The awesome evolution of Gary Sheffield's ICONIC swing!

[@headwhop26]

This is honestly probably the stance my brothers and I imitated the most

[@danejurus69]

As a 90s kid, I did this stance the most too.

[@theshow9836]

Yeah 100%

[@SAM_UL]

No doubt. The speed he whipped that bat around was impressive in itself

[@APEringz]

His and Griffey

[@23richyrich]

This one and Soriano’s

[@Optuhmist]

That bat speed is honestly insane. He can do a half swing, pull back and do another full swing in the amount of time it takes the ball to get from the pitcher to the plate.

[@RichHudson-pv8rd]

I swear he's moving the bat after the ball leaves the pitcher's hand, you are right. That is insane.

[@supafrancis]

I was at Fenway when he hit what an old Red Sox fan sitting behind me said was the farthest hit baseball on major league history. Ball was still on an upward trajectory as it cleared the green monster. Look up Gary Sheffield + Knuckleball = Moonshot here on youtube and just listen to the crack of the bat

[@benjii220]

Gary is one of my favorite players ever. I used to imitate this stance, and hit the s*** out the ball. He was on to something. He got the most out of every swing... Violent and efficient.

[@BSimm2U]

His Son Noah's stance is the EXACT same!!!

[@cococock2418]

definitely was onto something, that movement before the bat provides extra power and momentum. it's probably a less accurate swing (more strikeouts) but when you make contact the ball flies

[@pathua7692]

@@cococock2418BUT! He had more career walks than strikeouts🤯🤯🤯

[@beaubloomer4426]

Will always love his swing one of my favorites

[@DonnieRunUpDaMiddle]

Man, I’m a huge Braves guy, but Florida Marlin Gary was always someone I loved to watch. Swing is perfection.

[@NGLaw56]

He’s played for like half the teams in baseball. Everyone wanted sheff at one point.

[@baroqueguitarist5673]

6:24 is just crushed. His bat wag was timed perfectly. Like a predator stalking his pitching prey

[@johngonzalez4298]

Gary Sheffield is onee of my all time favorite baseball players and playing baseball as a kid in the 1990s, I tried to imitate his batting stance such good times playing baseball 🌮 🧢 ⚾️

[@chriscalvert7774]

The most violent swing ever. Whether it was a single or a grandslam each were the same. This man hit more aww it's just a line drive he's out, into holy crap thats a homer.

[@terryholmes1609]

Gary Sheffield should be in the Hall of Fame.

[@krlm2280]

Finally some sheffield Dodger home runs thank you and this man never struck out 100x in a season and has 500 home runs and still not in the hof? Smh

[@M10256]

It’s because he took steroids I think

[@krlm2280]

@@M10256 most likely

[@Unclejack328]

The media never liked Sheffield

[@MrAlvin714]

Steroid rumors and he was an asshole to the media . To fans too dude was a dick when I was a kid but still was my favorite dodger lol

[@pathua7692]

Steroids or not, that hand eye coordination you can’t juice. Had more career walks than strikeouts to show for it which is absolutely insane!

[@Son-Of-David1990]

The way he can time his wave to give him momentum in his swing

[@aznpikachu215]

3 stances I usually do, Kevin Youkilis, Gary Sheffield, and Ken Griffey Jr.

[@pboucher04]

Never noticed before how the last waggle timed perfectly with the leg kick

[@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs]

Top 5 swings in my generation: 1) Darryl Strawberry 2) Will Clark 3) Don Mattingly 4) Ken Griffey Jr and 5) Gary Sheffield

[@MykeFord950]

Fred mcgriff??

[@LuG8911]

Barry bonds?!

[@MykeFord950]

Reggie Jackson?

[@Trumpisscum-420]

For some reason most of the best looking swings were from left handed hitters (Griffey, Bonds, Jackson, Williams, Strawberry, Musial, Thome) but Sheffield was definitely one of the best from a righty.

[@joshuaruiz636]

Cano had a nice swing as well

[@Son-Of-David1990]

His, barry bonds and jaun gonzalez were the ones i imitated most😉

[@Emen-b7q]

He was a beast

[@sgator18]

Not just the swing but the hop after contact

[@lazywallstreetnews7234]

As a right handed hitter growing up in the 90's and 2000's, this was one of the main stances you imitated growing up... 1. Sheffield 2. Manny 3. Galarraga 4. Guerrero 5. Pujols

[@krlm2280]

For me it is strawberry ,Juan gonzalez , Ken griffey jr,bonds, sheffield,MO Vaughn And Vladimir sr

[@lazywallstreetnews7234]

@@krlm2280 Oh yeah for sure Strawberry, Griffey Jr. and Barry Bonds if you were to include lefties for me.

[@Trumpisscum-420]

Julio Franco

[@jasonjay1053]

I’ll add Jeter to this list. Every little leaguer imitated jeters original front foot toe stance

[@stevenwalker9013]

He took more pitches yard off his shoe strings than any player I ever saw. Crazy bat speed that could get to any pitch. Be fun to watch him try to catch up to these guys throwing 100-104

[@joshw9424]

Probably the most vicious bat speed I ever saw

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

I love around 2000 or 2001 when he opened his stance up I was probably 11 when I found him in 99 and I would record his games on my VHS and watch his hand positioning and everything in slow motion. Everyone always tries to imitate him but I would literally put money up against anyone that says I can do it better than them. Now as an adult that's kind of dorky as a kid it's just a kid being a kid with a favorite player haha but I've never seen someone really do a good job imitating him it's always exaggerated. I can do that shit perfectly I just can't hit like he can haha I would have loved to see that cast around when he played to just see how fast that that was going and how hard those balls were coming off the bat

[@mkhanman12345]

Kiddos being kids

[@darrellq6954]

How many opposite field hrs have you seen him hit?

[@chriscalvert7774]

I got to watch some of the greatest swings ever growing up. Will Clark(hated him) but beautiful swing, Mark Grace, Daryl Strawberry, Don Mattingly, and the most violent that scared pitchers other than Nolan Ryan, Gary Sheffeild and the purest swing ever Ken Griffey Jr.

[@EricOverOnYT]

1:06 the sound is crazy

[@skykm]

No.1 MLB Player！！！

[@supafrancis]

I was at Fenway when Sheffield hit a knuckleball moonshot off Wakefield.. It sounded like a car crash and was still on an upward trajectory as it cleared the green monster and all it's signs. An old Red Sox fan who must've been a long time season ticket holder sitting behind me out in right field said out loud for everyone to hear "That right there was the farthest hit baseball in major league history.. and of course it had to be done by Gary frickin' Sheffield". Nobody refuted him... Well over 600 feet easily. Look up Gary Sheffield + Knuckleball = Moonshot and watch the fans on the monster turn around and watch it, as well as what the announcer says

[@gabrielwendell925]

I feel like gary could've been a great boxer in a way. Face it his hands were fast and explosive and damn he was intense too.

[@AStoicMaster]

Goodness gracious, did he ever make weak contact?

[@mosthatedny2243]

Batspeed crazy

[@offthadome9067]

My favorite swing beside griffey jr and mo vaughn

[@NOLEFTOVERShorrorreviews]

Florida marlins world series run was awesome to watch

[@user-Jamie218]

physics wise does the technique generate more force with the momentum of it I wonder some of those balls were really crushed and it just seems like it’d be very hard to duplicate

[@danbeam7627]

Just saw a clip of his son Noah hitting a walk-off home run, and he swings like his old man

[@romanrandolph]

The Finest Sheffield hitter of all-time ⚾

[@luisarroyo4162]

how is he not in the hall of fame

[@flame-sky7148]

They should have started with his stance as a 12 year old at the little league world series back in 1980.

[@FBIStatMajor]

he should be in the hall just for the batting stance. i love how hypocritical the hall is keeping him and bonds out but they dont mind putting ortiz in

[@SaintVic2287]

Hips already turned so all he had to do was swing the bat as fast as possible!

[@CheeseMasterSports]

This isn’t a batting stance you show to the 12u kids, so difficult to find success. But that buggy whip to generate power is insane

[@skykm]

NO.1

[@NOLEFTOVERShorrorreviews]

I hit the same way.. because of him

[@Locknload1967]

Dodger fan here. Hated to see Piazza traded, but Sheffield put up as good or better numbers than Piazza did after the trade. Stupid Dodgers should’ve never traded him to the Braves. Dodger ownership was cheap and didn’t want to pay him. Sheffield should be in the hall of fame 👊

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

Its like a viper striking

[@oofbud8973]

he literally could had smack the ball outta the stadium

[@dnavarro972]

I wanna know his average exit velocity

[@morrison1405]

Satisfying to watch when he connects.

[@shawnwilkerson8711]

Did he play for every team in the league at one point or the other??

[@Yezir760]

Note to self: Dont imitate Gary Sheffields swing unless I want to hurt myself.

[@Geotubest]

I K'd Sheffield in the minor leagues. True story.

[@krlm2280]

Great career highlight

[@Geotubest]

@@krlm2280 LOL... the 'career' didn't last very long unfortunately.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Brewers fan here I forgot all about Gary Sheffield.

[@Trumpisscum-420]

I completely forgot he played for the Brewers.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

@@Trumpisscum-420 I wish I can watch more Brewers games including more Fernando Viña y'know?

[@thedude3065]

another ballot another blind eye to Gary Sheffield compare his stats to the similar Vladimir Guerrero the only one Gary has less of is batting average he tops him in hits, homers, rbi, walks, ops, and plate appearences

[@sgeent1099]

They don’t like him because he didn’t take no shit! He’ll get in there eventually

[@janellemaynait]

When I played baseball I tried his stance and my coach told me to knock it off you're not Gary sheffield

[@TV-xq3bw]

상남자

[@ytsejamryuta]

デビュー仕立ての頃はレンテリアみたいなスタンスだったんだね。

[@wilburwood8261]

エドガー・シェフィールドｗ