The MLB's CRAZY "COKE" Era

[@DarkSideBaseball]

I apologize for errors in the video . I'm quite new to the sport and am trying to learn the game and the players as quickly as I can. I'm working hard to make every video better than the last and you can be certain there will be no more mispronunciations in the future. Thanks for your guys support!

[@marsMayflower]

Mispronouncing names isn't a crime. Just state the facts and you'll be fine.

[@davedreamsofdumplings]

Why are you making videos about a sport you're 'quite new to'? Baseball fans are gonna notice when you, say, talk about Pudge Rodriguez but show Alex Rodriguez.

[@marsMayflower]

@DarkSideBaseball you don't have to apologize for anything. anyone who "speaks for the fans" automatically gets a thumbs down, in my book.

[@RicoCosta317]

Are you an actual person? Your errors and robotic presentation smack of AI to me. Even this post seems bot-like to me. Please supply me with your your full name and address, your birthdate, SS# and your mother's maiden name and then I'll believe you're real 😂

[@toddmorrissey8372]

Glad you acknowledged it. You'll get the hang of it.

[@ledzep9943]

Showing a picture of Gary Sanchez, while talking about Pudge Rodriguez has gotta be the funniest thing I’ve seen on a Baseball channel in a while 🤣

[@ozthegreatandflavorful4786]

I thought that Was Gary Sanchez. I had to pause the video and take a second look.

[@sasuke1457]

LMAOOOOOOOOO

[@DexterMorrisey]

No cap 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mcgradyboettcher2323]

Never paused and rewatched so fast lol 😂

[@livethegimmick24-7]

I went to a cocaine party in the 80s in New York, and a professional baseball game broke out! True Story.

[@johnwillis8880]

I was there

[@livethegimmick24-7]

@johnwillis8880 John Willis? I remember you, you're Bruce's brother with the chromosome deficiency, right?

[@pascoharmonica8560]

​@@johnwillis8880🎉😂😅😮😢

[@TeamMysticOSRS]

bro?! why the fuck is there a toilet in my coke room?

[@GetBenched2010]

I am surprised that the writers haven't ramrodded Strawberry, Gooden and Mitchell into Cooperstown considering how hard they carried water for them for the balance of the 80s and 90s.

[@recklssabndon]

If they let the players get back to the 80’s rules of allowing all drugs, I would totally watch more

[@by1stander]

To quote Charlie Harper, who doesn’t want to watch a meat puppet hit a home run, lol

[@billhicks808]

It's a sad fact but they've really got to get drugs back into sports and music. It's just not the same.

[@QuasarTheGreat]

@@billhicks808I’m pretty sure there’s still plenty of drugs in music lol

[@gorkskoal9315]

IMO: IF you take juice knowing you'll have a bright, but short career and life? yes! like really, it's ultimately on the person, they still need the speed and skill, it only adds to the game.

[@lynchmob691]

Back when coke was coke

[@GlazingIs4Pedos]

Now it’s cut with so much crap. My old friends are still caught up doing it and it’s only a matter of time before they get a bad batch laced with fentanyl or something

[@lynchmob691]

@@GlazingIs4Pedos Gotta get them some testing strips. A quick and inexpensive way to help determine what is or isn't in your stuff.

[@ssherrierable]

Soon as they banned coke I stopped playing

[@Michael_scott6969]

😂😂

[@jasonwhitman94]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@LaszloErdosy]

that’s how real pros roll🥇😆

[@bigmouthrob2957]

Facts

[@Zactaxx]

Gary Sanchez be doing lines before every game

[@johnwillis8880]

Duhhh

[@CjCroW]

2:16 😂

[@dustinross120]

I feel like he would be a much better player if this were true

[@zennyspent]

I can't agree that Tim Raines' dance with Snow White hangs a cloud over his HOF career. Let's be honest, if a cloud hung over every athlete, actor, actress, and musician who played with the marching powder in the 80s and had long, successful careers, we'd never see the sun again.

[@gorkskoal9315]

thank you! Controversial opinion: if you enjoy it knowing it's expensive and very habit forming? then yes, let them enjoy.

[@hahajones]

As soon as Canseco said he was the mastermind of anything is the point you can ignore everything he is saying…Guy couldn’t mastermind a trip to the toilet.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

So you don’t think they did steroids? What are you talking about

[@ceejhundo4046]

@@matthewgabbard6415he not saying they wasn’t juicing he’s saying canseco definitely wasn’t the mastermind of it

[@thecaveman3503]

Why doesn't this have more likes? 😂😂😂😂

[@ChristopherMosley-dj3kt]

No shit (pun intended) 😅

[@df3kt]

​@@matthewgabbard6415you seem pretty dense. How did you get that he was saying they weren't juicing? He was just saying Jose didn't mastermind it which he didn't! A wise man once said he couldn't mastermind a trip to the toilet. Jesus you are out here looking for any reason to tell someone they are wrong so you can feel smart huh?

[@dougg2012]

Pudge Rodriguez looks a lot like Gary Sanchez

[@Ikmmmjjy]

He doesn’t at all actually , that’s racist. You’re racist

[@salvatoreperez5113]

Pudge should go tail for stealing that nickname from Carlton Fisk

[@RollinTrollin]

Let them juice! Let them juice! 80's & 90's baseball was fantastic.

[@domfazool8326]

Been saying this forever lmao

[@getschwifty9531]

Not only should it be optional, it should be mandatory!

[@stevesulak9487]

No one comes to watch a defensive game.

[@JonBT]

You gotta slap an EQ on the vocals, my man. Drop out some of that boxiness. Other than that, great video, dude! Keep going!

[@DarkSideBaseball]

Thank you for the feedback! I'll work on improving the vocal EQ for future videos. Thanks for your support!

[@JackBlackNinja]

A lot of it has to do with mic type, placement, and recording technique. Then yeah eq and dynamic eq like de-essing and de-popping is absolutely necessary. Then you just want to normalize and somewhat maximize all the audio together to reduce dynamic range and keep everything at the samish volume, and keep it loud. Someone can always turn it down towards 0db, but you cannot always turn it up to sufficiently compensate for quiet audio. You might have it all the way up but it still is not as loud as maximized audio turned all the way up on your device

[@BRANDONGONE92]

@@DarkSideBaseball High frequency pass above 150hz, maybe even higher up to like 400-500

[@wpbarchitect1800]

Do you actually think this is a real human being, either 'writing' or 'reading' this stuff? Seriously?

[@josh-rz3uq]

I hate it so much when people who clearly know nothing about the game make videos about it.

[@DenisPage-b4t]

The Pirates won the World Series with the outfielders carrying COKE HITTERS in their pockets in the outfield and did a wack or two from their bullet while pitching changes offered. Saw this often and actually think many pitchers were pulled so the outfielders go get a wack to help them get over the boredom . Nice to watch from the upper deck boxes with your 9 year old daughter who thought PEPSI was better than COKE. SHE WAS RIGHT!

[@GratefulInRecovery]

@@DenisPage-b4t Careful, you are dangerously close to slander. Yes, it has been 45 years, but a reputation is still just that....

[@hardstyle4life13]

Hey man i been watching baseball my whole life and can't say every last name great job keep up the great work! You got something good going

[@DarkSideBaseball]

Thanks so much for your support!

[@jacobbasham8462]

Highly recommend the Lonnie smith documentary by Jon bois if you want to learn more about this crazy era and how it affected one man. Fantastic video btw.

[@humanipulationnation]

Crazy how sterile I thought the mlb was as a kid in this era. Lonnie Smith was an average baseball card, and on a few teams I just didn’t like…I’ll have to check it out

[@jacobbasham8462]

Please do. It’s a fantastic story!

[@alexmajors7915]

What's it called and where should I look for it? You've got me REALLY curious about the documentary!

[@jacobbasham8462]

The title is: Really Good Lonnie Smith It’s by Jon bois. Quite possibly my favorite video on KZbin. Became a huge fan of the dude because of it. Now I’m pen pals with Lonnie 😂

[@ninjavsme]

Great video, though I couldn't help but notice that it looked like you used a picture of Gary Sanchez for Pudge. Regardless of a minor detail, keep it up! You've got great content.

[@DarkSideBaseball]

Sorry about that, I'm working hard and making sure I wont make that mistake twice. Appreciate you're support, and I have a new video on it's way!

[@user-vr8ul3fd7d]

Great video. A video about the Steriod Era and The Mitchell Report would be great.

[@DarkSideBaseball]

Great suggestion!

[@OhJeezKyle]

"and pudge rodriguez!" (shows picture of Gary Sanchez who played years after pudge retired) lmao

[@nc2933]

Theres nothing like the first fat line of coke after a hard week at work. I fuckin love it.

[@russslagel514]

Lol the light flurries during the intro is a nice touch

[@manden7510]

Come on man, enough with the mispronunciations and showing guys like Schmidt with no relation to coke over and over

[@CocoKickz94]

5:19

[@biffmarcum5014]

My sister was flight attendant back then, I remember her telling me about all the baseball players that did coke while on the flight.

[@brando7266]

Can u name a team?

[@SloppyHorrorPodcast]

I worked with Dale Shiftman for a few years, he's a great man and far removed the person in the video. Glad to be able to call him a friend!

[@marlonbrando2698]

You're doing great man, keep up the good work

[@DarkSideBaseball]

I appreciate it!

[@joshviehman8097]

Hey. Thank you for making this video and others like it. Anyone complaining about pronunciation just needs to watch with subtitles. I think you are doing a great job, and the more you dive into it the better you will become! Look forward to what you put out next!

[@DarkSideBaseball]

Thanks for that! I just posted a new video I think you'll really like. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSph6Kbj82FnLc

[@joshviehman8097]

@@DarkSideBaseball love it! Now I'm subscribed! Cant wait!

[@kryd24]

Growing up in the mid 80s I was waiting to hear about the Mets. Drew Gooden or Darryl Strawberry weren’t even mentioned? Must be a Mets fan

[@kevinthompson410]

It’s a story about baseball. Drew Gooden played basketball.

[@kryd24]

@@kevinthompson410 mistyped. Dwight Gooden

[@richevans609]

They don't drug test the Mascots but the Feds will put him in Jail. 😂

[@stormbringercoming8105]

There were problems in the 70’s also. My grandfather often mentioned the time he snorted a line of donuts with Mickey Lolich.

[@Ivantheterrible81280]

The mascot being a mule is hilarious. Makes total sense too.

[@jjfaughn]

Great video. Huge baseball fan and I know about the different “drug” eras of baseball but you really went deep into it. Great work man

[@travisazzopardi8024]

"The 80s was a hell of a drug...." 😏

[@NikofromNikosDeli]

I love the coke flurries all throughout the video.

[@spencerb3553]

Your videos make my day bro. I love you.

[@IKlipz]

You sir just gained yourself a new sub

[@rickym936]

GOOD SHIT, DAWG.... Keep it up!

[@GratefulInRecovery]

Doc Ellis throws a NO NO on LSD with ( of course ) the Pirates on 12 June 1970....

[@jasonwhitman94]

One of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard was him talking about throwing a NoNo on lsd in a documentary 😂😂😂

[@conversationswithzo]

Thank you for this

[@roundthirteen]

There was a drug era well before the coke issues in the 1980's. As early as the beginning of the 1960's a lot of players were using amphetamine tablets nicknamed "greenies" dissolving them in coffee prior to games. Jim Bouton details this in his book "Ball Four".

[@kLeo20Toes]

Came out with a book because he thought the world was going to end in 2012😂

[@aarontaylor6889]

I could listen to you say coh-kane all day brother lol great video my man!!

[@barth9580]

They should have all pitched on a kilo and saved some cash.

[@toddmorrissey8372]

THAT'S good thinking! But....who's in charge of holding it?

[@toneriggz]

Damn, you dropped this the day before the Mets retired Strawberry’s number.

[@zennyspent]

Okay, that is both phenomenal and hilarious.

[@richevans609]

Not the Mascot... 😂😂😂

[@MrTrapMoney420]

Drug use in sports is of course bad but Doc pitching a no hitter on LSD is quite impressive

[@PatMcCarthy420]

I know that this might upset some people, but Willie Mays was the kingpin of an amphetamine ring that fueled most HOF players from that era.

[@bryanburnap4537]

I've heard that before

[@ericbyrd6166]

They forgot the other drug of baseball used for years, amphetmins.

[@jasonnelson6624]

Exactly, however for years it wasn't illegal but I'm sure some or most were not getting them legally. Regardless it was a big performance enhancer, and widespread through the league and country.

[@TonyMichaels166]

Greenies. Amphetamines are still prevalent in sports today. All you need is a prescription. I think we’d be surprised to know who takes them.

[@jasonnelson6624]

@@TonyMichaels166 correct in the form of Adderall to name one of course the original greenies was Dexedrine.

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

@@jasonnelson6624can say the same exact thing for steroids, except the amphetamines were an even bigger advantage than a male hormone already occuring in your body. The fact boomers praise the guys in the 70s and 80s and hate 90s guys blows my mind considering their dudes were cheating even harder

[@MarkCzmic420]

86 Mets enough said.

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

There was white powder all over the WS trophy

[@salvatoreperez5113]

Doc Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Tim Tuefel, Ron Darling , Darryl 🍓, Sid Fernandez that was an ounce a day 😂

[@jasonwhitman94]

The yo yo and coffee food optional

[@hdogdizzy720]

Dude love this channel and love you football channel

[@BrettShadow]

Please...PLEASE... take 2 seconds and confirm pronunciation of these names. It doesn't take long and goes a LONG way to make your more credible.

[@williamshelley1533]

I totally agree. I personally love all the Baseball content on KZbin. A lot of work goes into these story’s but the moment I start hearing names that are said wrong or names said right but the person and fact are for another person, I’m usually out and don’t hit the like and subscribe button. Definitely goes a long way to your content more credible

[@vancewoodruff6472]

He does this to get people to comment on his mispronunciation… generates more comments and gets the video more into the algorithm with all the comments

[@DarkSideBaseball]

I apologize. I'm quite new to the sport and am trying to learn the game and the players as quickly as I can. I'm working hard to make every video better than the last and you can be certain there will be no more mispronunciations in the future. Thanks for the feedback.

[@Jackt12]

Please…. PLEASE.. get a life 😂

[@Jackt12]

Only comments was about mispronunciations lol, go be a teacher buddy

[@lupelicious822]

The MLB let the Steroid Era happen and then left the players out to dry. I remember clearly that everyone knew what was happening but there were crickets from the league, so we all just accepted it.

[@tonyhill1141]

These are all adults. I’m not saying it was right, it wasn’t. However, dealing with bad behavior from adults is no simple matter. How intrusive can they be? How public? I am a lifelong baseball fan and hate steroids ruined a whole era but other than testing what responsibility does an employer have?

[@TheMhannah100]

The press hid it until the couldn't. Now many of those same people are not voting, or campaigning against certain players.

[@RicoCosta317]

I agree with you. I believe that MLB at least tacitly encouraged it. Look at the big McGwire-Sosa HR race, which took place after a players lockout, after which MLB desperately needed to bring the fans back. Neither player had ever hit HRs at such a rate, and Sosa certainly hadn't, being like Bonds, who was a good hitter with some power but nothing like that year. There had always been rumors of PED use by the "Bash Brothers" that were later confirmed and Sosa had suddenly bulked up to be able to hit homers at a record pace. MLB looked the other way and actively promoted the race to break Maris's record, just like they would when Bonds grew three hat sizes and ended up breaking Aaron's lifetime record. You can't tell me the owners, supported by the commissioner, weren't complicit in all of it.

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

@@tonyhill1141whats funny is Coke and amphetamines give an even bigger performance advantage and we're rampant in the 70s and 80s- even Willie Mays admitted to taking them..but they get a pass bc congress didn't try to create an overblown hoopla over them like they did with a naturally occurring male hormone😂

[@ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507]

@@RicoCosta317half the shit they were taking wasn't even banned and was readily available at their local GNC. It's honestly a joke how they left the players out to dry

[@nyyfandan]

That's Gary Sanchez, not Rodriguez. Is that like some kind of inside joke? I'm confused

[@bentaylor8198]

I thought that went on my cereal.

[@danflenderson742]

Went to Tim Raines baseball camp every summer when I was a kid. We all loved him.

[@caseyjames6306]

I went to play pool with some major leaguers, and all of the 8 balls were missing.

[@cplineberger]

Watching Canseco and McGuire hit those homers during the late 80's was a sight to see man.

[@dereksupernaut]

Lenny Dykstra claims he and Paul Molitor were cocaine users when they were the NL/AL Championship MVPs in 1993 and met each other on the Dave Letterman show... fax!!!

[@frankwhite1895]

Nothing lenny dykstra says is a fact

[@carlostenorio9892]

At 2:17 that is not Ivan Rodriguez

[@mongolikechewchew2475]

You're right, it's Gary Sanchez.

[@tombutcher321]

But coke being found in a mascot costume sounds like somethings straight from a comedy movie

[@CWREDnYELLA816]

Gary Sanchez and 12 Gold Glover awards from a perfect video! Lol but seriously… I’m looking forward to more quality content!

[@everett-tnredsfan]

V-eye-da Blue. Players openly used greenness I the 50s -the 80s which is basically speed. Jim Bouton openly joked about it in his book Ball Four.

[@dirtylemon3379]

Pound that Bud.

[@brocklanders3616]

Exactly. Even the cleanest players of the steroid era popped greenness, Like Frank Thomas admitting to doing it.

[@christopher19894]

I don't really like coke... I just really like the smell of it.

[@jaylenbarnes2.079]

Great Video

[@joekerUli]

If you ask Lenny dykstra, it still hasn’t ended.

[@BobPrice-b7f]

Heard Keith Hernandez did a line off of Bob Costas

[@dcs1106]

Mispronounced like 5 different HOF player's names.

[@williamshelley1533]

That stuff just ruins these videos for me. I can understand maybe a lesser known player but even then. If your making a video that you work hard on the get views and subscribers you got to be bang on. Especially with the HOF players. Most people who watch these videos know what going on in that sport. When I see that stuff it makes me think the person knows nothing of the sport that I am a complete fanatic about. It was a good video though but definitely got to work on the fundamentals

[@teamsteed1]

Thank you for posting the video.

[@Thesaurcery4U2C]

4 ounces a month... 1 ounce = 8 - 8-balls any adult can finish an 8-ball off in an evening, or 24 hour keep going day. That is 32 8-balls a month, or 1 ball a day. That isn't very much at all if you're splitting between other professional athletes. They had to have another conect to keep adult male athletes going on the reg.

[@karenrichmond4938]

Not a lot when you've got a monkey on your bat....

[@triplespace007]

I can only imagine being absolutely locked in for 2 innings then back to reality.

[@humanipulationnation]

As a kid I was totally oblivious to any of this happening and I was a “fan.” Was it just me or did anyone know this was happening in the 80s?

[@mclovinpo]

Lmao at the use of a snow flurry filtered

[@JD0586]

Lets be honest. Was ANY profession immune to cocaine use within their company(ies) during the 80s? Cocaine Was The 80s. Period.

[@chn71]

Tell me Kieth Hernandez doesn’t look like Lalo Salamanca in the thumbnail.

[@4thand3]

Let the players use snow again. I wanna see some unhuman baseball

[@MikeyBoi84]

Right!?!!

[@RichardSleyster]

The Pirates mascot LMAO

[@zennyspent]

In the interest of science, I conducted an experiment during this video. The hypothesis is that the droll, droning monotone, and the drooping inflection at the end of literally every sentence is enough of an overall low that it could actually neutralize the usual effects of cocaine. The control was to rip one moderately sized line when the bit about Tim Raines began. No additional line until at least 15 minutes in. The effects were documented thoroughly. Conclusions are that the voice didn't lessen the potency or duration, in fact no second line was used. However, the voice did become noticeably more droll and it was easy to lose focus on it. I can safely say that I missed most of the second half of the video, as the voice is a low and clashed with my upper tinged brain. Now to publish my findings.

[@tedharrington5432]

The sins are definitely better concealed in today's MLB.

[@MikeyBoi84]

Yup. Especially the betting scandals

[@usernameiphone3gkid]

Audio sounds horrible with the vocals

[@shifty1927]

Would of been nice to be these dudes dealer.😂

[@reademandweep4402]

funny how the guy whose in your thumbnail wants the F taken out of LFGM 😭😭

[@DenisPage-b4t]

The is a FABULOUS SITE. NO BS, NO FAKE NEWS, HOW REFRESHING!

[@norneva775]

And everyone only talks about Bonds smh guess it’s okay since it was coke, amphetamines and who else knows what these hall of famers drug addicts were doing. The Ruth era was doing uppers and pretty much all alcoholics as well. All enhancers, but let’s only focus on a guy who never got busted for drug use

[@-_-Code-_-]

Lol why you do Kieth Hernandez like that though?>

[@rustykuntz94]

I give you credit for admitting the errors here, we all have to be the new guy at some point. Biggest error was just showing random highlights over specific things you're narrating.

[@frankxaoz1286]

That facts that a Mets player is on the cover of this video is classic. LFGM

[@HappyBirthdayPaulie]

"Push it to the limit Walk along the razor's edge But don't look down just keep your head, or you'll be finished"

[@stanmccormick8543]

If I were Gary Sanchez’s lawyers I’d be drafting up a lawsuit rn

[@GreenStrokeHillbilly]

Bruce Springsteen "-Glory days-"

[@MikeyBoi84]

Baseball seems like the last sport that would have a cocaine issue

[@WiitaBest]

"He made his debut in 1985, the very beginning of the drug-related era in baseball." Players have been doing Greenies and whatever for decades prior to that. Doc Ellis was doing all of it a decade prior too lol.

[@danlutz9861]

I am from Pittsburgh. Grew up in the shadows of three rivers. Was even involved in drug culture. And I never heard of this story until this video. I am shocked this was all going on when I was 3 years old and I never heard about it growing up

[@davidmichael22]

Why tf is Anthony Volpe in the minors on a graphic when talked about the 80s 😂😂😂

[@andrewdunn49ers]

2:16 that’s a photo of Gary Sanchez

[@pringals420]

When your nose starts bleeding that's when you switch to smoking crack.

[@BeerCanDan93]

Manny Machado is Cansecos secret offspring

[@salvatoreperez5113]

What? Manny has been playing all year injured and never messes with Steriods You're way off dude

[@BeerCanDan93]

@@salvatoreperez5113 and?

[@jamesgreensmith6469]

I think he just means they kinda look alike in facial features

[@jrb2280]

The biggest problem with Drugs is that they work.

[@jerrypeterson8579]

I can’t believe all three served 81 jails in prison. That’s absolutely insane.

[@TheOGSticks11]

What?

[@jonathonhappel]

Doc Gooden lost a whole year in 1995 for taking Coke which is really a PDD (performance decreasing drug) Yet at that same time, MLB did nothing about PEDs which actually give players a performance advantage.

[@robertclaiborne5391]

Nice stuff I just subbed and liked 👍

[@CjCroW]

2:15 😂 “Pudge Rodriguez”

[@wynstonwerden9468]

Curtis Strong? More like Curtis Snow