The Real Kenny Powers From 'Eastbound and Down'?

The HBO comedy Eastbound and Down ushered in of a new type of dark hilarity and became a television cult classic in the process. The protagonist, Kenny Powers, is an obnoxious, crass Southerner who has fallen from grace after his professional baseball career has abruptly ended. But who was the inspiration for the character?
At the height of his career, John Rocker was one of the best closers in professional baseball, and also one of the most disliked people in the game. In 1999, comments he made that were printed in Sports Illustrated came to represent the worst of American culture: racist, homophobic, and xenophobic. He apologized for the remarks later, but Rocker's crass and confrontational nature never died, and there's something kind of lovable and funny about the guy; after all, he's just a baseball player. Or maybe not? This is the real Kenny Powers.
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[@imfraeglasgow]

A lot of people ask me, ‘Kenny Powers you’re a giant star - you can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?’ The answer is yes, I have. Several times in fact. And it’s actually kind of cool. You can negotiate practically anything, and sometimes even just kinda do stuff in the moment you never agreed to pay for, and it goes by without much argument.

[@danielyes3099]

Without much argument 😂

[@suchafoker1329]

It’s true too lololololol

[@michaeldobbins2632]

Hell yeah LMFAO

[@egregiousqueef7781]

Heard a comic say once - you don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay for her to leave.

[@lukespector5550]

Stevie Janowsky only got to lay Maria long term!

[@JamesBeam420]

Me and my wife Donna were watching this documentary in our bedroom one sultry evening, when i heard a rap on the door, and our son Gabriel walked in. My wife Donna said, "No!! Gabriel!!" And I said, "LET THE BOY ... WATCH!!"

[@bokehgod4486]

"He needs to learn...like I learn from my father" 😂

[@The_yeffy1]

Hey that plum looks good can I trade it for a Twinkie? No these are my plums!

[@Shadoefax760]

+Jcurvs99 they glow with a bluish hue

[@jimlahey9158]

Darla*, don't disrespect her like that

[@RJCE420]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@readyupad]

Nobody's "seen a few episodes" of Eastbound and Down.

[@monadamus42]

Lol, God it's so good.

[@keef_cheefr3110]

Finished the whole series in like 4 days. Fucking love Kenny P

[@Chris-kx5lp]

Tell me more about the feeexins

[@zachpeat5076]

One of the best shows HBO put out

[@hankdatank09]

Facts!!

[@joejackson9986]

"Sometimes, when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm."-Kenny Fuckin' Powers

[@mikeyd2030]

Crazy that Vice was ever capable of such a fair interview.

[@jorgehuamanmusic]

They would never do this post-Trump. Their brains melted.

[@saulspeaks2557]

Feels like another lifetime, huh?

[@baverfjant]

@@jorgehuamanmusicHave you seen their reports from Isobel Yeung or Ben Solomon for instance? Probably not, or you wouldn't make such a dumb comment

[@touchmytopic6763]

Rocker probably smashed the interviewer.

[@Spooky_515]

This was the first Vice piece I came across. I subscribed thinking I had been missing out. They never came close to duplicating the quality of this interview

[@kaitlin4u]

Wow him and Danny Mcbride have such similar voices. What a good casting choice for the show

[@gaminonya7599]

kaitlin_08 Danny Mcbride was one of the creators of east Bound and Down. Will Ferrell was just a producer. Danny Mcbride had the mindset, when creating the show, that he was Kenny from the onset.

[@kaitlin4u]

Ohh okay good to know!

[@DJRAKKK]

kaitlin_08 When he jumped the fence and it opened the fucking door KENNY FUCKING POWERS TO THE 10TH POWER haahhahaahahahahahahah

[@niteprowler709]

+kaitlin_08 haha just watched the vid. Zactly!

[@danzig3764]

kaitlin_08 I was thinking that too

[@toddhitchens6272]

"offensive and racist"? He literally said the same things New Yorkers say about New York.

[@perceptortron]

Yeah but hes a straight white male

[@fightmilk8613]

Welcome to Vice. Accusing people of whatever they can to divide segments of the country.

[@mannym1635]

@JC as a fellow NY who commuted by the 7 train back and forth for decades, everything he said about the people who ride it was 100% accurate.

[@Luke8-17]

This is so true!!

[@rustinjobinson]

Yeah, that's not at all how that works at all. He's actual scum.

[@andyborowitz1730]

this doesn't look like an interview,it looks like a Tinder hookup.

[@rc59191]

@Read Father Seraphim Rose everyone slightly right of Marx is a racist

[@guzz114]

Lmfao this comes across as a date.

[@anatolepapafilippou7967]

Nailed.

[@sammmy4495]

@Read Father Seraphim Rose he’s a man

[@joshuaahn8182]

Came here to say they def have the pre hook up vibe

[@gregorykingdollar3108]

Ashley Schaeffer gave him 200 bucks for this interview

[@joelbarker9989]

Lol

[@trashyraccoon2615]

I can feel that down in my plums

[@johndoe-fq7ez]

@@trashyraccoon2615 :')))

[@jerretsodders7642]

Let rhe boy watch

[@johnline]

i play real sports. ain't trying to be the best at exercising

[@Kennypowers51]

Sure, iv'e been called a xenophobe, but the truth is i'm not. I just think America is the best country and the other countries aren't as good. That used to be called patriotism.

[@theflanman1986]

I love this fucking show... KP is a walking memorable quote generator.

[@Caseycarlo]

Oh shit do you play golf or tennis? I really hope you play something near a real sport and not just golf or tennis!

[@Nana-hq9dv]

Johnline lol

[@maxwellschultz4784]

Sports are a waste of time to placate stupid people. Ever heard of the Roman Colosseum? Yea...

[@Alknight7]

“The mask from Scream, can I wear the mask from scream?”

[@rhv84060]

Cassie - your cell phone SUCKS

[@JFKjr-gp7lf]

Funny asf

[@ecardullo10]

"While I do you from behind? Hello?"

[@evanabbott2737]

@@ecardullo10 I fucking love that scene...”yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

[@nickolasecker9817]

“I don’t see why I have to pay for a hotel room, I’ve got a house and you can come here and we could just cut out the middleman” *hands Cassie empty bud light can*

[@brandonwall5693]

I’m from the same town as Rocker. He used to date one of my 7th grade teachers and would pick her up for lunch. He was always cool as hell and signed a bunch of stuff for me.

[@theov4020]

Good joke

[@joelmorris32]

Her body language around him is like a high school girl

[@Kem1kal13]

Close your eyes and listen, it IS Kenny Powers LOL

[@Sjcstro84]

Icon of Sin haha he does.

[@willpowr416]

I was thinking the same. McBride nailed the role

[@justinx9892]

I think he’s playing it up a bit to match the character

[@David-um4dy]

"I'm not trying to be the best at exercising, I play real sports" 😂 I loved East bound and down so much and never met anyone else that liked it lol.

[@bobtwichew3103]

It was the fucking funniest show on tv at the time. I was pissed when they canceled it.

[@brianfeuerstein776]

" you can't fix sucks " is the most Kenny Powers thing ever 😂

[@miamoben]

"You can't fix sucks" - John Rocker

[@jlistetson]

"My dad said you ruined baseball" - Eastbound and Down

[@samuhlm2]

right before this is the best line. "Ya I went to rehab, hurt my nose"

[@StandardEnvy]

he deffinely slept with that interviewer to, lmao.

[@igohida]

1000% . Just their body language at 10:14 is enough to tell

[@defsushi]

Lol probably

[@marchammond05]

Ditto!

[@ryanbrown3004]

I don’t think so. Women are like that, when they need to get stuff. Like decent interviews

[@pegcity4eva]

She works for vice its mandatory she be gay

[@enzotestarossa]

Host: “You gonna show me your slider?” Fkn killed me

[@aeternusero]

If you are from the South, you know a Kenny Powers. We all do. That's why he plays the character so well, because there is one in every town.

[@ws8061]

Jody Hill is from my hometown. His mom is a middle school teacher and I ofc don't know for sure but I swear he themes some characters from Vice Principles after real people.

[@cyrilkoop1601]

Come on now, there’s a lot more than just one. And there’s not a damn thing you can do about it! 😂

[@juliebraden6911]

Assholes are everywhere. Definitely not just the South.

[@Jeffc0987]

I had a coworker who once said..."Now I'm not a racist, but some black family just moved in next door and it just pisses me off". I asked him if there was any reason for it like loud music, not taking care of the lawn, whatever ...and yeah, it was just good old fashioned racism. That was my Kenny Powers.

[@rhv84060]

Kenny powers won the World Series though. Lol

[@mikepekala832]

rofl "I'm not a bigot... I dated a black girl and even lived a year with her in the gayest part of town.." LMAO

[@CBuehler82]

Lol. I died laughing.

[@TheSilkyPickle]

"sink or swim, like you know how the Chinese throw their kids in the water..."

[@gunplaygaming6830]

Mike Pekala cringe dear white folks just because you bang chicks outside your race doesnt make you not a racist 😂 unreal same with the i have black friends thing you do .

[@celestegagnon1581]

Gun Play Gaming dear asshole- saying dear white people is racist, you are labeling an entire people with your ignorant comments feigning what, your enlightenment? Go fuck yourself.

[@Sokrabiades]

Meanwhile Mark Wahlberg tries to murder a Vietnamese immigrant, and everybody loves him. smh

[@dpowers1185]

“People will take us more seriously if we do all of our voiceovers in a dry monotone voice” - Every Vice Producer

[@tee1up785]

KP- “You mean Jew York? Its f*cking great…”

[@Edward135i]

John Rocker needs a reality show where they just follow him around.

[@machinegunfunkoo7dirtyjers532]

William Seroyer I’d watch everyday

[@electricchurchmedia1187]

No, a show where he goes to sporting events, gets drunk and heckles the teams and or officials.

[@dukeskywalker09]

that was "Eastbound & Down"...

[@phillyfan-182]

I would watch it

[@toxickoala4991]

Isn't that what a reality show is.

[@M1lesJames]

There is only one Kenny Fucking Powers

[@SilverbackGorilla69]

+Kenny Powers You're fucking out

[@tonytaglalucci7778]

hahaha!

[@sparkholiday]

+steve brule For your health!

[@jimlahey9158]

You got that right, and he's a shit puppet

[@thatdiamonds2148]

And they need to be angry shit puppets, but not at us, shit puppets need to be angry at other shit puppets

[@MoMo_IP2]

The host is a proud straight woman now after the taste of the rocker.

[@heathmcrigsby]

Not just straight she's full blown superstraight for Rocker

[@SuperTrb0]

She got her “I got railed by Rocker” t-shirt.

[@heathmcrigsby]

@@SuperTrb0 "I got rocked by Rocker"

[@SuperTrb0]

@@Dsowers777 who cares. Go be offended somewhere else.

[@heathmcrigsby]

She's Rockersexual

[@anthonyhewitt9397]

The guy is giving homeless veterans homes and jobs you cant speculate on his intent.

[@user6008]

Look at Rocker's stats from 1999-2001. The guy appeared in 201 games over the course of these three seasons. 162 games per season = 486. Basically Rocker pitched in roughly forty percent of baseball games every season. His arm was destroyed due to overuse, which happened to guys like Johnny Venters, Mark Wohlers and Eric O'Flaherty among others. They all played for Bobby Cox and hall of fame manager that he is, the man ruined many a bullpen arm. But such is the life of a relief pitcher, here today and gone tomorrow.

[@oldkingcoleyounger]

I always thought Bobby Cox coached the game like a winner, but not a champion.maybe the reason he won a lot but only had one ring.

[@currypablo]

Add Steve Avery to the list of young arms Cox destroyed.

[@VICE]

Kenny Powers is an obnoxious, crass Southerner who has fallen from grace after his professional baseball career has abruptly ended. But who was the inspiration for the character? Check out more episodes of The Real: bit.ly/The-Real

[@kennypowers5315]

VICE Watch your mouth, cupcake! You're fuckin' out! I'm fuckin' in!

[@EnliveningJustice]

+DoeDonDoe wha nigga?

[@tonytaglalucci7778]

+DoeDonDoe of course you can't ... Because he's not speaking Ebonics

[@DoeDonDoe]

Tony Taglalucci Lol You'd never say this to a black person. So courageous online, like your sissy role model

[@chasethorn4441]

Fuck you. Fucking clown. You're the only one talking shit here.

[@GetSchanked]

He's definitely the influence for Kenny Powers in Eastbound and Down lmaooo

[@Heresastory23]

Thats literally the titlr of the video

[@evanabbott2737]

I like this guy...! I’m not into baseball, but I think he’s really cool.😁

[@didhedieddud334]

G a y

[@bodbn]

McBride said he was based on a couple of different sports players one of which was Rocker.

[@rayfalsetto1010]

Just finished the series, I’ve been binge watching it for 3 days. Totally worth it.

[@mhtpk1989]

Holy shit he is real. Danny McBride/Will Ferrell were barely exaggerating.

[@williamallison417]

right he was just in puerto rico instead

[@chsjo]

I find unapologetic people refreshing.

[@th33399]

100%

[@jakebennett8853]

you aint lieing.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

They’re dooshes

[@trashyraccoon2615]

@@briefcaseblues6061 I know it’s spelled, doosh. Kenny is awesome.

[@dontreplytome5665]

@@briefcaseblues6061 what a doosh!

[@jimmorrison9411]

This dude has such an unlikeable but hilarious personality and McBride did a great job of creating it on camera.

[@tybaltyrant1]

I think he's extremely likeable.

[@bradbutcher3984]

You just mad he smashed Ole girl.

[@mikevismyelement]

Unlikeable? You must've got bullied by the athletes in school

[@BuckfastConsumer]

"Let the boy WATCH"

[@PerryCuda]

Looking at Rocker's body language during his interviews, it's obvious he thinks the host is in play.

[@uzieric1]

and of course she is.

[@latinolawdog5067]

He’s a pro athlete. They think everybody’s in play.

[@cordellsenior9935]

I think so too. Since the golf course.

[@shanek6582]

Ignatius I’d say she’s gay

[@benjones7634]

@@shanek6582 gay for that dick. She's married. To a guy.

[@DubstepClassicsHD]

you gotta respect him for not really giving a fuck

[@seymourglass26]

He's faking it less than 2/3 of the comments, and they're even written in a pretty anonymous forum and still can't be honest.

[@xperiazip7967]

Dubstep Classics he gave her a fuck

[@elchatodeoro1]

Is kenny powers you fucking idiot of course he wont give a fuck

[@jeremyhelton1261]

I don’t watch sports and I’m not a baseball fan but for some reason I have to say this was one of the more interesting reporting assignments I have seen

[@optimusmars]

I grew a full beard upon watching this documantary.

[@galedribble9535]

That’s crazy cuz you’re a wee little baby

[@MrHeatgap]

She's without a doubt my favorite interviewer for VICE, I can't stand the rest of the goofy, out of touch with all reality, hipsters they use.

[@ryanbarrett3895]

what is her name?

[@AGE0FQUARREL]

@@ryanbarrett3895 Gianna Toboni.

[@ilyab4792]

@@ryanbarrett3895 gianna michaels

[@ohsweatbret]

She sucks, her gitmo visit was retarded. Basically 20 minutes of “we are at a facility that holds top secret prisoners! Y U NO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS?!?!?” Maybe she is better with these lighthearted interviews, but anything that’s serious she comes off as a naive sheltered out of touch hipster.

[@kenesealo7982]

What are you talking about she's a bit h rocking a side comb. How is that not hipster

[@shahmm]

"I'm not controversial, I'm polarizing." John Rocker

[@alexkulka8578]

Definitely chemistry between the two.

[@anthonymorabito32]

was looking for this comment lmao she was digging him

[@RonnieG]

She actually kicked him in the nuts after his first beer.

[@reidkyle5030]

lol theres probably few women on the planet who wouldn't dig on him.

[@SmallBritney]

Hilarious, never knew a Kenny Powers was real down to the voice.

[@TheTaintedTango]

Kenny Powers 110% tapped dat.

[@tommclarty17]

This documentary gave me a tingle down in my plummmmmmsssss.

[@bucky90269]

laces out Ray!

[@nopansnogains5382]

@Leonard Holt fresh and juicy ready for the picking all the school children are lining up to put them in their sack lunches "hey that plum looks good could I trade for a twinkly" (naa these are my plums, I want to bite in to that plum and let the juice spill down my chin).... ya know what I mean

[@dwgwnr1969]

I have had too much fanta..mammy

[@killmovezzz2185]

Special 2 for one

[@mikemcdermott7760]

Even Kenny Fukin POWERS grinned when she said "Will you show me your slider????".

[@Dustinwhy8]

“Can I do you from behind while wearing the scream mask? Hello...hello?. Cassie, your cell phone straight up blows.”

[@evanabbott2737]

“Yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

[@biglakebulliesadamg.8715]

Rocker's still on the juice. 👍 "La Flama Blanca" ✊

[@MarvelousPhilly]

I meant this guy once, and to be honest, he was a cool dude. Didn't seem racist to me. We had an hour long convo on sports, and just life in general. I knew about what he said in his past, and after talking to him, I didn't care. And yes, I'm a black man. I was 27 at the time. To sum it all up, he's actually a good person.

[@gunplaygaming6830]

The Marvelous One lol what has anybody famous done around you that you deemed racist?? lol jeez

[@michaeldobbins2632]

Bro people are just too PC. Nobody can take an offensive joke at all

[@RonnieG]

I'm glad you meant him.

[@bobbyhall7472]

So because he didn't call you a N----- he must be a good dude huh🤡

[@mikeschmidt4800]

I had 1/4th of the shoulder surgeries he had/should have had and I learned to throw left handed in the healing process just so I could throw ball with my kids. Honestly, now, it is like having a fresh youthful arm that has been waiting for its time.

[@xxsmack_dabxx396]

I feel like Kenny powers is a mix of this guy and Lenny Dykstra

[@saltemann3581]

he did smash

[@ApeQuake]

John Rocker is clearly the inspiration for Kenny Powers. The main stepping off point was Kenny was a polarizing redemption story and John Rocker's redemption is private. Also, John is not really a bigot, he seems to hate everyone that's not like him equally -- white, black, females or whatever. I do not share his opinions and most items, but he's at least genuine. He's the real-life internet troll -- unfiltered and unrelenting. On the other hand, he does good for things he cares strongly about and puts effort into that as well (of course, mostly he just cares for himself... but still). I could not stand to see someone like him daily, but there is room in society for a John Rocker and he seems to be getting on (even though his Twitter feed is VERY difficult to read).

[@CFergiee]

***** I'm sure you pump gas for a living.

[@CFergiee]

it's a shame you couldn't find a way to make money doing something you ENJOY. I'd appreciate you keeping your lack of manners where they belong. Oh wait this is a youtube comment section. Stop wasting your emotions and time. Go fill my tank.

[@nlsupernovaable]

Most people can't handle people who don't say what others want to hear and have an attitude like "you can take me as i am and if you don't like me, to bad". Everybody is always trying so hard to be liked by everyone because they are afraid to be rejected. When they are conftonted with someone who doesn't play along with their facade they feel something is wrong or weird with that person, or are jalous that they don't have the guts to do the same. I can relate very much to this guy. Don't know who he is but understand exactly how he feels. Tough apperance, misunderstood but to people who matter to him very warm and helpfull. and dedicated to things that actually matter instead of worying about what others think. Also very little patience for bullshit. If you don't like me, too bad. There are so many people i don't like, It happens. Mind your own business and move on. thats what i do and works great for me. A lot less stress

[@cantryss]

People throw the term troll around so often now it's lost all meaning. Beyond popular belief there is a difference between being a troll, and a asshole. Trolls say things they don't care about knowing they're going to get a rise out of people. Assholes can say things that will get a rise out of people, but they don't say it to get a rise out of people. Rocker fits in the Asshole personality category(Not saying he's a asshole) People on the internet need to learn the difference because there is one. Example in this thread: CFergiee Troll ***** Asshole/Troll* Cantryss Asshole *Read below

[@cantryss]

***** I gave you the lesser of two evils but I guess you can't accept it. What a shame you've upgraded to troll.

[@ticcusagram]

That mans gotta learn... the way I learned from my father..... the way he learned from his fatherr

[@mosipd]

Help me understand why it's controversial to help immigrants learn the local language and assimilate successfully into society. I really don't understand why anyone would say this is controversial or how it could "piss people off" as Vice claims.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

I agree 100%. I took 4 years of Spanish in High School and a semester in college as an elective. I can have a conversation. The most difficult part truly is when you're talking with spanish speaking dudes and THEY don't even know their own language. It frustrates me because I'm like "esse, I'm not supposed to know more than you".

[@babyreps365]

Simple move to Germany learn to speak German not sure why English is so offensive

[@llai8501]

"You going to show me your slider?" Hahahha

[@achmeineye]

For some reason I absolutely love the narrator's voice...there's something about the tone that is just perfect to me. I wish she read audiobooks

[@ifinallyhavesocialmedia8728]

Nice interview. . .I'm black and can truly appreciate people who are unapologetically themselves. You'd be shocked at how many of us shun liberals/hipsters/soy-boys. EVERY race is prejudiced to a certain extent; if someone's an asshole and living their truth, I'd respect them any day over a follower pretending to politically correct: the asshole gives me the liberty of knowing whom I'm dealing with.

[@jasonhutter7534]

Feel the same way. We ALL have prejudices. They surround us and we grow up with them. Some of the prejudices may have some basis in fact but people are way more similar than they are different. The important thing is to appreciate the differences, not dwell on them.

[@akbrooks70]

I have a cousin that played in triple A for 15 years. Got called up a few times but not for long mostly because of injuries but also because he was trouble. He makes Rocker look tame. Point is, these guys are a special kind of person. They're douchie and don't give a damn about anything but a W. Trying to make them feel bad about some off color comments or get them to change their feelings to meet yours is a lost cause.

[@Igoruhandchu]

Aka a MAN..dying breed these days

[@billcosbyeatsbabies9947]

Two things are for certain: 1) kenny powers was definitely inspired by this guy. & 2) he definitely banged that reporter, 100%.

[@indo3052]

I dont know. She seems like a lesbian

[@mybrokengains2404]

indo she was til she met Rocker...

[@indo3052]

MyBroken Gains lol. Lesbians still crave d from my experience

[@whywelovefilm7079]

Not every female reporter sleeps with the person they're interviewing. Lol But you're right about this one. She totally slept with him...

[@archydagr8]

Lol 100%

[@chilleverest]

This documentary was more about the reporter chicks road to banging Rocker than about Rocker himself.

[@TGuy-bt4xz]

chilleverest you said it all brotha , I felt apart of him smashing this chick ,almost a wingman she pounded tht drink the clear one and took it for NY

[@subg8858]

You wouldn't have this interview without those self indulgent brats. Excellent work here if you ask me

[@greydeath4273]

He sounds just like danny did in eastbound

[@rodakjones7574]

I live in Wilmington where the series was filmed. It's like living in his world every day. I walk by Ashley Schaffer BMW every day. Its not called that, but its the same building. It's a trip.

[@dwgwnr1969]

I'm a huge Braves fan and I loved when rocker hit the field runnin like a freight train to the mound, eyes blazin, sweat flyin..dying to crush any batters tryin to take away a win from his team.

[@tthreepo4291]

It's called roid rage bro....

[@plack_benis382]

@@tthreepo4291 i mean ge mightve been on some roids. But i dont see it, usually by his age he wouldve shrunk down and shown obvious signs of roids. Hes a pretty big dude naturally, and his mass and tone has aged naturally.

[@tthreepo4291]

@@plack_benis382 that's not an opinion dude, it's fact. He admitted to taking steriods while playing in his book 10 years ago and on several interviews...

[@plack_benis382]

@@tthreepo4291 yeah youre right he did. I dont think he was juicing super heavy though. Never had any of the negative effects besides ego that i can tell

[@Jannakennels]

Lol. Everyone was on steroids, he was the only one running to the mound.

[@ph0kused]

seems like a cool dude that can laugh at himeself

[@Zeno7741]

20$ she's a lesbian

[@easterdm]

she actually wants to D

[@Mac-ze4gu]

Still hot AF

[@NathanaelGreer]

Mercredy Uy your super ghey

[@mclovin9578]

He sure as shit loves himself. Lol

[@heartlesshorseman4202]

If this guy still played, I would actually watch baseball

[@Dstealthsniper]

$50 this girls parties were moist during this interview

[@JimmyFranceable]

Rocker was 100% accurate about NYs 7 train, and I grew up a Mets fan. He makes some valid comments about the media, he also seems like a good sport about it all. He knew how to play the bad guy and he played that role to the hilt. We all ate it up, it was great.

[@alanharper4910]

A broken clock is correct twice a day too

[@t-townchampreviews1442]

@@alanharper4910 not if you go by military time.

[@theleagueofshadows100]

let me be your pappy!!! Me: “Why is this mic on the ground over here!?” -Reads comment- “Oh...nevermind, that’s where it belongs” and James France well said. Agreed all the way.

[@joniraggi2358]

Yup. I take and hate the 7 and all the pricks who ride it along with the smelly homeless people who expect me to pay them to ride it

[@JimmyFranceable]

@@alanharper4910 You’re a broken clock.

[@Abravesfan1988]

Ohhh shit look there's Marquis Grissom! Dude caught the last out of our last World Series in 1995! Damn good Centerfielder in the day!

[@dwgwnr1969]

Fat girls rule

[@Abravesfan1988]

Dwayne Heath DAMN RIGHT!!

[@SchmavidSchmobb]

Dude, I was so psyched to see him. The Only mlb game I saw as a kid, he hit an inside the park home run. My favorite player ever since

[@matt4122]

Wow, you can really tell this was filmed prior to 2016, otherwise this interview would've solely focused on his bigotry and the reporter would have utter contempt towards him.

[@whydoineedahandle269]

Yeah let’s just do an interview inside a crowded bar

[@SethGoletz]

The real question is... Who wears two gloves when golfing?

[@andremaines]

Definitely not OJ

[@JFKjr-gp7lf]

@@andremaines 🤣🤣😂

[@sammmy4495]

Sweaty palms on a hot southern day.

[@pete7389]

Terrific interview. I was never a fan of John Rocker, but as a lifelong Phillies fan I never cared for the Braves all together. Dunring his playing days I only knew of Rocker what I heard on the media, but this interview gave me a different appreciation of him. Well done.

[@OnYourSquare]

I remember 'ol John Rocker. He had triple digit heat on tap!

[@jdavis1215]

can we talk about the host having the glove on the wrong hand while playing catch?

[@devinsteib3518]

Yup caught it right when they showed her and the worst looking glove ever cardboard mafia!

[@derekroberts5931]

He aged well. Almost a Luke Wilson look.

[@pandemic7]

Lol, she was so into him. You catch all that flirting and girlish laughter. Makes sense, she's prob usually around a bunch of effete, man-bun wearing, Brooklyn hipsters.

[@justonefyx]

It's the first time she's been in the presence of a real man. God knows, she's never seen one in the Vice offices.

[@uzieric1]

so true. she's the manliest vice reporter I've ever seen. lol

[@EnliveningJustice]

g mack, “they ALL have to suppress it.” WTF are you on, clown?

[@EnliveningJustice]

she looks just like one of those hipster pony boys.

[@historysmysteriesunveiled8043]

"You gonna show me your slider?"

[@Tacoz4lifee]

Waited the whole time for him to yell “you’re fuckin out!”

[@hunterbenz2042]

He is very well spoken, he’s like a normal person, I think the lady that interviewed him might of caught some feelings . This is a perfect example on how the media can make or break someone in the lime light.

[@BigBewtieHoles]

Hmmmm...based on what I know about people with that hairstyle I would begin by advising you that the journalist doesn't adhere to binary gender pronouns. I've met some people who went as she with a haircut like that but they didn't stay she for long....

[@gamerscouncil2262]

"You're gonna show me your slider" 😂😂😂😂

[@starrshine5976]

I don't know much about this guy, but he is still, physically a giant.

[@aBIGdeadHEAD]

+Cherry lmfao, tears

[@lockandloadlikehell]

Cherry... 🍒

[@pecosR0B]

I was just a teenager when Rocker was in his prime and I wasn't really into baseball back then. I do remember a lot of people hating him but man, he doesn't deserve it anymore.

[@roystephens568]

10:10 show me your slider. Best pickup line ever

[@jwaxmcgeeg9706]

This guy is cool, fuck the haters

[@logfog]

It pisses me off that "Learn to Speak...(the language spoken in the country you are going to)" is thought of as controversial by the media. It isn't controversial, it's common sense.

[@kortneyjones4823]

Log Fog your clearly a white person

[@Tristige]

*you're, lmao don't know how to speak it either?

[@gstacks510]

Speak when spoken to boi...

[@deprogramm]

It is very logical. Anyone who disagrees is just a politically correct moron. Assimilate, or get the fuck out.

[@dylanevans7529]

Goes to Saudi Arabia... Don't Speak Arabic... Get hanged. Come to Western Countries.... Can't Speak Language... Official Second Language

[@geebee380]

I think Rocker is gonna show Edward Furlong his slider after the interview.

[@arthurmorris1813]

Underrated comment

[@VernonMaxwellsfriend]

Explain this joke please haha

[@niceguy1774]

As soon as she said "after what many consider were offensive and racist comments.. " without saying what they were, I tuned-out. So much for that 45 seconds.

[@herdondoozer]

$10 he railed the girl reporting

[@seande1314]

NextStageFitness double money she doesn't swing that way. I know lesbians when I see em I know to man. might still hit though... people like experimentation

[@roguestep4843]

She just looks like a Lesbian... she got railed HARD, southern charm/hospitality works on city girls.

[@TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream]

Everyone who wrote this in this comment chain is a man who was attracted to another man projecting their own attraction to this man into the female reporter. WE GET IT you think he's attractive lol. Some grown men below this comment have written things like "Yeah that's the first time she was in the presence of a *real man*" I think we have some sideways ass niggas in this comment chain

[@mmorrison151]

NextStageFitness she was soaked threw out the whole interview.

[@SDADDYWSL1TR3Y]

NextStageFitness well she's a liberal and a lesbian so i doubt it she probably hates his guts and this video only proved how much of a dick head this guy really is

[@TheKSTEW3]

This guy got the rap as being an uneducated bigot/bully, but I was surprised at how well spoken he was at times during this interview. This is an example of one comment from 17 years ago, still haunting this man to this day. What makes America great is giving someone a chance to redeem themselves even after what appears to be a permanent fall from grace.. As a former baseball player/fan I loved his competitive streak and take no prisoners attitude that every great closer must possess to be great. As a former Marine, I am even more impressed with what he has done to help former vets who have fallen on hard times, by providing the opportunity to become productive members of society again. As for Kenny Powers, the man was hilarious and gave me something to look forward to watching EastBound, but the only similarities between the 2 are how eerily similar their voices sound, and the fact that are hardass relievers from the same part of Georgia.

[@tvxfilmtime]

So you are a bigot like him

[@chrisL0430]

I'd love to get drunk and play a round of golf with this dude lol

[@ArghhhhMose]

My dad said you were in rehab...”yeah, hurt my nose”

[@zshakur]

People grow and change. Some become wiser. I remember those comments he made. I was living in Atl when he said them. I'm happy he's found his redemption through helping those that fight in our countries name. He's doing more for them than the government is. Racism is ignorance, intolerance is ignorance. What he's doing for forgotten vets...priceless.

[@LeviDaManJabroni]

Visa MasterCard

[@cata3350]

His organization partners with the VA a government organization, so they must be doing something right? 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@javisan14]

This wasn't an interview? it was a seduction.!

[@markyncole]

So people got upset because he described a typical NYC subway ride?

[@Spooky_515]

God I miss Eastbound And Down. As for John Rocker goes, we know he was good for baseball. It made that Atlanta NY rivalry so exciting.

[@girlspooptoo8567]

He seems like a really good guy to me. New York's a little sensitive Maybe Stay Gold Ponyboy

[@angelmurals298]

Macedonian_Pride 83 its always liberals.

[@MLCAgaming]

New York's a shit hole, who cares what they think

[@JimmyFranceable]

I'm a New Yorker and a Mets fan. I thought Rocker was great back in the day. He just played the villain well.

[@staten84]

He's nice now. Obviously he learned his lesson

[@someguy504]

Looked more like a date than an interview. Probably plowed the shit out of her when they stopped filming.

[@edictzero]

"we decided to give him a fair shot" can't even believe where vice is now compared to 5 years ago

[@jaxonpickett6372]

lol wut

[@novumdomine9925]

On the “speak English” campaign I will say this. I met a Chinese business owner once. During our conversation I asked him how old he was when he learned English. His answer? “Very young. There isn’t a rich person in the world that doesn’t speak English. If you’re going to be successful it’s the only language you need to know”.