The Yankees Have a Secret Dynasty | Baseball Bits

[@chronusx877]

Duke Snider, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Andruw Jones, Curtis Granderson as only CFs to have back to back 40 homer seasons in MLB history? I'm pretty sure Ken Griffey Jr did it at least once right?

[@FoolishBaseball]

You're correct! I thought I had put Griffey in there, but apparently I only had him on the .800 OPS / 2k hit list. The Kid went back-to-back in 1993-94, and also had five straight seasons from 1996-2000. I will pin this comment so everyone can see it.

[@supervision4137]

Chronusx yeah he hit 56 back to back

[@fiercedietyherooftim]

Griffey had 5 straight such seasons from 1996 to 2000

[@josephpeinado1665]

Griffey would’ve done it way more times but he battled injuries

[@CSDonohue11]

Good Looks My Dude. 😉

[@nickwillisjr.5887]

"To this day it's the most home runs hit in a season by anyone who didn't have to testify to congress about it later." FOOLISH NO LMAO

[@FoolishBaseball]

It's quite the category

[@PHDFlopperr]

Stanton could have got there :(

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Foolish, yes

[@freakindamnshiki]

that was a class jab

[@nandy9285]

@@PHDFlopperr you know people typically have to juice to get to 60 if a 6'6" 240+lbs Titan in Stanton couldn't get there. Even if he did that year, it'd be right at 60 and not 66,70, or 73...

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

2022: Aaron Judge played majority of the season at centrefield, and broke Maris's Home run record and most likely the AL MVP

[@jackblasbalg7936]

Elmer Miller has the first playoff at bat in Yankees history.

[@FoolishBaseball]

Well that is actually a very interesting fact

[@codiefitz3876]

I don’t that is a real name

[@codiefitz3876]

Belueve

[@codiefitz3876]

nvm

[@will-eh3qt]

Goated

[@FuzzyFromYT]

Fun aside: Mike Trout was set to go to the Yankees, but the Yankees signed Mark Teixeira and had to give a compensation pick to the Angels... imagine the CF dynasty then 👀

[@wyattsexton4132]

hello fuzzy

[@nickwillisjr.5887]

i just had that thought, it's like we missed trout and the Yankees had the anti-dynasty, a decade long drought...

[@johndotcue]

Hey Fuzzy nice to see you here!

[@re2pect470]

Oh man it hurts my heart to hear that

[@Zackattack-jt6dy]

Fuzzy I love your vids

[@AvsJoe]

"but ran into the documentarian's dream Seattle Mariners" I smell a Jon Bois reference! That was an excellent doc!

[@tiltmasterflex7220]

It wasn't just John. Foolish and UrinatingTree also dropped videos on them in the same week as the dorktown announcement iirc.

[@srj34]

@@tiltmasterflex7220 No, it's definitely only Jon Bois. He's the only person ever who made entertaining videos on KZbin, this is a known fact.

[@kylec.4432]

@@srj34 I mean... he's Pretty Good

[@brucedillon8358]

@@kylec.4432 it's even funnier the 1,821th time!

[@aeroburn5665]

And now CF Judge chasing Maris’ record. From one Yankee CF to another 🤝

[@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar]

Rickey ain’t pressured by New York. Rickey’s condo got a view of the Entire State Building!

[@dandychigginsshrekentrepreneur]

Woah, the entire state?!

[@nickeyg.2714]

Plus he got his million dollar check mailed to the wall

[@Nem1606]

Jon Bois

[@stephenm8725]

the man could fly like Superman though, let him have his view lol

[@falconheavy809]

14:56 ... and then Judge hit 62. Sometimes, predicting the future can be hard.

[@louispecceu2952]

Who else finds it so satisfying at 6:19 when the emphasized syllables are lined up perfectly with the contact

[@flurrries]

Yes I love it

[@donutboi6187]

Can’t wait until Bill James makes the Mathis an actual stat, as well as the Jeff Mathis award for best defenders that had bad batting averages

[@FoolishBaseball]

I want The Mathis displayed on MLB's website.

[@blue_manatee3895]

I remember one year (fairly sure it was 2012) where Andrew McCutchen won a Gold Glove in center despite having a pretty bad season fielding-wise, but he hit really well, and Clint Barmes hit horribly but fielded really well and didn't win at shortstop. The awards aren't biased at all! /s

[@talhakarsloglu4278]

@@blue_manatee3895 Yeah I remember it. Star power means everything. Same could be said about Jeter. He was at best an average shortstop defensively but he won like 6 gold gloves.

[@graydoesntmatter]

@@talhakarsloglu4278 One of the big things that contributed to his later Gold Gloves was that his Field Percentage was tops in the league

[@josephperkins2740]

@@talhakarsloglu4278 lol yeah his last gold glove year he had 22 errors

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

3:46 Those 1941 stats for Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are INSANE! I mean, I know they're two of the game's all time greats, but DAMN

[@evanpuhala]

The last time I was this early, Shibe Park was still standing.

[@FoolishBaseball]

Last time I was this early, Foolish Baseball was still responding to comments

[@jaspergoldie7475]

When he mentioned Joe, Ms Robinson just started blasting in my head and then he mentioned it.

[@FoolishBaseball]

Fun fact: it was actually supposed to be a Mickey Mantle namedrop (Paul Simon's favorite player), but the syllables in his name didn't fit the song's rhythm.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Foolish Baseball Did you get that from “Summer of ‘49?” by David Halberstam?

[@edalder2000]

@@FoolishBaseball The Lemonheads covered "Mrs. Robinson" in the early 90's. But Evan Dando is no Paul Simon.

[@turdferguson6620]

edalder2000 The Lemonheads are garbage

[@gr8sword97]

edalder2000 Yeah, they said later that they hated the song and when you listen to the cover, you can kinda tell. Of course, no one likes the Lemonheads either.

[@Aviator43]

Waiting for the Max Scherzer video. Dude pitched 2 no hitters (1 should’ve been a perfect game), pitched a 20K game, pitched with a literal black eye and broken nose, and pitched game 7 of the World Series after getting a cortisone shot just 2 days prior

[@RicardoAGuitar]

He has a literal black eye and a literal blue eye

[@noahwright8109]

Too angry to get injured lol

[@michaelm2662]

My coach played with him, when asked to describe him my coach called him psychopathic, he never showed emotion, it was just normal and mad

[@davidreyna7410]

Definition of a different breed

[@toobeastly32]

Could be be baits since I’m a nats fan but also the best pitcher rn

[@asamurry5523]

Brett Gardeners head is HUGE in the thumbnail 😂

[@RecardoGuillermo]

Brett Gardner’s head is huge in real life

[@sethfulton7011]

he looks like megamind lmaoooooo

[@Ryan-sj4of]

Big brain

[@GunterTheGamer]

Seth Fulton damnit beat me to it

[@rubenayala4261]

Mantle is a true badass for not only coming back from those horrific injuries and still having a Hall of Fame career, but still being able to do that on an un repaired ACL!

[@carsonmclean574]

I love how no one gets mad about baseball media talking about Trout a lot like you might with lebron or Brady. He’s just kind of the best and everyone loves him

[@zjwerkz203]

There’s just some things in life that are accepted

[@dfparizeau7697]

I bet it's because he's been saddled with a poor team around him. If Trout had won a couple of rings, the tune would be different.

[@sntslilhlpr6601]

"No way he's 17." "...out of the Dominican Republic." "Exactly."

[@samuelarmson6284]

Dude is 100% 24😂😂

[@jaydee4861]

he's at least 28 bruh, and on roids

[@ThorHC11]

Do people really still that Latin Age Fraud is actually a thing? Because that's not backed up by history at all. It's a flawed, false stereotype.

[@king_supreme1102]

Honestly, the Yankees just have an Outfield dynasty in general. Look at all their Right Fielders: Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson, Dave Winfield, and now Aaron Judge. That’s also crazy. They probably have stronger CF’s, but still. LF isn’t as impressive for them. But Rickey Henderson, Charlie Keller, and Roy White aren’t a bad weak link either.

[@ryanouimet]

Yay. Always awesome when a new FB vid comes out!

[@FoolishBaseball]

Always exciting to upload one on my side!

[@ryanouimet]

Foolish Baseball you’re a Yankees fan? Cool!

[@FoolishBaseball]

@@ryanouimet No I hate the Yankees.

[@ryanouimet]

Foolish Baseball oh ok. I do too

[@wyattsexton4132]

Who’s your favorite team then?

[@Keonelehua]

Man I never knew that about Mickie Mantle. That is tragic in a way that he injured himself so young. Who knows what he was truly capable of

[@diney7085]

I wonder if his favorite memory at Yankee Stadium would still be getting that blowjob under the right field bleachers

[@ethantoth2621]

easily could have been the GOAT

[@zsheincustoms]

My dad was actually neighbors with Mickey Mantle when he was a kid! He lived in Dallas like Mantle, and even though he was only a kid, we have a balled signed by him in the dining room.

[@frenchfrey65]

I SEE THAT DORKTOWN REFERENCE YOU SNEAKY YOU! THOUGHT YOU WERE CLEVER EH!?

[@FoolishBaseball]

I'm not sure what the Dorktown reference is here.

[@frenchfrey65]

@@FoolishBaseball talking about the Mariners, playing for their lives? There was only a 6 part documentary on it recently.

[@FoolishBaseball]

@@frenchfrey65 Oh, duh. I finished this video about 10 days ago so I kinda forgot about that part xD

[@bernier42]

Foolish Baseball I want to see a Venn diagram of JB and FB fans. And one of y’all needs to make a video showing what percentage of inside-the-park HRs are legit, not due to injury, error, or defensive indifference.

[@bwellstv4927]

@@bernier42 maybe it's the quarantine, but I'm ready to watch that content!

[@mohammadullah2859]

and now, judge is continuing the dynasty

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

and now Aaron Judge is in center field....

[@bryantparker7390]

8:02 WOW! Stand up comedy, Acting, and baseball. Richard Pryor really could do IT ALL!

[@jamessutter6700]

First game as a Yankee at Shibe? Kind of changes the perspective of every bomb I hit over that wall with 99 signature Babe Ruth in MLB the SHOW...

[@nickgucci5029]

Another phenomenal video! Growing up in the mid-2000s, Bernie Williams was my favorite player because I remembered him as the big bat outfielder that would get hits. I think that I still have a replica jersey with his number to this day.

[@theItalianshamrock]

Used to go to a few Yankee games a year always in the bleachers in left center... i think that made me love the position and respect the legends who've played there

[@HYENA_art_magazine]

3:04 i bet that "W" in Hack Wilson's name is driving you nuts

[@cloroxborax]

11:01 Bon Jois

[@BobbyRodenbach]

How is Griffey Jr not on the list of CF with consecutive 40-HR seasons? The dude did it multiple times (93-94, 96-00)

[@BobbyRodenbach]

Nvm I just saw someone else’s comment where you acknowledged this. My b.

[@brendanvanzandt4083]

This is even better in 2022 with Aaron Judge

[@cedricgist7614]

Don't know how I forgot to give a 👍 yesterday. Hundred-year connection any of us could have seen - but you brought it out. I'm a Cardinals fan and don't much care for the Yankees - but I have to give them their due. It's not just deep pockets that fueled their success. Come on! Lou Gehrig was a New Yorker and Reggie Jackson admired the organization at a distance. Of course they have the money but they have a history of getting the right people at the right time. Not just players: front office talent, management, scouts, development personnel. Just a smart organization that usually knows how to capitalize on its opportunities. Sure, they let Willie McGee get away - but how often has that happened? Baseball wouldn't be Baseball without the Yankees....

[@Adam130694]

Neon Deion! Maris' 61 is still AL record.

[@RecardoGuillermo]

Damn it feels good to be early. Also, a bit cool to see new ad

[@FoolishBaseball]

bag secured

[@Letterman0412]

Well the athletic just fired like half their staff so they’re probably not spending too much on ads right now.

[@SFTaYZa]

@@Letterman0412 lol

[@jackconnor3766]

Welp looks like aaron judge is the new addition to the dynasty

[@Retro-wb1hf]

This was very interesting! I never realized that Yankee Centerfielders were that dominant for that long!

[@Tuning_Spork]

They had a good run of catchers, too. Dickey --> Berra --> Howard --> Munson.

[@Retro-wb1hf]

@@Tuning_Spork fun fact, I have a Thermun Munson bat from burger king promotion day from a long time ago.

[@yankmyass]

@@Tuning_Spork don't forget posada

[@nyyandnyk27]

2 years later- Aaron Judge is nicely continuing this tradition this year

[@yankees2864]

I never realized just how my team dominated that position, and we got the Martian incoming!!!!

[@theheathuman9158]

Foolish having to break out the real stats this video, Simon and Garfunkel name drops, controversial but I think it was very important for this video. Very brave of you Mr. Baseball.

[@KewlBrettC]

And add Aaron Judge to that legacy

[@redsoxfan3011]

The Redsox did the samething in left field, going from Ted Williams to Carl Yastrzemski to Jim Rice all three hall of famers

[@WaffleLover-my1hi]

Another great video bailey! I don't know much about baseball history so I have been enjoying some of these more recent ones that talk about baseball history, and make it relevant to the present.

[@BKF0]

3:05 How have I never heard of this Hack Wilwson guy?

[@Chr1ShawnKPD]

2022, Aaron Judge (CF) Yankees, on pace for 65 HRs, and currently having one of greatest offensive seasons ever

[@alwallace4538]

Besides being a great human and one of the most underrated ballplayers of all time Bernie has something no CF at his level does. A Grammy nomination. Kudos to the Renaissance Man!!!

[@thatguyuknow1837]

I wonder what teams excel at the other positions like how LSU is DBU

[@broidk8291]

Red Sox at LF is pretty crazy. Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim rice, Mike greenwell, manny Ramirez, and now Andrew benintendi who has a bright future. Pretty much all back to back

[@petermegenhardt2726]

Crazy that judge slid over to cf just because he wanted to continue the legacy. Thanks for bringing it to his attention Bailey 🤝

[@aviadschechter5704]

Finally a Yankees video

[@FoolishBaseball]

It's been a long time coming

[@joeinreallife6293]

It's about f****ing time. It'd be like doing a channel on world-changing/shaping inventions (physical and intellectual) and not including any from light-skinned males of European descent. Ridiculous, absurd, and tedious.

[@DeadOmega]

Bernie can also play the guitar and sing simultaneously. He rakes in the sound department!

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Here's the thing, name the position, you've got a good chance of having similar results with the Yankees. And you should. I'd happily watch. Of course, I'm a Yankee fan.

[@redsox258]

Crazy to think a drain pipe in the middle of the outfield almost ended Mickey Mantles career

[@TrueRGM]

Had to throw in Mike Tauchman at the end of course. I'm sure whoever owns the twitter account @HoodieTauchman will be pleased

[@FoolishBaseball]

HoodieEstevanFlorial will be in shambles though

[@reldrago]

Watching this in 2022, where by the fate of the gods, Aaron Judge is the Yankees CF. The world works inn mysterious ways

[@Exil22]

Hey, this is a good video. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you.

[@nickbuchanan3380]

Yo league

[@jackconnor3766]

Commenting from 2024, fun fact… aaron judge very good

[@alexremoll]

I absolutely cannot wait for Jasson Dominguez to play in the majors. If we ever trade him I’ll go insane

[@FoolishBaseball]

he's a big boy

[@king_supreme1102]

They would be crazy to do that

[@stealthyshadow567]

“Most home runs hit in a season without having to testify to congress about it” should be an officially recognized MLB record.

[@coffeyallday]

Earle Combs is probably the only person ever mentioned in a Foolish Baseball video who began his baseball career playing for a coal company team in Eastern Kentucky.

[@jrosa1028]

Whenever I see a new video of yours pop up on my feed I stop what I’m doing because I know it’s gonna be a great one. Love your work man

[@iykwimvlogs]

One of your best videos so far. Super interesting and funny and sick, really enjoyed it. Keep it up!

[@jamesoester505]

Don’t forget, even Andrew Jones played in New York for one season. It wasn’t anything special, but it just adds to the great players who roamed center field for the Yanks.

[@sigmasrise-w3s]

Bro if his son is what he projects to be it’s finna be scary sights (btw amdruw Jones should be in the hall of fame)

[@OnlyMike4]

You just gotta include Bernie in the Core Four, so in my eyes it was always the Fab Five

[@RetepAdam]

As a kid growing up a half hour from the city in the 90s, I thought Bernie Williams was their top star at the time. I don't know what that means, but to 8-year-old Yankee-hating me, he was that dude. Latin Grammy nominee too, so hey.

[@PFB1994]

@@RetepAdam As an adult in the 1990s and watching a lot of baseball, I think Bernie was the 2nd best player on the team , behind Rivera. He batted in the #4 slot, as a switch hitter who played great defense. I don't know the saber metrics stuff, but I personally saw Bernie get to line drives in the alley that looked like sure extra base hits and rob guys all the time. his speed was a serious defensive advantage. Another interesting fact, in the 2003 WS loss by the Yankees, Bernie led all players in avg, HR and RBI (wasn't a lot of runs, but still Bernie led both teams)

[@AsavageEP]

@@PFB1994 Bernie, Posada, Jeter, and Pettite were waaaaaay better than Rivera. Mariano was awesome at his job, but being a one inning closer has minimal value no matter how great you are. It's like being a dominant FG kicker. That's why Mariano has a lower WAR than Dave Stieb despite his WAR surpassing all other one inning closers by a mile.

[@PFB1994]

@@AsavageEP Rivera was in more games than Posada in the 99 world series. Girardi caught a lot during that run. And Rivera had a lot of 2 inning saves.

[@AsavageEP]

@@PFB1994 One series is a small sample size. Mark Lemke was bonkers in the '91 series. It doesn't make him more valuable than Ted Williams. The Save is a legit stupid stat. He did have a good amount of 2 inning saves over his 19 year career, but nowhere near the all time leaders, and again, Saves are bad stat.

[@tomprovoenzano]

You could make a similar video on Yankee catchers - Bill Dicky to Yogi Berra to Elston Howard to Munson, with minor entries like Rick Cerone and Butch Wyneger bridging the gap to Posada and Sanchez

[@ryanmack7781]

Woooaahhhh yankeee with no brim

[@yourmomlikeswidgets3901]

Let’s get this over with. Brim with nooooooo yankeeeee

[@FoolishBaseball]

let me go around this hat

[@trendsports3136]

I'm 22 so I didnt see the 90s dynasty they had , so that 2009 championship is everything to me , but being a fan since a little kid I just want to say I love the Yankees because we know how to draft all time players , we got the next kid on the way Jasson Dominguez

[@StateoftheFranchiseSports]

As a Yankees fan....this fills my evil soul!

[@Yeo-]

Aaron Judge played the majority of his games in center in 2022, when he, you know, committed 62 hate crimes against baseballs (and the pitchers who threw them). He might be a rightfielder, but damn did he have a good year in center.

[@wyattsexton4132]

Keep up the great content man!

[@FoolishBaseball]

Thanks, I'll try!

[@patrickeaton9350]

I love the subtle hat-tip to SB nations Mariners series :D

[@nate_kang]

11:02 ok Foolish don't think I don't see you subtly *referencing Jon Bois*

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

Can not get enough of Baseball Bits. I think this is the 4th time I've watched this one.

[@blofyyrl553]

The Yankees have always had a great center fielder Brett Gardner...

[@miketrn16]

Brett Gardner in the thumbnail is definitely my pick for the nickname "the Martian."

[@shoukatsukai]

Could we do a video on "Brady Anderson and other One Year Wonders"?

[@jman2050]

With Judge being the Yankees de facto CF this season this video is already aging quite well.

[@styrmandmuesli9747]

Junior hit 40 hr+ 5 years in a row at cf... how do you forget to add him to the list of 40 hr back to back list😭

[@ramiresibsen]

I'm in tears man, this is an awesome video

[@demetriusmiddleton1246]

Babe Ruth is so weird to me. Look at him in the picture at 2:17 - his head looks photoshopped onto his body. Looking at other images of him, he doesn't look athletic AT ALL, but he OBVIOUSLY was. He played center field, but he's got the body of a history teacher! Sidenote: Joe DiMaggio's slide at 4:02 is atrocious! Lmao!

[@king_supreme1102]

Joe was actually a very smart baserunner haha. I like how aggressive the slide was, imagine if someone was standing on the base.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

he was half man half pig

[@rnhtube]

Your videos are so good dawg. This one finally earned my sub

[@sterlinggonzalez5229]

Thank you for the content. Just wondering if you can do a video about the shift killing Ryan Howard’s career with Philly.

[@FoolishBaseball]

The shift is definitely interesting. I'd have to look its relationship with Ryan Howard further. There's still plenty of slow, pull-happy lefties in today's MLB.

[@sterlinggonzalez5229]

Foolish Baseball true it’s just crazy how he went basically from the best baseball player in the league by far with Ken Griffey Jr popularity to nothing.

[@alexvratsanos5227]

Well done, FB... this is your centerpiece!

[@salvatoresultana4058]

7 seconds in and it is already a great video

[@FoolishBaseball]

You didn't even make it past the sponsor! lol

[@evanpeterson4124]

Rodger Maris was born in ND, and I live there. It’s great to see him in an FB vid XD

[@masonschreiber3252]

“He wasn’t a great defender.. but still won 4 gold gloves so maybe I just don’t know anything”😅

[@FoolishBaseball]

I really covered all my bases there.

[@mcpootis7796]

4 more than Mike Trout. Also, Derek Jeter won 5 gold gloves.

[@martytu20]

He hit well enough to win a gold glove.

[@mcpootis7796]

The fact that most awards/hall voters and sportswriters are on the east coast really helped those two win nine gold gloves.

[@joeinreallife6293]

@@mcpootis7796 And the fact that the man who devised the criteria for advanced fielding metrics is a lifelong Red Sox fan may account for the fact that every and any Yankee of note now has a decreased valuation in this category.

[@wisyanksfangaming3434]

8:30 why did he pass up the chance to say Murcer Maddox Mickey and Mumphrey as opposed to Rivers?

[@ericveneto1593]

That documentary about the Seattle Mariners was pretty good.

[@joeinreallife6293]

This one is even better.

[@ericveneto1593]

You didn't recognize the Jon Bois reference? ;)

[@joshuapatrick682]

Bernie williams has 4 gold gloves, a career ops over 800 and ops + over 125 has 50 rWar and like 4 championships. Not hall of fame worthy though???! And then there’s 12:24. Man the snubbing by the BBWAOA…

[@Wneff7]

I’d love to see this with other positions and other teams..

[@ryanmorrison3699]

Very cool video. Even some Yankee fans probably don’t realize how great a line of center fielders they had for 100 years. I know I didn’t!

[@mkadoza]

Rest in Peace Bobby Murcer.

[@FoolishBaseball]

Also Rest In Peace to Elmer Miller and Whitey Witt.

[@Yankeeapple13]

I would say that the dynasty of Yankees catchers is also impressive. Dickey, Berra, Howard, Munson, and Posada

[@theforbiddensauce]

You missed the best player to ever play in CF. The camera in centerfield of MMP is clearly the best

[@joeinreallife6293]

This is one of Foolish Baseball's five best videos. We're lucky to have him.

[@camyu19]

There’s no way that kid is 17 lol

[@king_supreme1102]

He is

[@kamleshpatel9685]

I SEE THAT DORKTOWN REFERENCE YOU SNEAKY YOU! THOUGHT YOU WERE CLEVER EH!?

[@jaydee4861]

he's at least 28 and on roids

[@Zack_410]

@@jaydee4861 You realize the whole latin american player lying about their age thing is a bullshit stereotype? Also hasn't happened since like 2004.

[@ThorHC11]

@@Zack_410 Unfortunately, many people are idiots. This guy, and anyone who still believes that the age-lying thing is actually a legit trend, is among that group.

[@RLuca84]

Great video as always...one minor mistake in the video. Bonny Mercer didnt patrol yankee stadium in 1974..the yankees played their home games in shea stadium in 1974 and 1975 while yankee stadium was being renovated.

[@joeypowers1434]

I thought the section titled “the Martian” was going to be about gardener

[@booce6969]

Megamind

[@BigWhiteChocolate2005]

It's always a great day when foolish bb uploads