Medium was the hardest for me, the peak of his success happened during a time where I wasn't following baseball closely. Easy & Hard were pretty much instant connections though
Same here. Easy clicked pretty fast once I got around the “oh, he was in Texas?” Mental block, and hard was an instant get for me as an Angels fan. Medium was the hardest because that answer took some mental digging.
As an Angels fan love seeing Darin Erstad on this and hoping this pushes for a Jolly Olive video on him. 3 GGs at 3 different positions, one of the most ridiculous outlier seasons ever, interesting career for sure
For the first time in my 27 years, I feel old. To hear that Max was 7 years old in 2009, when Darin Erstad retired, that put my life into perspective. I was 7 years old when the Angels won the World Series, which is really the only reason I knew who the final one was. I was literally running through the lineup in my head. I guess it helps to have "been there," in a sense!
Medium was probably the hardest one for me today. Easy was super easy, and I grew up in a house full of Angels fans, so I knew what hard was immediately (the memory of Erstad catching the final out of the 2002 World Series gets brought up by my dad quite often)
Rare perfect game for me. It helps that A) at 41, I'm older than everyone in the video and most of the other commenters, so skewing farther back in time is good for me, and B) as a Nats fan, I absorbed a fair amount of "#1 Overall Pick" trivia with Strasburg and Harper. Also, as an old person, I've suggested this once before, but I'll suggest it again: fathers of current major leaguers.
a cool theme could be "what-ifs" - great young players who got hurt and ended their career / never played at that level again. Mark Prior for example. Or speaking of Mark Prior, could do current MLB coaches
got a good idea for Ref Guess. players who have 15 years in the majors, and has double digit homers every year since their debut (so if they missed a full season, they dont count), regardless of games played that year. for reference, Will Clark also for a bonus question, active players who have recorded 10 years of major league service time and double digit homers every year of their career (inspired by Cutch)
As an Angels fan I got Darin Erstad in a millisecond. He was obviously a very good all-around player, but his 2000 season is arguably one of the greatest "fluke" seasons ever.
Bonus facts on hard that shouldn't spoil the answer: He's also the only player ever to win a Gold Glove at both infield and outfield positions. One time collegiate punter for Nebraska too.
Fun facts: Darin Erstad caught the final out of the 2002 World Series and was a punter on one of Nebraska's National Championship winning football teams.
Oh man i don’t even know what couls be an easy one with less than 5yrs in MLB, was there ever a player who had like one monster MVP season and then immediately had a career ending injury?
I got Erstad in like 5 seconds because one of the most vivid childhood baseball memories of mine (not sure why but it is) was him catching the final out of the WS.
I got Erstad right away but thats because he's a former Husker and I know my Huskers lol. that 2000 season he had was incredible, shame he doesn't get more credit for it
11:58 I was sitting here like "ugh I know it's not David Eckstein but it's the other little white dude with a similar name who played for the Angels and not the Cardinals" so I was kinda right?
I knew that was Erstad's numbers, but I forgot he was taken #1 overall. On the last one, I correctly guessed Griffey and Baines, but incorrectly guessed Winfield instead of Chipper...
Medium for me I got almost instantly. Im a tigers fan and I knew he was there for the World Series run in 2012 and that he ended his career with the orioles
So you just reminded me of something. Don Mattingly, Sal Bando, Bernie Williams, Mark Teixeira, Curt Schilling, and David Wright will never make cooperstown but Harold Freaking Baines is in… make it make sense
I could see Bernie Williams getting in someday if Joe Torre ends up on a committee and lobbies hard for him like LaRussa did with Baines. But no, it doesn't make sense.
@@joekuhn5608 Agreed, Bernie is exactly the type of guy that gets in on the Veterans Committee. Schilling will definitely get in at some point and if Mattingly keeps showing up on Veterans Committee ballots I think he’ll get enough votes at some point. They’re all more deserving than Baines for sure
Here's some ideas Players with first and last names that start with the same letter Players with last names that could be first names Players that won a world series in their rookie year
The only 1 out of the 6 I couldn't remember was Baines. I was thinking Reggie or Seaver. Erstad was a little easier guess than Delmon Young, for me. Gonzalez, Griffey and Chipper were easy answers.
Can we just mention how the 2nd player (no spoiler) retired after batting .270 and he would practically be leading the white sox with in batting average with those stats
I got Adrian Gonzalez and darren erstad immediately saw Adrian Gonzalez hit 3 hr in one minor league game against new Orleans in Metairie before getting called up to texas...delmon young i was stumped on was going with Justin upton or rocco baldelli i was wrong on delmon young
Everyone commenting how they didn't realize Adrian Gonzalez started his MLB career with the Rangers. How many knew he was the first overall pick in 2000 by the ... Marlins? Part of the Ugueth Urbina deal to get him to Arlington, and then I think it was like Sledge/Otsuka for his Padres trade?
Just looked up Harold Baines stats.... wow. So not a HOFer. Didn't hit any of the good counting stats, didn't have any good individual years, didn't have a good stretch... was bad on defense... like wtf?!
Idk why but it makes me sick that most of them have no idea of any players from 2010 and on. The 90s and 00s have probably the best personalities of all time.
I'm kinda annoyed that the black hole of my mind erased all memories of the 2003 draft when I got to Medium because I got Darin Erstad and the trivia questions instantly. Anyways, still hoping for a Deadball Era Stars or a 80s/90s All-Stars category, because it's fun finally seeing a gap in Max Mannis's baseball knowledge.
The hard one stumped me (I guessed Tim Salmon), but since it stumped Max too, I don't feel quite as bad about not getting it
I knew it wasn't TIm, simply cause the home runs. Tim was getting 20 to 30 home runs regularly for a while
Good call on 240 hits Dalton, the last time anyone had 240 was the season after , when Ichiro! had 242. Arraez is only on pace for 228.
Ichiro also had 262 in 2004
@@JGun101 Thanks for the correction, I glossed over that in the list, probably because 262 is a made up number.
Ichiro also did it 3 years later when he broke Wee Willie Keelers single season hits record with a total of 262.
Babe come here, new ref guess dropped
Medium was the hardest for me, the peak of his success happened during a time where I wasn't following baseball closely. Easy & Hard were pretty much instant connections though
Same here. Easy clicked pretty fast once I got around the “oh, he was in Texas?” Mental block, and hard was an instant get for me as an Angels fan. Medium was the hardest because that answer took some mental digging.
"I was seven years old when this guy retired [in 2009]" really cut me deep.
Wow, imagine pounding out 240 hits, batting .355, smacking 25 homers, driving in 100 runs, stealing 28 bags and only finishing 8th in the MVP voting.
As an Angels fan love seeing Darin Erstad on this and hoping this pushes for a Jolly Olive video on him. 3 GGs at 3 different positions, one of the most ridiculous outlier seasons ever, interesting career for sure
Go Big Red!
For the first time in my 27 years, I feel old. To hear that Max was 7 years old in 2009, when Darin Erstad retired, that put my life into perspective. I was 7 years old when the Angels won the World Series, which is really the only reason I knew who the final one was. I was literally running through the lineup in my head. I guess it helps to have "been there," in a sense!
Likewise lol I'm also 27 and it freaked me out a little, I was in high school by the time Erstad retired 😅
I was 4
Now I feel really old, I was 7 when the earthquake halted the World Series with Oakland and SF.
Medium was probably the hardest one for me today. Easy was super easy, and I grew up in a house full of Angels fans, so I knew what hard was immediately (the memory of Erstad catching the final out of the 2002 World Series gets brought up by my dad quite often)
I was literally just thinking/wondering last episode if Jolly was ever going to actually compete in RefGuess/MLBConnect. Super cool!
Rare perfect game for me. It helps that A) at 41, I'm older than everyone in the video and most of the other commenters, so skewing farther back in time is good for me, and B) as a Nats fan, I absorbed a fair amount of "#1 Overall Pick" trivia with Strasburg and Harper.
Also, as an old person, I've suggested this once before, but I'll suggest it again: fathers of current major leaguers.
Ref Guess is my favorite series on yt
Keep em comin' Mr. Olive!
Funny to see jolly be crushed by the pressure of his own game
a cool theme could be "what-ifs" - great young players who got hurt and ended their career / never played at that level again. Mark Prior for example. Or speaking of Mark Prior, could do current MLB coaches
Darin Erstad was easier for me than medium for some reason.
Me too! But I'm a Houston fan and saw them then the Ana years and I was like yeah I know who that is lol
Yeah I’m an angels fan and you could’ve just said CF for the 2002 team and I get that one…had no idea on the first 2 though
I got all three but they definitely mixed them up. I thought medium could possibly be BJ Upton. I got Erstad instantly.
The Delmon Young one confused me until I realized he signed that cheap contract with the Phillies after having a breakout 2012 playoff run.
Damn! I live a mile from Optimism Brewing and want to come see y’all but I’ll be AT the Allstar game that day!!
got a good idea for Ref Guess. players who have 15 years in the majors, and has double digit homers every year since their debut (so if they missed a full season, they dont count), regardless of games played that year. for reference, Will Clark
also for a bonus question, active players who have recorded 10 years of major league service time and double digit homers every year of their career (inspired by Cutch)
Why is there no PAUSE? Jolly we need to do better paap! haha jk 😂 love this series, keep killing it Jomboy media team!
As an Angels fan I got Darin Erstad in a millisecond. He was obviously a very good all-around player, but his 2000 season is arguably one of the greatest "fluke" seasons ever.
Bonus facts on hard that shouldn't spoil the answer: He's also the only player ever to win a Gold Glove at both infield and outfield positions. One time collegiate punter for Nebraska too.
As an angels fan as soon as I saw the last one the iconic “Erstad says he has it!” Call came into my head.
Not only was Erstad a CF, he caught the final out of the 2002 World Series...in Center Field.
I remember Erstad had a home plate collision that led to a little brawl. He may have been with the ChiSox then.
Fun facts: Darin Erstad caught the final out of the 2002 World Series and was a punter on one of Nebraska's National Championship winning football teams.
Max: 'I was seven years old when this guy retired' [2009]
Me: _existential crisis_
Can you do one based off short careers, 5 years or less maybe
Oh man i don’t even know what couls be an easy one with less than 5yrs in MLB, was there ever a player who had like one monster MVP season and then immediately had a career ending injury?
@@BendyDH Brandon Webb would be a good fit
@@BendyDH poor taste, but I'm thinking players who died young like Yordano Ventura or Jose Fernandez
missed the Erstad. Knew it wasn't Garret Anderson since Anderson had a Braves stint. Thought Troy Glaus but I was wrong.
Troy Glaus also had a Braves stint. Is that ironic?
Random coincidence about Jermaine Dye since Dalton brought him up: He also started his career in 1996 and was also 6th in RoY voting that year.
The Troy Glauss reference sent me tripping through childhood baseball memories I didn’t know I had.
I got Erstad in like 5 seconds because one of the most vivid childhood baseball memories of mine (not sure why but it is) was him catching the final out of the WS.
My friends and I do this all the time with random guys. It’s my favorite game.
seeing BBD not just run every table every time blows me away. he's such a lock to clean up on these things...but didn't know the erstwhile Erstad!
It’s crazy how bad I am at the easy medium and hard questions while being so good at the winners circle question.
I got Erstad right away but thats because he's a former Husker and I know my Huskers lol. that 2000 season he had was incredible, shame he doesn't get more credit for it
“He retired when I was seven”. Jesus that makes me feel old 😆
11:58 I was sitting here like "ugh I know it's not David Eckstein but it's the other little white dude with a similar name who played for the Angels and not the Cardinals" so I was kinda right?
I knew that was Erstad's numbers, but I forgot he was taken #1 overall. On the last one, I correctly guessed Griffey and Baines, but incorrectly guessed Winfield instead of Chipper...
I love when people say "I wouldn't have gotten it" uuhhhh.....duh u didn't get it lmao
By far my best performance. Got Adrian Gonzalez, Darrin Erstad and Griffey. 😎👍
Interesting that the theme didn't seem to play into the guessing today. Like no one pondered that aloud while trying to figure it out.
Hard one clicked instantly, that Show card is fuego
Imagine only being a fan when your alive. True fans know all eras
Medium for me I got almost instantly. Im a tigers fan and I knew he was there for the World Series run in 2012 and that he ended his career with the orioles
Whew..glad i got the first one right
Ay Harold Baines is the man!
So you just reminded me of something. Don Mattingly, Sal Bando, Bernie Williams, Mark Teixeira, Curt Schilling, and David Wright will never make cooperstown but Harold Freaking Baines is in… make it make sense
I could see Bernie Williams getting in someday if Joe Torre ends up on a committee and lobbies hard for him like LaRussa did with Baines. But no, it doesn't make sense.
@@joekuhn5608 Agreed, Bernie is exactly the type of guy that gets in on the Veterans Committee. Schilling will definitely get in at some point and if Mattingly keeps showing up on Veterans Committee ballots I think he’ll get enough votes at some point. They’re all more deserving than Baines for sure
my favorite dodger ever A-Gon 🔥🔥🔥
Here's some ideas
Players with first and last names that start with the same letter
Players with last names that could be first names
Players that won a world series in their rookie year
Golden Spikes/Dick Howser Award/College World Series MVP theme soon please.
My first thought was "Ok so this guy was definitely in the Delmon Young trade." Turns out he is in fact the Delmon Young trade.
Hard was the easiest for me… I am an Angels fan though. Got Easy almost right away, but missed medium
The only 1 out of the 6 I couldn't remember was Baines. I was thinking Reggie or Seaver.
Erstad was a little easier guess than Delmon Young, for me. Gonzalez, Griffey and Chipper were easy answers.
how did i get Harold Baines but not Chipper?
Woooooow Lucas stumped max
missed delmon young, that was tougher for me than erstad
My '00s baseball knowledge did not let me down. 3/3.
Jolly Olive got so hard on that one
Another one where i was able to instantly get the hard one but failed on the medium one
i will never let anyone sneak that 20000 season of darin erstad by me ever again
harold baines is not in the Hall of Fame. he is in LaRussa's HoF. no one elses. (love you harold, it just is what it is, man).
Can we just mention how the 2nd player (no spoiler) retired after batting .270 and he would practically be leading the white sox with in batting average with those stats
Hard was the hardest for me. I didn’t grow up in that era.
Kinda crazy that it was unanimously thought that Cal Ripken was a first overall pick.
I got Adrian Gonzalez and darren erstad immediately saw Adrian Gonzalez hit 3 hr in one minor league game against new Orleans in Metairie before getting called up to texas...delmon young i was stumped on was going with Justin upton or rocco baldelli i was wrong on delmon young
I’m surprised only one person guessed chipper jones for the final question tbh
centerfield to 1st base should b the dead giveaway if you dont recognize the 2000 year
Holy shit 240 hits is a LOT for that one Erstad season. Wow
Got all 3
I could have sworn Delmond Young played 3+ years with the tigers
My dad coached against erstad when he was high school only reason and he’s one 10 mlb players for ND only reason I knew that
Love that I wore my IKF shirt and this released on a day he homered
The teacher has become the master
Not a thumbnail typo ☠️
Joe Mauer will be the fourth #1 pick to be elected to the hall.
And out the others left, Bryce Harper will be the next after that. Voters will not forgive A-Rod soon enough.
Everyone commenting how they didn't realize Adrian Gonzalez started his MLB career with the Rangers. How many knew he was the first overall pick in 2000 by the ... Marlins? Part of the Ugueth Urbina deal to get him to Arlington, and then I think it was like Sledge/Otsuka for his Padres trade?
Chris Young the pitcher was in that trade too
Just looked up Harold Baines stats.... wow. So not a HOFer. Didn't hit any of the good counting stats, didn't have any good individual years, didn't have a good stretch... was bad on defense... like wtf?!
Idk why but it makes me sick that most of them have no idea of any players from 2010 and on. The 90s and 00s have probably the best personalities of all time.
The first one was soo easy [ Adrian Gonzalez]
Easy ✅
Medium ✅
Hard ✅
I got 2 of the 3 as well, jolly
When's the last time someone had more than 240 hits (non-Ichiro)? - - - 1930!
That Darren Erstad season deserves WAY more recognition.
Darin Erstad kinda looks like Pat MacAfee on that picture
Funny cause Erstad was also a punter in college
@@kyleroberts9612 oh wow, that makes it better
Love Dalton but Dewayne Wise may be one of the worst guesses ever 😂
lol especially since his famous catch to save Mark Buerhle's perfect game happened in 2009 (when Erstad wasn't even on the White Sox anymore)
3/3 and a full sweep of the bonus. Let’s go!
Did not get hard more or Chipper Jones, but knew Harold Baines lol
I'm still waiting for that official Kind sponsorship baby
"Tim Salmon" ??? Pffft, please.
Darin erstad is white????
I'm kinda annoyed that the black hole of my mind erased all memories of the 2003 draft when I got to Medium because I got Darin Erstad and the trivia questions instantly.
Anyways, still hoping for a Deadball Era Stars or a 80s/90s All-Stars category, because it's fun finally seeing a gap in Max Mannis's baseball knowledge.
Darin erstad is the easiest
You were 7 in 2009? Lie again bro. You look 40 😂
Delmon Young was a dude I really enjoyed watching play growing up. As a Yankees fan I’m shocked joez missed that one.
My god y’all are so young…
Jolly wins? #rigged 🤣
thank you for using A-GON he the goat
Medium got me. I just automatically thought Baldelli.
I finally got a hard in Ref Guess, and it was one Max didn't get. All of the pride.
We should doa theme where a player played for over half a division.
Hellllooooo reminds me of Seinfeld