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Ichiro was the first Japanese non-pitcher to become a true star in MLB. 10 time All-Star, 2001 American League MVP, and broke the single season hit record. Definitely worth a reaction on his own.
Yeah they HAVE to watch a video on Ichiro. He's one of the greatest hitters of all time. I'm not even a Mariners fan and I teared up hard when he retired lol. He's just one of those super beloved players that all of us adore.
Ichiro also made throws like that every time he had the chance. Which wasn't very often, because the league figured out not to try for the extra base if he had the ball.
That last segment was Roberto Clemente. A baseball icon, he was nicknamed "The Great One". I think the creator of the video you watched sort of took it for granted that everyone would know Clemente, but I agree a strange way to end it. Clemente is worth your time to research, a legendary player and top class human being, his career and his life were tragically cut short. He was the first Latin American player to be enshrined in Cooperstown and as far as I know the only one ever elected with a waiver on the normal 5 year waiting period, due to the circumstances.
Best way to describe him is he was the Jackie Robinson of Latin players. The Puerto Rican team for the WBC had a jersey with his name and number in the dugout. That truly shows the impact he STILL has on all of Latin players, especially in his home country.
Wow, just read his Wikipedia. He died in a plane crash, which would be tragic enough. But no, he died in a plane crash _on his way to deliver humanitarian aid to Nicaragua_ after a deadly earthquake. And he was only on the plane because he wanted to ensure that disaster relief made it to the victims, after 3 previous deliveries were diverted by corrupt government officials. The only teammate who didn't attend his funeral was busy diving for the wreckage trying to recover Clemente's body 😭 He spent most of his offseasons on humanitarian work.
Ichiro is hands down one of the greatest players to ever step on a baseball field. Not only was he one of the most consistent defensive outfielders ever, he was also either the first or second best contact hitter ever when you factor in how few MLB seasons he played in his prime. He played his first nine professional seasons in Japan before coming to the MLB and is still 24th on the all time hits list and the owner of the record for most hits in a season. He and George Sisler are also the only players to appear on the top ten list for hits in a season twice. The mans production is insane.
@@whitesoxyea I said one of for several reasons. The main one being that baseball might be the most useless sport to try and nit pick and hyper analyze GOAT cases in. And it's useless (but fun) in all of them. I'm not really interested in taking amazing players and comparing them note by note to see who's greater. Although Ohtani definitely belongs in that convo.... I just don't have to talk about Ichiro any less fondly to also praise Ohtani, ya know? That kind of talk gets exhausting.
I absolutely loved his move to first base. He had that lunging swing that gave him an easy step or two down the line by the time the ball was hit. Amazing player all the way around.
As a lifelong Mariner fan I will say he was absolutely infuriating at times though. man on second 2 outs and he bunts for a hit or something. Undeniably great though
I grew up in Pittsburgh and was just 8 years old when he tragically passed away, but my pop had season tickets in the right field bleachers at Three Rivers and got to see him play a handful of times, including the 71 World Series. The memories most deeply imprinted in my mind weren’t even the games themselves but rather the long tosses the outfielders would throw to each other before each inning, Roberto would throw these missiles to Willie Stargell (LF) from foul line to foul line where the ball never rose more than 5 feet from the ground. Just incomprehensible throws that he made look effortless.
A little fun fact. If you notice the second play at third for Ankiel, the third baseman just seemed to stand there like nothing was going on. This is a ploy in most baserunning situations the person covering the base will do to trick the runner to think they can just trot to the base and not come in hard. The base runner in this instance was watching his base coach telling him to get down fast, but this trick works more times than not in baseball.
When asked about his throw in a post game interview, Ichiro was quoted saying “Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?” Mind you Ichiro was a rookie in the first month of his MLB career when this occurred. Absolute savage.
My uncle went to high school with Roberto Clemente (Vizcarrondo High) in my hometown Carolina, Puerto Rico. One of the greatest and our national hero. Great documentaries about Clemente.
When Bo was playing in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans in 1984, the team was practicing in the Super Dome. Auburn’s punter was trying to kick the ball high enough to hit the big video board hanging from the roof of the stadium. He couldn’t do it. Bo picked up a football & THREW it off the video board. True story.
Rick Ankiel was a good pitcher who caught a case of the "yips" and couldn't throw a strike to save his life. He came back as a centerfielder with a great arm. It's a fun story.
I am a St Louisian and a life long Cardinal fan. October 3, 2000 Ankiel was our stud rookie pitcher pitching a postseason game against the Braves. He suddenly got the yips in the 3rd inning and would never pitch again
@@MichaelW969Yep Ankiel finished 2nd in the National League Rookie of the Year voting to the Braves Rafael Furcal (an infielder) in 2000. In 30 starts he went 11-7 with a 3.50 ERA & 194 strikeouts.
I saw that game in 2000. EVERYONE-the announcers, fellow players, fans--watched and asked "WTF?" while this guy destroyed himself as a pitcher. It was horrible to watch
I'm a Braves fan, but it was Painful to Watch Ankiel fall apart in the Playoff game against the Braves.. Amazing that he made it back as a position player..
@@Mkproduction2 Me too. And even us Braves fans were hoping we were watching a legend in the making. Fans of the game, no matter who we root for, never want to see something like that happen.
You saw a very small part of Roberto Clemente. One of the greatest to ever play the game. He was tragically killed in a plane crash on his way to a charity event. It was a tragedy that baseball fans all remember if they are old enough. He was absolutely phenomenal in every way.
Roberto and Ichiro are the two that stand out above the rest because runners just stopped even trying to dare run on them they were they most feared by runners
These are the two players I would love to see have their numbers universally retired someday due to the impact they have had on Latino and Asian ball players respectfully. And I don't mean to take anything away at all from Jackie Robinson when I make that statement.
You may not have realized it, but you had some very special moments in that video. The Dave Parker throw, the third throw of the video, occurred during the All-Star game. The ending montage of the video of Roberto Clemente showed you something very special. I was a kid when I got to see him play. The winter after the 1971 World Series (Pirates won it), I attended a dinner where Brooks Robinson (worth a video of his own) spoke after the dinner. He was asked about Clemente. Brooks told us, and I will never forget it, the Orioles, like every other team at the time, were told "NEVER RUN ON CLEMENTE!" He had earned that good of reputation of throwing people out. So, the ending makes sense in that it shows WHY no team allowed their players to run on him.
Roberto Clemente not only had a cannon, he is the only person to ever hit a walk-off, inside-the-park grand slam. To let this magnificent player go without comment is tantamount to watching clips of George Best and saying “oh, there’s some talent, innit?”
When I was little in the 60's we used to go see the Detroit Tigers play. I saw Al Kaline throw the ball like these. Seeing the throw in person was like wild. They seemed to hang in the air forever. I'll never forget them. Thanks! Enjoyed it very much!
I met Al at Tigers’ spring training when I was 11. He signed a picture of his playing days and a ball for me, and we took a photo together. Mr. Tiger was such a great guy and I was very sad to hear he passed
With that throw to third, Ichiro Suzuki (which was misspelled btw) announced to everyone that he was a force. Before that there was a lot of chatter about whether a player from Japan was really good enough to compete in MLB. It silenced the critics. Shortly after that, he made a similar throw against the A's in Seattle. I happened to be at that game with some friends visiting from Oakland - we were right by third base. I just said - apparently, they didn't learn you shouldn't try to run on Ichiro.
There weren't a whole lot of great clips of Roberto Clemente throwing people out because of the times that he played, but as you can see from some of the throws they did show, people were afraid to run on him when he got the ball in right field. He's widely regarded as the best outfield arm in MLB history and it's a shame there isn't more video of him available to display his talents.
Roberto Clemente the best defensive right fielder to ever play. He had one that was in the last clip where he is running towards the right field foul line to catch a fly ball spins and fires a bullet throw to third to beat the tagging runner from second base. Incredible athletic ability to catch it and spin quickly enough to throw the runner out. Of all that you watched IMO that was the highest degree of difficulty and I have never seen anyone else in MLB history make that same kind of throw.
Respect! I'm glad you appreciate that throw because all of those Clemente clips were robbed from a video posted on my channel. I found that clip from MLB's Film Room and scoured the internet to compile the rest of those throws he made as well. Hopefully there are some other baseball videos on my channel you might find interesting as well!
Roberto Clemente, the last clip shown, was a legend and had a cannon for an arm. He was the actual all-around player as he could hit, run, and field. Unfriendly, he died in a plane crash at the peak of his career.
Not just a plane crash. He was flying (as the pilot) a cargo plane to bring emergency supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Man was a true hero and a great player
The Dave Parker to Gary Carter throw home is from the 1979 All-Star Game in the old Kingdome in Seattle. My Dad and I were sitting up behind third base. Parker also threw out a runner at third base, and won the MVP of the game award! Great personal memory, thanks guys.
Respect! I was actually the one who first uploaded and edited that part of the video with Clemente, which you can find on my channel. Even though I'm the one who I put all the work in to search for all of those clips of him throwing and compile them together & the whole video was just stolen without any reference to my channel, I'm more appreciative than upset because at least more people get to appreciate those highlights & I don't monetize my videos anyway... It's just that I take a little pride in the work I've spent bringing the videos I've posted to more people's attention
Roberto Clemente was the absolute king of outfield assists. His arm was ridiculous. He is also a big part of the reason batters run hard to 1st base on ground balls to right field, because Clemente would try to get them at first anytime they are caught being lazy.
He wasn't taking relief to his homeland. He was from Puerto Rico and he was taking supplies to Nicaragua. Just says a lot about his humanitarian beliefs because he helped everyone.
Rick Ankiel is a really cool story to check out. He was an electric pitcher when he burst into the league, but then encountered a psychological condition known as "the yips". Just suddenly got into his own head and couldn't throw strikes anymore. Eventually had to go back down to the minors and reinvented himself as an outfielder, which is incredibly difficult to do. Great story.
You guys HAVE to react to ichiro. He mastered the infield hit. He was so fast he could just make contact and beat the throw to first 80% of the time. Also just an all around superstar
The Jose Guillen throw is my fav too with special mention to Bo. One of my favorite things in any sport is the sound the crowd makes when witnessing a special play. It's not quite cheering but like a mixture of disbelief and excitement.
I think it has been mentioned before, but you guys would really love the 30 for 30 on Bo Jackson. I was rewatching it again last night and it never gets old or any less enjoyable. Bo was, without doubt, the greatest pure athlete ever. God given talent.
Best throws in baseball was when Robin Ventura charged the mound against Nolan Ryan. Ryan casually got him in a headlock and threw punches like a pitcher with a 100 mph fastball. Aug 4th, 1993. I still have the newspaper clipping. Ventura managed six hits in the game, all to the face.
@@psymar 105? No chance. A- the in-game record that he hit was 102. B- Radar guns are known to not be accurate over 95 mph until the early 2000's. That's why lawyers got speeding ticket fines lowered, constantly. They started about 4% off at 96, and added more to a reading over that. In-stadium guns that read on the scoreboard were known to be way off. C- Big deal, anyway. Aroldis Chapman threw hundreds of pitches at 106 with accurate systems.
The Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates RF) throw is one I always think of when they ask for the best throws. I saw it live on TV and never have forgotten it.
It's unfortunate that there isn't more video of Clemente. I watched a game once where he had to chase a ball back into the corner in right field, and from the corner you couldn't even see home plate. The runner from second zipped around around third and then suddenly hit the brakes as the ball came flying out of the corner straight to the catcher. Clemente had practiced throwing blind out of that corner until he had the angles perfect to be sure the ball would go straight to the plate. The reason you don't often see him throwing guys out with those throws is that runners quickly figured out you can't run on Clemente, so they didn't try.
Roberto Clemente was the first Latin player in the MLB. He kind of defined the right fielder with power. Both at the plate and in the field. He use to love getting guys taking a wide turn at first by throwing it to first. Probably why they showed him.
lots of great throws. there are so many. the Kevin Mitchell-type throw happens pretty often in the MLB, actually. The Rick Ankiel throws were pretty amazing, and Ichiro is one of my favorite players ever, but Guillen's was my favorite here
Ichiro throwing out Terrance Long is my favorite just passing Puig's throw in Colorado. The biggest reason is that Ichiro threw the ball so low to the ground. What's amazing is that I saw both games live on television.
Yasiel Puig had lots of great throws in his career. Just an amazing arm. The one they showed was in Coors field in Denver which has a huge outfield. The biggest in baseball. And he threw the ball all the way to third base on the fly and absolutely on target. That is super impressive. He also made several throws in Arizona during his career that were similar.
“The late great Roberto Clemente. A Puerto Rican. In 1972, he headed relief efforts in Puerto Rico after a massive earthquake hit Nicaragua. When Clemente received reports that the Nicaraguan army had stolen relief supplies meant for the people, he decided to accompany the next supply plane. Shortly after takeoff from the San Juan airport on December 31, 1972, the plane crashed, killing Clemente. The Baseball Hall of Fame waived the rule requiring a five-year wait after retirement (or death) before a player could be elected to the Hall, and in July 1973 Clemente was the first player born in Latin America to be inducted. The award presented annually to a Major League Baseball player for exemplary sportsmanship and community service was renamed the Roberto Clemente Award in 1973.”
Bo’s might be the most impressive because he was so deep, threw it flat footed (no run up to get momentum) and Reynolds was lightning fast and was nearly rounding third when Bo released. On top of that, the home ump isn’t even in position to make a call- he assumed there’d be no play at the plate.
Ichiro was a pure contact and speed player while everyone else was juiced out of their minds. He and Tony Gwynn were the best pure hitters in the last 50 years. Also, a video I’d recommend is about Randy Johnson. It’s an essay called “There Will Never Be Another Randy Johnson”. There’s another one called “How Randy Johnson became the scariest pitcher in Baseball”.
@@Whocares66672 Ted Williams, ok. But the other two struck out a lot. It probably took 4 or 5 full seasons of Tony Gwynn strikeouts to amount to one of Hank Aaron or Willie Mays
The guy at the end there was Roberto Clemente. He's in the Hall of Fame. A big measuring stick for hitters in their careers is getting 3000 career hits. At the time, Roberto was the youngest to ever reach that milestone. He did it in the last game of the 1970 season. That off-season, there was a bad earthquake that happened in his native Nicaragua. Roberto and his teammate Manny Sangillén went down to help in the recovery efforts. Roberto was riding in a helicopter that crashed, just off the coast of Managua, in the Pacific Ocean. Manny Sangillén spent hours diving in the ocean, hoping to save his great friend. But, the wreckage was never found. Manny played for about 10 years after that, but was never the same without Roberto.
@@Paranormal_Proof Yea and it was a cargo airplane filled with humanitarian supplies for the victims, not a helicopter. The one part he got right was that Manny did look for his friends body thus he missed the funeral.
You guys should react to Sean Taylor highlights. He was a safety in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and had the potential to be one of the greatest before his life was cut short.
*If you thought it was a weird way to end the video you reacted to it might be because that footage was taken from a video I edited and posted on my channel. No one had ever made a Roberto Clemente throwing compilation or highlight video before and the clips that were inserted at the end were left unchanged from the video I edited, which was supposed to be a stand alone video, not part of a top 10.*
I remember that Dave Parker throw. It was in the 1979 All Star game...I was a big Brian Downing fan, but I couldn't be mad because that was an amazing throw.
@@peterwest323 Nobody has pointed the finger at him, and he's never said anything, but in retrospect you have to wonder if he ushered in the steroid area. Back then we didn't know anything about steroids, and baseball players generally avoided the weight room because the were afraid they would get "tight" and be at risk of muscle tears when swinging the bat or throwing a fastball. The story around Downing at the time was that he was struggling in his career, and he went home that winter, worked hard, and came back a changed man. It was a great underdog story. That was why I was such a fan...he was a self-made player, like Dr. Bobby Brown before and Mike Piazza after. Looking back, he may have been the "proof of concept" for the steroid era. This was back before steroids were banned (in a time were NFL players were using steroids and talking about it openly in Sports Illustrated) so even if he was juicing it wasn't against the rules.
@@Bikebrh I never had any moral or ethical qualms about steroid use - not many athletes did in those days. I agree Brian Downing's quick transformation, naturally or not, was inspirational. And it confirmed what I had suspected - adding muscle mass for those not naturally gifted with it was beneficial. As you said, we had to overcome the prejudices of coaches.
It’s crazy how much more impressive these throws look in person than they do on video. The camera makes it look closer than it is, some of these throws are longer than throwing all the way over a football pitch goal to goal
Top 10 specific throws are definitely debatable, but nobody will ever argue Clemente or Ichiro as 2 of, if not the, best to ever play in RF. Amazing talents.
I remember watching the game Ankiel made those two throws.. it was so insane to watch, both throws were absolutely incredible. Unfortunately they tend to show up separately in highlight reels, glad you figured out they were the same game.
All very amazing throws. That Dave Parker throw had soo much velocity behind it. It would have traveled another 60 feet based on its trajectory. That would be my top pick. The Jose Guien throw was sick.
Ichiro is the greatest complete baseball player to ever play the game. Secret Base has an incredible documentary about the Mariners and he plays a very large role in it
Hahahahhahahah not even top 25. Bonds, mays, aaron, mantle, ted williams, griffey, clemente, musial, tris speaker, ty cobb, etc etc. Ichiro was great if you wanted a singles hitter with a below average obp, 0 power, and a gold glove right fielder you know the easiest outfield position.
As a kid playing outfield, these were always my favorite highlights. I would try my hardest to hose people like this but it didn’t happen until adult softball. Great stuff as always cheers lads 🍻
In my book, there’s the Ichiro throw somewhere in the middle of the top 10. The other 9 slots all are owned by Roberto Clemente. Greatest consistent outfield arm these eyes have seen.
Part of the beauty of baseball is a big hit deep in the outfield, runners all going full out, the outfielder picks up the ball and turns to throw-- the runners just little dots, 200-250' away, and yet the play will be within inches.
I'm glad Dave Parker was in there; that's the first one that always comes to mind when I think of "best throws in baseball history". In case you're wondering why none of the uniforms matched on that play, that was in the All-Star game they hold in the midpoint of the season where all the best players from the National League play a friendly match against the best of the American League, but they all wear the uniforms from the team they represent. (I'm not sure if they do anything like that in European sports, but all the American sports leagues have some version of that.)
I personally don't think I've EVER seen a better throw than Perkers. The guy in the Yellow. I played outfield for years, and I can tell you, throwing home from the outfield, no hop, hitting the catcher chest high, just crazy good.
Y’all you should definitely do an ichiro reaction video. Not only was he an all time great in the field and as a hitter, he also had a style completely unlike any other player.
Puig was/is crazy. Legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully nicknamed him the "Wild Horse" because of his crazy-aggressive approach to the game. Every time he got a hit to the outfield he was automatically trying to take an extra base, waiting for an outfielder to get a bit nonchalont or bobble the ball even for an instant. When he was fielding, he did the same thing, always tried to throw the runner out regardless of the difficulty. Eventually it wore thin with the Dodgers training staff and they traded him; as far as I know he isn't playing any more. Ichiro is a legend, mostly in the Seattle area, because after a career in Japanese baseball (they have professional teams there, a league, everything) he came to the US and wound up playing for the Mariners, in part because Seattle has a large Asian-American population. He was a phenomenal hitter and an excellent fielder also. Clemente also is legendary, as others have noted for his play on the field which was top tier when he played (and still would be today) and for his work off the field, where he was a major humanitarian. Essentially, he set the bar for every other pro athlete in terms of humanitarian activities in the off-season. He was killed in a plane crash because the plane he was on was overloaded with supplies intended for Nicaragua after previous attempts to send aid there had been stolen by the government, which was hilariously corrupt. He figured if he was on the plane they wouldn't steal the aid, but unfortunately whoever loaded the plane overestimated the capacity of the plane's cargo hold.
Best throw is also the best catch in the same play...1954 World Series, Game 1, top of the 8th, score tied 2-2, runners on first and second. Willie Mays was playing center field for the [then] New York Giants against the Cleveland [then] Indians. A ball that would have been a home run in most parks was hit into the cavernous straight-away center field of the Giants' home stadium, the Polo Grounds. A home run would have given the Indians a 5-2 lead; an extra-base hit would have likely scored both runners for a 4-2 lead. Mays runs all the way from shallow center field to track down the ball which was hit about 425 feet from home plate. Running in full stride, he makes an over-the-head catch like a football wide receiver, then in one smooth spinning-top-like swing of his arm, throws the ball all the way back to the infield to prevent both runners on base from advancing; hence why it's also the greatest throw for me. He was running in the wrong direction and still threw the ball on a line to a long distance to where it needed to go in a high stakes situation having ALREADY done something that was quite hard to believe. Video here... th-cam.com/video/7bLt2xKaNH0/w-d-xo.html Definitely worth getting a Roberto Clemente video. One of the all-time greats and-time great people whos life was tragically cut short by a plane crash while he was trying to help supply a humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
I honestly cannot pick one. I was actually watch those Cardinal game with Rick Ankel and the man has a true cannon for an arm. However, the throw from Jose Guillen from the right field warning track to get Neifi Perez at third is the stuff of legend. Seen that clip a thousand times and I'm still wowed by the strength and accuracy. My guess is no more then 1% of outfielders have an arm like that!! Great video guys. You're on a great streak on this channel. ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾
I'm writing this before I watch the video. I can't say if it's truly the best throw but my favorite is Bo Jackson's throw from deep left-center field to get the runner at home plate. He literally threw the ball over the head of the cut off man and did so with pin point accuracy. Amazing!
Rick Ankiel, the centerfielder who had 2 throws in this compilation, has a crazy story. He was a good pitcher in MLB, and then randomly, during one game he just suddenly couldn't throw strikes. I mean he was missing by 10 feet. Throwing it into the screen behind the catcher. It's called the "yips", and it's a mental block. He never could find his pitches again, and he was done. Forever. He quit as a pitcher, but then switched to centerfield and made a comeback. It's unheard of. It would be like a Premier League goalkeeper quitting and then coming back as a forward and being good enough to make it back to the Premier League. But that's why Ankiel had such a good arm in centerfield... he used to be a pitcher.
My only complaint in the video was that half of these seemed to be at Coors Field in Denver. These long throws are aided a bit by the altitude. Taking those out, the two throws that get my vote are the Dave Parker throw and Bo Jackson’s. I give the edge to Parker though. I remember it live and then being shown every week on This Week In Baseball with that great music behind it.
It's impossible to get a list of the 10 best of anything, because everything is subjective. That said, these were some excellent throws, but there were a few hundred more that could have been substituted of similar quality. As an old guy, I was glad to see Roberto Clemente featured at the end as he had an absolute cannon of an arm and deadly accurate. He died in a plane crash while on a humanitarian mission.
When you are in the outfield making a throw from this type of distance. All it takes is a millimeter of inaccuracy with your release point of the throw and the ball will end up 10+ feet off target. It really is insane how accurate they can be almost every-time upwards of 100yds.
One thing that’s sort of unique to baseball is how the home crowd will give a polite cheer for an away team player making a great catch or a good throw
You guys constantly impress me with how well you remember all the names of these players across all these new sports. Well done to remember Puig making an appearance in the Jomboy brawl breakdown! Though to be fair Puig is hard to forget 😅 Good video but it’s missing throws from Yeonis Cespedes. Like Puig, Cespedes was a Cuban outfielder with a cannon for an arm. My favorite throw from him was when he gunned down an Angels runner at the plate after misplaying the ball in left field. He was playing for the visiting Oakland A’s and the home Angels fans were jeering after the misplay but shut up quickly after Cespedes rifled a bullet home!
Look up ‘75 World Series, Game 6, 9th inning. Bases loaded w no outs. Fly ball catch by Foster & he doubled up the runner at the plate. That play led to extra innings and the eventual infamous HR by Carlton Fisk (that was in Good Will Hunting)
Men keep in mind that Bo also played pro football. He was a stud of a man. He had a gun for an arm! He could throw you out from deep in the field. There is a video where he ran on the wall to get to the baseball. Superman stuff! Thanks guys!
There was a Great one today, May 7, 2023...Braves playing Orioles in Atlanta, Acuna made double play, caught fly ball in right field and threw out guy at 3rd base!
I forgot about that Dave Parker throw in the all-star game. I always liked Paul O'Neill throwing out Andy Van Slyke in the 1990 NLCS. In a series that went a tough seven games... every play was critical.
The third clip that they showed was Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Dave Parker's throwing to Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter during the All Star game!!
On the Bo Jackson throw, there actually isn't footage of the throw itself. I lived in Seattle at the time and listened to that game in real time on the radio--I don't think the game was televised or I would have been watching it. I just remember thinking I had to watch the sports news that night to see the actual throw, and being disappointed that it wasn't in the video. I've actually looked around here but never found a video that has the actual throw.
That Bo Jackson throw was unreal. Roberto Clemente at the end, was a special player. Killed in a plane crash bringing rescue supplies to Puerto Rico after an earthquake.
Outfielders are under-rated. One of the best IMHO was Ichiro Suzuki. Small man, big arm. You should watch his bunt highlight reel. He was a master of the bunt.
There's a part 2 to this, but that 1 & this 1 still don't include 2 other throws worth mentioning. That's probably cause they didn't throw any1 out, but still kept 3rd base runners from even attempting to score. The 1st was by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series. His was an over the shoulder catch in center field which he immediately fired off to home plate. Then there was Tim Raines of the Montreal Expos (don't remember the NL opponent). His was a deep roving left field catch of a sac fly & though he didn't fire it off as fast as Mays it still rocketed off to home plate. That 1 I saw live on TV w/ my family & we were all impressed w/ that 1.
4:45 they say it in the broadcast but this guy was a top pitching prospect for the cardinals but in his first debut, he got the yips and basically couldn’t throw a single pitch. The Cardinals decided to move him over to the outfield so he could still be useful to the team.
Before the video started I was going to say that the best throw I ever saw in person was Jesse Barfield of the Yanks throw a runner out with at 3rd base, a strike on the fly from deep in the rightfield corner. And low and behold, he was the first clip shown (different throw though)
I watched the Bo Jackson throw when it was broadcast. They missed him throwing the ball but caught the play at the plate. To this day, Harold Jackson, the runner, cannot believe Jackson's throw from the wall to home plate beat him. And it's obvious that the Seattle coaches couldn't believe it either.
when you are little you hit off a tee so throwing is actually the most difficult part of playing... at age 6 the Cubs acquired Andre Dawson in 1987 and he had a missile launcher attached to his right shoulder, never gets old seeing good OF throw... fax!!!
I've seen this exact video a few different times now but only just realized that like half the throws take place in Colorado. Guess that thin air helps the outfielders throws too
All the throws by Clemente which I got to see on a regular basis as a kid.The one they didn't show was one he threw to home with one foot on the right field wall.
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Ichiro was the first Japanese non-pitcher to become a true star in MLB. 10 time All-Star, 2001 American League MVP, and broke the single season hit record. Definitely worth a reaction on his own.
Ichiro's a giant of the game, and an absolutely fascinating dude!
Yeah they HAVE to watch a video on Ichiro. He's one of the greatest hitters of all time. I'm not even a Mariners fan and I teared up hard when he retired lol. He's just one of those super beloved players that all of us adore.
Ichiro also made throws like that every time he had the chance. Which wasn't very often, because the league figured out not to try for the extra base if he had the ball.
Ten time All-Star while spending half of his career in Japan is one of the most impressive stats any player has.
YES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I HOPE THEY DO MORE ICHIRO STUFF. He was my fav player. Kings of contact him ted williams and tony gwynn. 🔥
That last segment was Roberto Clemente. A baseball icon, he was nicknamed "The Great One". I think the creator of the video you watched sort of took it for granted that everyone would know Clemente, but I agree a strange way to end it. Clemente is worth your time to research, a legendary player and top class human being, his career and his life were tragically cut short. He was the first Latin American player to be enshrined in Cooperstown and as far as I know the only one ever elected with a waiver on the normal 5 year waiting period, due to the circumstances.
Yes. You guys need to check out his career and tragic end.
Best way to describe him is he was the Jackie Robinson of Latin players. The Puerto Rican team for the WBC had a jersey with his name and number in the dugout. That truly shows the impact he STILL has on all of Latin players, especially in his home country.
If I were ever elected Pope, my first official act would be to canonize Santo Roberto.
Worth noting that those clips are probably from the World Series he won, in part due to his incredible arm.
Wow, just read his Wikipedia. He died in a plane crash, which would be tragic enough. But no, he died in a plane crash _on his way to deliver humanitarian aid to Nicaragua_ after a deadly earthquake. And he was only on the plane because he wanted to ensure that disaster relief made it to the victims, after 3 previous deliveries were diverted by corrupt government officials.
The only teammate who didn't attend his funeral was busy diving for the wreckage trying to recover Clemente's body 😭
He spent most of his offseasons on humanitarian work.
Ichiro is hands down one of the greatest players to ever step on a baseball field. Not only was he one of the most consistent defensive outfielders ever, he was also either the first or second best contact hitter ever when you factor in how few MLB seasons he played in his prime. He played his first nine professional seasons in Japan before coming to the MLB and is still 24th on the all time hits list and the owner of the record for most hits in a season. He and George Sisler are also the only players to appear on the top ten list for hits in a season twice.
The mans production is insane.
Ohtani would like to talk to you…I know he’s still got a few more years til he gets the title of greatest ever to do it.
@@whitesoxyea I said one of for several reasons. The main one being that baseball might be the most useless sport to try and nit pick and hyper analyze GOAT cases in. And it's useless (but fun) in all of them.
I'm not really interested in taking amazing players and comparing them note by note to see who's greater. Although Ohtani definitely belongs in that convo....
I just don't have to talk about Ichiro any less fondly to also praise Ohtani, ya know? That kind of talk gets exhausting.
I absolutely loved his move to first base. He had that lunging swing that gave him an easy step or two down the line by the time the ball was hit. Amazing player all the way around.
@@zeus6793 He had such a smooth fluid swing. He made hitting look easy.
As a lifelong Mariner fan I will say he was absolutely infuriating at times though. man on second 2 outs and he bunts for a hit or something. Undeniably great though
Even 50 years later, Roberto Clemente remains the gold standard for outfield throwing arms in the hearts and minds of multitudes of fans.
I grew up in Pittsburgh and was just 8 years old when he tragically passed away, but my pop had season tickets in the right field bleachers at Three Rivers and got to see him play a handful of times, including the 71 World Series. The memories most deeply imprinted in my mind weren’t even the games themselves but rather the long tosses the outfielders would throw to each other before each inning, Roberto would throw these missiles to Willie Stargell (LF) from foul line to foul line where the ball never rose more than 5 feet from the ground. Just incomprehensible throws that he made look effortless.
That's awesome. What a cool memory to have.
A little fun fact. If you notice the second play at third for Ankiel, the third baseman just seemed to stand there like nothing was going on. This is a ploy in most baserunning situations the person covering the base will do to trick the runner to think they can just trot to the base and not come in hard. The base runner in this instance was watching his base coach telling him to get down fast, but this trick works more times than not in baseball.
Good catch- the ploy usually works better at second since there no coach to tell the player to slide.
When asked about his throw in a post game interview, Ichiro was quoted saying “Why did he run when I was going to throw him out?” Mind you Ichiro was a rookie in the first month of his MLB career when this occurred. Absolute savage.
Saw this, an absolutely fantastic quote of his. Love how causal it is. Thanks for the comment Kyle
My uncle went to high school with Roberto Clemente (Vizcarrondo High) in my hometown Carolina, Puerto Rico. One of the greatest and our national hero. Great documentaries about Clemente.
They don’t make men like Clemente anymore. Incredible athlete, a better person and role model.
When Bo was playing in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans in 1984, the team was practicing in the Super Dome. Auburn’s punter was trying to kick the ball high enough to hit the big video board hanging from the roof of the stadium.
He couldn’t do it.
Bo picked up a football & THREW it off the video board.
True story.
Rick Ankiel was a good pitcher who caught a case of the "yips" and couldn't throw a strike to save his life. He came back as a centerfielder with a great arm. It's a fun story.
I am a St Louisian and a life long Cardinal fan. October 3, 2000 Ankiel was our stud rookie pitcher pitching a postseason game against the Braves. He suddenly got the yips in the 3rd inning and would never pitch again
@@MichaelW969Yep Ankiel finished 2nd in the National League Rookie of the Year voting to the Braves Rafael Furcal (an infielder) in 2000. In 30 starts he went 11-7 with a 3.50 ERA & 194 strikeouts.
I saw that game in 2000. EVERYONE-the announcers, fellow players, fans--watched and asked "WTF?" while this guy destroyed himself as a pitcher. It was horrible to watch
I'm a Braves fan, but it was Painful to Watch Ankiel fall apart in the Playoff game against the Braves..
Amazing that he made it back as a position player..
@@Mkproduction2 Me too. And even us Braves fans were hoping we were watching a legend in the making. Fans of the game, no matter who we root for, never want to see something like that happen.
You saw a very small part of Roberto Clemente. One of the greatest to ever play the game. He was tragically killed in a plane crash on his way to a charity event. It was a tragedy that baseball fans all remember if they are old enough. He was absolutely phenomenal in every way.
Yes, he personally went to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Roberto and Ichiro are the two that stand out above the rest because runners just stopped even trying to dare run on them they were they most feared by runners
These are the two players I would love to see have their numbers universally retired someday due to the impact they have had on Latino and Asian ball players respectfully. And I don't mean to take anything away at all from Jackie Robinson when I make that statement.
You may not have realized it, but you had some very special moments in that video. The Dave Parker throw, the third throw of the video, occurred during the All-Star game. The ending montage of the video of Roberto Clemente showed you something very special. I was a kid when I got to see him play. The winter after the 1971 World Series (Pirates won it), I attended a dinner where Brooks Robinson (worth a video of his own) spoke after the dinner. He was asked about Clemente. Brooks told us, and I will never forget it, the Orioles, like every other team at the time, were told "NEVER RUN ON CLEMENTE!" He had earned that good of reputation of throwing people out. So, the ending makes sense in that it shows WHY no team allowed their players to run on him.
Roberto Clemente not only had a cannon, he is the only person to ever hit a walk-off, inside-the-park grand slam. To let this magnificent player go without comment is tantamount to watching clips of George Best and saying “oh, there’s some talent, innit?”
When I was little in the 60's we used to go see the Detroit Tigers play. I saw Al Kaline throw the ball like these. Seeing the throw in person was like wild. They seemed to hang in the air forever. I'll never forget them. Thanks! Enjoyed it very much!
I met Al at Tigers’ spring training when I was 11. He signed a picture of his playing days and a ball for me, and we took a photo together. Mr. Tiger was such a great guy and I was very sad to hear he passed
@@downrighttt Yikes Im turning Green! That had to be awesome!
With that throw to third, Ichiro Suzuki (which was misspelled btw) announced to everyone that he was a force. Before that there was a lot of chatter about whether a player from Japan was really good enough to compete in MLB. It silenced the critics. Shortly after that, he made a similar throw against the A's in Seattle. I happened to be at that game with some friends visiting from Oakland - we were right by third base. I just said - apparently, they didn't learn you shouldn't try to run on Ichiro.
There weren't a whole lot of great clips of Roberto Clemente throwing people out because of the times that he played, but as you can see from some of the throws they did show, people were afraid to run on him when he got the ball in right field. He's widely regarded as the best outfield arm in MLB history and it's a shame there isn't more video of him available to display his talents.
Roberto Clemente the best defensive right fielder to ever play. He had one that was in the last clip where he is running towards the right field foul line to catch a fly ball spins and fires a bullet throw to third to beat the tagging runner from second base. Incredible athletic ability to catch it and spin quickly enough to throw the runner out. Of all that you watched IMO that was the highest degree of difficulty and I have never seen anyone else in MLB history make that same kind of throw.
Respect! I'm glad you appreciate that throw because all of those Clemente clips were robbed from a video posted on my channel. I found that clip from MLB's Film Room and scoured the internet to compile the rest of those throws he made as well. Hopefully there are some other baseball videos on my channel you might find interesting as well!
Roberto Clemente, the last clip shown, was a legend and had a cannon for an arm. He was the actual all-around player as he could hit, run, and field. Unfriendly, he died in a plane crash at the peak of his career.
Not just a plane crash. He was flying (as the pilot) a cargo plane to bring emergency supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Man was a true hero and a great player
@@Thelius42 roberto was not the pilot..
The Dave Parker to Gary Carter throw home is from the 1979 All-Star Game in the old Kingdome in Seattle. My Dad and I were sitting up behind third base. Parker also threw out a runner at third base, and won the MVP of the game award! Great personal memory, thanks guys.
The ending was great…players were not interested in trying to run on Roberto Clemente a true legend.
Respect! I was actually the one who first uploaded and edited that part of the video with Clemente, which you can find on my channel. Even though I'm the one who I put all the work in to search for all of those clips of him throwing and compile them together & the whole video was just stolen without any reference to my channel, I'm more appreciative than upset because at least more people get to appreciate those highlights & I don't monetize my videos anyway... It's just that I take a little pride in the work I've spent bringing the videos I've posted to more people's attention
Roberto Clemente was the absolute king of outfield assists. His arm was ridiculous. He is also a big part of the reason batters run hard to 1st base on ground balls to right field, because Clemente would try to get them at first anytime they are caught being lazy.
Roberto was a guy every outfielder dreamed of being. It was tragic his death taking relief to his home land in 1972
He wasn't taking relief to his homeland. He was from Puerto Rico and he was taking supplies to Nicaragua. Just says a lot about his humanitarian beliefs because he helped everyone.
The end is accurate. Roberto Clemente made 50 massive throws in his career. No one is even close
Rick Ankiel has a phenomenal story all in itself. From number 1 prospect to pitching on mushrooms to returning as a hitter and a lot in between.
Rick Ankiel is a really cool story to check out. He was an electric pitcher when he burst into the league, but then encountered a psychological condition known as "the yips". Just suddenly got into his own head and couldn't throw strikes anymore. Eventually had to go back down to the minors and reinvented himself as an outfielder, which is incredibly difficult to do. Great story.
There's a documentary about him on TH-cam. Such a crazy story. I think in most sports you aren't even supposed to say the "y" word out loud.
You guys HAVE to react to ichiro. He mastered the infield hit. He was so fast he could just make contact and beat the throw to first 80% of the time. Also just an all around superstar
Roberto Clemente was a legend.
The Jose Guillen throw is my fav too with special mention to Bo. One of my favorite things in any sport is the sound the crowd makes when witnessing a special play. It's not quite cheering but like a mixture of disbelief and excitement.
It is the best. He doesnt even cro hop. He just picks it up and fires a laser. From the wall lol. Thats insane.
I think it has been mentioned before, but you guys would really love the 30 for 30 on Bo Jackson. I was rewatching it again last night and it never gets old or any less enjoyable. Bo was, without doubt, the greatest pure athlete ever. God given talent.
Best throws in baseball was when Robin Ventura charged the mound against Nolan Ryan. Ryan casually got him in a headlock and threw punches like a pitcher with a 100 mph fastball. Aug 4th, 1993. I still have the newspaper clipping. Ventura managed six hits in the game, all to the face.
Ryan's fastball was once clocked at 105 mph. (164 kph).
LOL! Forgot about that!
@@psymar 105? No chance. A- the in-game record that he hit was 102. B- Radar guns are known to not be accurate over 95 mph until the early 2000's. That's why lawyers got speeding ticket fines lowered, constantly. They started about 4% off at 96, and added more to a reading over that. In-stadium guns that read on the scoreboard were known to be way off. C- Big deal, anyway. Aroldis Chapman threw hundreds of pitches at 106 with accurate systems.
The Jose Guillen throw gives me chills every time I watch it. Love that it was "#1" and that they showed come Clemente highlights behind it.
Love this Brian, thank you so much for the comment! 🙏
The Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates RF) throw is one I always think of when they ask for the best throws. I saw it live on TV and never have forgotten it.
Ditto.
It's unfortunate that there isn't more video of Clemente. I watched a game once where he had to chase a ball back into the corner in right field, and from the corner you couldn't even see home plate. The runner from second zipped around around third and then suddenly hit the brakes as the ball came flying out of the corner straight to the catcher. Clemente had practiced throwing blind out of that corner until he had the angles perfect to be sure the ball would go straight to the plate. The reason you don't often see him throwing guys out with those throws is that runners quickly figured out you can't run on Clemente, so they didn't try.
Roberto Clemente was the first Latin player in the MLB.
He kind of defined the right fielder with power. Both at the plate and in the field.
He use to love getting guys taking a wide turn at first by throwing it to first. Probably why they showed him.
lots of great throws. there are so many. the Kevin Mitchell-type throw happens pretty often in the MLB, actually. The Rick Ankiel throws were pretty amazing, and Ichiro is one of my favorite players ever, but Guillen's was my favorite here
Good announcers add so much to the excitement of a great play.
Ichiro throwing out Terrance Long is my favorite just passing Puig's throw in Colorado. The biggest reason is that Ichiro threw the ball so low to the ground. What's amazing is that I saw both games live on television.
That throw was a core childhood memory of mine. One of the best throws I’ve ever seen
Yasiel Puig had lots of great throws in his career. Just an amazing arm. The one they showed was in Coors field in Denver which has a huge outfield. The biggest in baseball. And he threw the ball all the way to third base on the fly and absolutely on target. That is super impressive. He also made several throws in Arizona during his career that were similar.
“The late great Roberto Clemente. A Puerto Rican. In 1972, he headed relief efforts in Puerto Rico after a massive earthquake hit Nicaragua. When Clemente received reports that the Nicaraguan army had stolen relief supplies meant for the people, he decided to accompany the next supply plane. Shortly after takeoff from the San Juan airport on December 31, 1972, the plane crashed, killing Clemente. The Baseball Hall of Fame waived the rule requiring a five-year wait after retirement (or death) before a player could be elected to the Hall, and in July 1973 Clemente was the first player born in Latin America to be inducted. The award presented annually to a Major League Baseball player for exemplary sportsmanship and community service was renamed the Roberto Clemente Award in 1973.”
Bo’s might be the most impressive because he was so deep, threw it flat footed (no run up to get momentum) and Reynolds was lightning fast and was nearly rounding third when Bo released. On top of that, the home ump isn’t even in position to make a call- he assumed there’d be no play at the plate.
Ichiro was a pure contact and speed player while everyone else was juiced out of their minds. He and Tony Gwynn were the best pure hitters in the last 50 years. Also, a video I’d recommend is about Randy Johnson. It’s an essay called “There Will Never Be Another Randy Johnson”. There’s another one called “How Randy Johnson became the scariest pitcher in Baseball”.
Best pure hitters is a stretch. A pure hitter hits for average and power. Hank aaron, willie mays, ted williams, etc are better pure hitters
@@Whocares66672 Ted Williams, ok. But the other two struck out a lot. It probably took 4 or 5 full seasons of Tony Gwynn strikeouts to amount to one of Hank Aaron or Willie Mays
I'd say the guy with the most hits in a season is a better pure hitter
@chrissears5482 no a pure hitter hits for average and power. Ichiro was garbage power wise, as were rose and gwynn.
The guy at the end there was Roberto Clemente. He's in the Hall of Fame. A big measuring stick for hitters in their careers is getting 3000 career hits. At the time, Roberto was the youngest to ever reach that milestone. He did it in the last game of the 1970 season. That off-season, there was a bad earthquake that happened in his native Nicaragua. Roberto and his teammate Manny Sangillén went down to help in the recovery efforts. Roberto was riding in a helicopter that crashed, just off the coast of Managua, in the Pacific Ocean. Manny Sangillén spent hours diving in the ocean, hoping to save his great friend. But, the wreckage was never found. Manny played for about 10 years after that, but was never the same without Roberto.
Roberto Clemente was from Puerto Rico not Nicaragua.
@@Paranormal_Proof Yea and it was a cargo airplane filled with humanitarian supplies for the victims, not a helicopter. The one part he got right was that Manny did look for his friends body thus he missed the funeral.
Part of what makes a stellar throw is the context - i.e., game on the line with runners in scoring position(s) in a crucial game.
In my lifetime the Top 5 right field arms I’ve seen.
Extremely tough to pick is:
Roberto Clemente
ICHIRO Suzuki
Jesse Barfield
Al Kaline
Dave Parker
You guys should react to Sean Taylor highlights. He was a safety in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and had the potential to be one of the greatest before his life was cut short.
If you liked these, check out the throws from Yoenis Cespedes. Crazy what an arm he has as well
I'm trying to get another unwritten rule into the baseball pantheon -- Never run on a Cuban outfielder
Roberto Clemente was a good ending, it was just documentary footage from the early 70s. A great man, you should look into him.
Thank you, yeah it threw us as wasn’t like the other clips. Heard great things about him in the comments, will add him to our list
*If you thought it was a weird way to end the video you reacted to it might be because that footage was taken from a video I edited and posted on my channel. No one had ever made a Roberto Clemente throwing compilation or highlight video before and the clips that were inserted at the end were left unchanged from the video I edited, which was supposed to be a stand alone video, not part of a top 10.*
The Vlad Guerrero one is my all time favorite. He threw an absolute perfectly accurate rocket straight to home from deep in the outfield.
I remember that Dave Parker throw. It was in the 1979 All Star game...I was a big Brian Downing fan, but I couldn't be mad because that was an amazing throw.
Brian Downing, one of the first guys I saw go from scrawny to hulking over the course of a winter. Ushered in a whole new era of baseball.
@@peterwest323 Nobody has pointed the finger at him, and he's never said anything, but in retrospect you have to wonder if he ushered in the steroid area.
Back then we didn't know anything about steroids, and baseball players generally avoided the weight room because the were afraid they would get "tight" and be at risk of muscle tears when swinging the bat or throwing a fastball.
The story around Downing at the time was that he was struggling in his career, and he went home that winter, worked hard, and came back a changed man. It was a great underdog story. That was why I was such a fan...he was a self-made player, like Dr. Bobby Brown before and Mike Piazza after.
Looking back, he may have been the "proof of concept" for the steroid era. This was back before steroids were banned (in a time were NFL players were using steroids and talking about it openly in Sports Illustrated) so even if he was juicing it wasn't against the rules.
@@Bikebrh I never had any moral or ethical qualms about steroid use - not many athletes did in those days. I agree Brian Downing's quick transformation, naturally or not, was inspirational. And it confirmed what I had suspected - adding muscle mass for those not naturally gifted with it was beneficial. As you said, we had to overcome the prejudices of coaches.
It’s crazy how much more impressive these throws look in person than they do on video. The camera makes it look closer than it is, some of these throws are longer than throwing all the way over a football pitch goal to goal
Top 10 specific throws are definitely debatable, but nobody will ever argue Clemente or Ichiro as 2 of, if not the, best to ever play in RF. Amazing talents.
I remember watching the game Ankiel made those two throws.. it was so insane to watch, both throws were absolutely incredible. Unfortunately they tend to show up separately in highlight reels, glad you figured out they were the same game.
All very amazing throws. That Dave Parker throw had soo much velocity behind it. It would have traveled another 60 feet based on its trajectory. That would be my top pick. The Jose Guien throw was sick.
Ichiro is the greatest complete baseball player to ever play the game. Secret Base has an incredible documentary about the Mariners and he plays a very large role in it
Hahahahhahahah not even top 25. Bonds, mays, aaron, mantle, ted williams, griffey, clemente, musial, tris speaker, ty cobb, etc etc. Ichiro was great if you wanted a singles hitter with a below average obp, 0 power, and a gold glove right fielder you know the easiest outfield position.
As a kid playing outfield, these were always my favorite highlights. I would try my hardest to hose people like this but it didn’t happen until adult softball. Great stuff as always cheers lads 🍻
In my book, there’s the Ichiro throw somewhere in the middle of the top 10. The other 9 slots all are owned by Roberto Clemente. Greatest consistent outfield arm these eyes have seen.
Part of the beauty of baseball is a big hit deep in the outfield, runners all going full out, the outfielder picks up the ball and turns to throw-- the runners just little dots, 200-250' away, and yet the play will be within inches.
I'm glad Dave Parker was in there; that's the first one that always comes to mind when I think of "best throws in baseball history".
In case you're wondering why none of the uniforms matched on that play, that was in the All-Star game they hold in the midpoint of the season where all the best players from the National League play a friendly match against the best of the American League, but they all wear the uniforms from the team they represent. (I'm not sure if they do anything like that in European sports, but all the American sports leagues have some version of that.)
I personally don't think I've EVER seen a better throw than Perkers. The guy in the Yellow. I played outfield for years, and I can tell you, throwing home from the outfield, no hop, hitting the catcher chest high, just crazy good.
Y’all you should definitely do an ichiro reaction video. Not only was he an all time great in the field and as a hitter, he also had a style completely unlike any other player.
Puig was/is crazy. Legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully nicknamed him the "Wild Horse" because of his crazy-aggressive approach to the game. Every time he got a hit to the outfield he was automatically trying to take an extra base, waiting for an outfielder to get a bit nonchalont or bobble the ball even for an instant. When he was fielding, he did the same thing, always tried to throw the runner out regardless of the difficulty. Eventually it wore thin with the Dodgers training staff and they traded him; as far as I know he isn't playing any more.
Ichiro is a legend, mostly in the Seattle area, because after a career in Japanese baseball (they have professional teams there, a league, everything) he came to the US and wound up playing for the Mariners, in part because Seattle has a large Asian-American population. He was a phenomenal hitter and an excellent fielder also.
Clemente also is legendary, as others have noted for his play on the field which was top tier when he played (and still would be today) and for his work off the field, where he was a major humanitarian. Essentially, he set the bar for every other pro athlete in terms of humanitarian activities in the off-season. He was killed in a plane crash because the plane he was on was overloaded with supplies intended for Nicaragua after previous attempts to send aid there had been stolen by the government, which was hilariously corrupt. He figured if he was on the plane they wouldn't steal the aid, but unfortunately whoever loaded the plane overestimated the capacity of the plane's cargo hold.
Best throw is also the best catch in the same play...1954 World Series, Game 1, top of the 8th, score tied 2-2, runners on first and second. Willie Mays was playing center field for the [then] New York Giants against the Cleveland [then] Indians. A ball that would have been a home run in most parks was hit into the cavernous straight-away center field of the Giants' home stadium, the Polo Grounds. A home run would have given the Indians a 5-2 lead; an extra-base hit would have likely scored both runners for a 4-2 lead. Mays runs all the way from shallow center field to track down the ball which was hit about 425 feet from home plate. Running in full stride, he makes an over-the-head catch like a football wide receiver, then in one smooth spinning-top-like swing of his arm, throws the ball all the way back to the infield to prevent both runners on base from advancing; hence why it's also the greatest throw for me. He was running in the wrong direction and still threw the ball on a line to a long distance to where it needed to go in a high stakes situation having ALREADY done something that was quite hard to believe. Video here... th-cam.com/video/7bLt2xKaNH0/w-d-xo.html
Definitely worth getting a Roberto Clemente video. One of the all-time greats and-time great people whos life was tragically cut short by a plane crash while he was trying to help supply a humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Ichiro had a cannon for an arm. He was a fantastic all-around baseball player. He could do it all
I honestly cannot pick one. I was actually watch those Cardinal game with Rick Ankel and the man has a true cannon for an arm. However, the throw from Jose Guillen from the right field warning track to get Neifi Perez at third is the stuff of legend. Seen that clip a thousand times and I'm still wowed by the strength and accuracy. My guess is no more then 1% of outfielders have an arm like that!! Great video guys. You're on a great streak on this channel. ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾
Thank you, really appreciate the comment and your support. Means a lot 🤝
I'm writing this before I watch the video. I can't say if it's truly the best throw but my favorite is Bo Jackson's throw from deep left-center field to get the runner at home plate. He literally threw the ball over the head of the cut off man and did so with pin point accuracy. Amazing!
Rick Ankiel, the centerfielder who had 2 throws in this compilation, has a crazy story. He was a good pitcher in MLB, and then randomly, during one game he just suddenly couldn't throw strikes. I mean he was missing by 10 feet. Throwing it into the screen behind the catcher. It's called the "yips", and it's a mental block. He never could find his pitches again, and he was done. Forever. He quit as a pitcher, but then switched to centerfield and made a comeback. It's unheard of. It would be like a Premier League goalkeeper quitting and then coming back as a forward and being good enough to make it back to the Premier League. But that's why Ankiel had such a good arm in centerfield... he used to be a pitcher.
My only complaint in the video was that half of these seemed to be at Coors Field in Denver. These long throws are aided a bit by the altitude. Taking those out, the two throws that get my vote are the Dave Parker throw and Bo Jackson’s. I give the edge to Parker though. I remember it live and then being shown every week on This Week In Baseball with that great music behind it.
It's impossible to get a list of the 10 best of anything, because everything is subjective. That said, these were some excellent throws, but there were a few hundred more that could have been substituted of similar quality. As an old guy, I was glad to see Roberto Clemente featured at the end as he had an absolute cannon of an arm and deadly accurate. He died in a plane crash while on a humanitarian mission.
That jose guillen one is ridiculous. Deep right field to third base is the longest throw on the field so those ones are always fun to watch.
When you are in the outfield making a throw from this type of distance. All it takes is a millimeter of inaccuracy with your release point of the throw and the ball will end up 10+ feet off target. It really is insane how accurate they can be almost every-time upwards of 100yds.
One thing that’s sort of unique to baseball is how the home crowd will give a polite cheer for an away team player making a great catch or a good throw
You guys constantly impress me with how well you remember all the names of these players across all these new sports. Well done to remember Puig making an appearance in the Jomboy brawl breakdown! Though to be fair Puig is hard to forget 😅
Good video but it’s missing throws from Yeonis Cespedes. Like Puig, Cespedes was a Cuban outfielder with a cannon for an arm. My favorite throw from him was when he gunned down an Angels runner at the plate after misplaying the ball in left field. He was playing for the visiting Oakland A’s and the home Angels fans were jeering after the misplay but shut up quickly after Cespedes rifled a bullet home!
Look up ‘75 World Series, Game 6, 9th inning. Bases loaded w no outs. Fly ball catch by Foster & he doubled up the runner at the plate. That play led to extra innings and the eventual infamous HR by Carlton Fisk (that was in Good Will Hunting)
Men keep in mind that Bo also played pro football. He was a stud of a man. He had a gun for an arm! He could throw you out from deep in the field. There is a video where he ran on the wall to get to the baseball. Superman stuff! Thanks guys!
100% Mike. We love Bo. Seen him in so many videos. Appreciate the comment
There was a Great one today, May 7, 2023...Braves playing Orioles in Atlanta, Acuna made double play, caught fly ball in right field and threw out guy at 3rd base!
Another great video ! That Bo Jackson throw has always been my favorite !
Baseball is the best! Greatest double plays and jump throws are really fun to watch as well.
Throws from right field to home are right up there with me as double plays as the prettiest things in baseball
"Unleash the Cannon " is another great video that shows great outfield throws..
I forgot about that Dave Parker throw in the all-star game. I always liked Paul O'Neill throwing out Andy Van Slyke in the 1990 NLCS. In a series that went a tough seven games... every play was critical.
I really enjoyed watching these tremendous froes!
I think I liked the one before the before, before that one!! Amazing to watch all of them! Wow! Very entertaining, as always, guys!!
October 13, 2017 Astros vs. Yankees. Martin Gonzales left field to home plate to put out Greg Bird. Phenomenal throw and put out.
The third clip that they showed was Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Dave Parker's throwing to Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter during the All Star game!!
On the Bo Jackson throw, there actually isn't footage of the throw itself. I lived in Seattle at the time and listened to that game in real time on the radio--I don't think the game was televised or I would have been watching it. I just remember thinking I had to watch the sports news that night to see the actual throw, and being disappointed that it wasn't in the video. I've actually looked around here but never found a video that has the actual throw.
That Bo Jackson throw was unreal. Roberto Clemente at the end, was a special player. Killed in a plane crash bringing rescue supplies to Puerto Rico after an earthquake.
Outfielders are under-rated. One of the best IMHO was Ichiro Suzuki. Small man, big arm. You should watch his bunt highlight reel. He was a master of the bunt.
There's a part 2 to this, but that 1 & this 1 still don't include 2 other throws worth mentioning. That's probably cause they didn't throw any1 out, but still kept 3rd base runners from even attempting to score. The 1st was by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series. His was an over the shoulder catch in center field which he immediately fired off to home plate. Then there was Tim Raines of the Montreal Expos (don't remember the NL opponent). His was a deep roving left field catch of a sac fly & though he didn't fire it off as fast as Mays it still rocketed off to home plate. That 1 I saw live on TV w/ my family & we were all impressed w/ that 1.
4:45 they say it in the broadcast but this guy was a top pitching prospect for the cardinals but in his first debut, he got the yips and basically couldn’t throw a single pitch. The Cardinals decided to move him over to the outfield so he could still be useful to the team.
Before the video started I was going to say that the best throw I ever saw in person was Jesse Barfield of the Yanks throw a runner out with at 3rd base, a strike on the fly from deep in the rightfield corner. And low and behold, he was the first clip shown (different throw though)
I watched the Bo Jackson throw when it was broadcast. They missed him throwing the ball but caught the play at the plate. To this day, Harold Jackson, the runner, cannot believe Jackson's throw from the wall to home plate beat him. And it's obvious that the Seattle coaches couldn't believe it either.
that Ichiro throw is probably my favorite defensive play in baseball
And it led to my favorite quote after the game: "I don't understand, why did he run when I was going to throw him out?"
when you are little you hit off a tee so throwing is actually the most difficult part of playing... at age 6 the Cubs acquired Andre Dawson in 1987 and he had a missile launcher attached to his right shoulder, never gets old seeing good OF throw... fax!!!
I've seen this exact video a few different times now but only just realized that like half the throws take place in Colorado. Guess that thin air helps the outfielders throws too
Always loved a Long toss in baseball. Loved the left field to 2nd for the tag. I was a 2nd baseman
Gary Carter the catcher 2:02 in the video is a Hall of Fame catcher, one of the best defensive catchers.
Yes that is Puig. He was on the LA dodgers before the brawl where we was on the Cincinnati reds.
All the throws by Clemente which I got to see on a regular basis as a kid.The one they didn't show was one he threw to home with one foot on the right field wall.