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His 2015 season was truly incredible. I remember being 14 years old when Greink made his debut for KC. Now I’m 34 and the dude is still in the bigs. Lol
2015 was a crazy year. Kershaw won 3 of the previous 4 Cy Youngs, went 16-7 with a 2.13 ERA, lead the league in IP, K, and FIP. . . and finished 3rd in Cy Young voting, and you cant even say he was robbed. Greinke and Arrieta were SO GOOD that year.
I recall hearing a story that, at one point while on the Dodgers, Zack was mad at Puig for being late or some kind of drama, and proceeded to toss his bags of off the bus.
@@madethecut greinkie was never one to beat around the tree with the media. He's always had trouble finding a way to break the fire with his teammates, however he's been able to pull a complete 360 with this issue. Also he's no longer getting hot feet before starts and is just biting the mullet every time he comes up in the rotation and leaves it all out there on the ground
I watched Zack throw 20 strikeouts for the Royals against the Indians in 2009, dude is definitely one of the most talented pitchers of all time and definitely a Hall of Famer. His mind for the game is also unlike any other player I've seen, in a way he's kind of like the Bill Belicheck(sp.) of baseball. And as someone who's biggest enemy is myself the majority of the time due to the myriad of mental health issues I deal with, being able to see Zack still put in work after almost 20 years while dealing with similar issues, makes him one of my biggest heroes in all of sports. Thanks for just being you, Zack! Go, Royals! 💙
Always been a fan of Zack, he reminds me of pro chess players, where's he an absolute genius with some serious talent, but he doesn't "play" he "preforms". His flip outs and weird habits line up with some of the greatest chess grandmasters in history.
My friend was at a D'Backs game and this dad got his attention and asked him to sign a ball for his daughter's b-day. He responded by shaking his head and returning to his conversation. 😂
As someone on the autism spectrum, I definitely get the feeling Greinke is as well. I'm guilty of a lot of the seemingly off-putting behavior as well, but it can just boil down to stress and fear of human interaction, or performing well in front of a crowd, etc.. that can lead to social anxiety and self doubt. Every time I hear Greinke speak, I'm further convinced he has ASD.
I'm also on the spectrum and I've always liked Greinke for that reason. I mean maybe he doesn't have it, there's no way to be sure unless I know him personally. But I've always looked at him like, 'that's one of us. That's an extremely successful version of us'.
It’s honestly inspiring as someone with Generalized Anxiety Disorder to see someone with Social Anxiety Disorder be in such a pressure filled position and be so successful at it
dude...so close to 3,000. I think he, like Waino just spent 1 too many season in the game yet while I love and respect Adam Zack is a HOF level player.
I remember 2005 being at a Royals game. The BIG SCREEN showed him saying this guys gonna be future of pitching. I remeber thinking let's see what bro will become. Here I am 2024 watching videos about him
He was pitching in detroit his 2nd to last start and I just had to be there to see him play in person. Plus I wanted to see one last rematch of miggy vs greinke and it was awesome! Got a couple cool videos on my phone too!
I'm so glad he's been, and currently is, a Royal. I think the Alex Gordon story is my favorite one. There's still time to help other teammates out of their future slumps. It will work. How could it not?
i remember there was one game with Houston where he is pitching and then he talks to the catcher with the other teams batter in the batters box (i also think this was 2020 as well) and he just says all the pitches he was going to use and what signs that would be for fun.
Being from a software engineering i know alot of people like this. One of my friends had a very primising offer to an international research station only to deny it and go fry chicken because that was his true dream .
Haha. Greinke with the Dodgers at a players meeting when they ask if anyone has anything to say,”It has come to my attention that some of you don’t wash you’re hands after using the bathroom. That’s gross.” Team, “Anything else?” …..Greinke”No.”
I remember his response shortly after Mac said that to him. I was right there! Shortly after the door to Buddy's office was closed. Allard, Zack and Buddy in that room.
There's a movie, if I'm being honest it's not too great, called "A Mile in His Shoes." I personally liked the movie but the more I watched it the more I thought of Zach Grienke. And, if you've watched it or choose to watch it now, I mean that in the best way possible. Baseball needs more Grienkes.
It was the way he said it, something like had his first at bat, THEN hit his first HR. He was saying it was his 2nd AB but didn't explicitly say it so easily confused.
Likely his social anxiety issues that made him react that way to being called up to the mlb. He's such a great example of what people can accomplish even on a huge public stage with those hardships
The Dodgers flew to Australia in 2014 to open the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks...IMO....I believe Zach complained of back problems to before the trip...Being quite familiar with anxiety disorder with one of my daughters...The thought of flying over the ocean may have terrified him.
My favorite player of all time. He should have won the cy young in 2015. Jake only won because he had more wins. I'm probably wrong but I think that and SO were the only stats Jake had more of than Greinke.
I love your videos man, always informative and very well edited! the only piece of feedback I have is that your delivery is a bit repetitive, I think people refer to it as the "RUclipsr accent".
I think dude just wanted to play shortstop before he was dyagnosed with depression and social anxiety. But after that he probably just changed his mind and thought that it was something big to be a pitcher in the major leagues. In my eyes, he was just a lazy genius of an athlete, approaching votto like that and the fact that he didn't need to practice a lot of times the 2-seamer after not using it for years just shows what a talent he had, and how "lazy" he was
He was great, he was weird, but I'm betting after a 1-15 season with a very high 5 plus ERA he'll probably retire. I guess that's why I used "was." He was really, really smart in a Rainman kind of way.
It's a little misleading considering that more players play in today's game then ever before, and the number had been growing significantly since the 90s. It's still very impressive and HOF worthy imo though.
I noticed about halfway through that the tone of every sentence is the fucking same as well as the pacing and now I am losing my mind as it just continues. I thought you might break it up, but you aren't. You say something and make a comment and then end HERE. Then you build on that and say something else and then THIS. I'm going crazy.
I appreciate that most of the big baseball channels are still uploading as if the playoffs weren't happening, but I notice theres an extremely stark amount of modern content, I would love to have daily, or even weekly topical videos discussing the interesting things of the playoffs, without the classic espn style talking head.
He could've been a shortstop. If he had everyday batting reps he'd be a better hitter and as a pitcher he has an OPS in the .500s and we know he's an elite defender. Probably wouldn't've been as good but who knows. Either way he would've been a big leaguer.
I’ve always said I have Kershaw on my left and Greinke on my right shoulder. I often go Greinke when I look for advise. Not that he’s a Sith Lord he’s just more of a neutral do your own thing guy.
Bro I heard one of the teams Manny ramirez played for realized they had an extra million bucks on their books and when they looked into it apparently it was a check Manny got that he framed and put up on his wall instead of cashing. Lol idk if that's true but wouldn't surprise me if it happened
Couldn't make it through halfway point of the video. Narrator was driving me crazy with the end of every single sentence being annoyingly punctuated in an irritating cliche of RUclips's version of "sing songy". Which is fine since nothing to that point remotely seemed like his subject was the "weirdest player in history".
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no athlete more embodies the term “unapologetically himself” like greinke does. one of my favorite athletes ever
Zack Greinke's spirit animal is Zack Greinke.
😂
Lmao
Never heard a more accurate statement
That’s so spot on 😂🤣
Oh, that is good.
I can’t wait for him to go to the HOF and give his emotional speech: “Thank you”.
😂 that would be a Vintage Greinke moment
“Can I go home now”
“It’s gonna be a big speech.”
I don't even think he would go lmao he would either be fishing or mowing a lawn somewhere
Yep
Zack Greinke is an actual hero of mine. Not because of what he did on the mound but because he was able to go get on that mound.
Same
His 2015 season was truly incredible. I remember being 14 years old when Greink made his debut for KC. Now I’m 34 and the dude is still in the bigs. Lol
2015 was a crazy year. Kershaw won 3 of the previous 4 Cy Youngs, went 16-7 with a 2.13 ERA, lead the league in IP, K, and FIP. . . and finished 3rd in Cy Young voting, and you cant even say he was robbed. Greinke and Arrieta were SO GOOD that year.
oh yeah...well Miggy Cabrera started MLB when I graduated high school....
@@adamkramer3259one of the best cy young races ever. All 3 would’ve won in any other year
I recall hearing a story that, at one point while on the Dodgers, Zack was mad at Puig for being late or some kind of drama, and proceeded to toss his bags of off the bus.
@@joshuapatrick682 you must qualify for AARP then, huh?😆
"March to the tune of his own drummers" bro you never fail to butcher an idiom and I am here for it
sometimes I'm not the sharpest crayon in the shed
@@madethecutI am cackling at this 😭
@@madethecutYou're not really the brightest tool in the box are you? It seems like someone might have left the toy out of your happy meal?
@@madethecut greinkie was never one to beat around the tree with the media. He's always had trouble finding a way to break the fire with his teammates, however he's been able to pull a complete 360 with this issue. Also he's no longer getting hot feet before starts and is just biting the mullet every time he comes up in the rotation and leaves it all out there on the ground
@@madethecutYou're a tough cookie to get past, mtc
As a Royals fan, this man is and will forever be my favorite pitcher ever. Never afraid to be himself, on and off the field.
Well....he also can't help it.
I also as a Royals and Brewers fan.
Royals fan as well. This guy is gold. While I imagine meeting him would be weird and anti-climatic, I would take the opportunity.
I watched Zack throw 20 strikeouts for the Royals against the Indians in 2009, dude is definitely one of the most talented pitchers of all time and definitely a Hall of Famer. His mind for the game is also unlike any other player I've seen, in a way he's kind of like the Bill Belicheck(sp.) of baseball. And as someone who's biggest enemy is myself the majority of the time due to the myriad of mental health issues I deal with, being able to see Zack still put in work after almost 20 years while dealing with similar issues, makes him one of my biggest heroes in all of sports. Thanks for just being you, Zack! Go, Royals! 💙
I love how Grenkie legit was going to quit baseball to be a garbage man. Just wait give it a few years and I bet grenkie is doing normal people stuff
He’s going to unretire and come back, win a Cy Young, and then leave again
@@thesmall_lebowskii7760 He's going to retire, go play hockey for a season and come back as a short stop winning a GG and a SS
Always been a fan of Zack, he reminds me of pro chess players, where's he an absolute genius with some serious talent, but he doesn't "play" he "preforms". His flip outs and weird habits line up with some of the greatest chess grandmasters in history.
My friend was at a D'Backs game and this dad got his attention and asked him to sign a ball for his daughter's b-day. He responded by shaking his head and returning to his conversation. 😂
Shit I expect that from him. 😂😂😂
As someone on the autism spectrum, I definitely get the feeling Greinke is as well. I'm guilty of a lot of the seemingly off-putting behavior as well, but it can just boil down to stress and fear of human interaction, or performing well in front of a crowd, etc.. that can lead to social anxiety and self doubt. Every time I hear Greinke speak, I'm further convinced he has ASD.
i kinda thought this too, but i was like hmmm I'm thinking too much about this, about him being on the spectrum.
As someone with bipolar disorder, he probably BPD
I see more SAD than ASD tbh.
@@DaveeeeeeyhowyoudoingI have borderline. He obviously has it, it’s glaring
I'm also on the spectrum and I've always liked Greinke for that reason.
I mean maybe he doesn't have it, there's no way to be sure unless I know him personally. But I've always looked at him like, 'that's one of us. That's an extremely successful version of us'.
From all reports, particularly when he’s meeting young fans, he’s an incredibly lovely guy too.
It’s honestly inspiring as someone with Generalized Anxiety Disorder to see someone with Social Anxiety Disorder be in such a pressure filled position and be so successful at it
dude...so close to 3,000. I think he, like Waino just spent 1 too many season in the game yet while I love and respect Adam Zack is a HOF level player.
8:24 That is the most savage story I have heard of Greinke. A pitcher telling you to just hit home runs like him. LMAO.
Imagine if shohei went up to trout like that and said that lol
I remember 2005 being at a Royals game. The BIG SCREEN showed him saying this guys gonna be future of pitching. I remeber thinking let's see what bro will become. Here I am 2024 watching videos about him
Zack: Do more of that
Alex Gordon: 🧍♂️
Self-reflection isn’t easy, but it allows you to think critically and boost self-awareness. Greinke the GOAT!
Definitely has a touch of the Tism
Him and Trevor Bauer too
I enjoyed watching him when he played for Houston. I even saw him live in Oakland, and he got the W.
always been a fan of him, thanks for the video!
He was pitching in detroit his 2nd to last start and I just had to be there to see him play in person. Plus I wanted to see one last rematch of miggy vs greinke and it was awesome! Got a couple cool videos on my phone too!
I'm so glad he's been, and currently is, a Royal. I think the Alex Gordon story is my favorite one. There's still time to help other teammates out of their future slumps. It will work. How could it not?
I was at Zack's high school graduation. He went to high with my sister in law.
i remember there was one game with Houston where he is pitching and then he talks to the catcher with the other teams batter in the batters box (i also think this was 2020 as well) and he just says all the pitches he was going to use and what signs that would be for fun.
_The Dollop_ podcast has a hilarious episode about Rube Waddell. Absolutely worth a listen. It's hysterical
Brilliant, I need to start calling on the first base ump for my check swings too.
Being from a software engineering i know alot of people like this. One of my friends had a very primising offer to an international research station only to deny it and go fry chicken because that was his true dream .
Honorable mention of when he went and sat in the bleachers by himself during the Covid season with the Astros lol
Haha. Greinke with the Dodgers at a players meeting when they ask if anyone has anything to say,”It has come to my attention that some of you don’t wash you’re hands after using the bathroom. That’s gross.” Team, “Anything else?” …..Greinke”No.”
Raise your hand if you think MTC is the goat
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He is one of my fav pitchers.
probably one of my favorite players
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I remember his response shortly after Mac said that to him. I was right there! Shortly after the door to Buddy's office was closed. Allard, Zack and Buddy in that room.
He is great
I love Greinke and it hurts that we couldn’t win him a ring in 2019.
I love these videos man I know baseball but not enough and these videos are always interesting good for when I’m cooking
Did Clemens dirty with that pic😂
There's a movie, if I'm being honest it's not too great, called "A Mile in His Shoes." I personally liked the movie but the more I watched it the more I thought of Zach Grienke. And, if you've watched it or choose to watch it now, I mean that in the best way possible. Baseball needs more Grienkes.
Ok, truly he absolutly has to become a hitting coach.
I wish we could see what his career woulda been like as a shortstop too.
8:07 You didn't explicitly say it was, but that wasn't Greinke's first at-bat. First game hitting, but 2nd AB
It was the way he said it, something like had his first at bat, THEN hit his first HR. He was saying it was his 2nd AB but didn't explicitly say it so easily confused.
Another one who was ahead of his time.
If he was rising up right now, they'd definitely groom him to be a 2 way player like Ohtani.
Ima miss Zack when he’s gone, childhood hero of mine
hes only 39 lol will probs outlive the both of us
Likely his social anxiety issues that made him react that way to being called up to the mlb. He's such a great example of what people can accomplish even on a huge public stage with those hardships
That Grienke curve/ephis broke mvp baseball on the ps2
Be a shame if he retires coming off this season with a record of 2-15...a true American original
The Dodgers flew to Australia in 2014 to open the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks...IMO....I believe Zach complained of back problems to before the trip...Being quite familiar with anxiety disorder with one of my daughters...The thought of flying over the ocean may have terrified him.
Thats a nice-looking shaving razor
My favorite player of all time. He should have won the cy young in 2015. Jake only won because he had more wins. I'm probably wrong but I think that and SO were the only stats Jake had more of than Greinke.
That was quite possibly the most normal fact about spaceman you coulda said lol
Excellent video!
This man deserves his flowers
Greinke is the real life equivalent of an anime protagonist who is oblivious to the world but possesses unnatural powers.
I love your videos man, always informative and very well edited! the only piece of feedback I have is that your delivery is a bit repetitive, I think people refer to it as the "RUclipsr accent".
Reporter: how you feel about your performance today?
Greinki: “good it was lot people there”
😂
Its kinda nice that Zachs last game was 5 shutout against the Yankees.
Zack Greinke is Hall of Fame material.
Zack Grienkes spirit animal is Zack Grienke in the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day 1 of asking for Barry bonds
my cousin is a Zack, these guys r just crazy and wild af 😂
Would have loved to see him play two ways
Excellent vid.
Zack isn't a 1-in a-million. He's definitely a One-of a-Kind.
Zack is the best
Every time I see this dude, I see the real life Slingblade.
His Ks are now really close to 3,000
I was born the year the royals drafted him and he’s still in the blue 🥲
Can’t believe he roasted chipotle publicly for raising the price of guac 30 cents 😂😂😂
Don’t forget about his 13 games with the Angels
Im so bummed we weren’t able to get Zack that ring in 2019😭😭
I think dude just wanted to play shortstop before he was dyagnosed with depression and social anxiety. But after that he probably just changed his mind and thought that it was something big to be a pitcher in the major leagues. In my eyes, he was just a lazy genius of an athlete, approaching votto like that and the fact that he didn't need to practice a lot of times the 2-seamer after not using it for years just shows what a talent he had, and how "lazy" he was
Thanks
Zach's the kinda guy to miss his wedding and go fishing instead
Zack about to go buy a lawnmower and fulfill his dream of cutting grass!
He'll absolutely love it!
He was great, he was weird, but I'm betting after a 1-15 season with a very high 5 plus ERA he'll probably retire. I guess that's why I used "was." He was really, really smart in a Rainman kind of way.
One of the most odd combinations of talented, humble, and…ODD!
1 of 5 pitchers to K over 1000 different batters? Sounds like a hall of famer to me
It's a little misleading considering that more players play in today's game then ever before, and the number had been growing significantly since the 90s. It's still very impressive and HOF worthy imo though.
Definitely a HOFer
career 77.5 WAR, he's a lock. Probably first ballot.
I identify with Zack Greinke more than any other player in MLB. I have autism.
I noticed about halfway through that the tone of every sentence is the fucking same as well as the pacing and now I am losing my mind as it just continues. I thought you might break it up, but you aren't. You say something and make a comment and then end HERE. Then you build on that and say something else and then THIS. I'm going crazy.
I appreciate that most of the big baseball channels are still uploading as if the playoffs weren't happening, but I notice theres an extremely stark amount of modern content, I would love to have daily, or even weekly topical videos discussing the interesting things of the playoffs, without the classic espn style talking head.
Zach’s maybe the most autistic person ever and god do I love him
He could've been a shortstop. If he had everyday batting reps he'd be a better hitter and as a pitcher he has an OPS in the .500s and we know he's an elite defender. Probably wouldn't've been as good but who knows. Either way he would've been a big leaguer.
Zack greinke looks like he would make a new pitch
He is not paying extra for gauc.
Zach is weirdly good
I’ve always said I have Kershaw on my left and Greinke on my right shoulder. I often go Greinke when I look for advise. Not that he’s a Sith Lord he’s just more of a neutral do your own thing guy.
I still think Rube Waddell was the weirdest in mlb history. Greinke didn't have to be restsined from chasing fire wagons down the street...wadell did
He's like Nikola Jokic, great at his sport, but seems like he doesn't like it. It's so easy for him he thinks everyone else is just dumb lol
Steve Lyons. John Kruk.
ZG is KC.
Bro I heard one of the teams Manny ramirez played for realized they had an extra million bucks on their books and when they looked into it apparently it was a check Manny got that he framed and put up on his wall instead of cashing. Lol idk if that's true but wouldn't surprise me if it happened
That's a Rickey story as far as I'm aware
Couldn't make it through halfway point of the video. Narrator was driving me crazy with the end of every single sentence being annoyingly punctuated in an irritating cliche of RUclips's version of "sing songy". Which is fine since nothing to that point remotely seemed like his subject was the "weirdest player in history".
Dodgers Zack was the best
Yes there will be another Zack Greinke. His name will be Grack Zeinke, he will be from Bizarro's home world.
Angels too
Just wait until I make it to the league
I don't think he's weird