The most impressive home run hitter I've ever seen. He hit the longest homers in like half the stadiums in the MLB.
@starkai68066 ай бұрын
Steroids are a helluva drug
@bbryant94556 ай бұрын
Same. I know about the roids but he and canseco were hitting fuckin moon shots. McGwire was truly one of the best ive ever seen. Arod too imo. When they connected it was over 💯🥶
@commiehunter7332 ай бұрын
Big Mac was born to hit bombs. 49 his rookie year before PEDS
@jmedlin816 ай бұрын
I don't think most people realize how significant the most HRs / PAs statistic really is.. essentially the greatest pure homerun hitter of all time in his prime, by a handful of measures.
@VicariousThePot7 ай бұрын
Video idea: "the insane prime of alfonso soriano."
@zoeledwards66177 ай бұрын
I agree with this one.
@dennisdezarn58957 ай бұрын
The insane outfield jump catches of routine pop flies of Alphonso Soriano!
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Mr. 40/40 club! 😎
@CSDonohue116 ай бұрын
I like it I still want 3B 9 Matt Williams Dudes so slept on He’d be considered 1 of thee greatest hitters of all time if not for injuries . He was the 1st Dude on pace to break Marris & Ruth 60 HR marks & He was on pace twice before Mgwire , Sosa, Griffey any of them but then getting injured and also the 94 lockout season Him & Grif were both tearing it up . 9 Matt Williams needs His 💐 For sure. He could rake Made 3 World Series with 3 different teams and Won 1 .
@Garfieldforpresident20246 ай бұрын
YES PLEASE!
@SvendleBerries6 ай бұрын
The one thing that made me angry about McGwire wasnt his sterioid use (everybody knew he was juicing; it was pretty obvious lol), but MLBs willingness to take advantage of his growing popularity only to take everything away from him later on because of the steroids they already knew he was taking. They get to keep the money they made because of him and Mark gets nothing. That was one of the reasons I stopped watching baseball in the 2000s. But I still love it enough to watch videos like this, so thanks, Cam23 :D
@notreallyadog96466 ай бұрын
McGwire made $75,000,000 in salaries over his career. He was not left with “nothing”.
@SvendleBerries6 ай бұрын
@@notreallyadog9646 I meant that his legacy was destroyed. He was dragged through court, his chance of getting into the HoF was ruined; I know hes still rich, but after doing the things he did and bringing a much needed boost to the popularity of baseball, thats a small comfort. Once he retired and MLB didnt need him anymore, they just threw him under the bus.
@wizard16872 ай бұрын
To add insult to injury, they put Selig in the HOF
@thecoolcreativebuildchanne26137 ай бұрын
Man I can't tell you how much I love these "Insane Prime" videos you do! My brother and I always look forward to them, and I tell everyone I know about your channel. Excellent work! 🤝
@Cam236 ай бұрын
That means so much to hear, thank you for the kind words! I appreciate your support of the channel, and for spreading the word about the insane prime series 🙌
@sammyhoops59026 ай бұрын
@@Cam23🐐
@jasonic-ks2tm6 ай бұрын
Love to see a video about my favorite player gary sheffield. So vastly underrated Thanks!
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the super! Sheff will definitely get a video one of these days ⚾️
@mikepastor.k62336 ай бұрын
I remembered going to a game at old Tiger stadium as a kid. Mark Mcguire was the star attraction as his team was playing... he wasn't, as was hurt again 😢 but he did come out for batting practice and managed to hit one over the roof in left. Made everyone's day.. 😮
@warhawkofchogoris85556 ай бұрын
If it wasn't illegal when he played, he should be in
@Meatloaf19736 ай бұрын
I agree. Bud Selig knew of it & encouraged it. Still have to have the talent like Big Mac did
@robtierney56536 ай бұрын
Yeah, but I think it was illegal. Back in 90's if the cops caught you with or taking steroids without a doctors prescription. You could get in trouble. Think they were considered a class 3.
@VenomousStare6 ай бұрын
@@robtierney5653 who cares? lol
@BatFan16 ай бұрын
@@robtierney5653 Wasnt the andro McGwire taking over the counter stuff?
@bryantc28996 ай бұрын
@@BatFan1yes. We used to walk in Gnc and get it. They were called pro hormones. They were legal until 2005. Stuff was awesome.
@monkeymagee20087 ай бұрын
I love how you talk about different eras of baseball players, from roberto clemente to someome like todd Helton is amazing. I cant believe how good your videos are! A Bob Gibson vid would be amazing!
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Sergio, it means a lot to hear that! I think it's important to cover different legends from different eras of the game, when and where I can. Obviously, limited footage makes that difficult sometimes but it's always worth it to honor the all-time greats
@chrisholden6157 ай бұрын
Another excellent installment of content from Cam23!🎉🎉 Great video bud, it was a wonderful trip down memory lane! I wasnt even a teenager yet when the homerun race happened yet I remember it so vividly! Cant wait for the next video, keep up the amazing work!
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you Chris! I'm glad this video was able to provoke some memories. I feel like after making this I somehow have implanted memories that I do not have. It's so nostalgic looking back to this era of baseball!
@AHMAD-23246 ай бұрын
The most dominate right handed power hitter of All-time-BIG-MAC!!!
@RyanJones-xw6iq5 ай бұрын
Great videos! Would love to watch a Mike Piazza vid!
@Cam235 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ptythefool6 ай бұрын
Still waiting for "The INSANE Primes of Barry Bonds" That titling is necessary.
@longfamily71346 ай бұрын
“PrimeS.” I like that subtlety. The plural. The pre and post-steroid Bond primes. Yes, I’d like to hear about both.
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
lol I like the “Aliens” spin too
@danschmidt44046 ай бұрын
The insane prime of Eddie Murray but it’s just his entire career
@Hatbilly6 ай бұрын
He did it, man! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKbUmpuAaplgr5o
@SvendleBerries6 ай бұрын
Eddie Murray was great. One of those underrated players that flew under the radar, but was consistent enough to put up good numbers his whole career. Every team he was on was lucky to have him.
@poindextertunes6 ай бұрын
I love Beverly Hills Cop!
@SvendleBerries6 ай бұрын
@@poindextertunes (inward Eddie Murphey laugh)
@dukedematteo19956 ай бұрын
Have you ever seen the comparison between Murray and Palmeiro's numbers? Like freakishly identical.
@gabrielwendell83826 ай бұрын
thanks for this @Cam 23 I was one of the ones who requested this in your intro. Also loved the griffey and pujols ones you did.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate you supporting the content!
@iLuseMy1v1s6 ай бұрын
I went to a Giants vs Cardinals game during this era. Watching McGwire and Bonds take BP was incredible. The sound of the crowd after each bomb was incredible to witness.
@jordanrodriguez43756 ай бұрын
Can you make a Jim Thome one?
@stlin11346 ай бұрын
Mark McGwire absolutely deserves to be in the HoF! Steroids were a part of baseball in that era, and were not against the rules. I still despise Henry Waxman to this day!
@MrZackavelli6 ай бұрын
Uh, yeah, they *were* against the rules
@stlin11346 ай бұрын
Uh no…they weren’t. Do some research
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
PEDs were banned in 1991.
@justinamenta72412 ай бұрын
98' was my favorite year...just felt so good.
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
Yup, me too. After 2001 I fell away from baseball, but Ohtani going 50/50 brought me back.
@flame-sky71487 ай бұрын
I have him in my HOF, he was never tested therefore he wasn't trying to cheat a test. He led the nation in home runs at USC, he led MLB in homers his rookie season. He was the true definition of the power hitter. I just thought the A's should have won more rings than that one. But they got beat, those A's teams were stacked.
@rebelwitacause5365 ай бұрын
This was a great video of my favorite home run hitter thank you
@bradenstewart62707 ай бұрын
I think it’s time Andrew Jones’s prime needs a recap
@Garfieldforpresident20246 ай бұрын
Jose Canseco sounds like a good video
@uberboomer86707 ай бұрын
Still a hall of famer as far as I'm concerned, especially since the substances in question weren't illegal while he was playing. Forgot how dominant his rookie campaign was too...random suggestion but I'd love to see a Carlos Delgado video, really unsung player of that era
@notreallyadog96466 ай бұрын
They WERE illegal while he was playing. They just didn’t have mandatory testing for them.
@uberboomer86706 ай бұрын
@@notreallyadog9646 idk if he admitted/was found using anabolic steroids,but hgh and other supplements weren't
@GatCat6 ай бұрын
Let the juicers in the HOF.
@chriscampbell34176 ай бұрын
McGuire was robbed of that MVP. .470 OBP and .752 SLG those are video game numbers it’s unbelievable someone put up those numbers in real life
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@GizmoBeach6 ай бұрын
PED's will turn a very good power hitter into a video-game player on Rookie level. Simple as that.
@chriscampbell34176 ай бұрын
@@GizmoBeach I mean I “somewhat” agree but not to the extent you’re saying. PEDs do nothing to improve you’re skill, hitting mechanics, vision, pitch selection, etc. it definitely makes a difference in your power but that’s it. You can take all the PEDs you want to but if you don’t have the skill it’s not gonna make much of a difference. Like you can upgrade an engine all you want to get the most power but without tires it doesn’t matter if it’s 300HP or 800HP it’s not going anywhere. Did PEDs effect the numbers in the end, I think it obvious they did but to what extent we will never really know. PEDs or not it doesn’t change the fact that McGwire was a great hitter.
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
Sosa won simply because the Cubs made the playoffs.
@georgesouthwick70006 ай бұрын
The Insane Prime of Mark McGwire…..better Baseball through chemistry.
@CSDonohue116 ай бұрын
7:30 Broooo….. 👀 WTH is wrong with those Dudes?!! Especially the 2nd guy that’s literally diving over WTH 🤦♂️
@Fantasyremix6 ай бұрын
Big Mac was something else. He was like Mark McGwire on steroids.
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
lol I like it!
@ericchilders92346 ай бұрын
Video idea. Prime Pudge Rodriguez. Best defensive catcher of all time
@DanielBenavides-uh4ze6 ай бұрын
And i need a video of jose canseco
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
The thing that sticks out to me is Jose Canseco’s 1998 season. It was totally overlooked because of the other guys. If he would have just came up with one more stolen base, he would have been 30/30 ten years after creating the 40/40 club. I was checking his stats every game and he just sat there at 29… And if you look at his OPS in his final season with the White Sox…he definitely could have played a few more years to get to 500 HRs.
@DanielBenavides-uh4ze2 ай бұрын
@@trevor8307 well mlb banned him
@jtom13095 ай бұрын
Do Will Clark next, he was even great for STL in his last handful of games. Or Ozzie Smith.
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
His best OPS was in 2000 with BAL & STL, his final season (career worst was his rookie season in 1986).
@JaredHettler6 ай бұрын
Mac from 1996 to 1999 was crazy. Video ideas: A Rod prime (from 1996 to 2007, he hit 513 homeruns, 1300+ RBI, scored 1482 runs, slashed .308/.392/.585. Won 3 MVPs, an all star every year except one, 9 silver sluggers, 2 gold gloves. Just in an 11 year stretch. Ended his career with 696 homeruns despite missing an entire season because of the suspension and 2 seasons worth of games due to injuries). Manny Ramirez from 1995 to 2006 slashed .318/.415/.606 Jim Thome's prime was insane. Jose Bautista. Jason Giambi.
@stevenstinnett13476 ай бұрын
We did bo my bad I would love to see Rickey Henderson or Ozzy Smith.
@civilwarwasaninsidejob74057 ай бұрын
Mark gets a lot of flack and hate, but the reality is he was pivatol in the history of the league. Big Mac made life long baseball fans out of many of us in our 30s. My parents were finished with the MLB after the '94 strike. Big Mac brought my family back to the ball park. The MLB and fans cherry pick which PED users they wish to villafied. Guys like Ortiz get placed in the HOF, yet Big Mac will always be looked at as a stain on the league.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
I agree 100%, 1998 saved MLB's reputation and restored fans' interest. You saying that reaffirms the truth to that claim!
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
Totally! After the players strike of 94-95, I also went on strike. I didn’t last too long once I saw McGwire destroying everything in 1996. For me, that’s my favorite year for Big Mac. He had been injured for three years, missed the first month…and just came out like a wild bull! It caught everyone by surprise! I feel like it was his most “complete” season with that .312 batting average as well.
@Mma-basement-2156 ай бұрын
Can you do Frank Thomas or Ken Griffey Jr next
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Both videos are in the library! Frank: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXuki2mOoL-jptksi=v9d7dSxsqaGZmLkl KGJ: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5S3q2dvbZ5om9ksi=anboKF4EnAjdYaAU
@iskander07256 ай бұрын
Imma need you to cover Lance Berkman, Aramis Ramirez, Tom Glavine, and Jeff Kent for this series, man. Great content.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you for supporting this series, it means a lot!
@justinamenta72412 ай бұрын
Lance Berkman, Jeff Kent , and Jim Edmonds all should be in the HOf!
@Wanderlust5987 ай бұрын
Put McGwire in. Andro was legal at the time, and he came clean at any rate. They saved baseball.
@Vontastic80sbaby16 ай бұрын
I can’t agree. Hear me out. I grew up a Oakland As fan. Base brothers. Bay Area huge baseball fan. Was at the game when Jose Canseco got traded. While he was in the batting circle. They announced he’d been traded to Texas. Marks Rookie season was legendary. But his down season whole going thru that divorce. *If you remember his home run race season vs Sosa his son being there was a major theme. But Marks resurgence was totally roids. Ankles and knees ended his career which is a side affect of usage. Bonds and Clemens had HOF careers before steroids. Barry could’ve retired after Pittsburgh and Roger after Boston when they clean and still made it. MM now way. Plus him lying to congress and acting like Jose & Him never interacted when Jose was shooting him up is clown s**t. He’s memorable to us if you seen him but shouldn’t be remembered or immortalized. Players who went from great to insane should get in with an asterisk. But Mark ain’t one of those guys. Saint Louis should be celebrating Bob Gibson Ozzie Smith Albert Pujols not Mark. That’s why they renamed 70 from Mark McGuire to Mark Twain. Andro was legal he should’ve admitted he used. But him tryna lie and act like he broke the most important stat in sports *at that time* home runs then hugging Maris kids is scummy. Roger lost his hair and bleed for that record and Mark destroyed it on bullshit.
@decker5286 ай бұрын
Those injuries are also just a result of being big. Human ankles and knees aren't much stronger just because a person is big. Bigger guys in every sport stay hurt once they get a little older. Did the roids contribute? Possibly. I don't know what he was on but they certainly made him bigger which alone put more stress on his joints
@decker5286 ай бұрын
Also, we already know that it's very likely guys like Pudge, Piazza, Bagwell , and Ortiz weren't natural. It didn't keep them out and we have no idea how much it contributed to their careers
@Ken-ck4zn6 ай бұрын
Bullshit
@GooffuX5 ай бұрын
Do Will Clark or Ruben Sierra next!
@GooffuX5 ай бұрын
Or Ozzie Smith!
@englebergsmith54204 ай бұрын
I would love one on Clark, but Sierra would be even more interesting, that guy was a hell of a forgotten slugger.
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
I like that you grouped them together. Very similar first halves of their careers. Sierra’s comback season with TEX was awesome. I still don’t understand why The Thrill retired after 2000. It was technically his best season and I really wanted him to retire as a Giant. It would have been cool seeing him bat behind Bonds during the time he broke baseball.
@GooffuX2 ай бұрын
@trevor8307 Yeah Clark's final stint with the Cards was actually amazing even if it was only like 50 games (seriously look at those stats!), he was absolutely killing it and obviously had a lot left in his career tank but chose to retire 3-5 seasons early to raise his kids. Otherwise he'd be a 3000 hit guy with around .300 career avg and 100% be in the HOF, I'd say he deserves it anyways! Was a feared hitter in the dead center of the steroid era but with NO allegations!
@GooffuX2 ай бұрын
@trevor8307 likewise as you mentioned, Sierra's 2001 season when he returned for less than 100 games with the Rangers was beautiful, career highs in BA, SLG, OPS! Big stats!
@jmedlin816 ай бұрын
10:53 not just one of the longest in the parks history, but one of the longest in *any* park in entire history of baseball
@jamesesterline7 ай бұрын
If McGwire doesn't miss nearly all of '93 and '94 and a big chunk of 1995 with injuries and then tries to hold on as a DH in the American League after 2001 (imagine Mark as a veteran leader on a cheap contract with the Moneyball A's, he may have basically been late-career Pujols at that point but he could still mash and had above average OPS so he could've fit in) he probably breaks Aaron's home run record before Bonds
@stevenj28177 ай бұрын
I think McGwires' right knee was shot, which is why he retired. It's hard to pivot on that knee and generate the power needed to hit the ball out. If he changed his swing to utilize more of his upper body strength, that probably would have injured his back.
@dukedematteo19957 ай бұрын
Yes. At least another 70 to 80 HRs if he plays in 93 and 94. That's when the ball changed and really started flying out of parks at a crazy rate. Add another few late career years as an AL DH, and he could have cracked 700 HRs.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Injuries unfortunately have ruined potential bids for some of the most incredible baseball records. Ken Griffey Jr. is #1 on that list for me
@Vontastic80sbaby16 ай бұрын
Well steroids mess with your joints. To much weight/mass/muscle gained to fast. So he only can blame himself. And without the juice he wouldn’t have made it. Watching him and Sosa battle that year was fun but deep down we all knew seeing a sacred record be crushed as by not one but 2 people was icky and wrong. Him lying to congress and going on offense was pathetic. Andro was legal and he took it. Just admit it. Instead of breaking a record that’s important to real fans then hugging Maris family. I used to rush to get the paper as a kid to check home run Leaders now who gives a fk.
@dukedematteo19956 ай бұрын
@Vontastic80sbaby1 he's admitted it like 18 times now? What else do you want from the guy? Personally, I never fault these guys for denying it. Because admitting it never buys them one iota of goodwill or ease from anyone. In fact it usually makes it worse, bc now the writers will call you an "admitted cheater (or insert other super loaded moralistic term) " and write how your apology wasn't anywhere near good enough and your only sorry you got caught, etc. It's all about making these guys grovel and knocking them down a few pegs. No one ever asks these guys " Did you do steroids" in good faith. It's always designed to humiliate the player, by either labeling them a liar when they deny it, or an" admitted drug cheat" in the rare instance they do. So if I was McGwire or one of these guys I would feel no obligation or need to admit to or apologize for anything.
@setaside26 ай бұрын
People forget that McGwire was in fact a pretty damn good baseball player, not just a home run hitter. He's in my personal HOF.
@mac71336 ай бұрын
Say what you want about steroid users, but you cannot deny the impact they had on the game in the 90s. And in the case of McGwire and Sosa, they revitalized baseball when it had been dying after the strike (and it was pretty damn fun to watch, too)
@re_wolfing46426 ай бұрын
I'm sorry but baseball wouldn't of been back if it wasn't for Sammy and Mark, I think they both deserve to be in the hall of fame same as Barry Bonds too
@seplays22806 ай бұрын
My dad worked for a company based in NY but him and many of his co workers would go to St. Louis pretty frequently for work during Mcgwire’s cardinals tenure. They naturally made friends with many of the people working in the office in St. Louis, one of the biggest topics of conversation being baseball. Long story short, the guys in St. Louis were surprised to receive a package containing a cheeseburger with syringes sticking out of it. It was clearly a memorable joke as the office in NY would receive something similar 10 years later when Aroid got busted.
@robwasilewski92736 ай бұрын
Ted Williams, Grandpa Yaz, and Jim Rice
@nathanielbutler67286 ай бұрын
Cam can you do will clark next
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
I am not 100% about this, but I’m pretty sure Will Clark is the only player in the history of the game who’s rookie OPS was his career worst, and his final season OPS was his career high. Is that not insane???
@kirkcavanaugh14937 ай бұрын
My middle name is David too. And I lived in Pomona for about 7 years. But that's not the point of this post. They haven't let him into the Hall of Fame yet? That is crazy.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
That's actually a pretty cool coincidence! He's on my ballot if I was voting that's for sure. I agree with you, it's crazy he's not in yet
@LetTheWrite1inn6 ай бұрын
Say what you will...watching the homerun derby at fenway park was amazing
@crispachecomortgage6 ай бұрын
Great video!
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@BigHead1377 ай бұрын
Can you do Harmon killebrew?
@ceciljustice72836 ай бұрын
Hey cam, I just want to say you're doing a really great job 👍. I'm even impressed that you're doing the steroid guys which should be in the Hall of Fame regardless of how we feel about all the aspects of what happened back in the 80s and 90s. There are some stuff that took place back in the 50s 60s and 70s when it comes to amphetamines and greenies. Hall of famers like Mike Schmidt and late Henry Aaron have once admitted to using. Sammy Sosa should be the next one, Pedro Martinez, Mike Piazza, Ivan Rodriguez, Tim raines, Alan Trammell, Jack Morris.
@ryanthompsonthompson8206 ай бұрын
Babe Ruth💪⚾️
@Diecastclassicist3 ай бұрын
He was amazing to watch live. I want to see a video on Jesse Orosco.
@lizbuckley79136 ай бұрын
PLEASE CAN YOU DO A VIDEO ON GARY SHEFFIELD AND CHILI DAVIS THAT WOULD BE AWESOME ONE GUY HIT 500 HOME RUNS AND SHOULDV'E BEEN VOTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME AND THE OTHER GUY WAS AN IMPRESSIVE DESIGNATED HITTER WHO HIT 350 HOME RUNS AND IS 7TH ALL TIME AMOUNG SWITCH HITTERS IN HOME RUNS.
@SONICX10276 ай бұрын
Imagine if MLB The Show actually gave McGuire a two handed swing for his 80s batting stance and swing
@jonbaer86996 ай бұрын
I keep looking back on Jeters career and I think you’d do a great job telling his story.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
I appreciate that! The Captain is a must for me to do a video on
@CSDonohue116 ай бұрын
PED SHOULD BE IN ESPECIALLY THE GUYS BEFORE IT WAS EVEN BANNED THEY DID NOT BREAK ANY RULES
@albundy60086 ай бұрын
How about "The Insane Prime of Greg Maddux"?
@mattheide27757 ай бұрын
Just another epic video ❤
@Cam236 ай бұрын
I appreciate the kind words!
@themase32197 ай бұрын
Day 27 of asking for Ted Williams
@distantgalaxymusic14477 ай бұрын
Yes!
@adamclark90046 ай бұрын
Give it up, it's not going to happen. Don't you watch this guy's videos, he shows highlights of all the players he does videos on. There is not that much footage of ted Williams highlights out there
@GatCat6 ай бұрын
Never stop believing. Keep asking! It will happen.
@VenomousStare6 ай бұрын
its beyond his paygrade lol
@jasonfondeur3766 ай бұрын
Pete Alonso broke the rookie record after with 53
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Yep! Judge didn't get quite as many years with the record as Mac did haha
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
True but not necessary relevant to the video.
@CSDonohue116 ай бұрын
Bro Bro…. CAM …. I still want 3B 9 Matt Williams Dudes so slept on He’d be considered 1 of thee greatest hitters of all time if not for injuries . He was the 1st Dude on pace to break Marris & Ruth 60 HR marks & He was on pace twice before Mgwire , Sosa, Griffey any of them but then getting injured and also the 94 lockout season Him & Grif were both tearing it up . 9 Matt Williams needs His 💐 For sure. He could rake Made 3 World Series with 3 different teams and Won 1 .
@Guspech7506 ай бұрын
Great video as always. Put Mark and all the others in the HOF.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Ken-ck4zn6 ай бұрын
Nope. Steroids don’t count. Next !
@JordanMartinez-d3t7 ай бұрын
Do a video of Adrian Beltre
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorites. Perhaps the most inconsistent hitter until he reached Boston and Texas lol
@phillipsatkowski1646 ай бұрын
Ted Williams next please
@johnmontag2 ай бұрын
In all honesty, the casual fan couldn’t care less about players using juice. The 1998 season was a joy to follow!
@n8doggy7333 ай бұрын
he and Bonds were insane, like insane insane!! if you miss, the ball is gone. steroids cant teach that ❤
@s.henrlllpoklookout50697 ай бұрын
I would live to see the insane primes of Ted Williams and Babe Ruth
@ohsoedgy68887 ай бұрын
The home runs have to do with the juiced balls and the new offensive friendly stadiums rather than the steroids themselves Honestly the steroids actually may have made McGwire’s career worse because he kept getting injured and going on the DL
@pycellesbeard97287 ай бұрын
Yeah sure Which is why Pujols and Thome Hit 89 Hr in 02 and 94 HR in 06 respectively and were later bested by Trouts 97 and Judges 123....It was the stadiums You see! Bonds going from 40+ to 73 had zero to do with roids, never mind the fact that his head got bigger but it was all because of Jacobs Field, Camden Yards, Coors and Joe Robbie!! and all just happened to have been leaking radiation.😂
@distantgalaxymusic14477 ай бұрын
Exactly! Thank you!
@ohsoedgy68887 ай бұрын
@@pycellesbeard9728 Huge difference Mark McGwire took stuff that was legally over the counter at GNC over the time while Barry Bonds was literally taking stuff that was making him a science experiment of sorts and was involved with a company that was under federal investigation
@pycellesbeard97286 ай бұрын
@@ohsoedgy6888 LMFAO! McGwire has openly admitted to taking roids from as early as the 89 season and numerous other times throughout the 90's including 93 and 98, which totally shocked everyone, did new stadiums like Coors cause a few HR here and there for him? probably, but the Roids obviously helped a tad more. It really is a shame because sans roids He was probably still a HOF Who would've maybe approached 500 HR clean but that just wasn't good enough for him.
@notreallyadog96466 ай бұрын
@@ohsoedgy6888Wrong. McGwire was taking GNC stuff IN ADDITION to roids. Canseco was shooting roids into Mac’s ass in Oakland, pretending it was B12 if any press inquired.
@carlozz86706 ай бұрын
Next video Robin Yount plz
@alcidesrios72227 ай бұрын
Juan Gonzalez would love to see his prime
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
You should check out where his WAR ranked during his two MVPs seasons. It’s bad. Like, really bad. If we valued metrics and WAR back then he wouldn’t have been top 5.
@bearkatpiper6 ай бұрын
I watch all your videos and have had a great time with your content, thank you. As unpopular as he is I’d like to see a deep dive on Barry Bonds. Not so much bc of the one year he crossed the 40+ homer line or the 762 lifetime, but bc of the 500/500. It’s an insane combo that’s only been achieved once and PEDs or not, that’s impressive.
@Cam236 ай бұрын
I'm really glad to hear that. I appreciate you supporting the channel! I wanted to kick off the PED age with McGwire but Bonds is a must, he's on the short list
@bradhorowitz27657 ай бұрын
What’s fascinating to me is that if we ignore the steroid usage (which we should), mark’s overall war is…much less than you expect. Like BY ALOT. I recall going to check up on mark’s career and it was only 62.1. His highest war in a season was about a 7. It’s high but not exactly that much. His jaws (which tries to be more specific on the position) he is below. I mean really. So what did it? How can I guy with. Near .400 obp be things…pedestrian? Defense. I mean it’s really bad. Which is shocking since being a first basemen is suppose to be easier for a big slugger. So this actually makes mark hard to evaluate. Is he a HOF? Well by offensive stats yes, but his post season was surprisingly not good, and his defense really lowers bar. He really is below the standards on paper but is that enough? His offense is jsut too good much like Gary Sheffield. I’d say he’s prob borderline much better than Sammy Sosa overall.
@michaelkerns54106 ай бұрын
Insane prime of slammin Sammy Sosa. If Albert Belle doesn’t get that degenerative hip you’d be talkin about him ask Jose Vidro lol?
@jayortiz47737 ай бұрын
Please do Barry Bonds next🙏
@zoeledwards66177 ай бұрын
You should do Sandy Koufax or Mariano Rivera or Trevor Hoffman 🤷♂️
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Sandy I did later last year! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF6reGWghNd9orcsi=8Mz6ydxVnpjddtoy Mo and Hoffman I'll definitely get around to eventually.
@UnclePrymal6 ай бұрын
Would love to get a Pedro video.
@GooffuX5 ай бұрын
Yes, good ol' Guerrero was an underrated talent in the early to mid 1980's for LA
@don636 ай бұрын
The HOF worthy prime of Don Mattingly.
@gerardCope6 ай бұрын
That one has already been produced (on of his first)
@don636 ай бұрын
@@gerardCope ok thx
@mikesnow47356 ай бұрын
Edgar Martinez
@GeordieGunner966 ай бұрын
Late this week,never got my notification. Do you think he ever had a season in the bigs when he wasn't on the juice? As its not like he was hitting 15-20 then exploded 49 as a rookie is a bit suspicious no?
@MrWrinkleYT6 ай бұрын
Can we see a Alfonso Soriano video?
@apointtomake15173 ай бұрын
He hit 70 homeruns without wearing body armor and practically standing on home plate.
@benkrejsa68956 ай бұрын
great video as always!
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@Mma-basement-2156 ай бұрын
Timeout HGH wasn't band until 2005 that's weird so he could of took HGH and creatine and not broke any rules
@ivermectin19746 ай бұрын
I think they should allow steroids in baseball. Imagine what the game would be like. Don’t need to promote steroids. But don’t test or care if they do them.
@CHARLESJOHNSON-gv7zy6 ай бұрын
MARK MCGWIRE MOST DEFINITELY SHOULD BE IN THE MLB ⚾ HALL OF FAME ..
@commiehunter7332 ай бұрын
Best homerun hitter
@enmanuelpagan10807 ай бұрын
Hey, Cam23, I want to see Pedro Martínez next. Thank you.
@StaleBearFarts7 ай бұрын
HOFer
@Demon_of_Razgriz6 ай бұрын
While it's up in the air about letting people who have used steroids in the HoF or not. I do think the accomplishments themselves should. Baseball may not have the place it does in the USA without the '98 HR chase between Sosa and McGwire, steroids or not.
@GizmoBeach6 ай бұрын
That time period is a stain on baseball. What stinks is the apologists and McGwire/Bonds etc. lovers puking out how "everyone was on PED's then" which is a slight to all those who didn't cheat and made the grade w/ their natural gifts.
@Demon_of_Razgriz6 ай бұрын
@@GizmoBeach We don't even know if baseball would be around for you to call that time period "a stain on baseball" if it didn't happen in the first place. But then again, you are allowed your opinion, just like I am.
@Ignatius------66 ай бұрын
@7:33 the two fans in the stands (were in the stands.) Wtf?
@agentallstar76 ай бұрын
Not putting some of the best players ever into the HOF is a joke.
@piersoneverett79286 ай бұрын
joe morgan
@englebergsmith54204 ай бұрын
No, I can think of 30+ players I'd rather see first.
@JeremyWaldrop-ls2pn5 ай бұрын
My favorite slugger I don’t care what they say about him ⚾️
@chemBTW7 ай бұрын
can't wait until The INSANE Prime of WILL CLARK video 👀👀👀👀
@trevor83072 ай бұрын
He was a true grinder. Played hard and has passion. I credit him for not joining in on the PEDs…but can you imagine if he did?!
@hondavtechmarc6 ай бұрын
Roger clemens
@Bradleytosh6 ай бұрын
Man these are the goat videos
@Cam236 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@GizmoBeach6 ай бұрын
I recall how McGwire's BA slipped to .230 for several years then all the way down to .201 w/ about 20+ HR's. Already he was looking washed-up in his late-20's. But the next year he rebounded to 42 HR's and a .268 average. Injuries curtailed his performance the next two years before storming back in a big way. At the time it just seemed like wow this is the guy we all expected to see after his early returns and now that he's finally healthy again this is the result...THEN we learned what really happened.
@hyzercreek6 ай бұрын
Babe Ruth was messed up in 1925, he could have taken steroids too but they weren't around, so either way Mcgwire had an unfair advantage, and Ruth got 714 anyway despite many disadvantages....shorter seasons, 5 years of dead ball era (1914-1919).