The MLB's CRAZY "COKE" Era

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  • @DarkSideBaseball
    @DarkSideBaseball  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    I apologize for errors in the video . I'm quite new to the sport and am trying to learn the game and the players as quickly as I can. I'm working hard to make every video better than the last and you can be certain there will be no more mispronunciations in the future. Thanks for your guys support!

    • @marsMayflower
      @marsMayflower 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Mispronouncing names isn't a crime. Just state the facts and you'll be fine.

    • @davedreamsofdumplings
      @davedreamsofdumplings 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Why are you making videos about a sport you're 'quite new to'? Baseball fans are gonna notice when you, say, talk about Pudge Rodriguez but show Alex Rodriguez.

    • @marsMayflower
      @marsMayflower 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @DarkSideBaseball you don't have to apologize for anything. anyone who "speaks for the fans" automatically gets a thumbs down, in my book.

    • @RicoCosta317
      @RicoCosta317 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you an actual person? Your errors and robotic presentation smack of AI to me. Even this post seems bot-like to me. Please supply me with your your full name and address, your birthdate, SS# and your mother's maiden name and then I'll believe you're real 😂

    • @toddmorrissey8372
      @toddmorrissey8372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Glad you acknowledged it. You'll get the hang of it.

  • @ledzep9943
    @ledzep9943 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    Showing a picture of Gary Sanchez, while talking about Pudge Rodriguez has gotta be the funniest thing I’ve seen on a Baseball channel in a while 🤣

    • @ozthegreatandflavorful4786
      @ozthegreatandflavorful4786 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I thought that Was Gary Sanchez. I had to pause the video and take a second look.

    • @sasuke1457
      @sasuke1457 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LMAOOOOOOOOO

    • @DexterMorrisey
      @DexterMorrisey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No cap 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mcgradyboettcher2323
      @mcgradyboettcher2323 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Never paused and rewatched so fast lol 😂

  • @lynchmob691
    @lynchmob691 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Back when coke was coke

    • @TheMostCasualLurker
      @TheMostCasualLurker หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Now it’s cut with so much crap. My old friends are still caught up doing it and it’s only a matter of time before they get a bad batch laced with fentanyl or something

    • @lynchmob691
      @lynchmob691 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@TheMostCasualLurker Gotta get them some testing strips. A quick and inexpensive way to help determine what is or isn't in your stuff.

  • @livethegimmick24-7
    @livethegimmick24-7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +241

    I went to a cocaine party in the 80s in New York, and a professional baseball game broke out! True Story.

    • @johnwillis8880
      @johnwillis8880 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I was there

    • @livethegimmick24-7
      @livethegimmick24-7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @johnwillis8880 John Willis? I remember you, you're Bruce's brother with the chromosome deficiency, right?

    • @pascoharmonica8560
      @pascoharmonica8560 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@johnwillis8880🎉😂😅😮😢

    • @TeamMysticOSRS
      @TeamMysticOSRS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      bro?! why the fuck is there a toilet in my coke room?

    • @GetBenched2010
      @GetBenched2010 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I am surprised that the writers haven't ramrodded Strawberry, Gooden and Mitchell into Cooperstown considering how hard they carried water for them for the balance of the 80s and 90s.

  • @recklssabndon
    @recklssabndon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    If they let the players get back to the 80’s rules of allowing all drugs, I would totally watch more

    • @by1stander
      @by1stander 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To quote Charlie Harper, who doesn’t want to watch a meat puppet hit a home run, lol

    • @billhicks808
      @billhicks808 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's a sad fact but they've really got to get drugs back into sports and music. It's just not the same.

    • @QuasarTheGreat
      @QuasarTheGreat 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@billhicks808I’m pretty sure there’s still plenty of drugs in music lol

  • @ssherrierable
    @ssherrierable 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    Soon as they banned coke I stopped playing

    • @Scott11526
      @Scott11526 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂

    • @jasonwhitman94
      @jasonwhitman94 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @LaszloErdosy
      @LaszloErdosy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that’s how real pros roll🥇😆

    • @bigmouthrob2957
      @bigmouthrob2957 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Facts

  • @Zactaxx
    @Zactaxx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    Gary Sanchez be doing lines before every game

    • @johnwillis8880
      @johnwillis8880 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Duhhh

    • @CjCroW
      @CjCroW 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      2:16 😂

    • @dustinross120
      @dustinross120 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel like he would be a much better player if this were true

  • @hahajones
    @hahajones 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    As soon as Canseco said he was the mastermind of anything is the point you can ignore everything he is saying…Guy couldn’t mastermind a trip to the toilet.

    • @matthewgabbard6415
      @matthewgabbard6415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So you don’t think they did steroids? What are you talking about

    • @ceejhundo4046
      @ceejhundo4046 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@matthewgabbard6415he not saying they wasn’t juicing he’s saying canseco definitely wasn’t the mastermind of it

    • @thecaveman3503
      @thecaveman3503 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why doesn't this have more likes? 😂😂😂😂

    • @ChristopherMosley-dj3kt
      @ChristopherMosley-dj3kt หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No shit (pun intended) 😅

    • @df3kt
      @df3kt หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@matthewgabbard6415you seem pretty dense. How did you get that he was saying they weren't juicing? He was just saying Jose didn't mastermind it which he didn't! A wise man once said he couldn't mastermind a trip to the toilet. Jesus you are out here looking for any reason to tell someone they are wrong so you can feel smart huh?

  • @zennyspent
    @zennyspent 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I can't agree that Tim Raines' dance with Snow White hangs a cloud over his HOF career. Let's be honest, if a cloud hung over every athlete, actor, actress, and musician who played with the marching powder in the 80s and had long, successful careers, we'd never see the sun again.

  • @dougg2012
    @dougg2012 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    Pudge Rodriguez looks a lot like Gary Sanchez

    • @Ikmmmjjy
      @Ikmmmjjy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He doesn’t at all actually , that’s racist. You’re racist

    • @salvatoreperez5113
      @salvatoreperez5113 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pudge should go tail for stealing that nickname from Carlton Fisk

  • @DenisPage-b4t
    @DenisPage-b4t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The Pirates won the World Series with the outfielders carrying COKE HITTERS in their pockets in the outfield and did a wack or two from their bullet while pitching changes offered. Saw this often and actually think many pitchers were pulled so the outfielders go get a wack to help them get over the boredom . Nice to watch from the upper deck boxes with your 9 year old daughter who thought PEPSI was better than COKE. SHE WAS RIGHT!

    • @GratefulInRecovery
      @GratefulInRecovery 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DenisPage-b4t
      Careful, you are dangerously close to slander. Yes, it has been 45 years, but a reputation is still just that....

  • @RollinTrollin
    @RollinTrollin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Let them juice! Let them juice! 80's & 90's baseball was fantastic.

    • @domfazool8326
      @domfazool8326 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Been saying this forever lmao

    • @getschwifty9531
      @getschwifty9531 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not only should it be optional, it should be mandatory!

  • @josh-rz3uq
    @josh-rz3uq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I hate it so much when people who clearly know nothing about the game make videos about it.

  • @manden7510
    @manden7510 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Come on man, enough with the mispronunciations and showing guys like Schmidt with no relation to coke over and over

  • @JonBT
    @JonBT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    You gotta slap an EQ on the vocals, my man. Drop out some of that boxiness. Other than that, great video, dude! Keep going!

    • @DarkSideBaseball
      @DarkSideBaseball  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thank you for the feedback! I'll work on improving the vocal EQ for future videos. Thanks for your support!

    • @JackBlackNinja
      @JackBlackNinja 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A lot of it has to do with mic type, placement, and recording technique. Then yeah eq and dynamic eq like de-essing and de-popping is absolutely necessary. Then you just want to normalize and somewhat maximize all the audio together to reduce dynamic range and keep everything at the samish volume, and keep it loud. Someone can always turn it down towards 0db, but you cannot always turn it up to sufficiently compensate for quiet audio. You might have it all the way up but it still is not as loud as maximized audio turned all the way up on your device

    • @BRANDONGONE92
      @BRANDONGONE92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DarkSideBaseball High frequency pass above 150hz, maybe even higher up to like 400-500

  • @stormbringercoming8105
    @stormbringercoming8105 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There were problems in the 70’s also.
    My grandfather often mentioned the time he snorted a line of donuts with Mickey Lolich.

  • @kryd24
    @kryd24 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Growing up in the mid 80s I was waiting to hear about the Mets. Drew Gooden or Darryl Strawberry weren’t even mentioned? Must be a Mets fan

    • @kevinthompson410
      @kevinthompson410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s a story about baseball. Drew Gooden played basketball.

    • @kryd24
      @kryd24 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kevinthompson410 mistyped. Dwight Gooden

  • @MrTrapMoney420
    @MrTrapMoney420 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Drug use in sports is of course bad but Doc pitching a no hitter on LSD is quite impressive

  • @SloppyHorrorPodcast
    @SloppyHorrorPodcast หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I worked with Dale Shiftman for a few years, he's a great man and far removed the person in the video. Glad to be able to call him a friend!

  • @OhJeezKyle
    @OhJeezKyle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "and pudge rodriguez!" (shows picture of Gary Sanchez who played years after pudge retired) lmao

  • @nc2933
    @nc2933 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Theres nothing like the first fat line of coke after a hard week at work. I fuckin love it.

  • @biffmarcum5014
    @biffmarcum5014 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    My sister was flight attendant back then, I remember her telling me about all the baseball players that did coke while on the flight.

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can u name a team?

  • @BrettShadow
    @BrettShadow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +189

    Please...PLEASE... take 2 seconds and confirm pronunciation of these names. It doesn't take long and goes a LONG way to make your more credible.

    • @williamshelley1533
      @williamshelley1533 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I totally agree. I personally love all the Baseball content on TH-cam. A lot of work goes into these story’s but the moment I start hearing names that are said wrong or names said right but the person and fact are for another person, I’m usually out and don’t hit the like and subscribe button. Definitely goes a long way to your content more credible

    • @vancewoodruff6472
      @vancewoodruff6472 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He does this to get people to comment on his mispronunciation… generates more comments and gets the video more into the algorithm with all the comments

    • @DarkSideBaseball
      @DarkSideBaseball  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      I apologize. I'm quite new to the sport and am trying to learn the game and the players as quickly as I can. I'm working hard to make every video better than the last and you can be certain there will be no more mispronunciations in the future. Thanks for the feedback.

    • @Jackt12
      @Jackt12 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Please…. PLEASE.. get a life 😂

    • @Jackt12
      @Jackt12 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Only comments was about mispronunciations lol, go be a teacher buddy

  • @travisazzopardi8024
    @travisazzopardi8024 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "The 80s was a hell of a drug...." 😏

  • @jacobbasham8462
    @jacobbasham8462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Highly recommend the Lonnie smith documentary by Jon bois if you want to learn more about this crazy era and how it affected one man. Fantastic video btw.

    • @humanipulationnation
      @humanipulationnation 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Crazy how sterile I thought the mlb was as a kid in this era. Lonnie Smith was an average baseball card, and on a few teams I just didn’t like…I’ll have to check it out

    • @jacobbasham8462
      @jacobbasham8462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please do. It’s a fantastic story!

    • @alexmajors7915
      @alexmajors7915 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What's it called and where should I look for it? You've got me REALLY curious about the documentary!

    • @jacobbasham8462
      @jacobbasham8462 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The title is: Really Good Lonnie Smith
      It’s by Jon bois. Quite possibly my favorite video on TH-cam.
      Became a huge fan of the dude because of it. Now I’m pen pals with Lonnie 😂

  • @roundthirteen
    @roundthirteen 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    There was a drug era well before the coke issues in the 1980's. As early as the beginning of the 1960's a lot of players were using amphetamine tablets nicknamed "greenies" dissolving them in coffee prior to games. Jim Bouton details this in his book "Ball Four".

    • @kLeo20Toes
      @kLeo20Toes 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Came out with a book because he thought the world was going to end in 2012😂

  • @russslagel514
    @russslagel514 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lol the light flurries during the intro is a nice touch

  • @Thesaurcery4U2C
    @Thesaurcery4U2C 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    4 ounces a month...
    1 ounce = 8 - 8-balls any adult can finish an 8-ball off in an evening, or 24 hour keep going day.
    That is 32 8-balls a month, or 1 ball a day.
    That isn't very much at all if you're splitting between other professional athletes.
    They had to have another conect to keep adult male athletes going on the reg.

    • @karenrichmond4938
      @karenrichmond4938 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not a lot when you've got a monkey on your bat....

  • @user-vr8ul3fd7d
    @user-vr8ul3fd7d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Great video. A video about the Steriod Era and The Mitchell Report would be great.

  • @barth9580
    @barth9580 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They should have all pitched on a kilo and saved some cash.

    • @toddmorrissey8372
      @toddmorrissey8372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      THAT'S good thinking! But....who's in charge of holding it?

  • @PatMcCarthy420
    @PatMcCarthy420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I know that this might upset some people, but Willie Mays was the kingpin of an amphetamine ring that fueled most HOF players from that era.

    • @bryanburnap4537
      @bryanburnap4537 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've heard that before

  • @ninjavsme
    @ninjavsme 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Great video, though I couldn't help but notice that it looked like you used a picture of Gary Sanchez for Pudge.
    Regardless of a minor detail, keep it up! You've got great content.

    • @DarkSideBaseball
      @DarkSideBaseball  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry about that, I'm working hard and making sure I wont make that mistake twice. Appreciate you're support, and I have a new video on it's way!

  • @Ivantheterrible81280
    @Ivantheterrible81280 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The mascot being a mule is hilarious. Makes total sense too.

  • @cplineberger
    @cplineberger 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Watching Canseco and McGuire hit those homers during the late 80's was a sight to see man.

  • @MarkCzmic420
    @MarkCzmic420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    86 Mets enough said.

    • @TimEric4d3d3d3
      @TimEric4d3d3d3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There was white powder all over the WS trophy

    • @salvatoreperez5113
      @salvatoreperez5113 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doc Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Tim Tuefel, Ron Darling , Darryl 🍓, Sid Fernandez that was an ounce a day 😂

    • @jasonwhitman94
      @jasonwhitman94 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The yo yo and coffee food optional

  • @dereksupernaut
    @dereksupernaut 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lenny Dykstra claims he and Paul Molitor were cocaine users when they were the NL/AL Championship MVPs in 1993 and met each other on the Dave Letterman show... fax!!!

    • @frankwhite1895
      @frankwhite1895 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Nothing lenny dykstra says is a fact

  • @GratefulInRecovery
    @GratefulInRecovery 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Doc Ellis throws a NO NO on LSD with ( of course ) the Pirates on 12 June 1970....

    • @jasonwhitman94
      @jasonwhitman94 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of the funniest stories I’ve ever heard was him talking about throwing a NoNo on lsd in a documentary 😂😂😂

  • @everett-tnredsfan
    @everett-tnredsfan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    V-eye-da Blue. Players openly used greenness I the 50s -the 80s which is basically speed. Jim Bouton openly joked about it in his book Ball Four.

    • @dirtylemon3379
      @dirtylemon3379 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pound that Bud.

    • @brocklanders3616
      @brocklanders3616 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly. Even the cleanest players of the steroid era popped greenness, Like Frank Thomas admitting to doing it.

  • @NikofromNikosDeli
    @NikofromNikosDeli 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love the coke flurries all throughout the video.

  • @toneriggz
    @toneriggz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Damn, you dropped this the day before the Mets retired Strawberry’s number.

    • @zennyspent
      @zennyspent 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Okay, that is both phenomenal and hilarious.

  • @jonathonhappel
    @jonathonhappel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Doc Gooden lost a whole year in 1995 for taking Coke which is really a PDD (performance decreasing drug) Yet at that same time, MLB did nothing about PEDs which actually give players a performance advantage.

  • @richevans609
    @richevans609 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They don't drug test the Mascots but the Feds will put him in Jail. 😂

  • @carlostenorio9892
    @carlostenorio9892 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    At 2:17 that is not Ivan Rodriguez

  • @triplespace007
    @triplespace007 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can only imagine being absolutely locked in for 2 innings then back to reality.

  • @joshviehman8097
    @joshviehman8097 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey. Thank you for making this video and others like it. Anyone complaining about pronunciation just needs to watch with subtitles. I think you are doing a great job, and the more you dive into it the better you will become! Look forward to what you put out next!

    • @DarkSideBaseball
      @DarkSideBaseball  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for that! I just posted a new video I think you'll really like.
      Link: th-cam.com/video/pCFVoeZhRfU/w-d-xo.html

    • @joshviehman8097
      @joshviehman8097 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DarkSideBaseball love it! Now I'm subscribed! Cant wait!

  • @ericbyrd6166
    @ericbyrd6166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    They forgot the other drug of baseball used for years, amphetmins.

    • @jasonnelson6624
      @jasonnelson6624 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly, however for years it wasn't illegal but I'm sure some or most were not getting them legally. Regardless it was a big performance enhancer, and widespread through the league and country.

    • @TonyMichaels166
      @TonyMichaels166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Greenies. Amphetamines are still prevalent in sports today. All you need is a prescription. I think we’d be surprised to know who takes them.

    • @jasonnelson6624
      @jasonnelson6624 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@TonyMichaels166 correct in the form of Adderall to name one of course the original greenies was Dexedrine.

    • @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507
      @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jasonnelson6624can say the same exact thing for steroids, except the amphetamines were an even bigger advantage than a male hormone already occuring in your body. The fact boomers praise the guys in the 70s and 80s and hate 90s guys blows my mind considering their dudes were cheating even harder

  • @dcs1106
    @dcs1106 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Mispronounced like 5 different HOF player's names.

    • @williamshelley1533
      @williamshelley1533 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That stuff just ruins these videos for me. I can understand maybe a lesser known player but even then. If your making a video that you work hard on the get views and subscribers you got to be bang on. Especially with the HOF players. Most people who watch these videos know what going on in that sport. When I see that stuff it makes me think the person knows nothing of the sport that I am a complete fanatic about. It was a good video though but definitely got to work on the fundamentals

  • @zennyspent
    @zennyspent 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the interest of science, I conducted an experiment during this video. The hypothesis is that the droll, droning monotone, and the drooping inflection at the end of literally every sentence is enough of an overall low that it could actually neutralize the usual effects of cocaine. The control was to rip one moderately sized line when the bit about Tim Raines began. No additional line until at least 15 minutes in. The effects were documented thoroughly. Conclusions are that the voice didn't lessen the potency or duration, in fact no second line was used. However, the voice did become noticeably more droll and it was easy to lose focus on it. I can safely say that I missed most of the second half of the video, as the voice is a low and clashed with my upper tinged brain. Now to publish my findings.

  • @BobPrice-b7f
    @BobPrice-b7f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Heard Keith Hernandez did a line off of Bob Costas

  • @caseyjames6306
    @caseyjames6306 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I went to play pool with some major leaguers, and all of the 8 balls were missing.

  • @bentaylor8198
    @bentaylor8198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I thought that went on my cereal.

  • @lupelicious822
    @lupelicious822 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The MLB let the Steroid Era happen and then left the players out to dry. I remember clearly that everyone knew what was happening but there were crickets from the league, so we all just accepted it.

    • @tonyhill1141
      @tonyhill1141 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      These are all adults. I’m not saying it was right, it wasn’t. However, dealing with bad behavior from adults is no simple matter. How intrusive can they be? How public? I am a lifelong baseball fan and hate steroids ruined a whole era but other than testing what responsibility does an employer have?

    • @TheMhannah100
      @TheMhannah100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The press hid it until the couldn't. Now many of those same people are not voting, or campaigning against certain players.

    • @RicoCosta317
      @RicoCosta317 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree with you. I believe that MLB at least tacitly encouraged it. Look at the big McGwire-Sosa HR race, which took place after a players lockout, after which MLB desperately needed to bring the fans back. Neither player had ever hit HRs at such a rate, and Sosa certainly hadn't, being like Bonds, who was a good hitter with some power but nothing like that year. There had always been rumors of PED use by the "Bash Brothers" that were later confirmed and Sosa had suddenly bulked up to be able to hit homers at a record pace. MLB looked the other way and actively promoted the race to break Maris's record, just like they would when Bonds grew three hat sizes and ended up breaking Aaron's lifetime record. You can't tell me the owners, supported by the commissioner, weren't complicit in all of it.

    • @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507
      @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tonyhill1141whats funny is Coke and amphetamines give an even bigger performance advantage and we're rampant in the 70s and 80s- even Willie Mays admitted to taking them..but they get a pass bc congress didn't try to create an overblown hoopla over them like they did with a naturally occurring male hormone😂

    • @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507
      @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RicoCosta317half the shit they were taking wasn't even banned and was readily available at their local GNC. It's honestly a joke how they left the players out to dry

  • @mclovinpo
    @mclovinpo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lmao at the use of a snow flurry filtered

  • @joekerUli
    @joekerUli 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you ask Lenny dykstra, it still hasn’t ended.

  • @rickym936
    @rickym936 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    GOOD SHIT, DAWG.... Keep it up!

  • @nyyfandan
    @nyyfandan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That's Gary Sanchez, not Rodriguez. Is that like some kind of inside joke? I'm confused

  • @HappyBirthdayPaulie
    @HappyBirthdayPaulie หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Push it to the limit
    Walk along the razor's edge
    But don't look down just keep your head, or you'll be finished"

  • @4thand3
    @4thand3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Let the players use snow again. I wanna see some unhuman baseball

    • @MikeyBoi84
      @MikeyBoi84 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right!?!!

  • @spencerb3553
    @spencerb3553 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your videos make my day bro. I love you.

  • @ivermectin1974
    @ivermectin1974 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s crazy how the nfl has hid HGH problem so well. Almost all NFL players are on HGH or some form of steroids. Testing is weak for all of it. But still only MLB gets slammed for it. Crazy.

    • @Thesaurcery4U2C
      @Thesaurcery4U2C 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those guys wouldn't heal completely after sprains, twists and injuries if without an hgh or some kind of muscular / skeletal IV recovery drug.

  • @humanipulationnation
    @humanipulationnation 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a kid I was totally oblivious to any of this happening and I was a “fan.” Was it just me or did anyone know this was happening in the 80s?

  • @eKlipz-
    @eKlipz- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You sir just gained yourself a new sub

  • @jjfaughn
    @jjfaughn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. Huge baseball fan and I know about the different “drug” eras of baseball but you really went deep into it. Great work man

  • @danflenderson742
    @danflenderson742 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Went to Tim Raines baseball camp every summer when I was a kid. We all loved him.

  • @RichardSleyster
    @RichardSleyster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Pirates mascot LMAO

  • @danlutz9861
    @danlutz9861 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am from Pittsburgh. Grew up in the shadows of three rivers. Was even involved in drug culture. And I never heard of this story until this video. I am shocked this was all going on when I was 3 years old and I never heard about it growing up

  • @reademandweep4402
    @reademandweep4402 หลายเดือนก่อน

    funny how the guy whose in your thumbnail wants the F taken out of LFGM 😭😭

  • @chn71
    @chn71 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tell me Kieth Hernandez doesn’t look like Lalo Salamanca in the thumbnail.

  • @Ivantheterrible81280
    @Ivantheterrible81280 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you believe drugs are out of ANY sport, you also think pro wrestling isn’t scripted.

  • @GreenStrokeHillbilly
    @GreenStrokeHillbilly 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bruce Springsteen "-Glory days-"

  • @conversationswithzo
    @conversationswithzo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for this

  • @aarontaylor6889
    @aarontaylor6889 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I could listen to you say coh-kane all day brother lol great video my man!!

  • @germcrazyshokoff3623
    @germcrazyshokoff3623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I vote for more drugs in sports. The 80s were awesome.

  • @WiitaBest
    @WiitaBest 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "He made his debut in 1985, the very beginning of the drug-related era in baseball." Players have been doing Greenies and whatever for decades prior to that. Doc Ellis was doing all of it a decade prior too lol.

  • @davidmichael22
    @davidmichael22 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why tf is Anthony Volpe in the minors on a graphic when talked about the 80s 😂😂😂

  • @VynylFantasy
    @VynylFantasy 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don’t know how you can put cocaine on the same level as steroids.

  • @matthewgabbard6415
    @matthewgabbard6415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    People forget that cocaine was everywhere back then and not seen as that big of a deal. It wears off in 15 minutes so they figured it was no different than smoking a cigarette. And yes it is big time addictive, but I still don’t see it as bad as opiates or meth

  • @egroegartfart
    @egroegartfart 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You really should learn how to pronounce people's names correct before making a video. I know alot of research went into making this video. Another 5 minutes could have been taken to learn how to pronounce people's names. It wasn't just one name, it was several names that were just completely butchered.

  • @CWREDnYELLA816
    @CWREDnYELLA816 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gary Sanchez and 12 Gold Glover awards from a perfect video! Lol but seriously… I’m looking forward to more quality content!

  • @johnmcdermott2551
    @johnmcdermott2551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Steroids and Cocaine are exactly the same thing I don't know why I didn't notice this before!?!

  • @shifty1927
    @shifty1927 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Would of been nice to be these dudes dealer.😂

  • @bigjacket7934
    @bigjacket7934 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Drug use.. specifically cocaine or roids? Are they the same on how we view these players? I'd say they're totally different, used to for totally different outcomes...

    • @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507
      @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea, cocaine and amphetamines actually improve focus and reaction time, WAY bigger advantage than steroids

  • @christopher19894
    @christopher19894 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don't really like coke... I just really like the smell of it.

  • @usernameiphone3gkid
    @usernameiphone3gkid 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Audio sounds horrible with the vocals

  • @johnmadden9814
    @johnmadden9814 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder what MLB would do if they found out if shohei ohtani was blasting cocaine

  • @PatMcCarthy420
    @PatMcCarthy420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You’re incorrect about the number of drug eras in baseball; you forgot about the greenies/amphetamines era of the 1950s-1970s

  • @laffo1980
    @laffo1980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Of course baseballers did coke. Pitchers only play every 5 games, time at bat is minimal and getting just a hit 30% of the time is considered amazing, infielders do f all running and outfielders only have to throw back to the infielders. It’s hardly a sport of attrition and fatigue. You could do a full day’s work and go out partying and still play baseball well

  • @chobby1830
    @chobby1830 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The use of amphetamines was prevalent and normalized for far longer than cocaine or steroids. Almost every team had a guy in the stands who would get you your little bag greenies or bennies. Most identify it with the 60s and 70s, but it goes back further.. You also should mention the use of adderall nowadays.

  • @TheAMVDJ
    @TheAMVDJ 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Before all of this was the "greenies" amphetamine epidemic that persisted for 40 years

  • @Dr_GraysGhost_420
    @Dr_GraysGhost_420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude, nobody goes in the bathroom together to shoot up steroids.. never heard such a dumb statement

  • @unfoedonnie7
    @unfoedonnie7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tim Raines always slid headfirst ; so as not to break the viao of crack in his backpocket

  • @norneva775
    @norneva775 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    And everyone only talks about Bonds smh guess it’s okay since it was coke, amphetamines and who else knows what these hall of famers drug addicts were doing. The Ruth era was doing uppers and pretty much all alcoholics as well. All enhancers, but let’s only focus on a guy who never got busted for drug use

  • @richevans609
    @richevans609 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not the Mascot... 😂😂😂

  • @nakmuay7705
    @nakmuay7705 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, so my pop is friends with a dude who pitched for the Expos around the same time Tim Raines was on the team. I asked him about this story on Tuesday night. He said it was totally true, it just wasn't vials of blow in his back pocket, but baggies. Either way you wouldn't wanna slide on it.

  • @tedharrington5432
    @tedharrington5432 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The sins are definitely better concealed in today's MLB.

    • @MikeyBoi84
      @MikeyBoi84 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yup. Especially the betting scandals

  • @BryantWilliams-d3j
    @BryantWilliams-d3j หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe Vida blue, Dennis eckersley.....😲😲

  • @Nikita-Cartier
    @Nikita-Cartier 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They called him Rock Raines for a reason

  • @RoboEyeglass101
    @RoboEyeglass101 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You think the 75 and 76 Reds teams were infamous?? Do you know what infamous even means? The 75 and 76 Reds have never been seen as infamous then or now. You are just coming off as the typical YT who wants to get clicks from negative stories when they are just made up.

  • @BryantWilliams-d3j
    @BryantWilliams-d3j หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm gonna read that book "juiced" one of these days.....conseco is a cool dude.....

  • @wynstonwerden9468
    @wynstonwerden9468 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Curtis Strong? More like Curtis Snow