Man watching all these players and names bringing back so many memories. What an amazing time for baseball. Regardless of the asterisks this was was incredible time as a fan to watch.
ahhh man those were the days.. playing in the little leagues during the summer, following baseball like crazy , playing ken griffey jr baseball on the N64 with my teamates. Its the first ever homerun derby that i ever watched. Griffey jr was always my favorite, i was so happy when he won.
Michael Buffer had me cracking up the way he said Rafael Palmero's name. You can tell he was enjoying doing intros for ball players of different ethnicities, as opposed to Ric Flair for the hundredth time.
I dunno, we have a bunch of players these days that can hit as many home runs as these guys, and have 500 foot power. Pete Alonso, Vlad Guererro Jr, Mike Trout, Nomar Mazara blasted one 500 feet in Texas, Joey Gallo hits moon shots too, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton can hit em as far as anyone. Keep an eye on Aristides Aquino on the Reds, he has 19 home runs in 200 AB and a ton of power.
@@Veganerd_ It was more of an atmospheric thing than anything. It had less to do with the ability to hit home runs but more to do with the hype behind it. These guys were legendary.
@@westcoastfishing2768 It's not just the players, it's mostly the atmosphere. Going to a ballpark you see 80% of these people playing on their phones and giving two shits about what's happening. Gotta get ya head outta ya ass.
This was the night before I found my favorite baseball player at 10 years old. I Saw The sandlot for the first time in 1996 / 1997 and I decided that my favorite team would be the dodgers despite living in Florida. I somehow found that the All-Star game was on TV in 1998 and I remember it was the summer after fourth grade. I remember asking thecounselors at my summer camp if there was a player on the dodgers named Rodriguez like in The sandlot. So I didn't see the home run Derbybut I did see the All-Star game the very next night and I saw Gary Sheffield for the very first time. That's when I decided that he was going to be my favorite player. The first derby I saw was the following year. I will never love baseball as much as I did when I was a kid watching Gary Sheffield. He officially retired on my birthday and I still love baseball and I'll still watch it but I don't care anywhere near as much about it as I did when he was playing. I would give anything to have that feeling back
I had Griffey everything hanging in my bedroom in 1998. I remember watching this and thinking about how grumpy Jr. was. Never knew how reluctant he was to do it until years later. He never did have any work ethic or discipline and relied entirely on talent, so it doesn't surprise me he was annoyed that he felt obligated to put effort into something he didn't want to then won with shear talent...
52:07 is the longest ball I've ever seen hit in Coors field. That includes tons of games, lots of batting practice, and now from seeing two HR derbys there live. The face of the rockpile is about 500 even from homeplate and his ball crossed it at probably 35/40 feet above the field. Probably 520 - 540 depending on the descent angle.
I'm 32 and all I have to say is 🥺 god bless my grandma the 90's and 2000's and the Braves R.I.P. A real Childhood who would have known the world would be this way now! May JESUS bless you all!
The first derby I ever watched was the next year in Boston. But this year's All-Star game (98) was the first time I saw Gary Sheffield. I had just started watching baseball anddespite living in Florida at the time I decided I was going to be a dodgers fan because of The sandlot. So I saw sheffield and decided he was going to be my favorite player. Lots of great memories after that
Back when the actual all stars would take part in the homerun derby.....year after year. Griffey gives his bat to the pitcher, class act. I regret not having been a hardcore fan of his, was a Bonds fan instead pre steroids.
Griffey was absolutely amazing to watch. Bonds was fun but played the bad guy role so well later in his career. I remember waiting outside of a spring training game for hours for him to sign a baseball when I was 17. I came out of the clubhouse and there were like 3 of us standing there. 2 little kids and me. Bonds refused to sign anything because he said how was he to know we weren't gonna resell them to dealers. I remember saying he could even put my name on it. He still refused. I rooted against him after that.
@@jasonmason066 can only imagine it was because he and his dad were in the league at the same time at the start of Junior's career. Berman, being a little odd, probably called them Senior Griffey and Junior Griffey. or Griffey and Junior Griffey. Junior also just went by Junior a lot of the time, so it could be similar to say Mookie Betts being called as Mookie as opposed to Markus. another possibility is that with Berman's manner of speaking or his announcing style that Junior Griffey might be easier/more fluid to say than Ken Griffey, Jr. or Griffey, Jr.
I think this is the first one I've seen where you have the player introductions, nice (i'm watching them in order, of course). We don't see Chipper Jones or Moises Alou hit, same thing with my copy......
'Just accepted that I was a home run hitter in the early 90's' ... ..."I'm not a cheater though, that's NOT when I started taking roids" - Marky Mark McGayfer
The sweetest swing to ever hit a baseball .. Griffey Jr.. Hands down the best all around ball player in the last 50 years maybe ever... and is this generations HR king ..( with the level of pitching being significantly better in todays game, makes Griffey's career numbers even more impressive). My opinion... He is behind only Aaron and Ruth all time... Bonds, McGuire , ARod, all are excluded due to steroids...
Back when baseball was fun to watch and it wasn't boring like nowadays lame baseball from today's era they all want to be popular and want to be models back then we didn't had that girly stuff 60, 70s, 80s, and 90s rule it was the best baseball and basketball era there's no more era of good sports I'm talking facts I'm an 80s and 90s kid the best of sports best of movies best of everything something this new kids will never enjoy good things I'm gald I was born in 1983 confidence without ego 😎 One last thing I forgot to mention was also we had the best era of music we will never see that but only the good old memories are left 👌
GO FIGURE 2 CLASS ACTS......2 HALL OF FAMERS.....2 DRUG FREE ATHLETES.....NO DRUGS and FOR THE FANS unlike 1996 FINAL BONDS & MCGWIRE 2 GUYS WHO WILL NEVER GET IN.....HANK AARON 715 IS STILL THE KING......THANKS JIMMY and KENNY FOR THE MEMORIES....
The nostalgia is strong here
You filthy trash digger
Man watching all these players and names bringing back so many memories. What an amazing time for baseball. Regardless of the asterisks this was was incredible time as a fan to watch.
R.I.P. Joe Morgan :'(
ahhh man those were the days.. playing in the little leagues during the summer, following baseball like crazy , playing ken griffey jr baseball on the N64 with my teamates. Its the first ever homerun derby that i ever watched. Griffey jr was always my favorite, i was so happy when he won.
The late 90's were the best in so many ways
I remember being super pumped about Thome’s performance. I was 12 years old watching at our house in Cleveland.
Griffey is the goat period
pepsiguy52883 you know what your talking about brotha!!! Duuuuval!
Best power hitter in the 90s
I wouldn't say he's the goat though
I'd probably say the goat is either Willie Mays or Barry Bonds.
@@Jacobthekid28 Bonds no question
Michael Buffer had me cracking up the way he said Rafael Palmero's name. You can tell he was enjoying doing intros for ball players of different ethnicities, as opposed to Ric Flair for the hundredth time.
Griffey- my favorite baseball card in the 70s then his son followed- awesome memories
Michael Buffer in his prime. Man, good times.
I know but jeez did you see how wet his pants were?
*Welcome to 1998. Before a lot of shit happened*
Yes, the 90's were my absolute favorite!
dang that was a stacked home run derby
Wow, 7 or 8 home runs first round used to seem like a lot, but now you need like 10-15.
Seeing all these guys again makes me sad. It'll probably never be this fun again. The "steroid era" was the best era.
I dunno, we have a bunch of players these days that can hit as many home runs as these guys, and have 500 foot power. Pete Alonso, Vlad Guererro Jr, Mike Trout, Nomar Mazara blasted one 500 feet in Texas, Joey Gallo hits moon shots too, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton can hit em as far as anyone. Keep an eye on Aristides Aquino on the Reds, he has 19 home runs in 200 AB and a ton of power.
@@Veganerd_ It was more of an atmospheric thing than anything. It had less to do with the ability to hit home runs but more to do with the hype behind it. These guys were legendary.
Josh Lynch I think the hype is still there but just with the players of the new generation. Gotta get ya head outta the past 🤷♂️
@@westcoastfishing2768 It's not just the players, it's mostly the atmosphere. Going to a ballpark you see 80% of these people playing on their phones and giving two shits about what's happening.
Gotta get ya head outta ya ass.
Baseball really had STARS and memorable names across each n every team. Today can't be said
This was the night before I found my favorite baseball player at 10 years old. I Saw The sandlot for the first time in 1996 / 1997 and I decided that my favorite team would be the dodgers despite living in Florida. I somehow found that the All-Star game was on TV in 1998 and I remember it was the summer after fourth grade. I remember asking thecounselors at my summer camp if there was a player on the dodgers named Rodriguez like in The sandlot. So I didn't see the home run Derbybut I did see the All-Star game the very next night and I saw Gary Sheffield for the very first time. That's when I decided that he was going to be my favorite player. The first derby I saw was the following year. I will never love baseball as much as I did when I was a kid watching Gary Sheffield. He officially retired on my birthday and I still love baseball and I'll still watch it but I don't care anywhere near as much about it as I did when he was playing. I would give anything to have that feeling back
I love this! Baseball is so nostalgic for so many people and I absolutely love how it makes people so nostalgic for the good ole days
"Since '92, when I accepted that I was a home run hitter." Lol
Since 92 when I accepted I was on roids😂
thank you soooo much for the upload..90s baseball was and it will be the best baseball everrrrrrr
The back back back gives me ptsd 🤣
So excited for the derby this year!!
I had Griffey everything hanging in my bedroom in 1998. I remember watching this and thinking about how grumpy Jr. was. Never knew how reluctant he was to do it until years later. He never did have any work ethic or discipline and relied entirely on talent, so it doesn't surprise me he was annoyed that he felt obligated to put effort into something he didn't want to then won with shear talent...
The best derby ever
Lol
Ufff que bestias del beisbol en este derby, da la impresion de que antes la fanaticada disfrutaba mas el derby que ahora.
Piazza always a pleasure in the booth back then
52:07 is the longest ball I've ever seen hit in Coors field. That includes tons of games, lots of batting practice, and now from seeing two HR derbys there live. The face of the rockpile is about 500 even from homeplate and his ball crossed it at probably 35/40 feet above the field. Probably 520 - 540 depending on the descent angle.
Thank you for posting this!
This is when a 5 year old me became a Ken Griffey Jr fan
I'm 32 and all I have to say is 🥺 god bless my grandma the 90's and 2000's and the Braves R.I.P. A real Childhood who would have known the world would be this way now! May JESUS bless you all!
The first derby I ever watched was the next year in Boston. But this year's All-Star game (98) was the first time I saw Gary Sheffield. I had just started watching baseball anddespite living in Florida at the time I decided I was going to be a dodgers fan because of The sandlot. So I saw sheffield and decided he was going to be my favorite player. Lots of great memories after that
jfc this home run derby was stacked!
Yes!! Thome was my childhood idol. I cried when Griffey beat him.
Yep ROID free
@@aaronolson5434 lol no, they were all using the same stuff.
Javier López did good! Thank for post the video. 🇵🇷
What a season that was!!!!
Anyone else wishing the sportscenter commercials would run?
Back when the actual all stars would take part in the homerun derby.....year after year. Griffey gives his bat to the pitcher, class act. I regret not having been a hardcore fan of his, was a Bonds fan instead pre steroids.
Griffey was absolutely amazing to watch. Bonds was fun but played the bad guy role so well later in his career. I remember waiting outside of a spring training game for hours for him to sign a baseball when I was 17. I came out of the clubhouse and there were like 3 of us standing there. 2 little kids and me. Bonds refused to sign anything because he said how was he to know we weren't gonna resell them to dealers. I remember saying he could even put my name on it. He still refused. I rooted against him after that.
"And it looks like Raffy ran out of a little JUICE" hahahaha. So ironic
RIP Service Merchandise. Got my first Walkman there
Not even a mention of Sammy Sosa. He really came out of nowhere in the second half.
He hit 20 home runs in June. He didn't come out of nowhere in the second half.
Okay I hate how Berman always called Jr “Jr Griffey”. It annoyed the hell out of me.
I agree! I forgot he used to do that until rewatching this. Why in the world did he do that? It sounded so dumb
@@jasonmason066 can only imagine it was because he and his dad were in the league at the same time at the start of Junior's career. Berman, being a little odd, probably called them Senior Griffey and Junior Griffey. or Griffey and Junior Griffey. Junior also just went by Junior a lot of the time, so it could be similar to say Mookie Betts being called as Mookie as opposed to Markus.
another possibility is that with Berman's manner of speaking or his announcing style that Junior Griffey might be easier/more fluid to say than Ken Griffey, Jr. or Griffey, Jr.
@@wiznoseworthy9408 but he was usually just know as junior
When the braves were fuckin stacked...
LOL...Service Merchandise.
Now I just went and watched a bunch of their old commercial. LOL
Oh man, the total amount of greatness that went down with steroid allegations in these lineups. MLB loved this time period just like the rest of us.
21:07 THE AGONY
Joe Morgan R.I.P
Thome was MOBBING that ball.
anyone think Berman's comment wouldnt fly in todays PC world??? 18:26-18:30
Thome was a freaking moose
I think this is the first one I've seen where you have the player introductions, nice (i'm watching them in order, of course). We don't see Chipper Jones or Moises Alou hit, same thing with my copy......
I didn’t see chipper hit either that sucks I seeen this live but wanted to watch again chipper is my favorite then
100 rbi at the break🔥🔥🔥
What a stacked year of baseball
I like the song about your house
'Just accepted that I was a home run hitter in the early 90's' ...
..."I'm not a cheater though, that's NOT when I started taking roids"
- Marky Mark McGayfer
The sweetest swing to ever hit a baseball .. Griffey Jr.. Hands down the best all around ball player in the last 50 years maybe ever... and is this generations HR king ..( with the level of pitching being significantly better in todays game, makes Griffey's career numbers even more impressive). My opinion... He is behind only Aaron and Ruth all time... Bonds, McGuire , ARod, all are excluded due to steroids...
I would say Mays is ahead of him too, and I am a huge Griffey fan - he is my favorite all time
Even if you want to ignore guys like Bonds, Mike Trout could retire today and go down as a better player than Griffey.
Better exclude Aaron because he admitted to using amphetamines.
Thome should’ve won.
So Damien Easley isn’t Michael Brantley ?😂😂
Back when baseball was fun to watch and it wasn't boring like nowadays lame baseball from today's era they all want to be popular and want to be models back then we didn't had that girly stuff 60, 70s, 80s, and 90s rule it was the best baseball and basketball era there's no more era of good sports I'm talking facts I'm an 80s and 90s kid the best of sports best of movies best of everything something this new kids will never enjoy good things I'm gald I was born in 1983 confidence without ego 😎
One last thing I forgot to mention was also we had the best era of music we will never see that but only the good old memories are left 👌
I watched this live
I was lucky enough to be at Coors field that night. What a night. I will never forget it for the rest of my life!!!
1:26:34
That's some hustle right there.
Old school Harold Reynolds!
Mike Piazza is fucking Smacked look at his eyes...0:36
Then Sammy come in and bumps JR in season total HR
steroids saved baseball
"nice fluid (steroid-enhanced) swing..." only one i loved from this era was Jr. Griffey.
Steroids don't help hand/eye coordination
How the fk are u on steroids and only hit 4 hrs just saying jr and chipper was my favorites and bonds
Swingman!!!!!
My name is Javier Lopez, I like tacos and burritos.
It's funny because he's Puerto Rican just like Hennifer Lopez.
WTF happen?! I used to love espn.
2 hour
13th annual
Ah yes, the Steroids Era.
I miss the steriod era :(
I almost forgot how annoying Joe Morgan was to listen to....
HEY!!! Respect the legend & he passed away in October last year. :(
18:25 - today's snowflake society would've had Boomer fired for that comment
Haha just looked in the comments to see if anyone else noticed that
i always hated Chris Berman thought he was awful
R O I D S
Wow I like the celebration by Griffey not like today, a bunch of show boating.
Mike Piazza = gay man
Time for steroids everyone!
GO FIGURE 2 CLASS ACTS......2 HALL OF FAMERS.....2 DRUG FREE ATHLETES.....NO DRUGS and FOR THE FANS unlike 1996 FINAL BONDS & MCGWIRE 2 GUYS WHO WILL NEVER GET IN.....HANK AARON 715 IS STILL THE KING......THANKS JIMMY and KENNY FOR THE MEMORIES....
18:26 51:17
13th annual
13th annual