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- Larry Walker is one of the best Canadians to ever play baseball. But originally, that wasn’t the plan. Over time, he realized that life had other plans in store for him, and rose to the top of his generation within Major League Baseball. There aren’t many players who can compare to Walker in terms of overall game. He had a rocket for an arm, and could the hit the cover off the ball. He also has quite possibly the funniest blooper in All Star Game history. From his five tool talent to his iconic SpongeBob shirt, there’s a lot to discuss surrounding the life and career of Larry Walker.
Players relevant to the video: Cam Neely, Craig Biggio, Hubie Brooks, Tony Fernandez, Jose Offerman, Pedro Martinez, Moises Alou, Felipe Alou, Marquis Grissom, Tony Gwynn, Andres Galarraga, Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Luis Arraez, Mike Piazza, Joey Votto, Justin Morneau,
0:00 Intro
0:52 Biography
5:28 Let’s go Larry
7:46 Larry’s Landmark Season
10:16 The Blake Street Bombers
12:45 Legendary Larry
19:45 World Series Walker
21:38 Rocky Road to Cooperstown
22:21 Livin’ Like Larry
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Frank Thomas' prime would be an awesome vid 💪
seconded!!!
Agree 5 o'clock frank was a show 🎉
The Big Hurt! Way back!
You caaannn put it on the boooaarrd yesss!
Frank is still in his prime, he got nugenix total t
Got my vote
Justin Morneau was also a 3rd string Junior Hockey goalie who ended up being an MLB stalwart. I always tell people hockey goalies are the only athletes who could (at least) semi-reliably hit an MLB pitch because the reaction times are pretty similar.
Makes sense to me
As a kid, I was absolutely pumped when Walker became a Cardinal. His time there, while short, was a lot of fun as a fan. It's too bad we couldn't send him out a winner in 2005, but he made quite an impression in his short time here.
I really enjoyed watching him those two years. While he was a very old looking 37 and 38 year old he had a very high baseball IQ and was impressive because of it. The Berkman career revival reminded me a lot of Walker's two years with the team.
4 hall of famers in those 04-05' lineups (Walker, Rolen, Pujols, Molina)
@@eamonkelley3811 When compared to other centerfielders Edmonds should be in the HOF. The position has almost been cursed by comparing other centerfielders to Griffey and Mays.
@@eamonkelley3811 Also had Jim Edmonds (who is just a deserving of the HOF as Rolen) and we had Cy young award winner Chris Carpenter! Should've won it all in 04 or 05 but at least we have 06 :)
@@joerapo yep fair point
he was a monster on Ken Griffey Jr. MLB on N64
His hitting circle covered most of the zone.
Your channel is going to pop man. There is a huge market for baseball history and retro player profiles, and your videos are made really well!
Thank you for the kind words!
I really appreciate what you do to keep the history of MLB alive and well.
Hey I appreciate that Joe!
I literally just said the same thing!
We gotta find him a good gig working directly for MLB. Worth the money for sure.
@@jeffreysmart-vv6zcHatbilly and Cam need to definitely get a gig together on Air. They compliment each other very well. They are tremendous individually as well. Just thinking it might be easier for the both of them to get started someplace together. They would make a great broadcast team.
Wow. This series is making me fall in love with baseball all over again. What a time to be alive in the 90's. Thanks for the nostalgia!!!
I am so happy to hear that! This is what the series is all about, bringing those nostalgic memories back and of course honoring some of the greatest to ever do it.
Yeah me too. Baseball is terrible now. At least at the major league level. Every hitter just closing their eyes and swinging out of their jock straps while reciting a prayer. Oh and the ghost runner on 2nd base. Never would have believed this game I once loved would come to this. These videos and old baseball video games keep my baseball memories alive. What a game this used to be in the 90s and 00s.
I would love to see a video on Brewers legend Robin Yount. Dude is quite possibly the most underrated player in the liveball era
Todd Helton war is 61 and ops is 950 career. Playing in colorado has benefits but being In attitude you don’t have as much energy and traveling would take a toll. The fact he played that long and his ops is that high is crazy. Baseball reference equal players Edgar and bagwell both hall of fame. He also won three gg
I've been a baseball fan since I'm about 6-7, in the early 80's and I looked up to players like Rickey Henderson, Wally Backman, Dave Winfield etc but when I was a little older, I started playing stratomatic baseball, with dice and cards and Larry Walker was 1 of the most coveted players anyone could draft for a team. His #'s were amazing ! And on both sides of the ball. He was a solid defender with a lazer for an arm . This guy was a class act who was a natural athlete. A joy to watch !
Larry did a rehab stint with our local Salem, VA single-A affiliate club after one of his injuries. That he was playing in this small town was big news & he did not disappoint. He hit a ball that appeared to still be ascending when it left the stadium, and ended up landing across a 4 lane road that ran behind the right field wall and in the back yard of a home across that road. It was an actual "man among boys" moment if there ever was one.
Edgar Martinez would be fun!!!! Thanks for your site!!!
The everyday man, the blue collar player, the people's ball player, and softball leaugue mvp turned mlb allstar John Kruk needs his own video.....i grew up in his hometown of Keyser, WV and knew him and his dad well...Moe Kruk always had a phillies hat on a the car wash he ran, and john used to stay in shape playing pick up basketball in the summer...He was actually a hell of a point guard in high school
I'd love to see a profile on Rogers Hornsby. I know, I know it was a hundred years ago. But he had an insane prime in 1921-1925 in which he averaged over .400, including 3 years in which he hit over .400. A contemporary of Babe Ruth, he'ss certainly worth remembering.
Jimmie Foxx would be a good one too if we're going back that far, his prime was just a few years later
As a 12 year old living in small town Maple Ridge and seeing him come up and play in the MLB was amazing … especially since at the That time there was maybe 3 or 4 Canadians even the in the majors at that time .
Still have my 6 autographed rookie cards after he came back home from his rookie season
Eddie Murray would be cool player for you to do a video on
As an O’s fan, it’s not a matter of if, but when!
Larry was just fun to watch. A true gamer. One of the most complete players, ever... And the voters are IDIOTS for overlooking him for so long. I'm glad he made the hall. Long overdue. Helton also deserves the nod for similar reasons and was also, frankly, screwed out of more than one gold glove... But that's another story. Thanks for giving Larry some love.
Walker was so fun to watch. Back in the Astros vs Cardinals rivalry days, he and Pujols were my sworn enemies, but I loved them both too.
I’ll bet! It’s hard to root for someone within a rivalry, but some ballplayers you have to make an exception for 😂
@@Cam23 Very true.
Do one on Frank Thomas!!!
Thanks for the awesome video. He is from my hometown and he inspired a lot of us to play ball. Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball is now one of the largest associations in BC. His dad Larry Sr still umpires in Ridge even in his 80’s
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed! That’s awesome to hear that his dad still umps
For your next installment of "Great youth hockey players who became MLB Hall of Famers", might I suggest Tom Glavine?
I think L Walker is an all time great..always thought he was underappreciated..all around great player
100%
I had the pleasure of meeting him in the off season right after he was voted MVP . You would think its a no brainer that he would be the Canadian athlete of the Year but it happen to coincide with Jaques Villeneuve winning the F1 title .I told him i thought he got burned and he gave kudos to the racer and shrugged it off , My impression of him was a pure gentleman who was as thick at the waist as any inshape person could be. Also he was part of an outfield , with Moise and Marquis , that produce the best offensive stats of ALL TIME
Dude was really good and doesn’t get enough credit
It was so great to reminisce the career of another one of my all-time favorite Rockies players who I grew up watching - and learning from when I played little league baseball for 4 years.
I'm really glad to hear that! Most of the players I make videos on were not guys I grew up watching but yet somehow I feel nostalgic making these haha 😂
I remember seeing him on the cover of a baseball video game and scoffing because I didn't know baseball at the time. My dad scolded me for no knowing who Larry Walker was. He was right to do so.
We spent alot of the rocky years going to tucson and watching larry amaze you in the backfields in feb getting ready for the season. Amazing player and amazing man. My kids loved his friendy nature and he would sign baseballs for kids all day long. So happy he made the hall of fame.
Do something on the Big Cat
Andres Gallaraga
Guy was beyond amazing
Another great show my friend! Thank you!⚾️
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 🙌🏼
Absolutely loves this one on a serious Legend of our time!
love these videos, this is the baseball I grew up with. I would love a video about the Alomar brothers, Roberto and Sandy.
Another great video!🎉 it was awesome seeing him as the cover guy of all star baseball 99'.. those Rockies were some bombers.. I was happy as hell when Galarraga became a Brave!
What a time to be a fan of that team!
Matt Williams was gonna crush the homerun record that year.
43 dingers in a shortened season is ridiculous!
Man, you do such a wicked awesome job on your vids!
Much appreciated from another Canadian.
Thank you!
Love the video. You are fast approaching my favorite baseball TH-cam channels. I would love to see a Mike Schmidt video.
Thank you! And you’re right, Schmidt is a great suggestion for a video
he deserves it, great numbers and huge player, i remember when i was a kid playing "ken griffey junior winning run" in nintendo 64, the first player i transferred to the mariners to play with griffey a buhner in the field was larry walker
I still play that game from time to time
@@thedimarcoguy nice i tried to play it in mame, but i couldn't, i played it in nintendo 64, great game
Another great vid! A few suggestions for future videos. Dwight Evans, Chipper Jones, Nomar Garciaparra. Thanks, keep it up!
Thank you! Great suggestions, so many great ballplayers that deserve one of these kinds of videos
Coors field pre humidor was awesom. AND having Clint Hurdle as the Rockies hitting coach was an added bonus
Jim Leyland who managed Larry in Colorado said Walker was the best base runner he'd ever seen
Leyland is a baseball lifer. That says everything you need know
Another excellent video. Would love to see Moises Alou get the same treatment!
You said that it was a travesty that it took until his last year of eligibility to make the Hall. Reminded me of Ron Santo, who was elected posthumously just one year after his passing. He'd make a good next video on consistency!
As a blue jays/nats/expos fan, walker is one of my favorite players
Excellent video! Any player who wins multiple gold gloves in the black hole that is the outfield at Coors deserves to be in the HOF. And as a slightly unrelated side note, how about the odd coincidence that Colorado would end up with two HOF canadian goalies that shared the number 33 and came over from Montreal in the mid-'90s? 🤯
This really needs to be emphasized- just as if the Rockies had an ace for 5-7 seasons.
@fredflux2738 absolutely!
Larry Walker was the Ichiro before Ichiro. It was insane to watch him. Just a perfect player. Also, a decent guy.
Loving these baseball videos. Yeah he had the ultimate home field advantage but he was still go away from coors field
Recommendation: (underrated) John Olerud & Mo Vaughn
I’d like to see some 70’s era guys.
Fred Lynn, Jim Rice. As well.
This is a great channel.
Capture a few of my old Orioles. Eddie Murray perhaps.
Even guys like Albert Bell.
Cecil Fielder.
Man some many guys
But Fred Lynn for sure.
The early 90s Expos were some of my favorite teams. Walker, Deshields, Grissom, Alou, Wallach, Floyd, Rondell White.
Awesome video and yes can you please do a Frank Thomas video. He just like Larry Walker did struggle with some injuries near the end of his career and he was still able to perform on that. Frank Thomas level, especially in that 93-94 season. Where was more like babe Ruth!
Great video!
- A Expos orphan
I love that Expos team, it had a window of a few years, but LOOK what they had in a bottle! No strike? Goodness, we could have been spared the Yankees dynasty.
Fire vids dude views r gunna be rollinggg in
My two favorite players while growing up were Ken Griffey and Vladimir Guerrero. If you could do a video on each of them I would be ecstatic
Both amazing players! I am planning on both of them at some point. I won't tip my hand but one of them may be coming this Friday...
Griff was always up there for me but vladdy was just awesome, i loved him😂, that hr derby he won he may not have hit a shit ton of homeruns but the ones he did hit were shots dude and oh yeah with no battint gloves on😂 i always wondered how his hands never hurt, vladdy is my 2nd fav player all time for sure
Great video. Would love to see one on Mel Ott
Imagine if the Expos had the means to keep him? That '94 Expos squad was dangerously talented. Has a good chance to win the WS if it wasn't for the strike.
Great job and I appreciate the work you put in. I subbed to your channel and love the trivia posts as well. Wouldn't mind seeing a spotlight on Dave Winfield, Albert Belle or Juan Gonzalez but anything you put out I'm going to watch, lol. Keep it up!
Thank you so much it really means a lot to hear that! Those are some great suggestions, all 3 would make for great videos.
Love your vids.. you deserve more subs. Keep up the hard work, and they'll come! I'm an old-skool Braves fan.. I can't ask you to do all of the more prominent '90s players, but how about Dave Justice? :)
Thank you for the kind words! And that’s a great suggestion, he’d be a great ballplayer to do a video on
I love these videos…Love them.
Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content!
This guy was truely a class act. I've been watching baseball since I'm about 6-7, in the mid-80's & I immediately fell in love with the style of play that players such as Rickey Henderson, Lenny dykstra, mookie Wilson, Andy Van Slyke & many others. In the 80's & 90's there were a lot of players who regularly got their uniforms dirty, not so much these days. In fact, it seems to me that even though baseball players are(in my opinion) generally the 2nd best athletes in professional organized sports, ( behind soccer players). All this I say to convey to those who are younger than me or just getting into baseball that, there are very few if anyone players like Larry Walker any more. It's not just the physical stature added to practice & skill cultivated etc. It's a mindset. A personality that is rare today or at least it's rare in the public eye. Which is understandable. If you want to see hard nosed, tough, truely magnificent baseball games, watch games from the 80's & 90's !Larry Walker, Steve Finley, Kieth Hernandez, Don Mattingly, Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddox ! These are players who played the game as it's t was ment to be played ! Who made others observe divine fun on the diamond in the game of inches! God bless them all
There's never been a vid on Mark Grace and there's a lot of cubs fans out there!
You should do ichiro or however you spell his name next
It's spelled Each E-row Suzuki... 😉
In all seriousness I totally agree, he's CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED imo!
@@bretcheesman-wf4szI think he’s criminally overrated. A .750ish OPS guy with speed during an era where guys were hitting .330 with 45-50 bombs. Especially corner outfielders. Had he been a career center fielder or SS you’d have a better argument.
@HT-sm9dm you're entitled to your opinion...
1st off Ichiro was not a "slugger" & yet still finished with a career ops+ of 107 WITHOUT POWER! He's one of only 30 or so guys TO EVER have 3,000 hits, 3,089 to be exact. Career .311 BA, scored over 1,400 runs, stole over 500 bases.
He routinely slugged over .800 the 1st 10years of his career btw. ALSO DON'T FORGET HE DIDN'T PLAY A SINGLE GAME IN THE MLB UNTIL HE WAS ALMOST 28 YEARS OLD!!!
🤦🏼33 guys in the HISTORY OF THE MLB have 3,000 or more hits, Ichiro is one of them!! He didn't even make it to America til the thick of his prime & if he did he'd most likely be up there with Pete Rose & Ty Cobb in the 4k hit club but he's overrated???
YEAH, NO...
Edit: Career WAR +60
A Nomar Garciaparra video would be cool. He had a awesome prime career
I remember 1997 like it was yesterday! I remember my dad saying look at this guy here!!
I used to look thru the stats on all the backs of my baseball cards as a child and it was so impressive to me seeing walkers stats. Only Griffey jr. seemed better to me at that age. And looking back I wasn't far off. Larry Walker was one of the greats of the 1990s. Top 10 90s player in my mind
Larry was a top notch player from his era! It’s too bad the Coors Field effect plagued his Hall of Fame chances for so long
I still remember that 400 avg in July! Not sure I’ve seen that since, but also don’t follow like I did when I was a kid.
Good point about Walker being able to hit away from Coors.
I love to see you do a video on Todd Helton
A Robin Yount video would be fun! I haven’t seen one to my knowledge on TH-cam that’s like yours
You brought them up in this video Atlantas big three it would be nice to see a video covering them separately or together
I grew up in his hometown, his folks owned the bowling alley
Dudeeee that’s so cool!
Walker tears his rotator cuff and misses 4 games, separates his shoulder and misses none. Breaks his collar bone and isnt out for 8 months. I say all this because the 5th highest paid player in baseball is currently out for a month+ because he bruised his shin WTF Rendone…
Great video like always homie. And you should do his teammate Andres “Big Cat” Galarraga and also I think you should do Andre “The Hawk” Dawson. So many great players from back in the day. Bring back alot memories.
Hey I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed the video. Both great suggestions! I tell you what there will never be a day I run out of fantastic ballplayers to talk about 🤣
@@Cam23 facts
Ya. You should do also Andres Galarraga
🎉Larry walker was a beast
You should do my favorite player and the best 2nd base Roberto Alomar
When are we getting an Eddie Murray video? Switch Hitter in the 500/3000 club? Most RBI’s in the 80’s? Let’s see it!
Can you do a video on the Ted Williams MVP snub for both the 41 and 42 season?
Bro a MajorLeaguer running from 3rd to 1st over the pitchers mound is WILD 😂
I bet he got razzed for awhile over that lmao
Definitely! 😂
I went to a game at COORS field in 1995 where the Dodgers were at COORS field. I got to the game late thanks to my Uncle and the score was 8 to 3 Dodgers in the 3rd inning!!
John Kruk of Phillies did same thing at Allstar game almost 10yrs earlier, also against Johnson.
Larry Walker was part of two very scary lineups in the Mid 90's ( Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners) neither team could pitch 😳 🤔
He never played for the mariners
Niceeeee video!!! 😎👍👊 #Cam23 You should do the Big Cat!!! & The Big Hurt!!!
Eyyy thank you! Great suggestions, both awesome dudes to make a vid on
How about my favorite player growing up Mark Grace? Most hits in the 90’s,gold gloves and title with D-Backs.
Comparing Walker’s BR page with another Canadian Joey Votto its scary how similar the numbers are.
These vids are dope
Larry was my favorite player during his career. He could do everything when he wasn't injured. However, he played too hard and was injured too much. He played baseball like he was playing hockey.
Well Done!
Thanks!
Thumbnail Larry looks like the cool dad that hosts weekend neighbourhood BBQ parties for everyone but youre too afraid to go up and ask for seconds
😂😂😂
Those Rockies uniforms with the mountains on the front and the last name on the back going vertical are oddly pretty sick looking. I wouldn’t mind finding a Larry Walker jersey of that kind.
They definitely have grown on me, the mountain just has that cool ‘90s look
I played golf with him in a tourny. Such a nice guy
That's awesome!
Let's be real...Piazza deserved MVP in 1997.
The 1-2-3 punch from Larry Walker, Andre Galagarra & Dante Bichette.
You named your next video in this one. Todd Helton
you should do a miguel cabrera vid, Ichiro vid, or votto vid. Also keep up the awesome content!!!
Great suggestions! And thank you I’m glad you’re enjoying the content
Manny Ramirez!!!! Please and thank you great job on the video
I don't need the Hall Of Fame to tell me Larry Walker was great (but I am happy for him that they finally did).
Vince Coleman, his good and bad highlights!
I dont care who you are as a player, if you win 1MVP and 3 batting titles that should be all the consideration necessary for the HOF. Seriously, all the other countless accolades are just the cherry on top of that sundae.
Larry walker was one of my favorite ballplayers during that era. The fact he didn't have any steroid controversy either at that time makes him that much better imo.
Uhh yes he did. The dude hit 18 home runs in 1996 and then hit 49 in 1997.
@@axe2grind244 while that's true his homeruns jumped up he was at no point mentioned among the 89 players in the Mitchell report. Also I have never seen anything online that proves or even insinuates that he did steroids.
If you can find an article somewhere that states Larry Walker took PEDs please share it because it would be news to me.
@@axe2grind244 Uh.. the 'dude' played only 83 games in '96. Way to stat pick with no context.
@axe2grind244… Uhh you forgot the part about him playing only 83 games in 1996 and also conveniently left out his 44 homers in 1994. Nice Try Google Goblin ;)
Walker in his prime is top 10 all around player in history. Deal With It.
Do Ken Griffey Jr and Andruw Jones!
I've been a baseball fan ever since I attended my first game at Busch in 1966. In the 90's I didn't care for all the hype surrounding the so-called superstars, like Griffey and Thomas. I was more into guys like Molitor, Brett, Gwynn, of course my boy Ozzie, and Walker - the regular guys who simply went out every day and played the game. I understand that they are also in the Hall of Fame, but they did it the old fashioned way.
You should do a series covering underrated players! Adam Jones would be a good player to cover.
Loved Jonesy as an O’s fan so you already know I’m interested!
@@Cam23 I’m an O’s fan too man. He was one of my favorite players to watch. Consistent 25 HRs a year bat and a great guy off the field.