The Real Kenny Powers From 'Eastbound and Down'?

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  • The HBO comedy Eastbound and Down ushered in of a new type of dark hilarity and became a television cult classic in the process. The protagonist, Kenny Powers, is an obnoxious, crass Southerner who has fallen from grace after his professional baseball career has abruptly ended. But who was the inspiration for the character?
    At the height of his career, John Rocker was one of the best closers in professional baseball, and also one of the most disliked people in the game. In 1999, comments he made that were printed in Sports Illustrated came to represent the worst of American culture: racist, homophobic, and xenophobic. He apologized for the remarks later, but Rocker's crass and confrontational nature never died, and there's something kind of lovable and funny about the guy; after all, he's just a baseball player. Or maybe not? This is the real Kenny Powers.
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  • @imfraeglasgow
    @imfraeglasgow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +816

    A lot of people ask me, ‘Kenny Powers you’re a giant star - you can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?’ The answer is yes, I have. Several times in fact. And it’s actually kind of cool. You can negotiate practically anything, and sometimes even just kinda do stuff in the moment you never agreed to pay for, and it goes by without much argument.

    • @danielyes3099
      @danielyes3099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Without much argument 😂

    • @suchafoker1329
      @suchafoker1329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It’s true too lololololol

    • @michaeldobbins2632
      @michaeldobbins2632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hell yeah LMFAO

    • @egregiousqueef7781
      @egregiousqueef7781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Heard a comic say once - you don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay for her to leave.

    • @lukespector5550
      @lukespector5550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stevie Janowsky only got to lay Maria long term!

  • @JamesBeam420
    @JamesBeam420 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1512

    Me and my wife Donna were watching this documentary in our bedroom one sultry evening, when i heard a rap on the door, and our son Gabriel walked in. My wife Donna said, "No!! Gabriel!!" And I said, "LET THE BOY ... WATCH!!"

    • @bokehgod4486
      @bokehgod4486 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      "He needs to learn...like I learn from my father" 😂

    • @The_yeffy1
      @The_yeffy1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Hey that plum looks good can I trade it for a Twinkie?
      No these are my plums!

    • @Shadoefax760
      @Shadoefax760 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Jcurvs99 they glow with a bluish hue

    • @jimlahey9158
      @jimlahey9158 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Darla*, don't disrespect her like that

    • @RJCE420
      @RJCE420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mikeyd2030
    @mikeyd2030 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    Crazy that Vice was ever capable of such a fair interview.

    • @jorgehuamanmusic
      @jorgehuamanmusic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      They would never do this post-Trump. Their brains melted.

    • @saulspeaks2557
      @saulspeaks2557 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Feels like another lifetime, huh?

    • @baverfjant
      @baverfjant 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@jorgehuamanmusicHave you seen their reports from Isobel Yeung or Ben Solomon for instance? Probably not, or you wouldn't make such a dumb comment

    • @touchmytopic6763
      @touchmytopic6763 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rocker probably smashed the interviewer.

    • @Spooky_515
      @Spooky_515 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This was the first Vice piece I came across. I subscribed thinking I had been missing out. They never came close to duplicating the quality of this interview

  • @gravenewworld6521
    @gravenewworld6521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    My father was a sportswriter and I asked him about Rocker one time and he basically just said, “John is a guy with a good heart. He just likes to kick the hornets nest sometimes and he’s got a sense of humor most people would find upsetting.”

    • @bobbyhall7472
      @bobbyhall7472 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kicking a hornet's nest huh? Who is your dad, and who did he write for?

    • @LeemLovesArt
      @LeemLovesArt ปีที่แล้ว

      Pop may have been a racist

    • @trendybistro
      @trendybistro หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bobbyhall7472 The Fibbing Times

  • @joejackson9986
    @joejackson9986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    "Sometimes, when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm."-Kenny Fuckin' Powers

  • @readyupad
    @readyupad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    Nobody's "seen a few episodes" of Eastbound and Down.

    • @monadamus42
      @monadamus42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Lol, God it's so good.

    • @keef_cheefr3110
      @keef_cheefr3110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Finished the whole series in like 4 days. Fucking love Kenny P

    • @Chris-kx5lp
      @Chris-kx5lp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Tell me more about the feeexins

    • @zachpeat5076
      @zachpeat5076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      One of the best shows HBO put out

    • @hankdatank09
      @hankdatank09 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts!!

  • @toddhitchens6272
    @toddhitchens6272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    "offensive and racist"? He literally said the same things New Yorkers say about New York.

    • @perceptortron
      @perceptortron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yeah but hes a straight white male

    • @fightmilk8613
      @fightmilk8613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Welcome to Vice. Accusing people of whatever they can to divide segments of the country.

    • @mannym1635
      @mannym1635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @JC as a fellow NY who commuted by the 7 train back and forth for decades, everything he said about the people who ride it was 100% accurate.

    • @Luke8-17
      @Luke8-17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is so true!!

    • @rustinjobinson
      @rustinjobinson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, that's not at all how that works at all. He's actual scum.

  • @Alknight7
    @Alknight7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    “The mask from Scream, can I wear the mask from scream?”

    • @rhv84060
      @rhv84060 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cassie - your cell phone SUCKS

    • @JFKjr-gp7lf
      @JFKjr-gp7lf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny asf

    • @ecardullo10
      @ecardullo10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "While I do you from behind? Hello?"

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ecardullo10 I fucking love that scene...”yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

    • @nickolasecker9817
      @nickolasecker9817 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      “I don’t see why I have to pay for a hotel room, I’ve got a house and you can come here and we could just cut out the middleman” *hands Cassie empty bud light can*

  • @aeternusero
    @aeternusero 9 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    If you are from the South, you know a Kenny Powers. We all do. That's why he plays the character so well, because there is one in every town.

    • @ws8061
      @ws8061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jody Hill is from my hometown. His mom is a middle school teacher and I ofc don't know for sure but I swear he themes some characters from Vice Principles after real people.

    • @cyrilkoop1601
      @cyrilkoop1601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Come on now, there’s a lot more than just one.
      And there’s not a damn thing you can do about it! 😂

    • @juliebraden6911
      @juliebraden6911 ปีที่แล้ว

      Assholes are everywhere. Definitely not just the South.

    • @Jeffc0987
      @Jeffc0987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had a coworker who once said..."Now I'm not a racist, but some black family just moved in next door and it just pisses me off".
      I asked him if there was any reason for it like loud music, not taking care of the lawn, whatever
      ...and yeah, it was just good old fashioned racism.
      That was my Kenny Powers.

    • @rhv84060
      @rhv84060 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kenny powers won the World Series though. Lol

  • @johnline
    @johnline 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1395

    i play real sports. ain't trying to be the best at exercising

    • @Kennypowers51
      @Kennypowers51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Sure, iv'e been called a xenophobe, but the truth is i'm not. I just think America is the best country and the other countries aren't as good. That used to be called patriotism.

    • @theflanman420420
      @theflanman420420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I love this fucking show... KP is a walking memorable quote generator.

    • @Caseycarlo
      @Caseycarlo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh shit do you play golf or tennis? I really hope you play something near a real sport and not just golf or tennis!

    • @Nana-hq9dv
      @Nana-hq9dv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Johnline lol

    • @maxwellschultz4784
      @maxwellschultz4784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sports are a waste of time to placate stupid people. Ever heard of the Roman Colosseum? Yea...

  • @David-um4dy
    @David-um4dy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I'm not trying to be the best at exercising, I play real sports" 😂
    I loved East bound and down so much and never met anyone else that liked it lol.

    • @bobtwichew3103
      @bobtwichew3103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was the fucking funniest show on tv at the time. I was pissed when they canceled it.

  • @brandonwall5693
    @brandonwall5693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I’m from the same town as Rocker. He used to date one of my 7th grade teachers and would pick her up for lunch. He was always cool as hell and signed a bunch of stuff for me.

    • @theov4020
      @theov4020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good joke

  • @jlistetson
    @jlistetson 9 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    "My dad said you ruined baseball" - Eastbound and Down

    • @samuhlm2
      @samuhlm2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      right before this is the best line. "Ya I went to rehab, hurt my nose"

  • @gregorykingdollar3108
    @gregorykingdollar3108 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Ashley Schaeffer gave him 200 bucks for this interview

  • @enzotestarossa
    @enzotestarossa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Host: “You gonna show me your slider?”
    Fkn killed me

  • @dpowers1185
    @dpowers1185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    “People will take us more seriously if we do all of our voiceovers in a dry monotone voice” - Every Vice Producer

  • @kaitlin4u
    @kaitlin4u 9 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    Wow him and Danny Mcbride have such similar voices. What a good casting choice for the show

    • @gaminonya7599
      @gaminonya7599 9 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      kaitlin_08 Danny Mcbride was one of the creators of east Bound and Down. Will Ferrell was just a producer.
      Danny Mcbride had the mindset, when creating the show, that he was Kenny from the onset.

    • @kaitlin4u
      @kaitlin4u 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ohh okay good to know!

    • @DJRAKKK
      @DJRAKKK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      kaitlin_08 When he jumped the fence and it opened the fucking door KENNY FUCKING POWERS TO THE 10TH POWER haahhahaahahahahahahah

    • @niteprowler709
      @niteprowler709 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +kaitlin_08 haha just watched the vid. Zactly!

    • @danzig3764
      @danzig3764 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      kaitlin_08 I was thinking that too

  • @miamoben
    @miamoben 9 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    "You can't fix sucks" - John Rocker

  • @andyborowitz1730
    @andyborowitz1730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    this doesn't look like an interview,it looks like a Tinder hookup.

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Read Father Seraphim Rose everyone slightly right of Marx is a racist

    • @guzz114
      @guzz114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmfao this comes across as a date.

    • @anatolepapafilippou7967
      @anatolepapafilippou7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nailed.

    • @sammmy4495
      @sammmy4495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Read Father Seraphim Rose he’s a man

    • @joshuaahn8182
      @joshuaahn8182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Came here to say they def have the pre hook up vibe

  • @rayfalsetto1010
    @rayfalsetto1010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Just finished the series, I’ve been binge watching it for 3 days. Totally worth it.

  • @Kem1kal13
    @Kem1kal13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    Close your eyes and listen, it IS Kenny Powers LOL

    • @pearce123456789
      @pearce123456789 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Icon of Sin haha he does.

    • @willpowr416
      @willpowr416 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I was thinking the same. McBride nailed the role

    • @justinx9892
      @justinx9892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think he’s playing it up a bit to match the character

  • @mhtpk1989
    @mhtpk1989 9 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Holy shit he is real. Danny McBride/Will Ferrell were barely exaggerating.

  • @brianfeuerstein776
    @brianfeuerstein776 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    " you can't fix sucks " is the most Kenny Powers thing ever 😂

  • @GetSchanked
    @GetSchanked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    He's definitely the influence for Kenny Powers in Eastbound and Down lmaooo

    • @Heresastory23
      @Heresastory23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thats literally the titlr of the video

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like this guy...! I’m not into baseball, but I think he’s really cool.😁

    • @didhedieddud334
      @didhedieddud334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      G a y

    • @bodbn
      @bodbn หลายเดือนก่อน

      McBride said he was based on a couple of different sports players one of which was Rocker.

  • @Edward135i
    @Edward135i 7 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    John Rocker needs a reality show where they just follow him around.

  • @mikepekala832
    @mikepekala832 8 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    rofl "I'm not a bigot... I dated a black girl and even lived a year with her in the gayest part of town.." LMAO

    • @CBuehler82
      @CBuehler82 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Lol. I died laughing.

    • @SquirrelJam
      @SquirrelJam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      "sink or swim, like you know how the Chinese throw their kids in the water..."

    • @gunplaygaming6830
      @gunplaygaming6830 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mike Pekala cringe dear white folks just because you bang chicks outside your race doesnt make you not a racist 😂
      unreal
      same with the i have black friends thing you do .

    • @celestegagnon1581
      @celestegagnon1581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Gun Play Gaming dear asshole- saying dear white people is racist, you are labeling an entire people with your ignorant comments feigning what, your enlightenment? Go fuck yourself.

    • @Sokrabiades
      @Sokrabiades 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Meanwhile Mark Wahlberg tries to murder a Vietnamese immigrant, and everybody loves him. smh

  • @MoMo_IP2
    @MoMo_IP2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    The host is a proud straight woman now after the taste of the rocker.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Not just straight she's full blown superstraight for Rocker

    • @SuperTrb0
      @SuperTrb0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      She got her “I got railed by Rocker” t-shirt.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@SuperTrb0 "I got rocked by Rocker"

    • @SuperTrb0
      @SuperTrb0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@503tree who cares. Go be offended somewhere else.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She's Rockersexual

  • @StandardEnvy
    @StandardEnvy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    he deffinely slept with that interviewer to, lmao.

    • @igohida
      @igohida 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1000% . Just their body language at 10:14 is enough to tell

    • @CraigLawley
      @CraigLawley 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol probably

    • @marchammond05
      @marchammond05 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ditto!

    • @ryanbrown3004
      @ryanbrown3004 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t think so. Women are like that, when they need to get stuff. Like decent interviews

    • @pegcity4eva
      @pegcity4eva 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She works for vice its mandatory she be gay

  • @M1lesJames
    @M1lesJames 8 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    There is only one Kenny Fucking Powers

    • @SilverbackGorilla69
      @SilverbackGorilla69 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Kenny Powers You're fucking out

    • @tonytaglalucci7778
      @tonytaglalucci7778 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha!

    • @sparkholiday
      @sparkholiday 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +steve brule For your health!

    • @jimlahey9158
      @jimlahey9158 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You got that right, and he's a shit puppet

    • @thatdiamonds2148
      @thatdiamonds2148 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And they need to be angry shit puppets, but not at us, shit puppets need to be angry at other shit puppets

  • @user6008
    @user6008 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Look at Rocker's stats from 1999-2001. The guy appeared in 201 games over the course of these three seasons. 162 games per season = 486. Basically Rocker pitched in roughly forty percent of baseball games every season. His arm was destroyed due to overuse, which happened to guys like Johnny Venters, Mark Wohlers and Eric O'Flaherty among others. They all played for Bobby Cox and hall of fame manager that he is, the man ruined many a bullpen arm. But such is the life of a relief pitcher, here today and gone tomorrow.

    • @oldkingcoleyounger
      @oldkingcoleyounger ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I always thought Bobby Cox coached the game like a winner, but not a champion.maybe the reason he won a lot but only had one ring.

    • @currypablo
      @currypablo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Add Steve Avery to the list of young arms Cox destroyed.

  • @jimmorrison9411
    @jimmorrison9411 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This dude has such an unlikeable but hilarious personality and McBride did a great job of creating it on camera.

    • @tybaltyrant1
      @tybaltyrant1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think he's extremely likeable.

    • @bradbutcher3984
      @bradbutcher3984 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You just mad he smashed Ole girl.

  • @tee1up785
    @tee1up785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    KP- “You mean Jew York? Its f*cking great…”

  • @chsjo
    @chsjo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    I find unapologetic people refreshing.

  • @joelmorris32
    @joelmorris32 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Her body language around him is like a high school girl

  • @jeremyhelton1261
    @jeremyhelton1261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I don’t watch sports and I’m not a baseball fan but for some reason I have to say this was one of the more interesting reporting assignments I have seen

  • @anthonyhewitt9397
    @anthonyhewitt9397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The guy is giving homeless veterans homes and jobs you cant speculate on his intent.

  • @shahmm
    @shahmm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "I'm not controversial, I'm polarizing." John Rocker

  • @PerryCuda
    @PerryCuda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Looking at Rocker's body language during his interviews, it's obvious he thinks the host is in play.

    • @uzieric1
      @uzieric1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      and of course she is.

    • @latinolawdog5067
      @latinolawdog5067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      He’s a pro athlete. They think everybody’s in play.

    • @cordellsenior9935
      @cordellsenior9935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I think so too. Since the golf course.

    • @shanek6582
      @shanek6582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ignatius I’d say she’s gay

    • @benjones7634
      @benjones7634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@shanek6582 gay for that dick. She's married. To a guy.

  • @matt4122
    @matt4122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Wow, you can really tell this was filmed prior to 2016, otherwise this interview would've solely focused on his bigotry and the reporter would have utter contempt towards him.

  • @BuckfastConsumer
    @BuckfastConsumer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "Let the boy WATCH"

  • @MrHeatgap
    @MrHeatgap 8 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    She's without a doubt my favorite interviewer for VICE, I can't stand the rest of the goofy, out of touch with all reality, hipsters they use.

    • @ryanbarrett3895
      @ryanbarrett3895 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what is her name?

    • @AGE0FQUARREL
      @AGE0FQUARREL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ryanbarrett3895 Gianna Toboni.

    • @ilyab4792
      @ilyab4792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ryanbarrett3895 gianna michaels

    • @ohsweatbret
      @ohsweatbret 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She sucks, her gitmo visit was retarded. Basically 20 minutes of “we are at a facility that holds top secret prisoners! Y U NO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS?!?!?” Maybe she is better with these lighthearted interviews, but anything that’s serious she comes off as a naive sheltered out of touch hipster.

    • @kenesealo7982
      @kenesealo7982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What are you talking about she's a bit h rocking a side comb. How is that not hipster

  • @DubstepClassicsHD
    @DubstepClassicsHD 9 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    you gotta respect him for not really giving a fuck

    • @seymourglass26
      @seymourglass26 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He's faking it less than 2/3 of the comments, and they're even written in a pretty anonymous forum and still can't be honest.

    • @xperiazip7967
      @xperiazip7967 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dubstep Classics he gave her a fuck

    • @elchatodeoro1
      @elchatodeoro1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is kenny powers you fucking idiot of course he wont give a fuck

  • @mikeschmidt4800
    @mikeschmidt4800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had 1/4th of the shoulder surgeries he had/should have had and I learned to throw left handed in the healing process just so I could throw ball with my kids. Honestly, now, it is like having a fresh youthful arm that has been waiting for its time.

  • @optimusmars
    @optimusmars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I grew a full beard upon watching this documantary.

    • @galedribble9535
      @galedribble9535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s crazy cuz you’re a wee little baby

  • @MarvelousPhilly
    @MarvelousPhilly 9 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I meant this guy once, and to be honest, he was a cool dude. Didn't seem racist to me. We had an hour long convo on sports, and just life in general. I knew about what he said in his past, and after talking to him, I didn't care. And yes, I'm a black man. I was 27 at the time. To sum it all up, he's actually a good person.

    • @gunplaygaming6830
      @gunplaygaming6830 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Marvelous One lol what has anybody famous done around you that you deemed racist?? lol
      jeez

    • @michaeldobbins2632
      @michaeldobbins2632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bro people are just too PC. Nobody can take an offensive joke at all

    • @RonnieG
      @RonnieG ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad you meant him.

    • @bobbyhall7472
      @bobbyhall7472 ปีที่แล้ว

      So because he didn't call you a N----- he must be a good dude huh🤡

  • @TheTaintedTango
    @TheTaintedTango 9 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Kenny Powers 110% tapped dat.

  • @rodakjones7574
    @rodakjones7574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Wilmington where the series was filmed. It's like living in his world every day. I walk by Ashley Schaffer BMW every day. Its not called that, but its the same building. It's a trip.

  • @alexkulka8578
    @alexkulka8578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Definitely chemistry between the two.

    • @anthonymorabito32
      @anthonymorabito32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      was looking for this comment lmao she was digging him

    • @RonnieG
      @RonnieG ปีที่แล้ว

      She actually kicked him in the nuts after his first beer.

    • @reidkyle5030
      @reidkyle5030 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol theres probably few women on the planet who wouldn't dig on him.

  • @biglakebulliesadamg.8715
    @biglakebulliesadamg.8715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Rocker's still on the juice. 👍 "La Flama Blanca" ✊

  • @pete7389
    @pete7389 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Terrific interview. I was never a fan of John Rocker, but as a lifelong Phillies fan I never cared for the Braves all together. Dunring his playing days I only knew of Rocker what I heard on the media, but this interview gave me a different appreciation of him. Well done.

  • @mikemcdermott7760
    @mikemcdermott7760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Even Kenny Fukin POWERS grinned when she said "Will you show me your slider????".

  • @SmallBritney
    @SmallBritney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hilarious, never knew a Kenny Powers was real down to the voice.

  • @tommclarty17
    @tommclarty17 7 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    This documentary gave me a tingle down in my plummmmmmsssss.

    • @bucky90269
      @bucky90269 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      laces out Ray!

    • @nopansnogains5382
      @nopansnogains5382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Leonard Holt fresh and juicy ready for the picking all the school children are lining up to put them in their sack lunches "hey that plum looks good could I trade for a twinkly" (naa these are my plums, I want to bite in to that plum and let the juice spill down my chin).... ya know what I mean

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have had too much fanta..mammy

    • @killmovezzz2185
      @killmovezzz2185 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Special 2 for one

  • @ApeQuake
    @ApeQuake 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    John Rocker is clearly the inspiration for Kenny Powers. The main stepping off point was Kenny was a polarizing redemption story and John Rocker's redemption is private. Also, John is not really a bigot, he seems to hate everyone that's not like him equally -- white, black, females or whatever. I do not share his opinions and most items, but he's at least genuine. He's the real-life internet troll -- unfiltered and unrelenting. On the other hand, he does good for things he cares strongly about and puts effort into that as well (of course, mostly he just cares for himself... but still). I could not stand to see someone like him daily, but there is room in society for a John Rocker and he seems to be getting on (even though his Twitter feed is VERY difficult to read).

    • @CFergiee
      @CFergiee 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** I'm sure you pump gas for a living.

    • @CFergiee
      @CFergiee 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's a shame you couldn't find a way to make money doing something you ENJOY. I'd appreciate you keeping your lack of manners where they belong. Oh wait this is a youtube comment section. Stop wasting your emotions and time. Go fill my tank.

    • @nlsupernovaable
      @nlsupernovaable 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most people can't handle people who don't say what others want to hear and have an attitude like "you can take me as i am and if you don't like me, to bad". Everybody is always trying so hard to be liked by everyone because they are afraid to be rejected. When they are conftonted with someone who doesn't play along with their facade they feel something is wrong or weird with that person, or are jalous that they don't have the guts to do the same.
      I can relate very much to this guy. Don't know who he is but understand exactly how he feels. Tough apperance, misunderstood but to people who matter to him very warm and helpfull. and dedicated to things that actually matter instead of worying about what others think. Also very little patience for bullshit.
      If you don't like me, too bad. There are so many people i don't like, It happens. Mind your own business and move on. thats what i do and works great for me. A lot less stress

    • @cantryss
      @cantryss 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      People throw the term troll around so often now it's lost all meaning. Beyond popular belief there is a difference between being a troll, and a asshole.
      Trolls say things they don't care about knowing they're going to get a rise out of people.
      Assholes can say things that will get a rise out of people, but they don't say it to get a rise out of people.
      Rocker fits in the Asshole personality category(Not saying he's a asshole)
      People on the internet need to learn the difference because there is one.
      Example in this thread:
      CFergiee Troll
      ***** Asshole/Troll*
      Cantryss Asshole
      *Read below

    • @cantryss
      @cantryss 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** I gave you the lesser of two evils but I guess you can't accept it. What a shame you've upgraded to troll.

  • @Dustinwhy8
    @Dustinwhy8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    “Can I do you from behind while wearing the scream mask? Hello...hello?. Cassie, your cell phone straight up blows.”

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

  • @ifinallyhavesocialmedia8728
    @ifinallyhavesocialmedia8728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nice interview. . .I'm black and can truly appreciate people who are unapologetically themselves. You'd be shocked at how many of us shun liberals/hipsters/soy-boys. EVERY race is prejudiced to a certain extent; if someone's an asshole and living their truth, I'd respect them any day over a follower pretending to politically correct: the asshole gives me the liberty of knowing whom I'm dealing with.

    • @jasonhutter7534
      @jasonhutter7534 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feel the same way. We ALL have prejudices. They surround us and we grow up with them. Some of the prejudices may have some basis in fact but people are way more similar than they are different. The important thing is to appreciate the differences, not dwell on them.

  • @achmeineye
    @achmeineye 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    For some reason I absolutely love the narrator's voice...there's something about the tone that is just perfect to me. I wish she read audiobooks

  • @llai8501
    @llai8501 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "You going to show me your slider?" Hahahha

  • @ticcusagram
    @ticcusagram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That mans gotta learn... the way I learned from my father..... the way he learned from his fatherr

  • @xxsmack_dabxx396
    @xxsmack_dabxx396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I feel like Kenny powers is a mix of this guy and Lenny Dykstra

  • @Abravesfan1988
    @Abravesfan1988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Ohhh shit look there's Marquis Grissom! Dude caught the last out of our last World Series in 1995! Damn good Centerfielder in the day!

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fat girls rule

    • @Abravesfan1988
      @Abravesfan1988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dwayne Heath DAMN RIGHT!!

    • @SchmavidSchmobb
      @SchmavidSchmobb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude, I was so psyched to see him. The Only mlb game I saw as a kid, he hit an inside the park home run. My favorite player ever since

  • @billcosbyeatsbabies9947
    @billcosbyeatsbabies9947 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Two things are for certain: 1) kenny powers was definitely inspired by this guy. & 2) he definitely banged that reporter, 100%.

    • @indo3052
      @indo3052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I dont know. She seems like a lesbian

    • @mybrokengains2404
      @mybrokengains2404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      indo she was til she met Rocker...

    • @indo3052
      @indo3052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MyBroken Gains lol. Lesbians still crave d from my experience

    • @whywelovefilm7079
      @whywelovefilm7079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not every female reporter sleeps with the person they're interviewing. Lol
      But you're right about this one. She totally slept with him...

    • @archydagr8
      @archydagr8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol 100%

  • @mosipd
    @mosipd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Help me understand why it's controversial to help immigrants learn the local language and assimilate successfully into society. I really don't understand why anyone would say this is controversial or how it could "piss people off" as Vice claims.

    • @iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053
      @iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree 100%. I took 4 years of Spanish in High School and a semester in college as an elective. I can have a conversation. The most difficult part truly is when you're talking with spanish speaking dudes and THEY don't even know their own language. It frustrates me because I'm like "esse, I'm not supposed to know more than you".

    • @babyreps365
      @babyreps365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Simple move to Germany learn to speak German not sure why English is so offensive

  • @OnYourSquare
    @OnYourSquare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember 'ol John Rocker. He had triple digit heat on tap!

  • @dwgwnr1969
    @dwgwnr1969 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I'm a huge Braves fan and I loved when rocker hit the field runnin like a freight train to the mound, eyes blazin, sweat flyin..dying to crush any batters tryin to take away a win from his team.

    • @tthreepo4291
      @tthreepo4291 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's called roid rage bro....

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tthreepo4291 i mean ge mightve been on some roids. But i dont see it, usually by his age he wouldve shrunk down and shown obvious signs of roids. Hes a pretty big dude naturally, and his mass and tone has aged naturally.

    • @tthreepo4291
      @tthreepo4291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@plack_benis382 that's not an opinion dude, it's fact. He admitted to taking steriods while playing in his book 10 years ago and on several interviews...

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tthreepo4291 yeah youre right he did. I dont think he was juicing super heavy though. Never had any of the negative effects besides ego that i can tell

    • @Jannakennels
      @Jannakennels ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol. Everyone was on steroids, he was the only one running to the mound.

  • @JimmyFranceable
    @JimmyFranceable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Rocker was 100% accurate about NYs 7 train, and I grew up a Mets fan. He makes some valid comments about the media, he also seems like a good sport about it all. He knew how to play the bad guy and he played that role to the hilt. We all ate it up, it was great.

    • @alanharper4910
      @alanharper4910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A broken clock is correct twice a day too

    • @t-townchampreviews1442
      @t-townchampreviews1442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@alanharper4910 not if you go by military time.

    • @theleagueofshadows100
      @theleagueofshadows100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      let me be your pappy!!!
      Me: “Why is this mic on the ground over here!?”
      -Reads comment-
      “Oh...nevermind, that’s where it belongs”
      and James France well said. Agreed all the way.

    • @joniraggi2358
      @joniraggi2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup. I take and hate the 7 and all the pricks who ride it along with the smelly homeless people who expect me to pay them to ride it

    • @JimmyFranceable
      @JimmyFranceable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alanharper4910 You’re a broken clock.

  • @greydeath4273
    @greydeath4273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He sounds just like danny did in eastbound

  • @screamingmime76
    @screamingmime76 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Heard about this guy years ago. Had no clue he was Kenny Powers. Damn I love this guy. Going to watch all his interviews

    • @VernonMaxwellsfriend
      @VernonMaxwellsfriend 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kenny Powers was inspired by Mitch wild thing Williams as well.

  • @saltemann3581
    @saltemann3581 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    he did smash

  • @ph0kused
    @ph0kused 8 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    seems like a cool dude that can laugh at himeself

    • @Zeno7741
      @Zeno7741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      20$ she's a lesbian

    • @easterdm
      @easterdm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      she actually wants to D

    • @Mac-ze4gu
      @Mac-ze4gu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Still hot AF

    • @NathanaelGreer
      @NathanaelGreer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mercredy Uy your super ghey

    • @mclovin9578
      @mclovin9578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He sure as shit loves himself. Lol

  • @akbrooks70
    @akbrooks70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have a cousin that played in triple A for 15 years. Got called up a few times but not for long mostly because of injuries but also because he was trouble. He makes Rocker look tame.
    Point is, these guys are a special kind of person. They're douchie and don't give a damn about anything but a W. Trying to make them feel bad about some off color comments or get them to change their feelings to meet yours is a lost cause.

    • @Igoruhandchu
      @Igoruhandchu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aka a MAN..dying breed these days

  • @heartlesshorseman4202
    @heartlesshorseman4202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If this guy still played, I would actually watch baseball

  • @starrshine5976
    @starrshine5976 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I don't know much about this guy, but he is still, physically a giant.

  • @chilleverest
    @chilleverest 9 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    This documentary was more about the reporter chicks road to banging Rocker than about Rocker himself.

    • @TGuy-bt4xz
      @TGuy-bt4xz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      chilleverest you said it all brotha , I felt apart of him smashing this chick ,almost a wingman she pounded tht drink the clear one and took it for NY

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You wouldn't have this interview without those self indulgent brats. Excellent work here if you ask me

  • @HardestOUTT
    @HardestOUTT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember going to “john rocket battery night” where at old shea people coordinated to bring batteries to throw at him but he never entered if I remember correctly

  • @jjjones7915
    @jjjones7915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now,that's the best documentary that could of went the other way done by Vice. Bravo

  • @gamerscouncil2262
    @gamerscouncil2262 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "You're gonna show me your slider" 😂😂😂😂

  • @SethGoletz
    @SethGoletz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The real question is... Who wears two gloves when golfing?

    • @andremaines
      @andremaines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Definitely not OJ

    • @JFKjr-gp7lf
      @JFKjr-gp7lf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andremaines 🤣🤣😂

    • @sammmy4495
      @sammmy4495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sweaty palms on a hot southern day.

  • @paulywally3780
    @paulywally3780 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I keep my Jon Rocker baseball displayed loud and proud.. next to my Kenny powers Danny McBride autograph. I instantly made the connection when watching the show. Best baseball show out there

  • @keatontyler6878
    @keatontyler6878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm guessing not as many people know who John Rocker is, as I thought. I had no idea he was the person that inspired Kenny Powers, but it makes so much more sense now!

  • @derekroberts5931
    @derekroberts5931 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    He aged well. Almost a Luke Wilson look.

  • @pandemic7
    @pandemic7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    Lol, she was so into him. You catch all that flirting and girlish laughter. Makes sense, she's prob usually around a bunch of effete, man-bun wearing, Brooklyn hipsters.

    • @justonefyx
      @justonefyx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      It's the first time she's been in the presence of a real man. God knows, she's never seen one in the Vice offices.

    • @uzieric1
      @uzieric1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      so true. she's the manliest vice reporter I've ever seen. lol

    • @EnliveningJustice
      @EnliveningJustice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      g mack, “they ALL have to suppress it.”
      WTF are you on, clown?

    • @EnliveningJustice
      @EnliveningJustice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      she looks just like one of those hipster pony boys.

    • @historysmysteriesunveiled8043
      @historysmysteriesunveiled8043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "You gonna show me your slider?"

  • @ibuyfatpeople
    @ibuyfatpeople 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    dude said "yeah i watched a few episodes" then proceeds to know that he and danny were born in the same hospital lol.

  • @Spooky_515
    @Spooky_515 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God I miss Eastbound And Down. As for John Rocker goes, we know he was good for baseball. It made that Atlanta NY rivalry so exciting.

  • @BIGCOOKIE7581
    @BIGCOOKIE7581 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was at Shea Stadium when the Mets beat Rocker in the 15th inning of the playoffs (Alfonzo , they gave out a promo that night, something with batteries I believe. Anyway after the Mets won, Rocker had to run off the field because he was getting hit with all types of debris. Best game I've ever been to.

  • @TJandFriends
    @TJandFriends 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    East Bound and Down is still my favorite show, John you handled this documentary very well, respect, wish you nothing but more success throughout your life, either way you influenced the greatest show of all time, you're a good human being and were young when you said things im sure you'd take back. Much love and well done VICE, but John did you hit it haha jk :)

  • @thiefoftomorrow
    @thiefoftomorrow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    is that shabooms where they're doing that interview?

  • @pecosR0B
    @pecosR0B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was just a teenager when Rocker was in his prime and I wasn't really into baseball back then. I do remember a lot of people hating him but man, he doesn't deserve it anymore.

  • @jwaxmcgeeg9706
    @jwaxmcgeeg9706 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This guy is cool, fuck the haters

  • @TheKSTEW3
    @TheKSTEW3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This guy got the rap as being an uneducated bigot/bully, but I was surprised at how well spoken he was at times during this interview. This is an example of one comment from 17 years ago, still haunting this man to this day. What makes America great is giving someone a chance to redeem themselves even after what appears to be a permanent fall from grace.. As a former baseball player/fan I loved his competitive streak and take no prisoners attitude that every great closer must possess to be great. As a former Marine, I am even more impressed with what he has done to help former vets who have fallen on hard times, by providing the opportunity to become productive members of society again. As for Kenny Powers, the man was hilarious and gave me something to look forward to watching EastBound, but the only similarities between the 2 are how eerily similar their voices sound, and the fact that are hardass relievers from the same part of Georgia.

    • @tvxfilmtime
      @tvxfilmtime 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So you are a bigot like him

  • @whydoineedahandle269
    @whydoineedahandle269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yeah let’s just do an interview inside a crowded bar

  • @gmartinez9045
    @gmartinez9045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think Rocker is gonna show Edward Furlong his slider after the interview.

  • @zshakur
    @zshakur 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    People grow and change. Some become wiser. I remember those comments he made. I was living in Atl when he said them. I'm happy he's found his redemption through helping those that fight in our countries name. He's doing more for them than the government is. Racism is ignorance, intolerance is ignorance. What he's doing for forgotten vets...priceless.

    • @LeviDaManJabroni
      @LeviDaManJabroni 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Visa MasterCard

    • @cata3350
      @cata3350 ปีที่แล้ว

      His organization partners with the VA a government organization, so they must be doing something right? 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @logfog
    @logfog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    It pisses me off that "Learn to Speak...(the language spoken in the country you are going to)" is thought of as controversial by the media. It isn't controversial, it's common sense.

    • @kortneyjones4823
      @kortneyjones4823 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Log Fog your clearly a white person

    • @Tristige
      @Tristige 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *you're, lmao don't know how to speak it either?

    • @gstacks510
      @gstacks510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Speak when spoken to boi...

    • @deprogramm
      @deprogramm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is very logical. Anyone who disagrees is just a politically correct moron. Assimilate, or get the fuck out.

    • @dylanevans7529
      @dylanevans7529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goes to Saudi Arabia... Don't Speak Arabic... Get hanged. Come to Western Countries.... Can't Speak Language... Official Second Language

  • @roystephens568
    @roystephens568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10:10 show me your slider. Best pickup line ever

  • @Zooboomafoo87
    @Zooboomafoo87 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man, John Rockers Kenny Powers impersonation is spot on

  • @herdondoozer
    @herdondoozer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    $10 he railed the girl reporting

    • @seande1314
      @seande1314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      NextStageFitness double money she doesn't swing that way. I know lesbians when I see em I know to man. might still hit though... people like experimentation

    • @roguestep4843
      @roguestep4843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      She just looks like a Lesbian... she got railed HARD, southern charm/hospitality works on city girls.

    • @TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream
      @TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Everyone who wrote this in this comment chain is a man who was attracted to another man projecting their own attraction to this man into the female reporter. WE GET IT you think he's attractive lol. Some grown men below this comment have written things like "Yeah that's the first time she was in the presence of a *real man*" I think we have some sideways ass niggas in this comment chain

    • @mmorrison151
      @mmorrison151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      NextStageFitness she was soaked threw out the whole interview.

    • @SDADDYWSL1TR3Y
      @SDADDYWSL1TR3Y 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      NextStageFitness well she's a liberal and a lesbian so i doubt it she probably hates his guts and this video only proved how much of a dick head this guy really is

  • @dutchmango92
    @dutchmango92 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All sin and come short of the glory...this guy has passion and love for something that about 90% of americans dont. See the forest for the trees and realize as a child we do childish things as a man you grow learn from them and better your world. this guy reminds me so much of my love for climbing and dedication. all the people who bad mouth him probably have no passion in their life and work in a cubical. dont judge the creatures of this earth unless you have lived it.

  • @jdavis1215
    @jdavis1215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    can we talk about the host having the glove on the wrong hand while playing catch?

    • @devinsteib3518
      @devinsteib3518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup caught it right when they showed her and the worst looking glove ever cardboard mafia!

  • @Semiam1
    @Semiam1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I met him at a club in Buckhead a few years back and he is definitely larger than life yet he was down to earth.