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2012 A’s will always be my favorite A’s team. Still can’t believe the Cespedes trade in 2014 really could’ve competed that year

Probably the key reason for his obscurity was two guyz named Ruch and Gehrig. This was also the dayof Foxx, Greenberg, Gehrig, Joe D., Johnny Mize, etc.

I grew up in NYC in 50s and 60s. Ott was well known to baseball fans back then. Amazing for such a little guy.

Mel was so small, John McGraw saw him and everybody wanted to change him but mcGraw saw somethingand said leave him alone.

what a mess

in a time of boeing and bombardier, it makes no sense not unifying it all under one league with no divisions or conferences, have each team play all of the other team home and away, and the one that wins the most wins the league, then at the end, the league winning team plays against the all-star team made up of the best members of all of the other teams.

This video is dated. Pitchers no longer hit in the National League.

Is there a FA cup like english football? Imagine with so many teams fighting each other and may have massive upsets with mlb team

Who forgets Ott?

Since 2022 only the two best division winners per league advance. The 3rd division winner plays together with league team's 4,5 & 6 in the wild card series. There are 12 teams in the postseason now, 6 for every league, the 2 best division winners advance, the rest plays in the wild card series.

Total bust at MLB

Gio DFA’d by my Tigers today after an underwhelming year. Totally unpredictable but this video has not aged well lol

Does the mlb have a league where players develop in? Like the g-league for the NBA?

Oooohhhh my lovely cardnials.... how times have changed

So why Dodgers are playing against Yankees in the regular season if they are from different leagues?

So if you claim a player off waivers do they need to be on the 26 man roster or can they be in triple A

The fact that there are so many teams feeding the mlb shows that baseball could have been a cultural cornerstone the same as soccer in many parts of the world. Would have been amazing to have a relegation system with teams strictly representing their city/town/community rather than franchised system where teams jump around cities.

No mention of the pennant?

I cared for Eddie Joost near the end of his life. He told me some amazing stories about his life as a big leaguer. RIP to a great ball player.

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3:20 hey I took that Philmont expedition a year after you did!

Mel Ott stepped up to help a young Willie Mays.

Do MiLB's have tournaments, championships, postseasons?

Everyone here that’s still confused is retarded

What does it mean when they say a player is "out of options"?

Great stuff

Thanks for making this vid dude. Exactly what I needed as a new fan to the sport haha

I'm such a newbie I literally had to ask Bing Copilot what a head to head record was

Well, the Texas Rangers have the Frisco Rough Riders. That’s the only MiLB team that I’m familiar with.

Thanks for this. Wonderful story of a lesser known hero.

Polo Grounds rightcenter was 449' The rightfield short porch was only right down the line; 259'.

another reason he is often forgotten is that the team he spent his entire career with moved

This video is really good at explaining the system but for anyone seeing this, it's slightly out of date. In 2022, MLB added another wild card team to each league. The only real differences is that now the lowest-seeded division winner partakes in the Wild Card round against this new 6 seed. This round is now also a best-of-3 series. Other than that it's the same.

This is one of the best videos regarding an old school player. Well done sir!

They should add expansion teams to the minors

I think you missed some "U"'s. Better question is why nobody picked up on you missing them?

I can make this quick.. the Yankees happened.

Cool to see the hype for players who would form the core of a rising Marlins team. Even though Bleday didn’t work out and Sanchez hasn’t played since 2020 bc of weird injuries, Sanchez and Cabrera are solid starters and Chisholm is a star and easily the face of the team

You should explain independent ball I feel like it is to unrecognized by most so it would probably be visas a lot

Great Info! The Giants have retired Ott’s #4 but he deserves a statue as well , Hubbell, Bill Terry, McGraw and other NY Giants deserve more respect from current day Giants organization & fans too… oh, coincidentally Ott has a Bay City tie … he managed the Oakland Oaks (PCL) for a few seasons before his tragic passing in Nov, 1958

You need to update this. Class A short season and rookie advanced are gone

Thank you

Watching this so I don’t have to watch the patriots all season long

I don't get it, isn't supposed to be 6 teams per league?

Now do another video all about how teams mess with service time in order to screw players out of arbitration and free agency.

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best explanation ever

thank you!!!

I appreciate your take on baseball history. I learned something, and that makes me fortunate. Mel Ott. His approach to hitting marvels me still.

What is a "seed"? Mentioned multiple times. Explanation would be nice. Can't really understand anything without that.