Funny footnote - Randy Johnson struck out 19 in this game, one short of the record, but also gave up 3 home runs including this one and lost. Leave it to Randy in his prime to have a lousy outing and still strike out 19 batters.
That's on the rest of the team though. If a pitcher lost a no hitter, it's not a lousy outing because he had a no hitter going. His hitters just let him down. That is in no way a lousy outing even if he lost, he can't control what his offense does.
i love watching randy's reaction... when a pticher gives up a homerun, they dont even have to look, they just know. I'd like to imagine Randy instinctively looked because the sound off the bat was so different or something.
Dave Niehaus was just the best. Way too many announcers just come off as obnoxious homers. Niehuas was clearly the home team's guy, but clips like this show that he would always dial it up in big moments no matter who it was.
James Jackson We are lucky in St.Louis...when Coghlan jumped and flipped over Molina, our announcer was saying it was one of the most athletic plays you'll ever see. He was going crazy haha
@@KennethJosef I'm not saying this isn't a great call because it is, but best all time? For a random McGwire dinger? I can name like 15 that are better without even thinking about it hard Or wait, did you mean that Niehaus in general had the best call? If that's what you meant then yeah it's a lot more in the running
@@BoogsMcNoogs The fact that this was a meaningless regular season game and somehow Niehaus is that fired up even before the pitch just adds to the greatness
@@marshall3278 Oh I think I misunderstood, was he saying that Niehaus had the best call of any announcer? I thought he meant that single call. If that's the case I can't argue with that because arguing with people about their honmetown voices of baseball is a silly game and always ends in warfare.
man if this isn't the greatest sports announcer of all time, I use to watch the BRAVES growing up during this era, but every time Griffey hit a homerun you heard this guy - loved it.
The late great Hall of Fame Brodcaster Dave Niehaus calling the "unbelievable shot" by McGwire . If someone didn't know any better you would think he was the Oakland A's play by play announcer however he is our beloved Seattle Mariners play by play announcer. As a young whipper snapper back in the late 70s early 80s I would listen to Dave call the games on my transistor am FM radio out in my backyard of my home, with a stick hitting rocks, imagining that I was a baseball star. Dave had that cl Keen and professional ability to make it seem as if the Mariners were the greatest team on Earth but in essence we were always bringing up the rear with one of the worst records in baseball. You wouldn't know it by the way Dave called the game for the home team. I'm proud to say that I developed a lot of my even keel Fair personality from listening to Dave broadcast Seattle Mariners baseball games. After Dave passed in 2010 a local radio station here in Seattle interviewed the great baseball announcer John Miller, this is what John Miller had to say about Dave niehaus broadcasting Style. Miller said the first time his wife came to Seattle with him for his broadcast of the game they turned on the radio and heard one of Daves famous calls, his wife turned to him and said it sounds like that announcer is having a good time old relegion Revival, LOL true story. My oh my, I sure do miss Mr. Niehaus. Rest in peace Dave!
Ha, I love that old Mariners announcer. Impartial. Doesn't care that it was hit against the team he loves... it was a towering, majestic home run - albeit an artificial one - and he got excited for it and admired it just as he would have if The Kid or A-Rod hit it for Seattle.
Dave was partial, but it was subtle. Not like a lot of these guys with depressed nothing calls of big moments in games that go against their team. Homer announcers are the worst.
Artificial? If all it took was muscles to be a good hitter every baseball player would look like Mr. Universe. McGwire was a good hitter...look at that swing, it's beautiful. Dude was a huge rookie and got bigger. Anyone in their 20's lifting weights all the time is going to get big, don't chalk everything up to steroids.
@Jonathan McCully His power didn't only come from steroids though...that's just not accurate. Steroids are mostly about recuperation time. McGwire hit 49 homers as a rookie. The guy was a phenom his whole career. He was one of the most powerful hitters of all time. Taking steroids doesn't make you a great hitter.
I wasn't born after 1990, but steroids weren't illegal in baseball until 1991, so... Pitchers were on steroids too. McGwire has admitted to taking them. As a fan, I don't care. Just like players all through the 60's and 70's (even 80's) were on speed, I don't care. (Daryl Strawberry has said taking speed made the baseball look as big as a basketball to him). As I said, having big muscles doesn't mean you can hit a baseball.
I used to work nights in the industrial district in seattle and would crank games up on a sweet system. Niehaus would let you know if something exciting was happening no matter where you were in the building!
This was a radio call by Dave Niehaus and I was listening to it, but I never saw a video clip of it until now. When I saw the description on TH-cam I knew instantly which home run it was because I remembered listening to it so clearly.
Dave’s call on this was pretty great, but you should checkout a few of his grand slam calls. They’re legendary. But his best call, hands down, was *The Double* in the bottom of the 11th of game 5 of the 1995 ALDS. I get goosebumps every single time I hear it. If you haven’t heard it, check it out: th-cam.com/video/F8SBJzOEcyU/w-d-xo.html
Think of how great this call is, and then take a minute to realize that it’s the opposing team’s broadcast. Dave was elite. Most teams now have a bunch of biased homers.
Joe Buck would have said, “A home run by Mark McGwire, who is from the Oakland Athletics, which is located in Oakland, which is part of the Bay Area in Northern California, which is to say that the Oakland Athletics should be called the Bay Area or Northern California Athletics or A’s for short.”
The beauty of play by play back in the day… they all had a different niche that made them so good, unlike the new announcers who try to NOT be distinctive. Neuhaus exemplified the pure awe of the moment better than anyone. Joe Nuxhull of the Reds was the straightest shooter on radio. Vin Scully was the best story teller the game ever heard. Jack Buck Sr. was like a rock star… precision in energy. Mel Allen… how about that? And Harry Carry… Holy Cow.! And the list can go on and on. Good memories… good, good memories.
I was at this game and was elated to see this match-up . I was sitting in the right-Centre upper-deck and the ball flew out so darn fast . What a game and I got to see an incredible performance by Randy as well . A real highlight to be sure .
This was also the same game that Randy Johnson struck out 19 A's... and somehow still *lost*. I remember listening to Dave Niehaus getting more and more amped with every K as Johnson was on pace to shatter the record... and then McGwire hit this bomb. What a crazy game.
I watched Nick Castellanos crank a homerun off a 100 mph fastball last night when the Phillies clinched the NLDS over the Braves. I immediately thought of this McGwire crank off of a Randy Johnson fastball. Johnson was the premier power pitcher of his era and McGwire was the premier power hitter at that time. Immovable object meets irresistible force kind of clash. The homerun was more than just the result of the at bat, it meant something historically. The call by Niehaus was cherry on the top, recognizing the historical nature of the clash of titans and the 538 foot result. There have been homeruns with more playoff and pennant race significance but from this Twins fans perspectives, this one resonates as one of the best homerun + calls in baseball history.
I heard "one of the longest homers at the Kingdome." Folks, there wasn't a ball hit there within 50 feet of that ball. It's no contest. That was one of the longest homers "ever" hit in MLB, not just the Kingdome.
Agree, John, but the record-keepers list this as Mac's SECOND longest. Hit another estimated at 545, I think, off another Mariner. Either way, can't imagine Mantle's mythical shot getting close to this.
Ron Bennett I believe the 545 was a homer in old Busch that went into the upper deck in CENTER field. It hit an ad on the facade of the upper deck and they placed a large bandaid where the ball hit.
There is no way. I saw many games at Busch. The backdrop was over 430 away and the ball was way above and over that. It was 545. 487 is a laughable estimation.
I was at this game. I was sitting in the right field bleachers so I had a good view of it. Despite that, I still had trouble at first beliving what I had seen
Agreed but also Glenallen Hills in wrigley was incredible. Cecil Fielder has one insane over the roof one too.
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He smashed the fuck out of that ball. I don't give a fuck what nobody says the steroid era saved baseball. McGwire and Sosa saved baseball. Nobody was interested in Baseball after the strike. Their homerun battle in 1998 WAS GREAT FOR BASEBALL.!!!!! Bonds, Sosa, Palmeiro, Clemens, McGwire were all fun to watch
Rob B Baseball would have survived without the juice brigade and it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise. A permanent black mark on the history of the game. All these guys will ever be remembered for was juicing and cheating.
Hired Goonage Baseball was boring people to shit, let's be real. These players sold tickets. You want action when you go to the game. If you're not a hardcore baseball fan at least, you do. Baseball is declining again, games are just no fun anymore.
I enjoyed the call by Dave as much as the HR. Lived in Seattle and heard him all through nineties. Incomparable if a bit overblown at times, still the best announcer I have ever heard.
And then you hear the breaking window sound ….”there he is , is that the old stone cold ohh he’s talking he’s he talking …stunner another stunner another stunner another stunner “.😂
Damn, he got all of that ball. Even though he used steroids, people don't seem to understand that they don't help with hand-eye coordination, they only help with muscle building and healing. After the strike, baseball was going down the road of the USFL, so sure, he may have had forearms the size of a Thanksgiving turkey, but those helped regain the popularity of the sport. And though he's been vilified, he was a good enough player with or without steroids that he's a hitting coach. (Though, yes, he probably had connections and didn't land that job solely off of merit)
DozaSlayer increases bat speed which gives you more time to square up on a ball. If steroids didn't help with hitting guys wouldn't have been doing it. There's a reason you haven't seen many 50 home runs seasons since they've been cracking down on the roids. Players get older their bat speed slows down and they can't catch up to certain pitches anymore. If they didn't need steroids, then why take them?
There's no use in increased bat speed if you don't have the hand-eye coordination to make a swing in time. It really doesn't help all that much. Just because a team hits a lot of homeruns doesn't mean they're going to be a good team.
DozaSlayer You've clearly never played baseball. At the major league level they ALL have good hand eye coordination. Having insane batspeed to the point where it's basically like swinging a wiffle ball bat give you more time to read a pitch instead of having to guess.
I was working at a lighting store in the mid 90's and Dave Niehaus came in to buy a table lamp for his grandson. We talked a little baseball and I told him how much I enjoyed his calls. Helped him pick out a lamp. Super nice guy.
I was there. We were 2nd row 300 level on the 3rd base line. There was a small concession stand out by the 200 level seats there... almost hit it. As I remember - the ball was hit so high it almost clipped some banners hanging from the roof of the Kingdome.
Bullshit. He hit those 49 homers clean and skinny in 1987. He admitted to starting on the juice during the 1989 season and ramping up after missing most of the 1993 season with injuries. And it lines up with his physical growth/build
I was at this game, sitting front row, 1st base side. I will NEVER forget looking up and watching this ball looking like it was gonna go through the roof. It was like it had a rocket attached to it. Randy had 19K's this game, don't forget!
Yea.... The only thing about this is Jose Canseco actually hit a Home Run in this Stadium a bit further. Canseco hit one on the very top deck and probably 15 rows back. Still think that bomb might have been the furthest...
Might make them stronger but doesnt tell you when to swing, how to read the pitch and pitcher, hand/eye coordination etc. Theres a lot more to it than just the juice.
If you connect on Johnson’s fastball it will fly farther than your typical homer, it was just difficult to connect hence the 19 strikeouts. 3 home runs on him in a game is crazy though.
Funny footnote - Randy Johnson struck out 19 in this game, one short of the record, but also gave up 3 home runs including this one and lost. Leave it to Randy in his prime to have a lousy outing and still strike out 19 batters.
I think you mean leave it to the Mariners to lose a game where their starter punches out 19
When is striking out 19 in a game a lousy outing? Sure he gave up three homers but to strike out 19 batters is not lousy
Because it's a loss :p might be a nice line, but doesn't help the team. It's like losing a no-hitter.
That's on the rest of the team though. If a pitcher lost a no hitter, it's not a lousy outing because he had a no hitter going. His hitters just let him down. That is in no way a lousy outing even if he lost, he can't control what his offense does.
are you an idiot? a guy on roids hit a hr off him so he lost. give me a break
McGwire’s hit... astonishing.
Niehaus’s calls... incredibly missed.
i love watching randy's reaction... when a pticher gives up a homerun, they dont even have to look, they just know. I'd like to imagine Randy instinctively looked because the sound off the bat was so different or something.
Dave Niehaus was just the best. Way too many announcers just come off as obnoxious homers. Niehuas was clearly the home team's guy, but clips like this show that he would always dial it up in big moments no matter who it was.
James Jackson We are lucky in St.Louis...when Coghlan jumped and flipped over Molina, our announcer was saying it was one of the most athletic plays you'll ever see. He was going crazy haha
Meanwhile Hawk goes deathly silent for over a full minute when the other team hits a solo jack.
Dave was a legend and he is missed....
@@coolguy02536 You make it sound like Hawk being silent is a bad thing. I think a silent Hawk is the best Hawk.
@@rylandspencer It was just an acknowledgement. Hawks would be less effective if they weren't silent.
I want that commentator to play-by-play my everyday life.
He is awesome
Seattle's announcer
Yes, this commentating made me crack up. So much fun.
ConkeyCrack 😂😂😂😂😂 my oh my
LOL
Niehaus with the pure joy of baseball in his voice. That's the Mariners play by play guy.
Greatest HR call of all time.
If you show any casual person this clip they probably think it's the A's pbp
Agreed... Greatest homerun run call of all time.
@@KennethJosef I'm not saying this isn't a great call because it is, but best all time? For a random McGwire dinger? I can name like 15 that are better without even thinking about it hard
Or wait, did you mean that Niehaus in general had the best call? If that's what you meant then yeah it's a lot more in the running
@@BoogsMcNoogs The fact that this was a meaningless regular season game and somehow Niehaus is that fired up even before the pitch just adds to the greatness
@@marshall3278 Oh I think I misunderstood, was he saying that Niehaus had the best call of any announcer? I thought he meant that single call. If that's the case I can't argue with that because arguing with people about their honmetown voices of baseball is a silly game and always ends in warfare.
Incredible call by Dave Niehaus. One of the greats.
@Interdimensional Bigfoot You should be slapped for saying that
Seattle had two of the best announcers ever in Niehaus and Kevin Calabro with the Sonics.
What makes this video great is not the blast, but the call.
He must be…seriously, that was a great call 👍
man if this isn't the greatest sports announcer of all time, I use to watch the BRAVES growing up during this era, but every time Griffey hit a homerun you heard this guy - loved it.
+pj w Yes Dave Niehaus was a legend! I grew up listening to his voice being born in wa and raised a mariners fan.
RIP Niehaus! MY OH MY!
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Respect. RIP, Dave.
Can't hold a candle to Vin Scully
I grew up in Seattle in the '90s and we had the two best in the business Kevin calabro and and Dave niehaus
Randy Johnson, after the game, had the best comment. "I'm just glad nobody got hurt out there."
The late great Hall of Fame Brodcaster Dave Niehaus calling the "unbelievable shot" by McGwire .
If someone didn't know any better you would think he was the Oakland A's play by play announcer however he is our beloved Seattle Mariners play by play announcer. As a young whipper snapper back in the late 70s early 80s I would listen to Dave call the games on my transistor am FM radio out in my backyard of my home, with a stick hitting rocks, imagining that I was a baseball star. Dave had that cl
Keen and professional ability to make it seem as if the Mariners were the greatest team on Earth but in essence we were always bringing up the rear with one of the worst records in baseball. You wouldn't know it by the way Dave called the game for the home team. I'm proud to say that I developed a lot of my even keel Fair personality from listening to Dave broadcast Seattle Mariners baseball games.
After Dave passed in 2010 a local radio station here in Seattle interviewed the great baseball announcer John Miller, this is what John Miller had to say about Dave niehaus broadcasting Style. Miller said the first time his wife came to Seattle with him for his broadcast of the game they turned on the radio and heard one of Daves famous calls, his wife turned to him and said it sounds like that announcer is having a good time old relegion Revival, LOL true story.
My oh my, I sure do miss Mr. Niehaus. Rest in peace Dave!
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Wonderful comment. Thank you
Ha, I love that old Mariners announcer. Impartial. Doesn't care that it was hit against the team he loves... it was a towering, majestic home run - albeit an artificial one - and he got excited for it and admired it just as he would have if The Kid or A-Rod hit it for Seattle.
Nah Dave was Mariner blue through-and-through. But when impressive stuff happened, he would be suitably impressed by it.
Dave was partial, but it was subtle. Not like a lot of these guys with depressed nothing calls of big moments in games that go against their team. Homer announcers are the worst.
Artificial? If all it took was muscles to be a good hitter every baseball player would look like Mr. Universe. McGwire was a good hitter...look at that swing, it's beautiful. Dude was a huge rookie and got bigger. Anyone in their 20's lifting weights all the time is going to get big, don't chalk everything up to steroids.
@Jonathan McCully His power didn't only come from steroids though...that's just not accurate. Steroids are mostly about recuperation time. McGwire hit 49 homers as a rookie. The guy was a phenom his whole career.
He was one of the most powerful hitters of all time. Taking steroids doesn't make you a great hitter.
I wasn't born after 1990, but steroids weren't illegal in baseball until 1991, so...
Pitchers were on steroids too.
McGwire has admitted to taking them. As a fan, I don't care. Just like players all through the 60's and 70's (even 80's) were on speed, I don't care. (Daryl Strawberry has said taking speed made the baseball look as big as a basketball to him).
As I said, having big muscles doesn't
mean you can hit a baseball.
I miss Dave Niehaus. He knew how to call a game with emotion and a pure love of the sport.
I used to work nights in the industrial district in seattle and would crank games up on a sweet system. Niehaus would let you know if something exciting was happening no matter where you were in the building!
The guy the Mariners have now is great. Can't think of his name at the moment
@@arsenal-slr9552Aaron Goldsmith
El mejor narrador que oí en inglés de béisbol.
This was a radio call by Dave Niehaus and I was listening to it, but I never saw a video clip of it until now. When I saw the description on TH-cam I knew instantly which home run it was because I remembered listening to it so clearly.
this is my favorite narrated homerun of all time
Dave’s call on this was pretty great, but you should checkout a few of his grand slam calls. They’re legendary.
But his best call, hands down, was *The Double* in the bottom of the 11th of game 5 of the 1995 ALDS. I get goosebumps every single time I hear it. If you haven’t heard it, check it out:
th-cam.com/video/F8SBJzOEcyU/w-d-xo.html
Look at Adam wainwright’s first home run. That ones pretty good too.
I loved 62 call the by Joe Buck "Down the left line, is it enough?!?! GONE!!! THERE IT IS 62!!"
THIS BALL IS BELTED...... AND I MEAN BELTED!!
Lol with roids
@@jerrybeloin4985 you're stupid
DEEP!!
@@jerrybeloin4985 I will give you the roid and super eyesight and you still can't hit the ball...lol
@@jerrybeloin4985 One fastball up your chin, you start to pee on your pant... no cap!
The Big Unit vs Big Mac, those were the most spectacular types of matchups, especially in the 90s
Where these two teammates at usc?
@@jamesbowman8138 yeah
Think of how great this call is, and then take a minute to realize that it’s the opposing team’s broadcast. Dave was elite. Most teams now have a bunch of biased homers.
"HE HIT IT ALLLLLL THE WAY TO SPOKANE!!!"
- Chris Berman (probably)
0:30 I completely forgot that Mac and Canseco were reunited as teammates in Oakland back in 1997
One of the greatest home run calls in MLB history
Definitely agree...epic!
I was at the game... when McGwire rounded third, Randy tipped his hat... Also notice the crowd was actually giving McGwire a hand.
McGwire and Johnson were teammates at USC.
Class move by Randy. Nothing to be ashamed of. He went best on best and got beat this time. I’m sure Randy got the better of Mac more than a few times
and he did it all in the tightest ball pants I've ever seen
After doing 'roids, any uniform would look like leotards on him. That's why MLB gradually went back to the "baggy" look.
Colby Smith LMMAO
Nut huggers
Mark looked like he was smuggling grapes
Tightest pants because his legs were built like a racehorse
Joe Buck making the same call: McGwire with a shot to left..... As score. 😑
Right? He's the worst announcer I've ever heard.
A's
"Here's the pitch to McGwire...Mitchell, Mitchell, Mitchell....Mitchell. Down at the 538-feet mark."
Ummmm..... you do realize that many of McGwire’s most iconic home runs were called by Joe Buck, right? He lost his mind when McGwire hit #70.
Joe Buck would have said, “A home run by Mark McGwire, who is from the Oakland Athletics, which is located in Oakland, which is part of the Bay Area in Northern California, which is to say that the Oakland Athletics should be called the Bay Area or Northern California Athletics or A’s for short.”
RIP Dave Niehaus!! Possibly the best pbp announcer of all time
Jon Miller?
Naw harry Carey who did the cubs games
@@kyanrinel5898 Jon Miller? Sad you never heard of Vin Skully
@@r3tr0actiongamer24 sorry but Neuhaus better than all of them, scully is a legend but he’s boring, neihaus had you on the edge of your seat
The beauty of play by play back in the day… they all had a different niche that made them so good, unlike the new announcers who try to NOT be distinctive.
Neuhaus exemplified the pure awe of the moment better than anyone. Joe Nuxhull of the Reds was the straightest shooter on radio. Vin Scully was the best story teller the game ever heard. Jack Buck Sr. was like a rock star… precision in energy. Mel Allen… how about that? And Harry Carry… Holy Cow.! And the list can go on and on.
Good memories… good, good memories.
Wow one of the best calls ive ever heard
moosey831 That announcer truly loved baseball,no one else would make such an incredible call for an opposing player.
Randy Johnson struck out 19 A's in this game but still lost.
art Boston Gave up 4 runs in a CG.
art Boston Shows you how overrated strikeouts are.
+Josh Richards Well, especially in the late 90s anyway.
Saw this game live. Randy had his best stuff that day but did make a few mistakes and did not get the offensive support needed by his teammates.
Art Boston Welcome to Mariner baseball. We make losing look like an art.
I was at this game and was elated to see this match-up . I was sitting in the right-Centre upper-deck and the ball flew out so darn fast . What a game and I got to see an incredible performance by Randy as well . A real highlight to be sure .
I was at this game. Furthest I’ve ever seen someone hit a baseball. Even us mariners fans were cheering. Unbelievable home run.
So cool. I saw the highlight at home furthest I've ever seen. Mcgwire was legit, his swing was sound. Without the steroids, it probably goes 458.
I hate to be "that" guy... but it's farthest, not furthest... I'm sorry... :-)
The enthusiasm for the game in this call. How can you not love it?
Man, I was watching this game. Bring back steroids.
keith green
Lmao
No
No
Yes! Fuck integrity, it's all about entertainment at the end of the day. Bitches & kids love the long ball
Anthony West lmfaooooooo!!!!
The speed of that ball coming off his bat must have been 140mph. Awesome display of power. Love Big Mac
+Bobby Saulog This is like a science experiment. Lets get the strongest hitter and see what happens when he crushes a fastball from a 7ft fireballer.
You love the steroid fraud
@@BOSSNASSTY123 It really is. Modern day would be Judge/Stanton off of Chapman.
Went in 97 went out 104
It went out a lot faster than 104. A baseball could not travel that far at sea level launched at 104.
One of those amazing things about baseball: Randy Johnson with just filthy heat, and Big Mac with filthy power. It's a ting of beauty!!
Perfect call by Dave Neihaus as always
So many mullets. Thank you
0:30
McGwire "those roids you gave me are sick bro"
Canseco "yeah now watch me smash one"
The Smash Brothers!!! 🤣😂.
You are a J.O...the guys reflexes and muscle memory are off the charts, steroids didnt swing the bat
@@brianjschumer steroids make a ball go very very far
Mark McGwire had the coolest home run trot of all time.
Looks like a bull jacked up on 'roids on his way to 2nd...
Albert Belle had the best trot.
I’ll take Reggie’s
You mean coolest steroid trot
@@gonzowood1 I agree at least it was steroid free
0:30 ... "Thanks for the boost."
"That shit works doesn't it" - Jose Canseco
Hahaha
😅
You've got to love the call.
Had to rewatch this cause of the distances during the 2021 HR derby.
This was also the same game that Randy Johnson struck out 19 A's... and somehow still *lost*. I remember listening to Dave Niehaus getting more and more amped with every K as Johnson was on pace to shatter the record... and then McGwire hit this bomb.
What a crazy game.
McGwire Was Also Johnson's Strikeout Victim As Well Before He Hit This Homer
I watched Nick Castellanos crank a homerun off a 100 mph fastball last night when the Phillies clinched the NLDS over the Braves. I immediately thought of this McGwire crank off of a Randy Johnson fastball. Johnson was the premier power pitcher of his era and McGwire was the premier power hitter at that time. Immovable object meets irresistible force kind of clash. The homerun was more than just the result of the at bat, it meant something historically. The call by Niehaus was cherry on the top, recognizing the historical nature of the clash of titans and the 538 foot result. There have been homeruns with more playoff and pennant race significance but from this Twins fans perspectives, this one resonates as one of the best homerun + calls in baseball history.
I heard "one of the longest homers at the Kingdome." Folks, there wasn't a ball hit there within 50 feet of that ball. It's no contest. That was one of the longest homers "ever" hit in MLB, not just the Kingdome.
Agree, John, but the record-keepers list this as Mac's SECOND longest. Hit another estimated at 545, I think, off another Mariner. Either way, can't imagine Mantle's mythical shot getting close to this.
Oops, hit 545 off a Marlin, sorry.
Ron Bennett I believe the 545 was a homer in old Busch that went into the upper deck in CENTER field. It hit an ad on the facade of the upper deck and they placed a large bandaid where the ball hit.
+Ron Bennett The 545 shot was actually 487.
There is no way. I saw many games at Busch. The backdrop was over 430 away and the ball was way above and over that. It was 545. 487 is a laughable estimation.
Big Mac v Big Unit with a GOAT Dave Niehaus call
Looking back it’s insane how juiced he was
He got even bigger with the Cardinals.
#BRINGBACKROIDS
And how most fans just didn’t see that fact. It was exciting but now no one respects him.
@@TheSaintFrenzy favorite play to this day. Don’t care
It was just andro, bro.
That should have came with a count down. It was launched. Was fun to watch. Great video
Does anyone else think Mark McGwire and James Hetfield look alike?
It's the scars lol
Roaming Gnome hahaha he is the table
I didn't... but I do now.
Kinda i never noticed thank you for bringing it up to my attention
McGwire was probably a hundred pounds of roid created muscle heavier than James.
Mark the hr King of the 90’s
Best fitting pair of pants I've ever seen
The two most interesting parts of this video are the old school Southwest ad on the outfield wall, and Scott Brosius as an A
He was on the A's for 6 years, only a Spankee for 3
Great 3rd baseman with the glove. Flashed some leather over the years.
McGuire's forearms are jacked good God.
This was also the middle of McGwires final year in Oakland.
I was at this game. I was sitting in the right field bleachers so I had a good view of it. Despite that, I still had trouble at first beliving what I had seen
This and the Galarraga moonshot in Miami are the two longest HRs I've ever seen.
Agreed but also Glenallen Hills in wrigley was incredible. Cecil Fielder has one insane over the roof one too.
He smashed the fuck out of that ball. I don't give a fuck what nobody says the steroid era saved baseball. McGwire and Sosa saved baseball. Nobody was interested in Baseball after the strike. Their homerun battle in 1998 WAS GREAT FOR BASEBALL.!!!!! Bonds, Sosa, Palmeiro, Clemens, McGwire were all fun to watch
Rob B agreed
I agree too.
Rob B Baseball would have survived without the juice brigade and it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise. A permanent black mark on the history of the game. All these guys will ever be remembered for was juicing and cheating.
Hired Goonage No, it was on it's way out, that's why Selig used it for all he could.
Hired Goonage Baseball was boring people to shit, let's be real. These players sold tickets. You want action when you go to the game. If you're not a hardcore baseball fan at least, you do. Baseball is declining again, games are just no fun anymore.
Wow Bob..unbelievable...now in hindsight was that the creme or the clear?
Randy Johnson: How far can you hit my fastball?
Mark McGwire: Yes.
One of the most enjoyable mini videos ive ever seen. Thank u for all of this....
What's even more impressive is he hit it off of a Big Unit fast ball
It being a Randy Johnson fastball is why he hit it that far. The velo provided even more jump.
A few guys have hit it, and the ball travels.
@@sabreeemneely oh no doubt. You could probably bunt one into outfield if you could catch it.
I enjoyed the call by Dave as much as the HR. Lived in Seattle and heard him all through nineties. Incomparable if a bit overblown at times, still the best announcer I have ever heard.
I'll never forget driving down to St Louis to see him hit a home run the year he broke the record. Bush stadium was electric
Haha. Who cares=steroids Era. Will never be in the hall of fame. 1st time ballot on the hall of SHAME
watch at .25 speed. Complete hilarity.
Lmao just watched
belted (and i mean belted!) *DEEP* to left field
Randy Johnson knew that shit was gone....
I remember this from watching on TV when it happened way back when!
Nobody ever hit home runs like Big Mac
You're welcome Jose.
It’s amazing what body builders can do when they play baseball.
Steroids.
Tsrtabull, Mac, Canseco, these guys wereaways out with back problems. Cecul Fielder, Gwynn, Hrbek, Puckett fatties never hurt.
Hay un error en el título de este video: no es uno de los más lejanos, es el más lejano del Kingdome. Hermosura de video!!
I wish Jim Ross would have called some of these home runs.. would have been hilarious.
And then you hear the breaking window sound ….”there he is , is that the old stone cold ohh he’s talking he’s he talking …stunner another stunner another stunner another stunner “.😂
If only we had a decent camera man for this one
This is how you narrate a legendary moment...
Dave Niehaus was truly one of the best.
He swung his bat like it was a toothpick
I was at this game and it was the most incredible home run I’ve ever seen!
Dude I'd pay thousands to see this homerun live you are a lucky man
I believe u saw what should be official record
You forget for a minute this game was in Seattle for the cheers that HR got. McGwire did that in many visiting towns
Appropriate to see Berroa in the dugout as that ball went Geronimo.
that dude hits 35 homers for the A's in a season
Baseballs funnest ERA
The amount of energy created by a 100mph fastball hitting the barrel of the bat of a roided up monster of a man is insane.
and in reality, studies show the effect of pitch speed is minor.
The faster it comes in, the faster it goes out!
I ain’t never see a player tee off on Big Unit Like That 😳😳😱😱😱
One of the greatest calls of all time!!!
Damn, he got all of that ball. Even though he used steroids, people don't seem to understand that they don't help with hand-eye coordination, they only help with muscle building and healing. After the strike, baseball was going down the road of the USFL, so sure, he may have had forearms the size of a Thanksgiving turkey, but those helped regain the popularity of the sport. And though he's been vilified, he was a good enough player with or without steroids that he's a hitting coach. (Though, yes, he probably had connections and didn't land that job solely off of merit)
DozaSlayer increases bat speed which gives you more time to square up on a ball. If steroids didn't help with hitting guys wouldn't have been doing it. There's a reason you haven't seen many 50 home runs seasons since they've been cracking down on the roids. Players get older their bat speed slows down and they can't catch up to certain pitches anymore. If they didn't need steroids, then why take them?
There's no use in increased bat speed if you don't have the hand-eye coordination to make a swing in time. It really doesn't help all that much. Just because a team hits a lot of homeruns doesn't mean they're going to be a good team.
DozaSlayer there's no use in increased bat speed? Lol
If you don't have good enough reaction to make a swing, swinging a quick bat will only allow for a slight few lucky hits
DozaSlayer You've clearly never played baseball. At the major league level they ALL have good hand eye coordination. Having insane batspeed to the point where it's basically like swinging a wiffle ball bat give you more time to read a pitch instead of having to guess.
I was working at a lighting store in the mid 90's and Dave Niehaus came in to buy a table lamp for his grandson. We talked a little baseball and I told him how much I enjoyed his calls. Helped him pick out a lamp. Super nice guy.
He can't even put his arms down to jog the bases...smh
I dont know anyone that runs with there arms down
And??? Arms stretched way out to smash the ball. Steroids don't do that for ya...
McGwire dropped the bat like he just murdered the ball. Because he murdered the ball.
My Oh My what a shot....of steroids by Mcgwire!!
You woulda thought Dave was from Oakland on how exited he was seeing that lol. God I miss that guy!!
Kingdome's farthest? More like one of MLB's farthest of all time.
I was there. We were 2nd row 300 level on the 3rd base line. There was a small concession stand out by the 200 level seats there... almost hit it. As I remember - the ball was hit so high it almost clipped some banners hanging from the roof of the Kingdome.
Does anyone else think this guy could bench 700 lbs look at him. What ever he was on is some crazy shit
Bullshit. He hit those 49 homers clean and skinny in 1987. He admitted to starting on the juice during the 1989 season and ramping up after missing most of the 1993 season with injuries. And it lines up with his physical growth/build
Jim Rice could hit one that far, and he did it with pure muscle.
I was at this game, sitting front row, 1st base side. I will NEVER forget looking up and watching this ball looking like it was gonna go through the roof. It was like it had a rocket attached to it. Randy had 19K's this game, don't forget!
stunnasam21 cool.
"This homer was brought to you by the ROID"
It was 1AD not roid
@@jaymac7719 you believe that?? Lmao.
... now they just juice the ball instead of the players
@@HereForAStorm u got that right
that ball was juiced outta here .. I mean jacked outta here
So McGwire can't be in the hall of fame but MLB is okay with making money off his highlights on TH-cam
Cry more.
Yea.... The only thing about this is Jose Canseco actually hit a Home Run in this Stadium a bit further. Canseco hit one on the very top deck and probably 15 rows back. Still think that bomb might have been the furthest...
We need steroids back in baseball
I turned this on 2 innings later. I remember asking myself why is the crowd buzzing. They were still talking about the homer.
Steroids made the game more fun to watch honestly
Some players still use them and about 80% of the NFL
Good lord those legs
It’s amazing how much steroids can help a batters swing!
Might make them stronger but doesnt tell you when to swing, how to read the pitch and pitcher, hand/eye coordination etc. Theres a lot more to it than just the juice.
If you connect on Johnson’s fastball it will fly farther than your typical homer, it was just difficult to connect hence the 19 strikeouts. 3 home runs on him in a game is crazy though.