Tom Selleck at bat 4/3/1991
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- Tom Selleck at bat 4/3/1991 for the Detroit Tigers v Cincinnati Reds
Spring Training
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To see Tom Selleck in an Old Timers Game August 1992 at Tigers Stadium.
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To see Tom Selleck in an Old Timers Game August 1992 at Tigers Stadium.
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Joe DiMaggio, same year, at Candlestick
Sweet. I didn't know about that.
Keep in mind he was 45 at this time. Still cool.
😂
He does it all. And he almost convinced me to get a reverse mortgage from AAG
Thank God you didn't lol.
Me too.. lol. Didn't work though. Good try. (Still love ya Tom)
He was good at stealing water too!!!
@@dankasper5104
Whadda expect from him......
He's an Aquarius
LOL
Lol
I'd forgotten all about this. For a non-player of his age even getting the bat around well enough to foul off a few off a major league pitcher is incredibly impressive.
@@timsullivan67 Pitches YOU'D be knocking out of the park of course, right? Was that the best you could come up with?
@@timsullivan67 Really, Tim?
@@timsullivan67 I don't know what you were looking at, but he was throwing some nasty pitches, and Selleck was holding his own...
@@timsullivan67 no he was not
@@dantean Relax, Tom.
Pretty sure this is when he was in training for "Mr Baseball?" The fact he made contact 3 times against a professional pitcher is a feat all on it's own!
"BIG FEET. HAPPY BODY"!
No really bud
It's just a man hitting a tiny ball with a wood stick
This is 1991 & im pretty sure (not 100% tho) Mr. Baseball came out late 80's.
@@insidethegrills5181-You must be fun at parties, you seem the type that got cut cuz you couldn't play.
People don't realize how impressive that AB was for a 46 yo "civilian". To simply step into the batters box and not make a complete fool of yourself against a major league pitcher is quite an accomplishment. He did not look totally out of place in any way.
He reminded me of a pitcher at bat.
Totally. Nice comment. Hits the nail.
I think people do realize this
I played as a teenager. To merely get his bat on the ball is far better than I could have ever done. Sure, "meh" for a pro but impressive for any amateur much less at 46.
For real, this was shocking.
Had to throw a nasty major league curveball to get a 46 yo actor out. Tip of the hat to you TS 👍
Selleck played baseball at USC. When he was doing interviews to promote his movie Mr. Baseball he told Larry King that he loved baseball and would have loved to play in the major leagues. When Larry asked why he didn't he said matter-of-factly "I couldn't hit a curve ball".
Trouble with the curve has ended many careers.
Great movie too.
I think strike 3 was a curve ball, or some sort of breaking ball.
He played basketball at USC
Good basketball player, too.
That is what I thought. I thought I heard somewhere that he had at least played college ball and was pretty good at it too.
Damn Tom! Standing in the box against major league pitching and making contact a few times… that is quite impressive
Its absolutely incredible. A Hollywood actor not only made contact but actually worked a count and made a MLB pitcher work. Most pro athletes could never do that in a million years.
@Get on the cross and don’t look back take your own advice.
@Get on the cross and don’t look back oh look, a religious loon
Is there any other kind?
@@benjaminpease5297 Oh Please Pease, put a shroud in it. Jesus.
Tom Selleck has done so much to entertain us all, a great actor and also a good man…..
and a heck of a moustache.
Absolutely.
Well said
I think you need a reverse mortgage...
@@dlchambers lmfao. No respectable man is a spokesperson for reverse mortgages
Selleck was already 46 in 1991... I gotta give him credit for being brazen enough to get up there and "take a swing" at it.
I’m 45 and would do that in a heartbeat
@@blacjackdaniels200 I just turned 55 & am in better shape than almost every guy my age & get around & do things most 30 year olds cant do as I still work the ranch after 40 years with livestock & a garden, build houses, roof & landscape
@@blacjackdaniels200 oh yea, my dad's CB handle back in the 70s & 80s was Blackjack Ketchem
I'm 71, played some 'ball' in college (way back when), and I often wonder how'd it be to stand at the plate in the big leagues.
Bahaahaaa
Commentator saying “that’s the first time that lady’s hugged that gentleman in 33 years” had me dying 😂😂
No kidding I laughed my a** off.
Comedy gold!!! 😂🤣😅😆
"33" hmmm
Yeah, that was the best part of the video to me LOL.
i came across this comment the exact time it was said 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"That's the first time that lady hugged that man in 33 years. All because of a foul ball".
Best part of the whole video
I laughed out loud!
Surprised the hell out of him.
I'd be willing to bet vital parts of of my anatomy that old couple has hugged every day of their relationship, thriufh the good times and esp2 the rough times. For better or worse meant something to their generation.
Summed up marriage perfectly
old joke: "i was so poor when i was a kid, me and 3 brothers all shared a bed. I'm serious, even through high school- 4 brothers sleeping in one bed. In fact I never knew what it was like to sleep alone until after I got married."
Hey Tom,
Stan Williams on the mound, is my dad. He just past a little over a year ago. This is great to have. Also I believe you had a home across from me in Long Beach CA. years ago, at least that was said. Great swing and connect.
My condolences for your father. It's ironic that the pitcher on the mound, Tim Layana of the Reds, is also deceased. He was killed in a car accident on June 26, 1999, when his SUV was broadsided by a car. He was 35 years old.
Condolences,
My dad and I used to climb a tree and sit ontop of wall at Blair field in Longbeach and watch Roman Gabriel and company practice ( Los Angeles Rams ) back in the Youngblood days. Memories. I grew up in Lakewood.
Hey Danny ,
Did you go to Lakewood high? What year did you graduate
@@mtyhntr49 a childhood friend’s dad, James “Flip” Edmondson, was Roman Gabriel’s roommate at NC State.
Stan Williams, the original "big hurt".
RIP, Sir.
Just the fact that the guy was getting the bat on the ball is impressive.
Anyone can
@@KQwest98 Right. You just proved to everyone that you have no idea of what major league pitching looks like.
@@KQwest98 Bet you can't
@@SealofPerfection I can.
@@SealofPerfection I could
I'm from Detroit and in 80's he would be allowed take batting practice at tiger stadium before the game even if they groved some pitches i seen him hit onr in upper deck down line right field.. and few in lower deck on 2 different occasions. He ripped some, all around It was cool to see it
Yea there’s actually a video on here of him hitting one out at tiger stadium… damn he is a cool dude
You're so lucky! I envy you.
You seen?
Ever a 2nd at bat ??
I know. The guy had power in bp. For sure.
I'm impressed. The pitcher was taking this serious and Selleck has a decent swing.
That pitcher was terrified of becoming a meme even back in 91
@@cyberdemon1702 Doubtful. The guy has a World Series ring I doubt that he is that easily intimidated.
@@CatsClaw44 my point was he’d never live down the crap he would have taken had he given up a hit, thus was all business
@@cyberdemon1702 I agree... Athletes have egos... You don't make it this far as an athlete, without having an ego.
@@aspireahead8388
It would hurt that nameless, faceless pitcher's ego to remind him that Selleck made more money last week than that pitcher did in his whole forgetable career.
As a Tiger fan growing up I was about 14 years old watching this with my dad. I remember him telling me there’s no way a professional pitcher is gonna let an actor get a hit on them. Although we rooted for him as fans of Tom Selleck as well. Great memories.
Damn! Tom Selleck is the man. I never knew about this. Great at bat actually.
I never knew this either and I'm from Detroit
He was a good athlete, good enough to play on USC Basketball team.
Nobody’s hitting that curveball.
This is probably what inspired Michael Jordan to give it a try. 😺
@@HariSeldon913, Michael Jordan played baseball first and he was pretty good at it.
if you''ve ever tried to hit a baseball traveling faster than 80mph, let alone a big league breaking pitch or fastball, you know how hard that was....
Or, hitting a curverball after a high and inside fastball....
I went into a batting cage once, thinking "what's the big deal to hit it?". Machine was set at 60mph....I never saw it. Just heard a thud behind me! I was humbled...
I have hit 85 mph!!! Just keep your eye on the ball at ALL TIMES!!!
@@rollingdudes8859 @ 85 you don't keep your eye on the ball at all unless you are used to facing pitches that fast which is relatively slow at 85. You try to see the spin of the ball and have an idea where it's going..Your swing has to start withing 6 to 8 ft of the ball leaving his hand and you have about 350 milliseconds to swing at where the ball is going to be really quickly. It takes about 400 milliseconds to blink your eye, so keeping an eye on the ball is easier said than done. A player tries to see rotation, arm angle, arm speed, and individual little tells that cause a pitcher to tip his hand, and believe it or not, most pitchers have something thst tips their pitch, the batter just has to much going on to notice, or can't take advantage of it in time. Less experienced hitters just pick an area. And anything coming through thst area they swing at.
@@Azznbad Average blink time is 333msec, max time is 400
To be fair, no man alive would have hit that last pitch. Even more impressive that Selleck was 46 years old here.
wrong
Tony and wade easily! He did great but that was not a great pitch !tom has no recognition of pitches , no experience!
Its why 99% need time in the minors !but tom did great, its probably the hardest thing in sports !and at 46 !
In that era yeah, but Tom Brady is same and an MVP candidate
That last breaker was filthy. Selleck did damn fine for a 46 year old, civilian.
Went back and watched it. Holy shit. No break till the bat was already most of the way around and then like 8 inches. Jesus.
The fact that he can even make contact against a big league pitcher, and multiple times at that, is impressive for a non player.
Exactly. And Layana didn’t “pull any pitches” to play on words.
Mr Tom Selleck,not only a true gentleman,but a great American Patriot.God bless u sir.
What makes him a patriot, he votes for the same guy as you?
This is what the media deems as, " Toxic Masculinity " these days.
@@fromulus His respect for the 2nd Amendment is one of the reasons.
@@kurtkensson2059 so basically what I said
@@fromulus I don't know who he votes/voted for. I do know that he knows his firearms, though, and respects the 2nd Amendment. He was a sergeant in the California National Guard. He shows respect for the US flag. Plus, anyone who puts Rosie O'Donnell in her place gets bonus points. So, if that's basically what you said, then yeah.
Tom is such a class act! Nice swing for a 46 year old at the time. Also he's a damn good volleyball player.
He played basketball and volleyball at USC.
I think he was a basketball player in high school and maybe college
When I was in high school in Hawaii I played on our varsity volleyball team. This was in the mid-80’s and Tom was starring in Magnum PI. He played on the Masters volleyball team at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu and his team scrimmaged against our varsity team while preparing for a national tournament. He was a legitimate athlete and deserved to be on the OCC masters team. He was also just a genuinely good guy, very nice. No ego trip at all. Just one of the guys.
Profane.
He's a horrible person.
Al Kaline, Alan Tramell, Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, Tom Selleck, great Tigers legends.
Don’t forget the greatest of them all: Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
@@GallowsPole805 Agree
Gibson's still a legend here in L.A. for his walk-off HR in the 1988 WS.
SPARky Knew his Player and Teams🤭
Don't forget Mark Fidrych
Hadn't known this existed until this moment. Mr. Selleck's mechanics look pretty sound here. To merely make contact with the ball in this circumstance is a notable achievement.
Not sure what mechanics you're looking at. He looks good til he starts to swing and then it's a mess
The rip foul at or around 0:53 is a nice swing and THAT was a major league pitch, make no mistake about it. He made it look normal. That was a legit and respectable major league at bat and he can say he worked a count in the major leagues.
@@dunsmoregaines4239 Tom played baseball and basketball in high school I believe and was a scholarship basketball player to USC, so he is an athlete.
@TheJustjim3333 his swing starts OK but doesn't end well. Not bad for an old actor.
he has a hole in his swing... schuto...
That was awesome. Considering he was 46 and not a professional player, he did awesome. I agree that last pitch was filthy.
Not many professionals could have hit that last pitch, a nasty curveball.
Yeah, the pitcher was not a fan of Quigley Down Under :-/
You had to know there was no way after that second hard foul Layana was going to give him anything else to hit. That last breaking pitch was indeed nasty.
@@PhilAndersonOutside Thats exactly right, once he knew he could possible get a hit he threw some nasty stuff. He did very good.
His timing was there he got around on them pitches! Great AB
First time that lady's hugged that gentleman in 33 years. Damn! Wish announcers were this ruthless today
Sparky said at the time that if Selleck had started earlier he would have been a star.
I met Tom Selleck. He is a huge man in person. He could be a monster at the plate!
Had the Tigers given him a few games of DH time, I guarantee you he would have landed at least a couple of nice base hits. Like singles and doubles... and it's just like the saying goes - singles and doubles win games
I like the guy because he isn't pretentious, or boastful. Humble people often get to the top with seemingly no effort. he is same age as me. . but a tat more famous. Liked the magnum series. I.M.O. Hilerman was one of the most the most under rated actors in the business
Last pitch was nasty, a lot of MLB hitters would swing and missed that pitch.
It’s a shame he had to go to the breaking ball. Pussy move against Tom Selleck. Why be afraid to challenge him?
It dropped off the table.
I had no idea Tom did this? Pretty damn cool though !!
Yeah that was tough, he saw all fastballs until the yakker and he was clearly surprised by it.
Yep, he had to resort to that then acted like it had been Alan Trammel he'd struck out.
Born and raised in Detroit, absolutely love Tom Selleck and always will. Go tigers! Go Detroit and Detroit pride!
Commitment to being authentic for his upcoming role in "Mr. Baseball". 3 weeks with Detroit, which included rookie hazing (heat rub in the jock strap) among a few other pranks
He had it down too. He dug in good before the pitch, proper batting stance, decent swing, pretty good eye. For his age at the time....damn impressive!
No doublt Tom could play ball back in the day. That was very impressive.
WOW...just looking at him at the batters box resembles Kirk Gibson
More like Dave Bergman....
I m With Both of You.... You Can Tell Tom Was A Quality Athlete in his youth
Old and creaky?
My exact thoughts... he's got that Gibby swing and stance.
If you didn't know it, you'd swear he was an MLB player.
Tom Selleck is a stud And Mr. baseball is one of the best baseball movies of all time.
Damn good movie.
Could of been a good movie but he whines way too much and is too sarcastic thru the entire first half of the film. He was like a petulant child in that movie...
@@mitchmurray2260 *Could have been
Frank Thomas was in that movie.
I missed watching that game that day on channel 4 in Detroit ( remember hearing about it on the radio the next day ) this is the first time I’ve seen it thanks for posting this.
this was a lot of fun to watch. thank you.
Classic inspiration for Mr. Baseball movie! Shortly after he was signed to the Dragons in Japan. 😄
“There is a hole in your swing”
Big Hit.. Happy Body!
All across the country, pitchers are practicing the shuuto....
For a guy that doesn’t play baseball, making contact like that is absolutely insane
Hit that first pitch pretty well just a little late
Selleck looks like a ball player-he hung in there for awhile. Not easy at any age-especially mid 40’s.
I don’t think he was mid 40’s in 1991. (Edit): oops. Looks like he was in his mid 40’s. Dude has aged well! Didn’t realize he was born in 1945
@@kpag3030 Yes there was an episode of Magnum P.I. where he has issues turning forty that aired in the mid 80's. So he was actually going by his real age (lots of actors in shows play characters younger than their actual age).
@@josephpapai5867 And it worked perfectly for the show, as he was playing a Vietnam vet.
This is probably while he was training for his movie, Mr. Baseball.
Magnum had a Pretty Good Looking Left Handed Swing This Game was right at The End of Spring Training in 1991,The Great Hall of Fame Manager Sparky Anderson,Probably was having a Flashback,and Thought He was Sending Kirk Gibson up there!,and Tom was also Facing The Current World Champions at The Time in The Cincinnati Reds, who had Swept The Mighty Oakland A's a Few Months Earlier in The 1990 World Series!,I'm Sure that Tom Selleck Treasures those Memories to this Day of Getting to be Part of The Team Roster in The 1991 Spring Training with His Favorite Hometown Team The Detroit Tigers!!!
This is fantastic… in every sense of the word. My mustache still aspires to the greatness of the Selleck.
Tom did very well, fouling off some pitches and taking ball 1. The pitcher gave him nothing and struck him out on a wicked curve ball.
Yeah that was weak. I bet the pitcher regrets not throwing him a challenge fastball when he's drinking with his buddies.
@@josephthebobcat5085 you make a good point Joe....he should have thrown at least 1 fastball in the pitch sequence just to see if Sellick could have even gotten around on it.
@@josephthebobcat5085 I'm sure you would have homered had you been up there. More than likely, you'd have cr@pped your pants the first time a breaking ball looked like it was going to hit you.
He looked like a major league hitter when he did take ball one.
@@josephthebobcat5085: Tim Layana died at age 35 in a 1999 auto collision in Bakersfield, CA. His three passengers were treated and released, but Layana was not using a seat belt, and was ejected from the Chevy Blazer, according to the L.A. Times.
This is damn impressive. This dude is legit at bat against legit mlb pitcher. He struck out but still. This is the first time that lady has hugged that fella in 33 years lol
The best part was that the pitcher didn't "grove" ANYTHING. He treated Selleck like any other batter. He threw his best stuff and TS fouled off a few. Go into a batting cage that throws 80 mph balls. STRAIGHT fastballs. See how many you even make contact with...
@@scottbaron121 I don't understand all the negative comments on this video. Do MLB batters hit homeruns every time they come to bat?
Tom has good form and respectable swing! Got a piece twice!!
No he doesnt
thrice
@@manofiske3318 indeed you are correct sir
Tom Selleck played Jesse Stone in a number of movies based on Robert B Parker's books. His character had been a baseball player until injured then an LAPD detective until divorce/alcohol drove him to a Police Chief's job in the Fictional Paradise Massachusetts.
That was awesome. It looked like an average MLB at bat.
This was dope!!! I never knew about this until today.
Legend !! The best show ever was Magnum PI.
Blue Bloods is Tom's best work .
@@leskobrandon3497 agreed, but the show based in NY he pretends to like the pitiful yankees.
Quigley down under
@Lesko Brandon I agree. Watching it right now.
He is great in Bluebloods, but you are right. Magnum PI started it all and was the best show in the 80's. I never missed an episode. CBS.... Thursdays......8pm.
He looks like he knows what he's doing up there. I would like to see him play in his prime.
He played basketball and volleyball in college. Obviously he was an athlete.
He played baseball as well.
He was very athletic, I remember seeing him dunk a basketball. I don't remember him doing spring training, but that's quite an accomplishment.
Did ya have a bro-mance with him you sound like ya got the hots for him
@@smooothsea5917 what’s the matter? You jealous? 🤡
@@johnlibonati7807Tom Selleck was the man while I was growing up. Never missed an episode of Magnum P.I.
Nothing to not love about Tom Selleck (Magnum P.I.) ...
Thanks for the clip!
He led the Yankees in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August the following season.
He still has a hole in his swing.
Nice !
Love that movie, Thanks for the reference and the memories !!!
With men in scoring position.
And yet did not get traded to CLEVELAND!!!
I'm surprised at his bat speed. At 6'4" Selleck has a pretty big strike zone, so this at-bat wasn't half bad.
there were definitely some positives. He was initiating his swing late, which meant that he was behind on all of the pitches, but his bat speed caught up enough to make contact a couple of times. His mechanics were a little off, but still quite good for someone who doesn't play baseball as a daily job. Plus, most hitters had poor mechanics back then. He's just using his arms too much. I think with a little coaching, as long as his vision held out, he could have definitely been Major League material.
@@bjohnkautzman1041
Most hitters had poor mechanics?
What in the blue fffuck are you babbling about?
@@TheBatugan77 Well, the way you worded that question is a good way to ensure that I'll never answer
.
@@bjohnkautzman1041 I thought he did a good job to make contact. BUT he's really almost too tall and got the eyes of a 45 year old. I think the oldest player in MLB is 36 now. If 45 year old players still have it in them they be in the rosters these days. I can still wear my jeans from high school and I'm stronger than I was at 20 but my eyes aren't the same. Those eyes are what help you wind up that baseball clock in your head.
@@jeffhoward1222 You're absolutely right, and I think eyesight is the most important attribute a hitter can have....and it often gets overlooked.
Selleck always looked like a former baseball player to me. lol Anyways, not a bad at-bat by him here going up against the defending MLB World Champion Reds at the time.
Amerikan champions. The world is not invited to your domestic baseball or football competitions.
It's so North Korean to claim to be world champions in a domestic competition.
MR Baseball is one of my favourite movies. I watch it all the time.
Much respect for Selleck.
They DID NOT want him to get a hit.
That's why he threw him that knuckle curve to strike him out.
I think it was a split-finger.
Knuckle curve. I threw that in HS. Coach did not it was real. Never heard someone name that pitch. I now have validation.
@@tomkingston1468 Doesn't really matter what the pitch was. Striking out a non-baseball player really doesn't mean anything. Actually, throwing something as nasty as a knuckle curve in that situation says the pitcher is a nobody. I am sorry he died a few years later in a car crash.
@@tomkingston1468, Yes, it was indeed a knuckle curve. Just saw a clip of him talking about it on David Letterman.
This was an exhibition game. Tigers would play the Reds every year one home and one away. It was for charity but the games were always competitive and taken seriously like any game that counted. I think the players enjoyed them and looked for bragging rights if nothing else.
I was at this game! Even got his autograph afterwards. Never knew video of this existed.
Still one of the best mustaches in all of baseball!
Rollie Fingers
TS close second
You forgot rolling fingers of the Oakland Athletics
That is so cool! He always reminded me of my dad. Wore the same shape of caps and same mustache, hair color and smile.
Its pretty bad when a pitcher has to reach for something real nasty to strike Tom Selleck out, huge breaking ball
Props to Tom! He was facing big league pitches! Decent swing, & actually protected the plate, while getting some wood on the ball. I loved the movie, 'Mr. Baseball' this was for. Selleck is a National treasure! Plays a cowboy, a cop, a PI dtc & makes it all look easy!
Looked like good swings. The pitcher had enough of the story and sat him down with a nasty curve.
I'm glad he did this while wearing my team's jersey. Go Tigers!
That was pretty cool, too bad the announcers were too busy trying to be funny and get their pre-prepared one liners in.
I was just in a calm mood this week. I watched the Jesse Stone movies, all 9. Then some how I seen this on UT? Good man.
Wow. I NEVER knew this happened!! What a treat.
A natural athlete. Likeable fellow, too. He was in Vancouver for a shoot back in about 1986. he did a couple workouts at Gold's gym where I also trained at that time. Quite humble. Probably 20 great looking babes waiting for him in the lobby area. Poor guy Lol
Tom did dam good! Just touching the ball is impressive
I played baseball as a young man. I'm very impressed Tom fouled a few off. Good job.
Selleck starred in Mr. Baseball around this time. What a strange coincindence: In my family's photograph album, we have a picture of Selleck playing baseball just like this.
You better give him your home or else th-cam.com/video/g4J0QzkZHvE/w-d-xo.html
Lol! How dare you throw a non professional a wicked 2 strike curve like that? Hahahaha no chance.
Not bad.....he's 46 years old here. Not many 46 year old's have enough bat speed for this.
Julio franco is the only one!!
@@fan4life345 …..And….Julio was a big league player that just kept playing. I remember when Ryne Sandburg retired and came back a couple years later. He was only in his mid to late 30’s…..didn’t have it anymore.
@@fan4life345 Pete Rose, Ricky Henderson 'could hang' right up until their mid-40's
I’m more than impressed. Shocked. Hard to believe this is real.
Selleck was a good athlete, played some college basketball, I am guessing he played high school baseball as well as high school basketball... If he was 36 instead of 46 he probably would have gotten some hits in his spring training stint/stunt, and had he been playing baseball his entire life I am 100% sure he could have played pro ball and maybe even had a good career.
In good shape for a 46 year old honestly. Not that 46 is old, but he looks pretty healthy.
Yeah ok bud 😆 ....You're "100%" of something that there's now way you could be 100% of whatsoever. You must be one of those "My Truth" kind of people lmao
@@pla6ue What?
Everything was more pure and free then... I can feel it just by watching...
What a gem of a clip... this brings back old memories. I was a catcher, and a couple of times during the off season, I caught for Tim Layana at LMU in the bull pen while he was getting in a workout. I was 16 at the time and right around the time of this clip. Weird how time flies, he was a great guy, and Selleck is one of my all time favorites.
It's nothing for a major league pitcher to "take a little off" a pitch and give the poor bugger a fighting chance. 😉
Tom Selleck did better than 90% of the average man 👨 in getting 2 foul balls. Much respect 🙌 🙏 👏 to the man. He's multitalented!
Try 99%. Dude must have been good when he was younger. He's massive too. 6'4" and wide.
He hit a home run at Camden Yards in Baltimore. And Tiger Stadium
agreed. he was a good all-around athlete. he could play almost any major sport respectably.
I believe he went to USC on a basketball scholarship. Played a year or two there.
3 foul balls.
I watch Mr. Baseball all the time. Great film
That was a nasty pitch that finally got him
He was doing some real-life research for a movie role. The movie came out in 1992 called, "Mr. Baseball."
Yep in my top 10 for baseball movies
The k was inevitable, but that at bat was nothing to be ashamed of. Well done Mr. Selek.
While in college, Selleck played 10 games for the USC Trojans basketball team ... so without question, a high-level athlete. And what's impressive about this at-bat is that the guy is 46 YEARS OLD. And in the world of what-might've-been, Selleck nearly faced Rob Dibble (who threw high 90s gas) the night before.
Didn't know about this. At least he made some contact a few times. Went back to find Billy Crystal bat for the Yankees against the Pirate's in spring training after watching this. GO NAT'S!!!
When HIGGENS saw Magnum at the plate he exclaimed "Oh my God!"
“Zeus, Apollo!”
@@canamrider07 Ah, the lads.
I wish there was some type of Simulator that allowed people to stand up to bat and let people see what it's like to have a 95mph Fastball thrown at you, from a Right Handed Pitcher, a Left Handed Pitcher, and a Sidearm Pitcher.
When you are watching someone up to bat it looks like it would be so easy to hit any pitch they throw at you, but when you are up-to-bat LIVE and IN-PERSON, it's one of the hardest things you'd ever try to do. Being that close to the mound you only see the ball in flight for a few milliseconds. You have to be locked-and-loaded and ready to pull the trigger with each new pitch.
I LOVE the game of baseball and was blessed to play for 20years.
Baseball & Softball are the most intricate sport in my opinion. There's so much going on at one time all over the field.
God Bless all who read this post!
Trouble with the curve. Looking good, though. Just to make contact three times was an accomplishment.
drewby613, given strikes, Selleck could hit MLB pitches. th-cam.com/video/vRppAMGQrhg/w-d-xo.html
Zeus and Apollo were waiting for that pitcher in the parking lot. Much respect for this 46yr old rookie.
My godd Selleck was 46 here. Beautiful swing! 👍
That was a major league at bat in my opinion. Good job Magnum!
I’m just incredibly impressed by his demeanor and stance and swing. I would never think he wasn’t a pro baseball player if his name wasn’t announced. I don’t know if he’s the best baseball player among actors but he’s by far the most convincing especially for that era.
His demeanor, stance and swing, all come from his mustache.
Well, Charlie Sheen had a legitimate 90mph fastball.
Zero Hollywood actors in history could ever dream of making contact with a MLB pitcher, let alone foul 3 pitches off. Most NFL players couldnt come close either. This was incredible.
@@boataxe4605 Yeah, sure he did. only in his own mind.
@@axe2grind244 chuck connors played in mlb .
“Anyone know what a reverse mortgage is? It’s a picture of you with no shelter”- Norm McDonald
Tom is still alive! 79 years old
One of my favorite actors.
Nuff Said
I remember seeing him catch a pass, I think it was a celebrity football game, but he caught the ball for a td while keeping both feet inbounds. Not a pro game but an incredible reception.
Well he did play college basketball. Probably played football in HS or baseball. Maybe all three.
Hey, Tom did all right!
He looked like any other MLB player to me!
Way to go, bro! 👍
Reminds me of Kirk Gibson....Looks like a major leaguer to me. Good job Mr. Selleck.
Gibby might have coached him some.
I used to deliver Italian food in a Fiat X1/9, found a Detroit hat and wore it for years, really enjoyed the life and ministry of his series Magnum as well as the back story PJOrourke wrote about the 308 " Ferrari reinvents Manifest Destiny"
He hit a HR in the celebrity HR Derby in Baltimore in 90s...93 I think...
He did. And I believe still the only celebrity to do that in a celebrity pro-am game too.
I was at this game. We were like "wtf" when they introduced him. But it was very cool!