Wily Mo Pena: The Greatest Power Hitter That Never Was | Sports Oddity

[@TommyG0709]

Wily has an amazing swing! He has a baseball academy in Tampa and my son played for him for a few years. At 39 he was still crushing balls. It was fun to watch. On a personal level, Wily is an all around great guy. He loves to teach and always gives time for kids and fans that come by just to say hi.

[@gimpleg9913]

In 2001, when the Yankees traded Peña to Cincinnati he played for the low A Dayton Dragons in their inaugural season. They produced posters of that inaugural outfield line up. Single A Dayton outfield consisted of Wily Mo Peña, Adam Dunn, and Austin Kearns

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Now that’s quite the lineup, crazy you got to see that in single A of all places

[@cincinnatireds1729]

Austin kerns is a coach in my cal ripkin league

[@gimpleg9913]

@@cincinnatireds1729 that's awesome. I always liked him, he seemed like an great guy. Always sad that he didnt last longer.

[@cincinnatireds1729]

Yea he’s great he talks to everyone and actually took one of our teams to the cal ripkin World Series 3 years ago and we are trying to do that this year

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

He played for the Redsox too and he sucked

[@EoCx1]

Keep grinding dude, don't get discouraged...you are one video away from major success. Great channel, great content, great presentation, clean, organized...glad I found your channel

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Don’t worry, I got more content ready to go and we’re keeping the grind going. Appreciate the support!

[@EoCx1]

@@TheDiamondBaseball I say that not to be negative, but I have binged several of your vids, and the views are just shocking to me. You're gonna be one of the Foolish Baseball type dudes if you keep this package up

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

@@EoCx1 Thanks, I really appreciate it! It's been a struggle for sure over the past year, but now that we've had one video blow up perhaps maybe another will follow suit. Who knows.

[@JuanMejiaYnojosa]

Wily Mo played for my hometown's team, Águilas Cibaeña in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He has a colossal batting power but he received a lot of strike out. He's a friendly guy and a good person with the fans.

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Everyone I've talked to about him says the same thing, he seems like a great guy

[@DjWaylayOFFICIAL]

Thank you! My most prized baseball possession is a Wily Mo Pena game used bat. One of my favorite players growing up

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

That is an awesome collector's piece. I think I have an autographed ball somewhere in my collection, but I'd have to go check

[@kellygonzalez2454]

Great job! Amazing video

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

[@SaulMalekSpeaking]

Would you be interested in doing a video on Carlos Lee?? I felt like El Caballo should’ve been a hall of famer. Both him and Alfonso Soriano. Loved both of those players

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Maybe, I will definitely keep them in mind because both are very interesting players

[@codyscards6698]

For anyone wondering why the dbacks would trade him so quickly...one word. GOLDY

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

No lies detected

[@cincinnatireds1729]

Bucks in 7

[@jordandr.j4789]

I remember Wily Mo Pena from playing MLB 06 or 07 the show, I’d usually pick the Red Sox to play as David Ortiz, but Wily Mo Pena stood out because for the first or second grader in me, it was a fun name to say, and I hit many dingers with Pena in that game

[@willycast80]

Incredible baseball player 👏 🙌 👌

[@ybfatboy]

Might be one the best baseball videos like you had ti be there to understand significance to even make this

[@wellingfigueroa8788]

Uno de lo jugadores con más poder que ha pasado por MLB, recuerdo cuando dió un cuadrangular enorme en RD jugando con el glorioso equipo del Licey

[@antonioprensa2964]

El mejor bateador de práctica, cuando comenzaba el juego parecía que estaba bateando con un periódico.

[@wellingfigueroa8788]

@@antonioprensa2964 Dije qué era unos de los jugadores con más poder qué ha visto el béisbol,en ningún momento hablé de qué era un buen bateador, lectura comprensiva por favor.

[@kimfalleiro]

havent watched the video yet have to say this first Wily Mo Peña is a great name

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Honestly, yeah. God tier baseball name.

[@elmopihkala402]

at the beginning of the video, this guy seemed so familiar and I didn’t know why. well that’s because he played for the Hawks of course

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

SoftBank Hawks Legend Wily Mo Pena

[@robbiehuff7928]

I saw him hit a grandslam here in Cincinnati at GABP. The ball seemingly disappeared into the Kentucky night. Also, I think it was his first year in Boston, he hit a ball at least 110mph towards the Monster and almost decapitated a few fans.

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Wily Mo was truly something else man, a real-life Pedro Cerrano

[@leeong]

I saw him hit a monster homer off the facing of the upper deck in straightaway center, at old RFK stadium in DC. Mammoth shot

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

My favorite thing about this video is how many people have responded to it with stories of watching him hit home runs, it really does warm my heart

[@johnnysim1985]

Love this channel - Keep making great content

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Thanks so much, I appreciate the support!

[@Tiedye6336]

I remember seeing him playing for the Red Sox

[@andykratoska5791]

I saw him hit a line drive into the Green Monster once and the whole thing almost tipped over.

[@xapocotacox]

When I saw this video that was the exact moment I thought of. I will always remember that haha

[@hendricknunez3913]

True. Agree. Real.

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

I miss him, I wonder what he's up to now

[@stevenshea6267]

Me and Ron Maker cried crocodile tears when Wily Mo left the Major Leagues..

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

I remember when the Red Sox got him me and my friends were very excited because we needed another power hitter in the lineup but that was short-lived because he sucked ass! He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Yeah, the second year of that contract was extremely rough...

[@MrPezdispencer]

How do you come up with ideas for new videos?

[@connorcre]

He’s my coach

[@Jacobthekid28]

His swing kind of reminds me of Jose Ramirez's right handed swing

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

I can see it

[@betterbaseball8990]

Great vid

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@hmhm856]

To think that Willy Mo, Adam Dunn, and Griffey Jr were teammates with the Reds

[@H.T633]

I play for his baseball team he hit tanks of of me

[@RigelOrionBeta]

Red Sox traded Bronson Arroyo for this guy. One of the most underrated bad trades they've made. Arroyo would go on to have a solid career and even made it into a HOF ballot. That said, at the time, I was excited, because of the power potential. Turned out to be mostly just potential though. I do agree if he was healthy and was playing every day, he could've done well, and certainly would've fit into today's game more.

[@christopherb.8465]

Wily Mo wasn't quite as one dimensional as people think or what you're making him out to be. His career BA of .250 is consistent with league average, he hit.301 his first year in Boston, and ran well enough to have a 26 steal season in the minors.

[@josephstockman3425]

He had a lot of physical tools, especially before he was 300 lbs. He could run very well early in his career. He had a strong arm in the outfield. He was a very good athlete. He had a lot of bat speed and power. Injuries, getting heavier and his inability to identify pitches are what kept him from being an all star in the big leagues. He is still a success story, he played professional baseball for a long time. He made a few all star games in Japan and made a lot of money. Some guys can have all the skills, but if you cannot identify pitchers you are going to struggle. There is a player named Jose Siri that is an amazingly elite talent but he cannot identify pitches to save his life.

[@LancerJak]

His name screams double cheek, beer league softball, extra mustard on the dog power swing.

[@angelokline5410]

He’s my coach lol

[@brianc4695]

Is it even a great baseball story if the Mets don't screw up big time at some point?

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

I mean, I didn’t want to say anything but….

[@familystory4310]

Tenía bastante poder, pero muy poco talento le daba duro solo eso.

[@aquaticambience40]

Would you ever make another Chanel just dbacks. There not a lot of content on the snakes out there.

[@TheDiamondBaseball]

Probably not, but I still have plenty of Dbacks stories to tell on this channel

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[@Viewbot-1232]

He’s my coach

[@josechavez9428]

Where sir? In the Dominican Republic, Laguna Salada?