this is the most 90s documentary I’ve ever seen. This editing is like a beautiful time capsule into straight-to-VHS sports featurettes.

[@cruztimothy8637]

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[@augustinejay3616]

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[@cruztimothy8637]

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[@augustinejay3616]

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[@mattallen2392]

I was 9 years old during the summer of ‘98 and it was a summer I’ll never forget. Life goes quick and people come & go but I’ll always cherish that particular summer and the great memories and the time I spent with people that I wish were still around today. The ballgames with my father, playing MLB The Show with cousins, pretending to be Big Mac while playing whiffle ball with my neighborhood friends, and staying up late with my sister in order to steal the TV remote, flip to ESPN, and see who took the homer in lead... These were great times with some great people who shaped my personality for the rest of my life. Say what you want about steroids but these two were a galvanizer for many people. That magical summer brought a lot of joy & optimism to this world and I just want to thank them for being a part of my childhood. This is what sports is about.

[@daryldixon3685]

Well said!

[@Drew-wo6xr]

@@daryldixon3685 Agreed.

[@pdxaviation]

Between this and Jordan’s 6th finals, that was a summer to remember for sports.

[@TomFoolery32]

I was 9 as well and this summer made me fall in love with baseball again, for awhile at least, I don't care about the steroid use because everyone was on em. This was such a magical time and I'm so thankful I was alive to see it and can still remember the feeling I had watching these guys race for it..

[@Mercy384]

You must be 32 by now

[@lz_377]

Everything about Griffey Jr. was awesome. His swag, swing, athleticism. Anyone remember “Hi this is Ken Griffey Junior. Let’s play Major League Baseball.” Also him and his dad hitting back to back HRs when they played for Seattle at THE SAME TIME! Just legendary lore.

[@bjacko5019]

Griffey became a crybaby when he went to Cincinnati,,Safeco Field was easier to hit home runs that Riverfront,,he wanted the fences to be brought in,,lol

[@TheWard1ne]

I loved that game!

[@patrickgray5633]

@@bjacko5019 your full of crap he was just frustrated over injuries one thing we know Griffey never cheated if he had his body would have healed faster like McGwires did or so MCGwire claimed he juiced just for health reasons which I don’t by it.

[@romeotangocharlie_7841]

Awesome game. I remember trying to get as many upper deck rookie cards of Ken Griffey Jr as I could. One the greatest no doubt.

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@AAsSpinebuster]

I never knew this video existed.... Thanks for posting this. 1998 was a hell of a summer

[@bobicabayo]

😎💪

[@v8Buster87]

Ken Griffy Jr was everyone's favorite if u grew up in the 90's. He changed the game....

[@mgloco88]

until he went to Cincinnati.

[@蓮90]

@Wade Everything was better in the 90s

[@brianhatfield2255]

I barehanded a foul ball off of Ken Griffey Jr. in a game with my parents, brother, and fiancé (now married 25 years)...still have the ball on my desk.

[@youzettasonsofdigits1639]

well for me being a Jays fan it was all about Shawn Green and Carlos Delgado

[@markdaniels7174]

He was a better all-around player than these two gents, and with a nicer swing.

[@angrylawyer3191]

McGwire: "I hit 70 home runs in a season" Bonds: "Hold my syringe"

[@number1chargersfan]

Can't agree more. Firm handshakes all around

[@julesbadguy5878]

It was the Cream. Lol

[@stingrey1571]

i dont blame bonds. mcgwire and sosa werent in the same league as bonds. he saw two mediocre players become great with steroid. what happens if a great player began using?

[@KillerFix24]

Jules Badguy & the Clear

[@austinstice3512]

@@stingrey1571 Mediocre? McGwire hit 49 as a rookie. He was an amazing player an amazing hitter.

[@robertfullmer2467]

Absolute pure nostalgia! I remember watching this all the time when I was little!!

[@williamarchibald1378]

I can't believe this was almost 20 years ago. Life was so much easier back then.

[@r.o.b8728]

because you were a kid not because life was actually better than now

[@randymunoz2496]

Almost half of McGwire's 152 hits were HRs. Thats insane!

[@ffhd1clt]

Randy Munoz That’s what juice will do for you.

[@dimbulb1178]

@@ffhd1clt That's what juice will do for a guy who's 6-5 and already rather ripped.

[@evildeadmitch]

@Some One apple juice.

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

A cheat is a cheat is a cheat.

[@youarerightboss]

He cheated*

[@snickerszn8459]

This was an awesome summer I remember turning on espn every am to watch the highlights. This was when baseball was awesome. Everyone loved it when it was happening and kinda knew what was going on. Then everyone turned on mark when he came out and said it.

[@PMKru]

Wrestling Was On Fire Too Lol Monday Night Wars. Almost Everything At This Time Going Was Golden In America

[@austinlyons8528]

These two guys provided us with some of the most exciting baseball moments ever. Try and match the feeling baseball fans had watching this. I loved it and still do.

[@zippygibbs20]

I dont celebrate cheaters, they will be in hell, with the entire Houston Astros team!!!!!!!!!

[@PMKru]

@@zippygibbs20 😂😂😂 Well Stay Bitter Nothing Is Perfect Neither Are People. Grow Up

[@llamov]

When people talk about beautiful swings years from now, Ken Griffey Jr will be mentioned with people like shoeless Joe Jackson and Ted Williams

[@13billydakid]

Facts!! Most beautiful swing in history

[@travisrowe7697]

He always was!

[@markdaniels7174]

Agreed. Perfect swing!

[@brssgarage90redmustang68]

He does but i think it shows more cause he's a lefty barry bonds swing is just as pretty

[@brssgarage90redmustang68]

Id like to see any average joe on steroids hit 70 homeruns off any major league pitcher my opinion if it did anything it made them healthy ballplayers mark hit 49 homeruns his rookie year skinny kid talents talent

[@JMON3Y0319]

Till this day havent seen a prettier swing then Griffey Jr.

[@remainloyaltoyour0wnsoil580]

You never will

[@outdoor802]

And the "then vs than" saga continues...

[@FredKershaw]

Babe Ruth man!

[@willzsportscards]

I liked Chipper's slightly more. Maybe because he was a switch and looked so smooth from both wings. But Griffey's is a thing of beauty as well.

[@JMON3Y0319]

@@FredKershaw Ruth had a pretty swing as well!

[@cheezychanel160]

This was my college days.. I'll never forget this season.. Hell of a season was this..😎

[@hectorlopez1069]

Hell of a joke season

[@davidmazzini783]

Griffey’s swing was beautiful.

[@highpowwered]

David Mazzini truly a spectacle.

[@obsidian00]

David Mazzini A freaking masterpiece that hangs in the Louvre...

[@obsidian00]

Danny Burke True story: I once body guarded for Chipper back in his hay day...when he was still married to his first wife...just shadowed him for a whole day of meet and greets...he was so hungover but he handled it like a champ! I was surprised how normal he was...wasn’t stuck up...just that guy you always liked hanging out with!

[@FreddyRuger-b6s]

Love Griffey Jr but he also took roids

[@BruteStrength99]

​@@FreddyRuger-b6s prove it

[@JuanAndres-fs7js]

i can't believe it's been 20 years!!!!

[@lancebaker1374]

Buy a calendar.

[@stewiegriffin1723]

21 now 😉

[@one7deep7savage7]

I remember watching Mark hit his 70th hr live...they stopped the entire game to give a speech

[@nickythebull82]

I’m horny

[@philiplopiano3759]

Crazy bro....

[@drew-i-joe1425]

One of if not the most majestic and most favorable memory as a 9 almost 10 year old little kid back in 1998 what an amazing and awesome year '98 was as my Tennessee Vols also won the national championship that same year

[@landencrabtree7642]

Drew&Brittney Collins your never see either one happen again

[@markdaniels7174]

I loved Mac’s graciousness with the Maris family. Makes your eyes wet. He didn’t have to give them anything but he did, and they really appreciated that.

[@joeclayton2121]

he cheated to break a hallowed record

[@patrickgray5633]

He disgraced Roger Maris & his family knowing he cheated to fraudulently break a record which he no longer owns in my book, & Barry Bonds doesn’t either. Cheating is Cheating there is no difference in cheating Steroid guys, Houston Astros, same offense cheating just did it in another way. It’s called a illegal competitive advantage.

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@joeclayton2121 Yes, now that you mentioned it, and in 2005, refuses to answer questions about Steroids use, instead saying, iam not here to talk about the past!!!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

By taking Steroids!!!

[@303Smilezzz]

Ken Griffy can always look back and smile and KNOW he was the best hitter of his era.

[@azson8670]

@Angree Grizlee it says alot

[@scottsummers4115]

Mark McGwire was the best hitter. But Jr was a damn good one.

[@igraham125]

Oh no Griffey was definitely the best hitter, for power and average and could spray it to each part of the field.

[@shrimpinainteasy7370]

The best ball player period of his era. The kid could play the outfield with the best of them too.

[@303Smilezzz]

@@shrimpinainteasy7370 no doubt

[@brian_brennan42]

This was still the most fun season of all time despite the roids.

[@Galantski]

And BECAUSE of the roids, too! LOL

[@NJDAVE]

Bring em back!!!

[@patrickgray1438]

tainted means 0 in just my opinion.

[@davidsaldana8526]

I agree and I'm a white sox fan. lol. I rooted for sammy

[@SlXkxmx]

So many people were on roids during that period and these two were the only ones doing this... It was amazing to watch.

[@chrisboz8173]

Gosh, I can’t believe this is on the internet now. I remember growing up going to buddies houses and watching this on VHS. Like this if you’re watching for nostalgia.

[@oscarcorrea3855]

I was 9 years old. Sammy Sosa and Michael Jordan changed my life. I will never forget this moment in baseball.

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

How insulting that is to your parents, did they raise you? Put a roof over your head, food in your stomach?

[@wadecooler7496]

This was blast to watch. I saw many of Sosa's homers live at Wrigley. Such a fun year.

[@hectorlopez1069]

When he was a black guy.

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@hectorlopez1069 Yes, now that you mentioned it, I looked up Sosa, he’s as white as a ghost!!!

[@johnpartee3539]

What a gr8 yr 98 was it was packed with Awesome things

[@ryann8680]

pitching against roided up cheaters makes what Greg Maddux achieved even MORE awesome..and yes some pitchers juiced but not greg..he won those games and cy youngs with wicked control and 75 mph breaking balls and 80 mph sliders...not 103 mph fastballs

[@paysonfox88]

Greg Maddux was a control GOD. Roided or not, you can't hit what you can't see. Now we got only 2 hopes for a natural 60 HR season. Giancarlo Stanton and Joey Gallo. I won't accept people saying Gallo isn't legit. Why? He plays HR derby in every single game. His whole game plan is all or nothing, and his team has accepted that. He's a guy who hits .200 with 40 of 80 hits being HR in 2 different seasons. The only thing keeping him on the field is the fact that he knows the K-zone so well that he walks 100 times too . He might be the first person in MLB history to end his career with more HR than singles. Right now he just hit his 100th HR vs 93 career singles. AKA -- when he hits singles, it's a mistake. If that man ever gets his average up to say .260 or .270 -- that would give him 120 or more hits, and 60+ HR the way he plays. Think of the HR as a 3-point shot in NBA. Before 2010 or so, the 3-pointer wasn't used as a primary weapon. It was only after the Warriors and Rockets put in the work and based their games around it, that the shot was used as a first option in each game., Gallo is going to hit 60 HR legit someday. It's the Rocket's 3pt shot mentality -- he's trained himself to take and make 3 pointers as a first option. He's going up to the plate, not to hit the ball where it's pitched, but to hit the ball into the stands as a first choice.

[@CSaw92]

Pedro Martinez too. 99 all star game

[@chuckyboy7940]

The pitchers were juiced too.lol

[@dimbulb1178]

@@CSaw92 That was the single awesomest performance in ASG history. It cost him big time, too, because he injured his shoulder, got rocked in his next start, and went on the DL. Had it not been for his overdoing it in the ASG, he'd have won 26-27 games with an ERA of 1.70.

[@CSaw92]

@@dimbulb1178 and he would've been MVP of the AL that season. If I recall, one sportswriter didn't think pitchers should be MVP... lot of bull.

[@blazingkush3813]

Griffey faded because he wasn’t using P.E.Ds imagine if he did

[@paysonfox88]

Also, Griffey hit 50+ hr several times, not just one or two lucky seasons. he was always a monster, and he almost always faded late in season due to exhaustion. It was common for Griffey JR. to be at 30 HR at all star time, he just didn't juice so his endurance faded late season and he always faded off.

[@blazingkush3813]

Exhaustion and injuries prevented him from seeing his full potential (both of which are helped by the “supplements” most of the other power hitters were taking), he had the best swing in baseball it was more technique than power, it was incredible. Dude was pure talent. And he’s still has a neck, not just a head on a tree trunk

[@Virtuoso191]

74 homers

[@IndependentThinker74]

Really? Why didn't Marris and Ruth fade?

[@idratherbefission]

@@IndependentThinker74 Because Ruth did not play 162 game season, nor did Maris. In fact Maris only played more than 140 games 4 times during his 12 year career. Until 1961 the league only consisted of 16 teams condensed mostly on the East Coast. So schedule was arguably a little easier as well. Regardless of that, neither of those guys played the field with such energy sacrificing their bodies in the field. Griffey was a 10x gold glove center fielder. Besides Willie Mays, name me another pure home run hitter who also happened to be a 5 tool player almost their whole career? I'll wait... And that is why Jr. was such a special player.

[@kamelody7285]

Wow. This was huge back in the late 90s . Time flies

[@mg3873]

I grew up a Cubs fan...still am and it's amazing to see one season of baseball (maybe more) where the Cubs and Cardinals put the rivalry down

[@potridge]

Lifelong Cubs fan here. After the 2016 World Series year, 1998 was my favorite Cubs season. Steroids or not, baseball that year was a thrill to watch!

[@geetarzzzz]

you like feets

[@Beetlejuice67668]

There have been many comebacks throughout history: Jesus was dead, but then came back as an all-powerful God zombie; Ryan O'Neal had his ups and downs, but is now back and better than ever. Well, my comeback is almost complete, and I can say that when it is complete, it will shake the pillars of this land ortown. My story is the story of a raging Christ figure who tore himself off the cross and looked at the Romans, with blood in his eyes, and said, My turn now, cocksuckers

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Kerry's 20 ks

[@lancebaker1374]

Drugs or not, Lance Armstrong was a thrill to watch!

[@potridge]

WastedYears do you like my feet?

[@sbrooks904]

This is why I even began to watch baseball

[@youarerightboss]

CHEATERS*

[@zippygibbs20]

Shame you don't understand baseball, it is meant to be a gentleman's game, not a game of cheaters.

[@remainloyaltoyour0wnsoil580]

Matthew Whitaker baseball sucks 😂😂

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

@@zippygibbs20 for over 100 years baseball has been the cheating sport. Idk where you got this gentleman's game talk from. Most of the early baseball legends were drunks.

[@zippygibbs20]

@@thecensoredmuscle563 it's a shame you, enjoy and endorse cheating. Right is right and wrong is wrong. Guess we know what you stand for in life. SMH🤮🤮🤮

[@Koduhhhh]

Young skip Bayless. Before he lost his damn mind lol

[@drewbreesisontrtsoistombra1813]

He’s always been a dunce. This was right after him making up that Troy aikman is gay. Dude is a fraudulent journalist and a dunce.

[@derekroberts5931]

@@drewbreesisontrtsoistombra1813 your proof?

[@drewbreesisontrtsoistombra1813]

Derek Roberts it was a story he wrote while covering the cowboys in the 90s that he made up. As for him being a dunce. He never uses any facts, he just cites non existent factors like clutch genes, and it factors. He’s the sjw of the sports world.

[@derekroberts5931]

@@drewbreesisontrtsoistombra1813 Yeah but Troy Aikman has 2 daughters?? Idk if he turned g@y etc though. However, I'd imagine when he played he was married...well, he has 2 daughters. So why would skip say that? Isn't he a cowboy fan? P.S..I.thought Romo had a good year or 2 left. Him with Zeke and 1 on 1 coverage? The same receivers they said wouldn't get open for Dak...Romo found a way to get them open. My 2 cents. I guess Romo was equivalent to your Troy Aikman in the 90s? Stephen Race Smith lol... SRS. Always brings race into every segment. Always thought skip...tbh I just watched him on first take and now with shannon.

[@drewbreesisontrtsoistombra1813]

Derek Roberts I agree Stephen Anus Smith is a clown as well. Shannon Sharpe is another dope too, but skip is the worst of the bunch. It’s like watching the special ed debate team. As for why he made up that aikman was gay. I think he did that for notoriety. It was the only way people would read his nonsense. Skip said he heard it from players, but he never gave a name of any source, most likely because he made that up too. What player would confide in that doofus.

[@dbecker33]

YES THANK YOU!!! I've been looking for this for years.

[@baotheboss]

Me too!!!

[@CarlosGomez-wl6uj]

What a Word by Sammy Sosa...... He is the man in usa and I'm the man in D.R🇩🇴.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Carlos Gomez I looked him up, he is white as a ghost!!!!

[@hectorlopez1069]

You guys are not the man in your country. You guys are the cheaters in your country.

[@notta3d]

Poor Jr. was probably like, "I'm having a hell of a year. WTF?"

[@xprincenaz21]

@Mark Jr. is better then them both

[@cameronlowrey9371]

Mcgiure oe sammy...luv them both! Neither were on griffs level...PERIOD!!!

[@cameronlowrey9371]

Im from Seattle btw so im biased lol

[@stingrey1571]

barry bonds had that same reaction which is why he began juicing. he had an mvp year...which sosa won.

[@Cableguy15]

@@stingrey1571 It's a shame that Bonds felt that way. He was a great player without the HGH. Arguably better when he was less bulky because he could steal bases and field more efficiently while still hitting for power and getting on base when needed.

[@BrandonTownsend]

You're awesome for posting this. I used to have this on vhs, and I don't think they have it on dvd. I've been wanting to see it again for a while, so thank you!

[@smill1985]

I still have it on VHS. I haven't watched it in a while.

[@yourface1218]

It's probably not on dvd since the MLB doesn't want to publish this ever again once it came out they were all on roids.

[@AstroFan428]

I watched the hell out of this VHS back in the day.

[@brandoncantrell3317]

Still believe 98 saved baseball after the strike year thanks for the upload great video

[@jamvan2k]

M Detlef actually the years following the strike, attendance was down, ‘98 brought it back up.

[@aaronolson5434]

1998 thank you mark and Sammy 2001 fuck you Barry 2005 capitol hill Rafael I never used roids 2005 canseco I shot up everyone

[@brandonreilly9360]

I totally agree with you. This was one of the most fun seasons of baseball to watch I can remember.

[@larrylindgren9484]

Saved baseball? How? Baseball will go on regardless of all the juicers.

[@scottb3034]

@@larrylindgren9484 they meant brought it back to relevance and its place in the big 4 American sports. Attendance and revenues were slumping. So it wouldn't have died but it very well could have been a shell of its former self in the public's consciousness.

[@TheTurboSmart]

The most exciting era of baseball i've seen.

[@lancebaker1374]

Yeah, just juice them up with drugs and you get excitement.

[@giomarmarch4548]

Yes I love Sammy and Mark...

[@sbrooks904]

Lance Baker if only they had drugs now

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@lancebaker1374 You’re right about that!!!!

[@christophergalarza-gomez8904]

I had the VHS ... watched it religiously

[@SaltyChip]

Pretty impressive to hit that many home runs while some of the pitchers they faced were juiced.

[@lifted1785]

i mean they were juiced too so

[@nicholasgonzalez6104]

Bro I never thought aboutt that .... the pitchers where cheating 2 .. fuck it

[@crimsontide1980]

@@nicholasgonzalez6104 Just let everybody use steroids, make it an even playing field. If you're not juicing then you just aren't driven enough to win.

[@consciousmusic9222]

probabaly the dumbest comment one could make. Lets let everyone cheat, and if they dont cheat their not driven. LOL @@crimsontide1980

[@larrylindgren9484]

So cheat to win. About right in todays world. If you can't win cheat. If it's not given to you cry about it. You are a sad person sorry to say.

[@PatrickGeorge97]

Love the gallop Sammy does when he knows he hits a homer and the stutter step around each of the bases

[@haroldgomez2524]

No matter what people say, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire and Barry bonds made baseball great in that era

[@hogg4229]

MCGwire is my favorite player of all time. Yeah he and many others (many who are in the hall of fame) took performance enhancers. The generation of players before them were on amphetamines. He hit 49 his first year in the league, and was a monster before the steroids. What he did in 98, and his personality, respect for others, and love for the game make him an all time great.

[@bobbyincidemetal]

Right!!! Mantle and tons of others were taking fucking speed and that seems to be okay but some steroids are a no no! It’s bullshit.

[@MAGA4EVA1986]

The truth is, YES THEY CHEATED, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. Guess what else they did? They brought EXCITEMENT AND EYES TO THE GAME THE LIKES OF WHICH WE HAVEN’T SEEM BEFORE OR SINCE!!! I grew up in Boston and even now 24 years later I remember Big Mac’s 1999 All Star game HOME RUN DERBY PERFORMANCE LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY!!! Don’t get me wrong knowing what we know now I have EVEN MORE RESPECT for guys like Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson who were able to DO IT NATURALLY but to act as though what guys like Big Mac and Sosa did with THE JUICE wasn’t impressive or didn’t help the game is A LIE!!

[@madeasimmons9746]

Oakland A's #1

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

The players took greenies which basically was speed, there not enhancers of anything, doesn't make you stronger, faster, recover from injury quicker, increase your testosterone , point I'm getting at is don't compare Mark McGuire who was jacked on PEDs to players who took speed, there's no comparison, not even close and for you to even bring this up shows that you are clueless

[@Panhorst]

1998 revived baseball for the world.

[@hectorlopez1069]

The year the Yankee won the world series

[@ripcity5033]

I still remember this race like yesterday. I was in elementary school

[@canag0d]

Lmao gotta love the stock music... Oh how I miss the 90’s.

[@philiplopiano3759]

Bro I just made that comment that the nineties were my favorite decade.carefree like a mfr back then.we weren't worried about kids shooting up schools,kids od'ing off fentanyl.the biggest threat was Halloween candy and pins put in the candy.

[@canag0d]

Philip Lopiano First of all I made a simple comment that wasn’t socially politically motivated. Second of all I disagree with you a lot. There were just as many horrible things to worry about in the 90’s as there are today. You’re looking at it through nostalgic lenses. In fact I argue that the world (for most people) has never been better than it is.

[@philiplopiano3759]

@@canag0d I disagree 100 percent and was just making a comment,dont care if you agree or comment or whatever. Enjoy your great world now with no movement and freedom.how that can be better than the nineties is beyond me but to each his own.lol

[@canag0d]

Philip Lopiano Lol good point. The 90’s were lucky and didn’t have a pandemic. So that means that since 2020’s have, the world is worse? 1917 Spanish flu bro... Was the world better than? How about rapists and pedophiles who could hide in 1990 because no internet... How about if a pandemic hit in 1990 and how much more fucked we’d be then than we are now? No I made a comment about how the 90’s were great. But it was far from perfect bro.

[@canag0d]

Danny Burke Thanks for the lecture on a completely different topic! Also the stadiums today are far superior lol.

[@draeco6875]

i like how Griffey was racing against a bunch of cheaters lmao

[@edjr672]

Right, because we know he was the only clean one. :eyeroll:

[@draeco6875]

Ed Junior he was easily the best clean power hitter of his era

[@edjr672]

@@draeco6875 you got the test, right?

[@SupraRy]

@@draeco6875 there is absolutely no concrete evidence saying that Griffey was clean throughout this, but also no evidence saying he was dirty. Baseball needed this season after the strike, and it just so happens you have 3 guys emerge to have a shoot out all season long and the record gets broken. This is exactly what baseball needed.

[@joshnic6639]

Lol this is the only time I’ve ever paid attention to baseball. They should legalize ped’s

[@manicmaniac3674]

One of my few childhood memories watching this with my dad

[@MarlonLopez11]

The times when Vizquel would play short so gracefully; making plays as smooth as a knife going through butter. No roids there.

[@scottmi645]

I remember Omar, it broke my heart when they traded him to Cleveland. They had some punk kid on the bench to replace him named Alex Rodriguez. Whatever happened to that kid?

[@iamjp1]

Scott Mi he became one of the greatest players of all time

[@scottmi645]

@@iamjp1 Uh, ever hear of sarcasm? lol.

[@iamjp1]

Scott Mi ..... uh, yeah, fuckface. not sure if you know this but arods pretty hated, punk isnt a good term, and sarcasm is hard to read in youtube comments, especially when you’re not good at it. piss off

[@scottmi645]

@@iamjp1 I'm sorry you're not good at reading.

[@rockyruane9379]

I tested positive for Roids just watching this.

[@drivewaystar6485]

Lmfao

[@hardy2k11]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidphillips8674]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@odisbrown6590]

Me too I hated the steroid era....

[@justthetip9228]

Why didn't you hit 70+ homers then.? Ahhh that's right talent.... I played college baseball, truth is peds have been part of the game since the mid to late 70s. People will try to act holier than thou but it's only a cover for self inadequacy. In 2021 virtue signals are the same as actual virtue action however. Only people guilty of anything is the fans of ignorance. FYI Griffey never took roids either. Just in case I read more stupid shit here.

[@hoosierflatty6435]

Thanks for the upload! Really takes me back to being 15 again and '98 was a wild year.

[@wednesday181]

Sammy Sosa signing Beanie Babies - the only way that could be more 1998 would be if he was sitting on inflatable furniture and Backstreet Boys was playing in the background.

[@JTM-Hunts]

wednesday181 Or if he pulled a Blastoise, don’t forget that.

[@cft3022]

So accurate

[@lancebaker1374]

No idea what you are saying, but I defend your right to babble on.

[@skinsman82000]

Lol, but 98 was a better time to live than now...

[@johnwray393]

It's also the only way a beanie baby would still be worth anything.

[@joherold]

Saved bball... Legends.. Sosa was so likable and macguire so gracious... 90s were great

[@luism.carrillo]

Griffey Jr’s swing was so smooth and just came natural to him. Good old 90s the best time to be a teenage baseball fan.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was better than anybody in this scene. His swing was so sweet .

[@HydroDiver]

At least McGwire eventually admitted the truth while Sosa suddenly forgot how to speak English.

[@lancebaker1374]

Admitting you used drugs to cheat doesn't excuse you!!!!

[@franciscomedinav]

The truth ?? MLB and the Government knew about the roids shit. Baseball business was suffering from the 1994 strike. The game needed some boost. These fellas did the job they were assigned, got Baseball Business back, and the were betrayed by the MLB and the Government..

[@hotdogwater7037]

@Trump 2020 no he turned into a pepto bismol-colored vampire

[@skymedic48]

Admitted?? horseshit! He blamed baseball. He said it was the "steroid-era". Garbage!! if that was true, EVERYONE in baseball, including pitchers, would have been doing it. They weren't good enough to hit home runs WITHOUT juicing, that's why they did it. Plain and simple.

[@hotdogwater7037]

@@skymedic48 you are correct, sir and/or madam. Mcgwire said "i wish i played in a different era" thats not accountability at all

[@DigitalENCOM]

I'm not saying its ok but PED's or not Mark and Sammy made us all fall in love with America's Past Time again.

[@lancebaker1374]

and Lance Armstrong's drug assisted Tour de France wins made us fall in love with bicycle racing.

[@grouchyoleguy]

@@lancebaker1374 .. you're full of shit... Armstrong was drug tested before every race and passed them all

[@jude999]

Lost the love here. I was cheated and lied to.

[@highlander49ca]

@@grouchyoleguy your an idiot it you believe that. He was good at cheating, but it's now proven.

[@derekroberts5931]

@@highlander49ca you're probably replying to teenagers.

[@bpbaseballcards4105]

First comment during the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020. When we had no sports at all watching this brought back the memory of how baseball was from 94-98 after the strike baseball was in ruins. These two no matter what they did to accomplish that it saved baseball and that’s what I remember them for...

[@kenmograd2009]

Who’s here after watching “Long Gone Summer”?

[@Kul9851CC]

I missed it last night

[@bensonnick169]

@@Kul9851CC Unfortunately, you didn't miss much.

[@l.rongardner2150]

I Googled, "better power hitting through modern chemistry" and ended up here.

[@billrowan1957]

I remember this whole year like it was yesterday. great memories, COMPLETELY different world....

[@renejimenez5068]

These two saved baseball. Period.

[@bobicabayo]

😎💪

[@erictheredlv]

As a kid McGuire was my favorite player but Griffey swing is still perfect swing in history of baseball

[@billjordan3952]

I remember this like it was yesterday time Flys

[@mikejackson2880]

Barry bonds was hitting home runs when he was in his mother's stomach. The Houston Astros cheated for 4 years shame on baseball. Pete rose should be in the Hall of fame.

[@ooammo632]

he will the day after he dies. if he wasnt such a moron he would already be in and probly managing. but how can you reinstate him when he keeps doing autograph signing events at ... LAS VEGAS CASINOS?? a true idiot

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

Barry juiced. Just look at the size of his head from when he first was on the Pirates, then to the Giants.

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

MUFC soccer = grass fairies

[@robertfullmer2467]

4 years? More like 2 years.

[@stevestringer7351]

Agreed!!! Rose should be in the HOF. His habits should not supersede his incredible accomplishments.

[@floppaturnt]

LOL homie fell through the tarp

[@kellyhryniuk1869]

Bob Saget 🤣

[@marvinmarvin6672]

Its where two tarps met

[@marcusmonroe7084]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kentparker3245]

In 98 they made it exciting a great year for baseball. Simple as that, a lot of fun to watch.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Exciting to use roids and hit joke homeruns

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@hectorlopez1069 More like the Summer of Steroids!!!

[@chrisherrera8728]

Bonds said, hold my JUICE and watch this......lol

[@franciscomiguelcasimiro4574]

Have to hit it pal , you can put anything you want in your veins but at the end? YOU HAVE TO HIT IT.

[@franciscomiguelcasimiro4574]

Have to have TALENT there's no other way

[@zippygibbs20]

Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Mark Macguire, A-Rod. Just today were celebrated as honorary Houston Astros!!!!!

[@Jiltedin2007]

Mark McGwire had 70 and Sammy Sosa had 66, both players crushed the season home run record of 61 hit by Roger Maris in 1961. A race that made both McGwire and Sosa "Sportsmen of the Year" by Sports Illustrated in 1998.

[@TheChosenOne161]

Ken Griffey is a better-hitter & fielder than sosa & Mguire

[@Ka_Gg]

Ken Griffey was just about a better hitter and fielder than anyone. That isn't saying much.

[@TheChosenOne161]

Griffey was Wayyyy better & the fact that he wasn’t on steroids says a lot

[@Ka_Gg]

@@YourName-jm7lz What kind of response is that? You people are special type of stupid.

[@06nemox]

Thanks Captain Obvious

[@vindigregorio6697]

Ken Griffey Jr. was definitely the man, BUT Mark McGwire started the Coronavirus handshake in 1988.. BEAT THAT!

[@robvegart]

Had Griff JR not been injured the few times he was, he would've not only broken the single season record for most HR's, but would've also probably been the all time HR king while being clean his entire career!

[@Phike9391]

Jr played 22 seasons n had 640..big Mac played 15 n had 590...if Mac played 22 years he would of CRUSHED the record... But your point still. Stands

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

hypothetical what if's are for losers

[@1flynlow]

Ken Griffey Jr had the best video games so he's the winner

[@larrylindgren9484]

Has Mac not juiced up he'd have not even been close. He was a terrible hitter. Swing hard and pray the pitcher hit his bat. He'd fit right in with the clowns of baseball today. Strikeout 15 times in a row? So what I hit a homerun on the 16th time. Exciting.

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

@@larrylindgren9484 Hey pal Mac was a .263 BA career hitter.. I think you better update yer math skills.. under your pathetic interpretation he is 1/16 every time at bat. Also *Chump* regardless if he was juiced up or not he still hit almost 600 HR's and had a career OBP of .400 . Also a 12 time All-Star.. Gold Glove winner and 2 World Series rings.. learn a little about the game before you comment next time

[@vindigregorio6697]

Mark McGwire started the Coronavirus Handshake in 1988!

[@adamdorgant9454]

Him and Jose Canseco, now that you mentioned it, glad you brought it up

[@michaeliii6250]

28:00 Griffey starts to fade. "Maybe the strain of summer was taking its toll." Willful ignorance. Willfully, preposterously ignorant.

[@Iron2468]

🤣😂😂😂

[@michaelgass6607]

I was in left field upper deck for McGwire s 60th. Never heard a crowd so loud before or since

[@CSC52698]

What a time it was to be a baseball fan.

[@DBEENE123]

up into the night, into the upper tank, ARE YOU KIDDING ME! - Love that call

[@justenmora2099]

I didn’t mind the steroid era.

[@randyrysdale852]

you did what you did, ya still gotta hit the ball

[@alphabeta4028]

You didn't mind, but you DO now?

[@anonymouscustomer7781]

Alpha Beta at this point I’ll take anything. I’ve been excited to watch my little brothers competitive team 😂

[@jdisdetermined]

Same. Made things interesting.

[@lewisfrazier3506]

So cheating is OK? DUH!!!

[@lazygamer4746]

I wish baseball was this fun again. It was my favorite sport in the 90s. Now, I don't even watch it.

[@makpunchout3315]

Cry Baby🍼

[@Jeff-mn1uq]

Hi idiot im Jeff.

[@dimbulb1178]

The Cubs & Nationals winning seventh games didn't rev you up? I'll take that over 70 HR seasons any day.

[@dawoool]

Henry Aaron is still number one on my book. He played 23 seasons and rarely missed games due to injury. He never even had a 50 HR season. He had 8 seasons of 40 or more, first one at 23, last one at 39. Interestingly, he had 4 44 HR seasons. Lifetime .305 hitter. 180 pounds as a rookie, 180 pounds when he retired.

[@elhombrenegro4999]

dawoool i doubt Henry Hank Aaron was an 180lbs as a rookie and retired 23 years later at that same weight and i'm sure Aaron took and recieved some kind of treatments and shots to keep him going strong for 23 years playing in over 162 baseball games a season for that long of time

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

@@elhombrenegro4999 are you saying that Hank Aaron did things to himself such as the shots you mention that he was doing pretty much the same thing as the Ped users and they were all on the same level? If that's what your saying your as dumb as a bag of fucking rocks, Hank I'm sure took some cortisone shots which is a steroid but it's not a performance enhancing one, Mark McGuire was stacking, when your stacking your sticking a needle in your ass and your also taking them orally, it's a high octane of juice being put into ones body making you so much stronger and alot bigger, dude you are so clueless, sit down and stop making an ass of yourself

[@watchdawg1103]

This home run race was one of the most exciting things in baseball. Steroids or not, it revitalized the sport. Especially when you consider Griffey hit 56 and that seemed to have been lost in all of this (and can we just appreciate how sweet of a swing he had).

[@angelynnemayfield8364]

It was fake,not exciting.

[@godusopp2752]

This was the most exciting time of baseball imagine being 15 sprinting home to watch these behemoths just destroy baseballs

[@brisharrell2610]

Every1 comments on steroids, it ain't like they were on the kind body builders & wrestler's use. They was hitting them there whole time playing ball. At the end of day u still have to connect on a 90mpg small ball. Roids might help with the extra distance. If y'all took triple roids u couldn't hit 20 homers in a mlb season if 1

[@Hills2319]

@@brisharrell2610 the hardest thing in sports is hitting a round ball with a round bat and making it go straight. Roids don't help with hand eye and timing

[@Hills2319]

Hell I was 6 and loving every minute

[@tyson6819]

So happy Griffey was always my favorite player!

[@steveN111333]

This was a great film, so much hope and so much innocence......but then you remember the roids :(

[@lazygamer4746]

Dont care one bit. This was when baseball was fun

[@stevelewis1982]

@@lazygamer4746 It was the worst time in baseball history. A complete disgrace.

[@paulcrowley5538]

look at how skinny McGwire was in his rookie season. That's hysterical.

[@sludge4125]

I have had dipshits say that isn’t true. Then I show them a picture of his first baseball card.

[@CH-jy7ir]

Body shaming is not acceptable in this day in age. Sick fck

[@franciscomiguelcasimiro4574]

and hits 49

[@kennyhouser3467]

It's pretty obvious that he was juicing but I was 6'3" 170 lbs when I was 22. Then 10 years in the Army and I was 245 lbs. It's not out of the ordinary for men to thicken up as they age. Yes, he took it to the extreme but that isn't necessarily a give away. He was still a pretty big kid then and hit 49 as a rookie. Barry Bonds on the other hand, was an actual skinny dude and looked like the Hulk by 73...

[@jeffmilroy9345]

Wake up Babe Ruth? Neither could even shine his shoes. Babe is resting peacefully.

[@bosox40oz]

I miss "black" Sammy

[@simrdownmon6431]

Mark Mcguire 'Big Mac' and McDonald's 'Big Mac', both shot up with artificial growth hormones. One made America ashamed and one made America fat, both deserve same place in history.

[@joserbordasmd]

simrdown mon 😂💉

[@sludge4125]

Bosox, some of us like Sammy Light better.

[@whelpthereitis2577]

@MANCHESTER UNITED ahhh, I love soccer but... In 235 of the countries you speak of they wouldn't know what soccer even means until you call it Fussball or Fifa. The Money made internationally in baseball actually exceeds what is made in soccer so capitalism and consumerism will rule there. Also, this video sucks, you could have just said that. Please reply, I would love to reply with answer that will easily diminish your higher ego.

[@ajeroneski7338]

Clone sammy is white..they messed up lol

[@ohbrother8530]

I remember when Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock's record just because he worded that he's the greatest now everybody went off on him but he never was a cheater.

[@aaronolson5434]

Just like griffey 1st ballot...no roids class act on and off the field.bonds mcgwire look like skinny bitches on their rcs.griffeys body change was due to age and not taking care of his body.still 600 plus drug free homeruns.....

[@mzcomicattack]

Aaron Olson bonds was a hell of player before the roids. And you saying he was skinny is ed. He definitely got bigger but he would still beat the fuck outa you his rookie year. He was still buff lol. And steroids ain’t gonna make you hit 700 hr or else I would do it lmao

[@mtmatt8958]

Great upload, thanks 👌💯

[@zippygibbs20]

Ken Griffey Jr. Was 10 times the baseball player as Sammy Sosa, Mark Macguire, and Barry Bonds all combined!!!!!!!!

[@renejimenez5068]

Matthew Whitaker @ long swing though

[@harryjannings4398]

You are a total and complete IDIOT

[@zippygibbs20]

Why am I a total idiot?

[@harryjannings4398]

@@zippygibbs20 Ken Griffey Jr. Was yet another cheating fuck they all should be banned from baseball, his talents where no better than any of the rest!! If he was the best why did he resort to that type BULLSHIT

[@lainiwakura4678]

Bonds was a great ball player before he started roiding. Was a 40/40 guy and could have continued being as such until he got older.

[@realrains1746]

Ken Griffey Jr. The Goat. The Goat. This was what brought fans to the park. Steroids or not. I'll never forget this period in baseball.

[@1980RicoSuave]

McGuire and Sosa SAVED Baseball that year - steroids or not - 1998 became the most entertaining season in MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL history. Thank you, Mark and thank you, Sammy !

[@1980RicoSuave]

@Angry Grizzly Thank you for your utterly useless retort. If you are looking to deny the rampant steroid use by McGuire during that time, you better educate yourself, as he admitted it himself publicly. Check google. Also, I am sure Sosa was guilty of it, as well, however, he never admitted to it. Once again, it doesn't matter to me as it made watching Baseball that much more exciting that year - juiced balls and juiced players.

[@sirq4767]

Lived and witness these years back in my early teen years.Was awesome to watch,but broke my interest in the MLB once the #$&+ hit the fan for both players.

[@PoorMansPreparing]

"Bonds would take some steroids, Mark would take a little bit more."

[@jakefurlong4737]

This movie was all I watched as a little kid!

[@robheaton]

Remember Ozzie Smith’s short-lived broadcasting career? This video remembers.

[@JoeCnNd]

I never watched baseball. You damn right I watched this though.

[@thefancaste1326]

When the fans of the opposing team cheer in their own stadium, you know it is special.

[@JD-hc1sr]

If Selig is in the HoF these guys should be too.

[@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz]

Selig, worst Commissioner ever in all of sports history (that's saying something considering that sorry ass racist Kennesaw Mountain Landis). Notice how well HIS team, the Brewers, benefited from his time in office. While others were almost taken out of existence.

[@KnickKnack07]

I'm pretty sure it is around 6 or 7 years old that you mature out of the "B-b-but HE did it too!" as an excuse. Just because they make a mistake once doesn't mean they should keep doing it. So, I guess my question is, at what age did you stop maturing? Do you go by J D because you can't remember how to spell your full name? OR is it just easier for your mommy to sew JD in your underwear.

[@stevelewis1982]

@@MichaelSIngle-gn9qz nobody cares what your sorry ass thinks

[@Britton_Thompson]

@@KnickKnack07 I would argue Mark McGwire has a stronger case than Sosa for the HOF because McGwire had been a power hitting meathead his entire career already, before turning to PEDs in the mid 90s. He set the MLB rookie homerun record in 1987 when he hit 49 homers in his first season. Go back and look at tape of McGwire playing in college & the minors- he was a big guy who could hit the ball a country mile his entire life. I don't put McGwire on the same level as guys like Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds. Those two spent the first half of their MLB careers being lean, agile guys who covered a lot of ground in the outfield while on defense, and being base stealers who had to manufacture their runs on offense. The difference is night and day when you look at how much their bodies mutated over the course of one offseason. At least Mark McGwire had always been a big, strong slugger the entire time.

[@ajcap]

Britton Thompson but it still doesn’t make it right for McGuire to use band substances. What about the pitchers ? The HRs he hit to change the course of a game. It effects a lot. He cheated .

[@ryanmorrison3699]

Both Sosa and McGwire were such great guys in the game. So humble and likable. No one deserved it more than them

[@lancebaker1374]

Both pumped up with illegal drugs. Do you also cheer for Lance Armstrong?

[@cedricgist7614]

Thanks for not mentioning the specter of steroid use. Your comment was refreshing.

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@lancebaker1374 You’re right about that, and to this day, Neither one of them have been Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame!!!

[@roccosteo8328]

I was 16 the. And these guys were like gods. Lucky to have lived in St. Louis for the summer of 98.

[@kenfung664]

Will the amount of times steroids mentioned in the comments break the hr record