Barry Bonds' beef with Jeff Kent included stolen bus seats, motorcycle mishaps, and a dugout fight
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- Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent were never going to get along. Bonds was self-centered, standoffish, and unwilling to conform to norms (or rules) to achieve his legendary accomplishments. Kent took himself and the traditions of baseball extremely seriously, even if it rubbed people the wrong way.
When they became teammates as Giants, everyone figured there would be blow-ups, and they were right: They battled in the clubhouse, on the field, on a bus during spring training, and in the dugout in full view of TV cameras. In spite of it all, they had great success together, even reaching a World Series.
This episode of BEEF HISTORY covers the fraught Bonds-Kent relationship, the success in spite of that, and the differing reputations of these two men who, despite appearances, had some very important things in common.
Written and produced by Seth Rosenthal
Shot and edited by Jiazhen Zhang
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See, it wasn't steroids... it was just beef.
Maybe there were steroids in the beef.
@@NotHPotter you just ruined the joke
Legend has it, they use steroids to make beef BIGGER.
But that's just hearsay.
Beef tainted with steroids
Nice!
Amazing how eating more fruits and vegetables made Barry Bonds into one of the best hitters in the history of baseball. You never know how far a good diet can take you.
Mason's channel He already was one of the greatest players of all time. The juice just helped him max out his power and durability
Those are all good but what about the injections or his cream? That didnt help him become a better hitter.
Zach Smith that’s the joke
Well carrots DO improve your eye sight. :) lol
This is true
This Barry Bonds was a machine. Rumor has it he got his slugging ability by doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and running 10 km _every day._
opm reference
Greg Homan. PLEASE! I DID ALL THAT.COULDN'T HIT A FASTBALL TO SAVE MY LIFE.
And eating a balanced breakfast.
It’s why he lost his hair.
Don't forget the 3 meals a day, even a banana is ok.
Barry Bonds success came from drinking the daily recommended 8 glasses of water a day
Coach Kent Murphy
Pure water, from the mountains.
Of course
What ? What ? Dude doped himself out of the HOF. I saw him 93 , slim and fluid ! Turned into a body builder type, poison to locker room . Should have taken better advice from Bobby and Willie
@MANCHESTER UNITED so powerful that you have to call it soccer instead of football for us to understand you.
legend has it that barry bonds would’ve won an MVP even if he didn’t have a bat
Chart Party squad 💯
Maybe, but we'd have to simulate an entire season of the MLB to know... And no one could possibly do that, right?
*...RIGHT?*
You know, that'd be pretty good
He could just hit the ball with a steroid needle
Yeah buddy! Rep the Chart Party! Free Jon Bois! Free the mahi mahi, too!
One of the best baseball duos in history and one of the douchiest baseball duos in history. I say this as a Giants fan
@Despiser Despised 100% agree
I’m happier with the 2010s Giants more likable bunch
You beat me to it. These guys were both lying dirtbags.
That 2002 giants team to this day was my favorite......and I’m still not sure why....
I'm convinced if Barry wasn't such a douchebag to sports writers, even if he did every steroid ever, he'd be in the HOF.
Speaking of Barry Bonds, can we do a collapse of the Pirates after he left?
Bonds, Bonilla, and Van Slyke
that's easy: a 10-second video where he just says "brian giles and jason kendall were very good at baseball. the other 23 players were not"
Brian Mack How about Bonds’ collapse while in the playoffs with the pirates?
@@JonahLoeb -- Jason Kendall's unreal talents were absolutely wasted! A catcher who could run well and lead off, bat for good average and OBP...he deserved better. He was the second-best player from his draft year after some shortshop who played for the Yankees.
God damn this thread hurts.
How dare you accuse Barry Bonds of being black without proof. For all we know he could be Irish
Barry O'Bonds
Keep asking questions
Allen Yee 😂
The guy talking in the vid looks like the typical hand rubber that got robbed on a daily basis when growing up.
He also assumed both of these guys/men’s gender. I’m offended.
There’s tons of so called “black” people who originate from Ireland
My brothers and I asked Barry Bonds for his autograph at a spring training game once. We were about 10 feet away from him and the park was basically empty. It was 60 degrees and drizzling, he told us it was too cold out and walked into the dugout.
In 2002 I took my first born son to one of many Giants games we attended that year and he was only 5 at the time but he loved The City and especially PacBell Park (now Oracle).
We'd get there early and I always bought a couple of baseballs before the game as my son was trying to get his first autograph of any Giants player. We had really good seats this one time, (section 121, about 4 rows up from the Giants dugout). As my son and I watched batting practice my son was in awe of the sheer power of major league hitters and who comes out of the batting cage and heading to the dugout? Jeff Kent.
Kent is walking towards my son (I'm sitting in a chair behind my son as he leans over the fence separating the field from the stands with a baseball in one hand and a ball point pen in the other)...he quickly asks me, "who's that coming daddy?" I look over and I say, "That's Jeff Kent, be respectful." I see my son extend the ball and pen as Kent comes closer to the dugout and my son says in his sweet little voice, "Mr. Kent, may I have your autograph?" Kent looks up at my son (who is quite adorable if I do say so myself), and looks back down and walks into the dugout without saying anything.
I see my son's shoulders deflate as I sit behind him. A part of me burns that Kent did not even acknowledging my boy....when out of nowhere, this other Giant comes up from the dugout where I couldn't see and stands up directly in front of my son....my son looks up at this monster of a man and my son's Giants hat nearly falls off from looking directly up towards the sky from the size of this man....but my son doesn't ask me who THIS Giant is....because he already knows....Barry fricken Bonds! Even I stand up to make sure I'm seeing what I'm seeing and as my son begins to say, "May I have your autograph Mr. Bonds...." Barry had already taken the ball out of my son's hand and was signing the ball for him!
He hands the ball back to my son and fixes my boys Giants cap that was falling off. Bonds smiles and winks at my son, as I can't see my sons face because I'm behind him, but I'm sure his mouth is agape in awe. Barry goes to walk back in the dugout and my son catches himself and shouts louder than he wanted to, "THANK YOU MR. BONDS!!" My son turns around and with a victorious smile I will remember till the day I die...triumphantly extends his hand for me to see his signed Barry Bonds baseball.
I walk over to where my son was standing and I try to peer into the dugout but I couldn't see Bonds from my perspective. From that moment, my son didn't want any more autographs. We walked to our seats 4 rows up and we sat together and admired the autograph he received from someone he didn't expect to receive it from.
My son still has the ball to this day encased in an acrylic cube. He's 22 years old now and it sits on his desk in his room in my house. He's currently in college studying computer science (like his old man) and comes home for the summer and holidays but for my son and I, we'll always be grateful to Barry Bonds for that memory.
Yea, I know he was juicing and that's how he was able to break Aaron's record and all....but the way I see it, A LOT of players were juicing. So I can't place judgement on a guy when we don't know what the actual percentage of players were also juicing. I mean, if Barry is on juice and the pitcher he's facing is also on juice....doesn't that make it a level playing field?
That's the way I see it anyway....and I know I'm being partial towards Barry for the way he treated my son....but there's a lot to say for a man KNOWN for not signing autographs to sign an autograph for a 5 year old kid....especially when it's your kid.
Wow
This is one of the most heart warming things I’ve ever read in a TH-cam comment section, thank you
I'm genuinely surprised by that story given everything I've read and heard about Barry Bonds. That's a really cool story. Stories like that really humanize these athletes that we often take for granted and expect to be nothing but production machines for our favourite team. Thanks for sharing!
Carlos Shepherd damn write a book already.
@@TexWatson-sh8vf Lol! My apologies. I got carried away remembering the event.
when ever i hear prima donna, i think pre-madonna
Dennis Rodman was both.
Lol I jut realized it was prima donn and not pre-Madonna 😂
I always thought it was pre-Madonna lmao.
Oh is that not the saying. lol I knew that
Brilliant ~ LMAO!
Jeff Kent extends the beef with his hatred of Giants by signing with the Dodgers. Seriously he hated the Giants.
The Dodgers are known for overpaying old washed up players, so it was a good move for him
@@Am-Not-Jarvis Free Agency is all about signing old guys. Rarely has a Bryce Harper or Manny Machado ever hit free agency at age 26 or 27. Dodgers love signing Eddie Murray and Giants love signing Miguel Tejeda.
Most true Giants fans always hated Kent too. Sure, we would clap when he scored runs, but he was never truly part of the family. He had just as big of an ego as Bonds with half the talent and no love for the city. He had the range of a 3rd baseman, and his stats would make him average at that position, so he insisted on 2nd base.
based and justwashingtruck pilled
Jonny Watts thought that was the Mets 😭
Beef History, Eugene Melnyk Vs. The City of Ottawa
Bleck Of Bleh the entire city?
School Life : I CHOOSE THIS
Yes, everyone from the government of Ottawa to actual Senator fans hates him. They even have billboards around the city with #MelnykOut, that’s how much he’s destroyed the good will of is city.
@@iamravyn6878 yes the entire city. Seriously
What did this guy do to piss off a whole city?
@@toneoftones7053 Be a douche, refuse to pay players, destroyed a team that lost in game 7 of the 2017 conference finals to the worst team in the league to the next year, and even worse this season.
All those balanced breakfasts certainly gave Bonds a short temper
He actually got calmer on the sauce
Not enough fiber.
I’m glad this beef history was covered. These 2 needed each other more than they knew and it sucks it ended so soon.
The quality of these videos are literally unmatched. Props to the editors they are the true superstars
Bhil Bwift Chart party vids are higher quality
Good vid but the hand rubber that most likely hasnt worked out in years destroyed it.
I'm sure Jon Bois can figure out the beef mystery.
He’s busy talking about Bobs right now
ChannelyChannel most accurate comment I’ve seen
lip read our way to the truth
In those three down years for the Giants, he averaged 37 homers and 33 steals, had a slash line of .304/.441/.610 - an OPS of 1.051. He was still MVP caliber.
yeah this was a stupid comment
He was always the best player in baseball. Even pre steroids.
My favourite Barry Bonds beef is Barry Bonds vs baseballs. He just kept smashing those poor things. He even practiced for hours a day and ate all his vegetables and drank all his protein powder just to destroy those poor baseballs a bit longer
I mean when you do steroids that happens
Postmortem Beef History: Al Davis vs The NFL
Al Davis vs Hunter S Thompson
That would be a good and long sports beef. The guy had beef with everyone.
My 15 year old step brother bummed 2 cigarettes off of Barry Bonds in a hotel elevator in Hawaii in the mid 90's. Role model material right there.
When he was 1 year old?
Smokers are always nice to other smokers. In my entire 30 year life, I've never seen a smoker say no to another smoker asking to bum a cigarette. It must be an unwritten rule.
@@ironmiron08 I'm assuming OP meant their brother was 15 in the mid 90s...but yeah, wording is important.
So it's Bonds fault that your step parent let your step bro smoke?
Christopher Ashford It’s be that Bonds bummed them to a kid. Doubtful the parents would know.
From what I’ve heard Barry just hated the media from the start because of how they treated his father. While that doesn’t excuse how cocky he was, Kent just sounds like he was a suck up to the media and wanted to prove to everyone that he was great and humble, which is somehow more annoying in my eyes.
Yeah uh its not "cocky" when you can back it up
How the hell is he a suck up
@@erichvonmanstein6876 you mean it's not arrogance if you can back it up. You can be cocky and great.
These videos always clarify my understanding of a subject I thought I already understood. It’s fun to get educated and actually KNOW something. Love the series.
Jeff Kent would have won Survivor if it wasnt for Bonds
I was scrolling through the comments for a survivor mention lmao
Lmao
Beef history pt2 Jeff Kent vs Jonathan Penner
Wats that ?
@ dark night it’s a reality show on cbs Jeff Kent appeared on its 25th season
Could've done Barry Bonds vs post season success, but this is good too.
LMAO for real that'd be like 30 minutes
Barry Bonds vs. his ego would be my choice, but both work.
I dont think it was really his fault they never won. Ive always been a bonds fan lol *Gasp*
It's a good episode of Untitled.
Barry Bonds vs Mics since he hated talking into them
Beroid Bonds didn't need steroids to have gone down as an all-time great. But his personal jealousy of Sosa and McGwire caused him to throw away integrity for personal glory.
He could have been legendary but he just wanted to be bigger I guess
EGO!
Yea imagine the best hitter ever being overshadowed by less talented players because baseball turn a blind eye and then u do it too and now you’re the bad guy
@@anonymousnobody1001 yes,true in the short run. But look at Derek jeter and others like him that were stars during the steroids era that chose the right path and are now legends not blemishes on history.
Sounds more like a tantrum then...Neither Bonds, Clemens, A-Rod, Palmiero, Sosa, McGwire should ever make the HOF due to their PED/steroid use.
I just realized Kent looks like Lord Baelish. Lord Baelish had some serious beef too.
This beef history still has the best closing line.
It’s also probably the most accurate statement in any of these videos!
I realize this is ancillary but Peter McGowan deserves huge credit. He built his team a stadium without taking public money.
“Kent was praised as a blue collar player, hard-nosed, gritty, all that. In other words, white.” 😂😂😂
NO KIDDING!
Kent teammates on the Dodgers hated him as well.
Couldnt be more false
@@munchenonyou3774 He was white.
GET WOKE
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Your editors deserve a raise. Great job as always.
I still want to see Sidney Crosby versus Philadelphia (the whole city).
Lmao better yet: Sidney Crosby vs the whole metropolitan division
What about Phillie vs Santa?
Can you please do the deep rewind on the 2014 world cup match between Brazil and Germany
And the final
That’s murder
Well Rewinder is more about moments... and I don’t think 90 minutes of crushing brazilian hopes and dreams doesn’t count as one moment... as for the final, that one definitely deserves a rewind
A common theme of the collapse videos is the team wins a championship first..
Miracle in Istanbul would be better for football. Or even the Liverpool/Barca match that just passed
Scottie Pippen/Charles Barkely beef from 99
Didn't even know they had beef
Barles Charkely should thank Pippen for playing for his fat ass
@@markjackson6431 That lineup would've been even more interesting if Drexler returned for one more year, assuming Houston didn't acquire Pippen solely to replace him.
Raymond that would’ve been a squad and if they were all in their primes....
Barkley was 10x the player Pippen was. Facts
You guys should really really really do a beef history of Patrick Viera and Roy Keane. They had amazing beef that lasted a long time, while being two of the best players in their league, while playing for the two most dominant teams of the period and under two managers who also had a healthy amount of beef. It'd be a great video
that's a really good beef history waiting to be made. they did do one on Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy that was pretty glorious lol
we need an icardi vs maxi lopez beef if anything
Man I love these series. I've wasted over 5 or 6 hours watching all of these.
Deron Williams vs. Jerry Sloan great vid btw
This comment triggered me.
As a jazz fan I don’t want to relive it but you’re right
since bob emergency, 2 SB nation vids have been uploaded and no mentions of bob. We need more bobs
barry's dad came so close, but alas...
Well, those Pirates did have a BOB...by Bonilla. Damn, so close.
bob
You probably won't see this, but this "Beef" series you have among athletes is legit my favorite thing ever so entertaining
Worth ever penny. The greatest player I have ever seen in my 42 years of life.
Kent should be a first ballot hall of famer, if I’m not mistaken when he retired he had most HRs ever by a 2B and a great fielding %
CalTravels Fielding percentage is an absolutely worthless stat. You can’t make a play on the ball you can’t even get to. A lot of guys with high feeling percentages are absolutely garbage fielders. Just look at Matt Kemp.
Seriously you guys need to a collapse of the harbaugh niners. You know it's got the best stories. C'mon...for the clicks.
Also a rewind of (😭😭😭) 49ers/Seahawks NFC championship interception.
hell yeah great call. Would love to relive some Navarro Bowman/ Patrick Willis hits
Arrogant and out of touch Owner picked General Manager over the Coach who went to three straight NFC Championships....sad but true.
Senna vs Piquet, the beef from 30 years ago that still divides a country
Seb vs Webber would be good too
Jeff Kent on Survivor was amazing....I wish he would accept invitations to return
Mark Jackson yeah I wish he would return
You had the perfect opportunity to say “Beef tips.” C’mon man.
I absolutely love beef history, you could say I have an addiction to them. This along with Arod-Jeter are the best ones, thank you so much for the great content Secret Base!
Loving these. Keep em coming
I appreciate the balanced honesty of this post. Thank you for not sugarcoating the double standards at play when it comes to the media.
Beef History Suggestion: Hit the way back machine and do Babe Ruth vs. Lou Gehrig
Wait what? I thought they were friends
Don Cherry vs. the Carolina Hurricanes
Bunch of jerks
@Buford Montgomery Don Cherry isn't even liked in Canada lol
@@myquest666420 Haha Just as Trump isn't liked in the states!
More like Don Cherry vs. Happiness
Hey, crappy suit enjoyment crosses borders. In the NBA it was called Craig Seger. Just without the free platform for dementia spirals.
You have the best background music ever. Is this original music or stock stuff? Just awesome.
15:05 - Well, Seth Rosenthal said it pretty simple, and it fit:
Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent were both A**holes.
True
Barry Bonds and Albert Belle were ahead of their time. They hated the media before it was the thing to do.
I'm glad because the media is the Debbil
Never heard of Barry Bonds. But I don’t think he was as good as Reggie Stocker
😂😂😂
Yes!
Lancaster Responding. THATS REGGIE STOCKS" TO YOU LANCASTER
Don’t forget about Joe Young.
Keely Chow Joe Young was an absolute monster
6 years for $43 million dollars for the greatest offensive weapon in baseball history. Imagine what he’d get in today’s market
The dugout fight is really interesting, in how it completely clashed with the personas that the media had built up; Bonds the "selfish me-first player" coming to a teammate's defense, and Jeff Kent the "team player" attacking his teammates. Shoutouts to Dusty Baker for taking no nonsense either, that shove was Extra.
It's "really interesting" how reality "completely clashes" with your nonsense. There wasn't a fight. Raging Bonds attacked & tried to choke Kent. Then Baker, who is racist, also shows his low IQ, immature nature and shoved Kent who has done nothing to justify violence. One thing we all know is what a cheating fraud Bonds is & why he'd be prone to violence.
I didn’t know Jeff Kent from Survivor played baseball! 🙀🙀
Poor Barry never got over being blown away by young Henry Rowengartner.
Fantastic video and great reporting!! 👏🏻👏🏻
This has to be one of the best sportsteam chemistry stories🤣😂🤣🤣 what a duo🤷🏽♂️
Barry Bonds stat wise was an incredible player and at the same time I would never allow him near my team.
He wasn't worth the trouble.
It made it that much sweeter when the Giants won 3 World Series without him.
Ray Ratto "always the poet" xD this BEEEEEF was good
This was a GREAT episode of Beef History.
i might be biased b/c baseball is my favorite sport to follow, but i think their baseball beefs are the best
Watching this in 2024, that might be the greatest Beef History sign-off SB has ever done.
As a Jays fan I'd be pissed the Jays traded Kent in 1992 but they got David Cone for him who did help win the world series. Jeff was one of my favorite prospects back in the early 90s.
Also a Jays fan...I agree, to acquire a David Cone, a Jeff Kent-type prospect is the price to pay. But did you read his quotes from the Globe and Mail article at 3:38? He suggested that Kelly Gruber wanted him traded...very interesting, especially since Kent was having a better season up to that point.
Imagine Kent in a lineup that included Henderson, White, Alomar, Olerud, Carter and Molitor... he would've gotten plenty of pitches to hit. Just look at how good he was hitting behind guys like Bonds, Berkman and Bagwell.
that was when I thought we were reallyyyyy good cuz we had the best home run hitter in the game. we lost the World Series with bonds and Kent but then won three in the 2010's I guess it was more about the pitching
I love that ending conclusion. Just so nice and blunt.
It's weird how much I enjoy these videos.
How the hell did I never notice how much of a gimmie home run number 73 was Dennis Springer just lobs one up for Bonds!
I see you mentioned skip bayless, can you do one one the beef between skip and jalen rose, Richard Sherman, lebron, or charles barkley
You could do Skip Bayless against Society I don't know a single person who actually enjoys him
@@philbox3productions I do
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. That explains why I feel the way I do about things, and is ABSOLUTELY reflected on all comments that I make on TH-cam.
Barry Bonds stories are so fascinating, most polarizing player in history
Can you do Roger Clemens vs. Mike Piazza?
Much love to all the Steirry Bonds jokes.
On a more serious note, I get the attempt to balance things by swinging things more against Kent for once, but (unless I missed it) you left out the HUGE elephant in the room of Bonds being one of very few players to NOT join the players' union in the last few decades. That rubs EVERY player the wrong way, no doubt.
Yep, not like good old Jon Dowd. :D
we need more beef videos, some of the best content on youtube
Loved watching those guys back to back. You don't gotta be buddies if you still do you're job.
They were both a-holes or they were both really, really good baseball players and that’s what really good baseball players do. 6 years, an MVP a piece and *this* close to a World Series means tempers flair. Let it be known that they’re personal and professional relationship was never hampered nor hurt by race: they were just really, really good baseball players on some really good teams.
Dusty Baker's quote about good teams fighting being normal and bad teams always getting along is literally the exact opposite of how it is.
The 70s A's and 1980 Phillies have entered the chat and they respectfully disagree with you.
I think this may have been the best show you've done yet
It was very well written and presented
Dude your channnel is awesome. Such interesting stories and so well researched and put together. I’m seriously entertained keep up the incredible work.
Kent looks like a dork cop
Yeah like the douchebag prison guard in Orange is the New Black
I remember seeing them fight and thought that the season was over. Lo and behold they got down to business and went to the World Series.
Perfect ending couldn't have summed it up better. It's so true
Great analysis. Really on point.
9:14 this is where I begin to seriously doubt the accuracy of this. Anything that has to use Salon as a source is not accurate.
Give us the Barkley, Pippen, Michael Jordan, Isiah Thomas feud...
Glad y’all brought the old music back
If Barry Bonds would've been more approachable and nicer to the public and press. He'd be in the Hall of Fame. And Barry Bonds would've at least played 2 more seasons. He 2,935 hits 2,558 BoB .He would've won a World Series 2010 and probably made a good run at the world's hr record of 868!
if you forget ... If you remember about Barry Bonds have a lot of issues with the media. remember he was raised and he look at his godfather Willie Mays and his father Bobby bonds the media doesn't like Bobby and Willie Mays. those three are great players. I know there's a lot of negative lie about the media
As a long time Giants fan, I agree with your conclusion.
as a kid giants fan during this era, jt snow was really the silver lining holding this team together. never a douche and signed every ball, cap, or jersey i held out to him
Hey Youngling, how old are you? I like your delivery you go fella!
Definitely should do a beef history between the Cubs and Sammy Sosa
bonds wasn’t in media more because he is black it was his status... when you win 2 mvps and get called out as a waste of talent, you’re gonna be in the press a lot more especially when you dodge them. kent was noted less because he said more, most reporters didn’t listen to him but the second barry finally said something they listened cus he never does that...
That ending!! 😂😂
Kent and Bonds were like If Magic Johnson and Larry Bird chose to play baseball
Such a missed opportunity in not showing Jeff Kent’s bizarre exit confessional from Survivor where he blamed Obama for the taxation of the million dollar prize.
The weird part of this is that literally everybody disliked Jeff Kent, including Giant’s fans,...he wasn’t given a free ride because of skin color. Both Bonds and Kent were universally loathed so the whole racism angle is truly bizarre. And using Salon as a legitimate source? In a sports story no less? Truly odd.
You guys should do a beef history with Canseco vs. McGwire!
Great Video!
Man Barry was almost a brave imagine him and chipper jones in the same lineup for 10 years
Because Leyland nixed that deal between the Pirates and Braves, Atlanta was able to sign, arguably, one of the three best pitchers the game has ever known...Greg Maddux. Thank you Jim Leyland.