SEA@CWS: Cameron hits four homers in the game

[@kvernon1]

I can't recall ever hearing less enthusiasm for such a profound sports accomplishment. The guy hits 4 home runs in a row, and all Hawk Harrelson can say as the last one is on the way is, "I don't think that's going to make it". Would love to hear the Mariners' announcer describing the action!

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Then for find the video and shut up! Man, whining about the White Sox announcer not rooting for the Seattle players. Guess Harrelson should have just loved it when the Sox lost....smh.

[@johana.7281]

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[@justaguy7548]

@Jonathan McCully doesn’t matter tbh

[@EchoesDistant]

Here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWnSi4dogqhoZ8U

[@redhotchilifan98]

Harrelson is the bottom of the barrel in terms of announcers. If it doesn't benefit Chicago he'll give no props. He's a bum.

[@locdog249]

Another forgotten fact is that Cameron robbed a grand slam for the final out in the bottom of the first. It had to have been his greatest all around day as a player. I was there with my dad who passed away the following year. I will never forget that game as long as I live. It was also memorable because my alternator died on the drive home and we had to walk the last mile home around 1 am, but man, did we have some great stuff to talk about.

[@randyh.7782]

That's cool that you were able to attend this game in person with your father. My grandfather is the person who helped me build a love of baseball. I'm originally from the Bronx and I should've been a Yankees fan, but since he would always take me to Shea Stadium as a kid, I became a diehard Mets fan.

[@mickeydillon9754]

So technically, his contribution should count for about 8 runs, since he took four from the Sox and added 4 for the Mariners. Not quite the 12 RBIs Mark Whitten had, but what a game indeed!

[@jordangish4091]

This video should show his fifth at bat. Cameron hit it to the warning track in deep center.

[@bigfly3030]

Michael Johnson that is my dad

[@Tazer183]

I'm sure the announcers were mumbling "oh pretty good catch by... Cameron"

[@spy1965]

If I remember correctly, his 5th AB was hit to the warning track....close to 5 HR's in one game.

[@MondayTage]

Fili Buster I know and I really want to see it. If you can link a vid I'd be pretty greatful.

[@jakek1432]

yeah he hit to the warning track in right field...would’ve been insane

[@rinoz47]

Thats the most mariners thing ive heard in a while

[@suriyaphromnopavong5272]

it was. and he took that 3-0 pitch before it right down the middle.

[@nelsonmelon2985]

Yes, it was. I was at the game and remember that. I would like to see his last at bat.

[@DisappearingBoy2010]

Could the announcers get any less excited about 4 homers by a player in a game?

[@jdspreest]

yeah, it's that idiot Hawk Harrelson..what can u expect out of him? Now had it been a "good guys" player, he'd be nutting in his pants with his annoying ass "you can put it on the board, YEEEEES!" call.

[@alltheDCteams]

Why would the announcers get excited, its an AWAY TEAM DOING THIS. Hawk Harrelson works for the White Sox, so why would he-or any announcer-be excited when a player for the other team hits a home run? When the 4th dinger was hit, and history was made, he did get excited though. Not for the home run but because baseball history was made.

[@alltheDCteams]

jdspreest Hawk isn't an idiot, he does his job well. His job is to call the game and talk about it FROM A WHITE SOX POINT OF VIEW. He shouldn't get excited when the other team does well, no announcer should. And obviously he would go crazy if a "good guys" player hit 4 HRs, because thats the team hes supposed to get excited about. And I'm not bias cause I couldn't care less about the Sox, im a Nats fan.

[@CNep99]

alltheDCteams Try watching video of Shawn Green's 4 home run game and any other game where something historical happens. Most announcers are also fans of baseball and are excited to see once in a lifetime things happen.

[@deadhardy]

alltheDCteams pretty sure Hawk is regarded as one of the worst if not the worst announcers in baseball

[@coolguy02536]

"That might be the first time in history that two guys...have hit two homeruns...in the same inning... ...and I am completely ecstatic."

[@metzgermeisterfuchs]

I remember listening to this game on the radio. Dave Niehaus was a boss.

[@DavidGee51]

Three of them to dead center, and in his sixth plate appearance he lined out to the warning track in right field after taking 3-0 the previous pitch. He also got plunked in his fifth plate appearance (accidentally).

[@BaseballDaysofYore]

no Dave Niehaus on this vid? You gotta be bleepin' me!!

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

It does exist, here's the link...kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWnSi4dogqhoZ8U

[@robertbroatch4263]

@@JohnSmith-op1tc The two calls could hardly be any more contrasting.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

The Hawk has taken his bag of sourballs to the golf course.

[@riding4beers889]

This was a crazy month in 02, Cameron's 4 homers, shawn green's 4 homers, giambi's walk off grand slam

[@JP-xo6bp]

Juice

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

Steroid Green?

[@Trageikeman116]

This is the greatest individual performance in baseball history. Yes, other players have had statistically similar games, but what isn't included in this video is that Mike Cameron robbed a homerun in Centerfield during this game and in his final at-bat hit one that was caught by the right fielder with his back literally against the wall.

[@SFK360]

Dane S He also hit another one deep and was intentionally walked. On top of that, he and Boone went back to back twice. Just a crazy ass game in general. On a side note, why the fuck is that idiot Sox commentator on the call?

[@massimmortal]

***** twice in the first inning if I recall correctly

[@SFK360]

massimmortal You mean Boone and Cam? Didn't remember that.

[@SylviusTheMad]

+James Jackson Yeah, the Mariners scored 10 runs in the first inning, with Boone and Cameron hitting back-to-back jacks twice in that inning. Only time in MLB history that's ever happened. Check out Baseball Reference for the detailed play-by-play.

[@TheRmm1976]

No it wasn't, those were all meatballs from the same terrible pitcher (Jim Parque) who had no business being in this game.

[@JustSayMilo]

HE ALMOST HIT 5 BUT FLEW OUT AT THE WARNING TRACK

[@jjwise232]

How did Jim Parque stay around to give up 7 Home runs. That's more rare.

[@TheRmm1976]

How did Jim Parque make a major league roster? ERA near 10.00 his final 3 seasons.

[@benhen7764]

Sox just decided to lose the game and let him wear it.

[@jimmiepulaski3488]

Hawk Harrelson is the worst commentator that ever lived.

[@alltheDCteams]

Its an away game and the team he worked for was getting crushed. Of course he wasnt excited. No announcer would be excited in a 15-4 blowout loss.

[@andyquirk9985]

alltheDCteams It was a home game for the Hawk, white sox broadcaster

[@jpta162]

alltheDCteams But at least they would have more interest. I mean FOUR home runs!

[@DrBeef216]

alltheDCteams Who cares? Four home run games are rare, historic events. If you're a baseball fan, you should get up on your feet and get pumped up for that. Tell ya' what - if Tom Hamilton or Vin Scully were witnesses to an opposing player do that, those two would be moderately pumped up - because they're more than just pouty homers.

[@sean492]

I was actually at this game. Glad I didn't have to listen to Hawk. Most biased, annoying announcer in sports.

[@jerhoeck]

And I'm pretty sure he had a deep fly out in his last atbat, if I remember correctly.....remember ESPN going live in the ninth.

[@spencerhinds]

Yep. It was about 5 feet from the fence.

[@Konyak0]

Yea, if I remember correctly, it got to the warning track.

[@ricmeyer9300]

Thats what I love about baseball. Fans know when they see someone accomplish something great. Even the White Sox fans clapped. awesome

[@JoesGLI]

Yep MLB, I feel is the only sport at the major league level to show overall sportsmanship continually. Players don't do a dance every time they hit a homerun, or when they turn a double play. At most you get a more theatrical bat toss like Bret Boone's bat flip he used to do. Or the sweetness of the best swing in baseball history that of Ken Griffey Jr. I think it's gotten so ridiculous especially in the NFL. Players perform some stupid dance or pose for the most mundane of actions, wow you tackled the guy after gaining two yards this calls for a celebration. I still like watching football, and to be fair it's a totally different type of sport with high energy as opposed to baseball's more even pace. I actually backed up the clip just to watch the White Sox fans who went from sitting to standing ovation for Cameron. Showing respect to an opponent's player for accomplishing a feat few have been able too. Only 16 times in MLB history and this is tracing back into the late 1800's. It's only happened 4 times since Cameron did it here in 2002. Good stuff, great player, great fans.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

I loved watching Cameron playing for the Mariners.

[@ChauncefordBillups]

All class from the White Sox fans there w/ the standing O

[@CNep99]

Totally forgot that him and Vizquel (I think) each hit 2 homers in the first inning.

[@jbris21]

Look at all the home sox fans stand up and applaud after Cameron hit the 4th homerun. Anyone who follows baseball should know that this was an impressive accomplishment regardless of what team you root for. Instead the announcer says "I dont know if he got enough of it" in the most mono tone voice. and then when it leaves the yard he continues to pout and shows little to no appreciation. What a classless homer.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

Cameron began his career as a member of the White Sox, he had been an 18th Round Pick who made the big club to stay six years later, in '97.

[@PhilWood82]

That's White Sox announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson calling all of Cameron's home runs, in case anyone was wondering. LOL

[@KevinCantWait08]

Yup. He goes absolutely ballistic every time the White Sox hit one ("he's put it on board... YES!"), but is quiet as a church mouse when the opposing team hits them. Can you say bias?

[@barber215]

***** you call him what you want, but he takes it as a compliment when he is called "the biggest Homer in baseball". He loves his ChiSox, no doubt. I agree he could be a little more enthusiastic about 4 homers in a game, regardless of which team it is, but he is a big Homer for his Sox. When my M's play the White Sox, and when we are able to see it televised on both Seattle and Chicago networks, we watch on the Chicago network just to hear him get pissed off at his Sox losing heh

[@tomservo2202]

@@KevinCantWait08 how the hell is he supposed to react? People that constantly bash hawk are either morons or young

[@KevinCantWait08]

Classy White Sox fans, classless White Sox announcer.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

You are a fool!

[@tomservo2202]

dude stfu. Hes a white sox broadcaster. Hes not supposed to be neutral. Dumbass

[@MichaelWilliams-cd9if]

Pathetic commentator. I get that his team are being trounced but Christ, you'd find more personality in a corpse.

[@Slipknot5301]

Kato Robinson it's hawk harrelson, the worst commentator in baseball history

[@theitalian556]

Kato Robinson LoL true, You almost need to slap the guy acrossed the face to get a response from him.

[@dzanier]

Agreed. Terrible job by the Hawk.

[@Specterling]

I can't believe Jerry Manuel left Parque in the game long enough to get torched for four homers by the same guy. Was the bullpen unavailable?

[@Isidorios]

"Only" 3 were off of Parque, the first was off of Rauch, who gave up 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning. And Manuel was at that point waving the white flag and just trying to eat up innings to get the game over, as he couldn't see coming back. Parque was in until his pitch count came up, regardless of how well or how poor he did. Not saying that's a good strategy, but you see managers do it to "save" the bullpen.

[@brandonwilliams8220]

yea my little bro playing for his program here in georgia this year the Mariners

[@voicevitality7197]

You'd get more enthusiasm from an NPR announcer.

[@danteatkins71]

I never knew this guy played like this. I worked out with his son here in Georgia before he got drafted in the first round... I guess you never know who you'll meet.

[@jet632]

man this hawk is such a homer. ridiculous calls

[@flame-sky7148]

"I don't think he got enough of this one" Gee Hawk don't sound too excited, it's only going to be his 4th homer of the game.

[@chocolatechipslime]

An almost empty stadium missed a great display of power, Cameron and Boone went back to back twice in that game as well

[@rowanland8742]

why couldn't they use the save niehause commentary

[@bimmerboy50]

Jim Parque coaches a team I used to play here in Washington. I’ve always been tempted to ask him about this lol

[@treatmentbound]

Don't bother...his neck is still probably "strained" 16 years later.

[@spy1965]

@@treatmentbound Whiplash

[@donkeykong4712]

I heard he almost hit a 5th homerun too! 😲😲😳😳

[@jpsned]

Yup, he got it to the warning track.

[@Nugglashine]

These are the White Sox announcers. Since it was a game in Chicago, I think they just used the local broadcast of the commentary. I think the M's announcers were Rick Rizz and Dave Niehaus back then. Both Rick and Dave are easily identified by their voices and this is neither of them.

[@IvoryNerva]

They should've showed the fifth one that almost got out.

[@Sherpaful]

Yeah, I remember that. He drove it to deep right field as I recall

[@d820m]

why did they not show Bret Boone's hr's before Cameron's first two?

[@newtheis]

I wish they would have shown his fifth at bat. It was heading out, a 385 ft shot, just hit it too straight

[@robashlicarrafa4876]

Griffey for Cameron, Tomko, Perez and a minor leaguer in 2000 goes down as one of the worst trades of the first decade of the 2000s. At the time I thought the Reds got a steal. They basically gave up one good player in Cameron for The Kid who was on track to go down as one of the most iconic players to ever play the game. But an assortment of injuries and other factors more or less ruined Griff's career almost immediately in Cincinnati. And he crippled the entire franchise for nearly ten years with his contract. Cameron on the other hand joined a great ball club who a year later won the most games in history. And the trade pushed him into the spotlight. In Chicago and Cincinnati he was just another guy. He became a team leader in Seattle. And he became arguably the best defensive CFer in the game. A title Griffey carried for years. And Cameron's all out hustle and energy and his bat equaled or surpassed Griffey's each year until he left Seattle. Tomko did nothing in Seattle. Perez had a little hype as a mid level prospect when Seattle got him. But Cameron and the M's were hands down the winner of the deal.

[@RojoCube]

Almost hit 5 home runs with his last AB a fly out to right field

[@mrsir1872]

and this is why griffey wasnt in center in the 2000's.

[@f00zh]

no Dave Niehaus?

[@cangri1788]

f00zh kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWnSi4dogqhoZ8U you can thank me later

[@treatmentbound]

R.I.P. - Dave Niehaus.

[@EchoesDistant]

@@cangri1788 Thank you!

[@stantonthezag1109]

As noted by the announcer after the 2nd homer, this was the first (and remains the only) time that the same players hit back-to-back home runs in the same inning - an even rarer feat than Cameron hitting 4 HRs in the game! Ah, the steroid era.

[@jeffshillcutt6818]

who was the other guy?

[@tmorelli1982]

Bret Boone

[@jamesbowman8138]

Hawk was at 911 he was still scarred psychologically

[@digbysgm9713]

played against his son in little league this is pretty much what he did if you pitched strikes to him

[@TrainScott]

Too bad they didn't have Dave Niehaus's voice in the footage.

[@tony--pajamas]

Good thing nobody was there to see it.

[@bigfly3030]

That is my dad

[@daltonross4316]

I know their squad was getting killed but this might be the least dramatic announcing job of all-time

[@flame-sky7148]

I guess Hawk sees 4hr games all the time.

[@eld94lap]

there's like no one in the stands

[@mattkolz6329]

Worst announcers ever.

[@mattgrant7155]

They seriously didn't have the exciting Mariner announcer call here? Wow....

[@seandonnelly5272]

I thought the commentator got a little too emotional here. Totally unprofessional. Sad.

[@TheRmm1976]

For those saying Cameron had the best individual performance in history, keep in mind the pitcher was TERRIBLE. Jim Parque had an ERA of nearly 10.00 in his last 3 seasons. The pitcher should have been pulled from the game, and furthermore not even in MLB. Every HR was a meatball right down the middle of the plate!

[@bobbyg433]

My God that ballpark is hideous. The seats in the upper deck are a mile away. It really is the worst park in baseball

[@PicoRiveraCalifornia]

That was on a thursday. If anyone cares.

[@jpta162]

That's more interesting than this announcer.

[@seahawks1185]

He also gave up a HR to John Olerud on the next pitch, lol jk.

[@oldgreg1184]

ive always hated the white sox announcers. talk about sleepwalking your way through an amazing performance even joe buck had emotion for mark whiten

[@ericstewart0921]

lamo at this pitcher just hanging breaking balls over the middle. Batting practice.

[@klunny998]

these are boring commentators

[@highwaymaintainer]

How strange that soooo many players are completely forgotten? Guess it shows how trivial baseball really is

[@ASAPBlazed]

Delgados was way better

[@ASAPBlazed]

But then again he didnt have the career Delgado had

[@jeffshillcutt4173]

Domo arigato Carlos Delgado

[@jostopholees]

The best part about this was harralson sounding so dejected. pro-wrestling announcers are better than that guy.

[@Spencerf16]

the announcers were so boring back then

[@mcbigswig1569]

ToquitoSlayer No, for some unexplained reason, this video uses the White Sox announcer feed, (Hawk Harrelson for the un-initiated). I'm quite sure the home feed was a joyous raucous call.

[@JP-xo6bp]

Bring back the 'roids! Those were exciting days.

[@ducky920567]

Horrible commentators