The man was obviously a hustler. He told people he'd never played poker in order to destroy them, and he deliberately avoided hitting for years. He even threw in the awful at bat against the Reds to lull people to sleep. All about the long con.
MANCHESTER UNITED because poor people can play it. That game is like the only sport we are bad at because most American kids play sports that are more enjoyable to play rather than kicking a ball around for 90 minutes. There’s a reason y’all suck at baseball but we only sort of suck at soccer.
@@johnedwardsficklecock3319 "sort of suck at soccer" No offense dude, but the American football teams are a joke, last world cup they failed to qualify, while panama made it in.
Koo was a left-hander because he injured his right. Originally born right handed he completely changed his dominant hand just to play baseball... the guy just loves baseball.
Not a pitcher, but Randy "Macho Man" Savage (yes, that Macho Man, from the WWE) had a brief minor league stint as a catcher with the Cardinals organization, and he made the transition from righty to lefty after injuring his right shoulder in a collision at the plate.
At 6:50 when David Wright turns into the dugout, he's laughing and pointing towards Mike Piazza. Just prior to Koo's at-bat, Piazza said "If [Koo] gets a hit, I'll donate a million dollars to charity."
The reason he's laughing is even funnier: Mike Piazza had just said, "If this guy gets on base, I'll donate, like, a million dollars to charity." He's turning and laughing at Piazza.
It's impossible not to smile when Mariah Carey's Fantasy starts playing in this video. I dare you not to smile. This video is so great because it's about something so insignificant in the world of baseball. It may not have been the most exciting thing to happen in New York sports that day, but he still makes it into magic.
The editing on this was genius. *Crack* and then seeing the outfielder drifting toward the wall while jamming out to Mariah Carey. I couldn't help myself, I just burst out laughing and kept going for a few minutes. It was simply beautiful.
He's a relief pitcher. If he's only pitching 1 or 2 innings here and there every season, he could pitch a long time as long as he stays healthy. It's the same reason knuckleball pitchers last so long in the Majors.... the knuckleball is a less taxing pitch on the arm.
I just watched this again for the 3rd time for the absolutely stunning Randy Johnson intro. Also Koo Dae-Sung has a .500 mlb batting average according to baseball reference.
please bring this series back. The part where Mariah Carey's voice sync's with his hit will be with me the rest of my life. When I have a bad day, I'm coming back to this video.
Jon, you are seriously one of my favorite contemporary writers, and PRETTY GOOD is a perfect example of why. It might make me sound crazy but I don't care: when I'm feeling really down and I need something that'll make me shed tears of joy, I watch this video. Because it reminds me that it's all worth it. If you're watching this video, if you're reading this comment right now, and you feel like sometimes life is an endless drag and there isn't a point just remember this story. Remember that sometimes the little guy doesn't just win, he absolutely blows everyone's expectations out of the water. Sports stories are human stories at the end of the day. and a lot of the time that means they're predictable. The Pats go to the super bowl, the Yankees go to the World Series. But sometimes they're unexpected and wonderful. Sometimes a 35 yr old Korean relief pitcher gets to make Randy Johnson look like a complete asshat. Whether you think that's dumb luck, a hustle years in the making, or divine providence, who cares? It's pretty good.
@@nathanchildress5596I think it's more impressive that on his first ever swing in a professional game, he almost hit a home run off of one of the greatest pitchers of all time is what makes it the ultimate pitcher hitting moment. If it was a home run, probably the greatest pitcher hitting a home run moment of all time
@@queenautumnween2796 It's an awesome moment, no doubt about it, but I dunno about 'greatest'. Bartolo Colon was a famously bad hitting pitcher, to the point he would wear an extra big helmet because he knew the crowd loved it when he swung and missed so bad it would fall off. So when he went deep against the Padres when he was in his 40s the whole league went nuts. Also there's the multiple Madison Bumgarner grand slams, an insanely rare feat for a pitcher in baseball.
Great video, but how did you not include the fact that he struck out Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada before his at bat, and then struck out Robinson Cano to start the next inning?
At 5:03, the moment I saw who the pitcher was, I pissed myself a little. The one man in History that you don't EVER want to throw a ball in your direction.
@@kvltizt I would pick literally everyone on your list to get thrown at before I had to be thrown at by Randy Johnson. Others may throw faster, but Johnson's level of 'don't care what happens to you if you're downrange' is much higher than the rest of them.
Same. Legend has it, one rookie stepped up to the plate, saw Randy on the mound, and all of the color rushed from their face. Randy just smiled and started his windup.
"If you had one shot to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it or just let it slip?" -Marshall Mathers, 2002 That quote represents Koo Dae-Sung's day of victory to me.
I remember working in Korea in 2005 when this made the highlight reel on prime time national news. This man was a legend in Korea long before he crossed the pond at age 35. To anyone who's never had to hit a baseball professionally, I dare you to face Randy Johnson 60'6" away, just make eye contact and not pee in your pants.
Still one of my favorite videos ever. The whole Randy Johnson segment was perfect, great for anyone that knows who he is and great for anyone that doesn’t know who he is. The music and everything was great. It would seem tough to follow that up but you top it like always Jon.
Still Pretty Good, Jon, after almost two years on this here internet. Have you ever considered translating this video to Korean? I bet you could easily hit over a million views with the proper localization. Remember that one time that crazy Korean rapper had the most popular video on youtube? That could be you this time, Jon. Look at you; you are the crazy Korean rapper now.
Yes and no, yes because Koreans actually like those stories, and no because it is already well-known among KBO fans. Did you ever know Lotte Giants pitcher Son Min-han stroke out A-rod with 3 pitches? Every KBO fan knows.
@@SimuLord yeah that's probably the closest thing in sports history. a below average MLB hitter was made into a pitcher just because a couple people said he was good at it during the war, and now he's in the goddamn hall of fame.
Speaking of overspecialization in the modern day, I just realized that your job is 'making graphs and moving 3D real-world images related to sporting events'. Like DANG that's specific.
Rumor has it that Mariah Carey's record label saw this video and was about to flag it for using their copywrited song until Mariah herself stopped them and said wait a minute, I like this. Leave it up, it's pretty good.
When the stats on Randy Johnson start coming up, I say, out loud, having never seen this video before, "KILLED A BIRD." I 'm ready for the disappointment of it not coming up. It's just a video on the internet. One shouldn't really have such unrealistic exp-OMG there it is! Thank you, Jon Bois.
If you know Hyun Jin Ryu, current Toronto Blue Jays pitcher and former LA Dodgers pitcher, you know his change-up. The person to teach him change-up is Dae-Sung Koo.
Oh yeah. IN one of his Chart Party Videos, on a desk you can see 9 10 and JUICE. Theres another Chart Party all about the browns and how they live in hell, and how right after the Miracle that Keeps everyone alive happens, the Browns win a Superbowl, later which it had been posited that the Miracle was really just heaven. It's all connected, man. Every piece of his work back from the days when he wrote "The Dugout" all influenced 17776. Koy Detmer. I didn't even see that. Pretty good eye there.
I've come back to rewatch this video over the years more than any other RUclips video. Usually I just watch whatever is new in my sub feed and then forget about it. Pretty good holds a special place in my heart though. It's like an old favorite TV show, no matter how many times I see it, it's still great.
Jon I just want you to know that you tell stories so well. I have heard you tell this story a dozen times and each time it always brings a smile to my face. Thanks for sharing your talent and this story with us.
As amazing of a creator as John bois is this may be my favorite video from him. The editing the buildup all the details turn a “pretty good” story to something you can’t take your eyes off of. Just hope we see his content more often on sb nation
I love how happy his team is for him when he gets on base. You can tell that Dae-Sung had been talking about and practicing batting ever since his last appearance, just waiting for the chance to get on base next chance he had, and his whole team was there with him, showing all the excitement that Dae-Sung was trying to hide so he looked like a professional.
Koo played in the Australian ball until last year, well into his 50s. He now manages a team of former KBO leaguers and Korean MiLB players in Australian league. That guy just lives baseball.
Ya know, I loved McCarver as a player in the ‘60’s & ‘70’s; as a broadcaster, not so much. He just loves the sound of his own voice, thinks he’s the smartest guy at the game. As Howard Cosell said of Oscar Madison in a classic episode of the Odd Couple, he’s an inane drone.
This is awesome and i love the whole series. One thing that pointed out to me is the specialzation bit and that how it is so true in almost every sport but soccer, where players are progressively more demanded to be more versatile at every position: footplay on goalkeepers, more and more precise pass game, position switches/reliefs, etc
I'm going to miss NL baseball so much. You have moments like this and Colon's HR that will never happen again unless you have an Ohtani-level talent out there.
The best part about this video is the reaction of David Wright, who is reacting the same way I imagine a 12 year kid would react if you told him that the school year was cancelled for Summer Vacation 2: Electric Boogaloo
That intro for randy really had me thinking Koo would just dissolve into baseball-scented dust before the ball was even over the plate. In the words of the famous -sports- commentator Griffin McElroy: "Holy shit, big unit!"
This is like the antithesis of the modern mets. The world, stars, and sky aligned for a man who had no business doing anything positive actually do something positive
In professional wrestling terms, Randy Johnson was introduced like a monster heel and Koo getting one off on him is like some random jobber taking a shot and rolling him up
That’s the thing about baseball. I’m not much of a fan and I think most of the time the game is pretty boring. But every once in a while something amazing happens and you can’t help but get sucked into that energy of collective awe and sheer fucking joy.
4 years AFTER this video was published, at the age of 48, Koo Dae-Sung pitched 1 scoreless inning for Geelong-Korea of the Australian Baseball League
He did it again at 53, his final appearance
No way
@@chrisandwillhobbies My god, this man should be immortalized by any mean by that point...
let's go dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Breh lmaoo.
The man was obviously a hustler.
He told people he'd never played poker in order to destroy them, and he deliberately avoided hitting for years. He even threw in the awful at bat against the Reds to lull people to sleep.
All about the long con.
@MANCHESTER UNITED So?
MANCHESTER UNITED who gives a shit? This is a baseball video. If it was a soccer video and I came to post about baseball what would you say?
@MANCHESTER UNITED Soccer sucks tho
MANCHESTER UNITED because poor people can play it. That game is like the only sport we are bad at because most American kids play sports that are more enjoyable to play rather than kicking a ball around for 90 minutes. There’s a reason y’all suck at baseball but we only sort of suck at soccer.
@@johnedwardsficklecock3319 "sort of suck at soccer" No offense dude, but the American football teams are a joke, last world cup they failed to qualify, while panama made it in.
Koo was a left-hander because he injured his right. Originally born right handed he completely changed his dominant hand just to play baseball... the guy just loves baseball.
So Goro Shigeno from Major is loosely based on him? That's amazing.
Matthew Laird this man is just a badass
Matthew Laird Billy Wagner had a very similar route. Had to change throwing hands!
Matthew Laird
similarly, hyun-jin ryu, a natural righty, is a lefty pitcher because his first ever glove as a little kid was a lefty glove
Not a pitcher, but Randy "Macho Man" Savage (yes, that Macho Man, from the WWE) had a brief minor league stint as a catcher with the Cardinals organization, and he made the transition from righty to lefty after injuring his right shoulder in a collision at the plate.
That Randy Johnson segment made him look like a total badass
The Jack dude Randy Johnson was/is a total badass haha
Randy Johnson doesn't need any help with that 😂😂
A total badass who got finessed by a 35-year-old pitcher in a starter jacket twice.
Anyone can have an off day in a 21-year career.
He was a total badass.
At 6:50 when David Wright turns into the dugout, he's laughing and pointing towards Mike Piazza. Just prior to Koo's at-bat, Piazza said "If [Koo] gets a hit, I'll donate a million dollars to charity."
Well... Did he?
@@Kimchii_kk I've never seen it confirmed either way.
Wright sounds like a damn bird the entire video. It's poetic really
@@Kimchii_kk I looked it up, and while there's no tracking of it attached, Piazza reportedly promised to pay it out over the course of 20 years
At least he didn’t say he’d walk back to Pittsburgh.
He might have been only a half-decent pitcher, but a 1.500 OPS is the stuff of legends.
0th ballot hall of famer!
Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds, Barry Bonds and Koo Dae-Sung
Gabriel Coelho yeah but Koo Dae-Sung wasn’t a cheater!
3.000 OPS vs. lefties ... as a lefty! 3.000 OPS vs. Randy Johnson!
fucked me up an anime profile picture said this
I guess you could say that Koo Dae-Sung was a "one-hit wonder."
:)
BOOOOOOOOOOO
^ found Tim McCarver's RUclips acct ^
Ba dum tsss
sugarcone Get out
The craziest thing in the video was the bird killed by a pitch. If I didn't actually see it I wouldn't have believed it. Randy Johnson 1 Birds 0.
Official scoring decision?
Fowl Ball.
He almost got charged by police for that - all thanks to PETA. Fun fact ;)
@@thelastmanonearth2631 fucking idiots lmfao.
Birds aren't real
@@DJSchreffler underrated comment not gona lie 👍you win the internet today
You have to rewatch these every once in a while
I wish the GOAT Jon Bois would make more videos like these.
@@smacky101 only 1 day??? we all here for the nostalgia
@@keltini5208 no other videos like this out there. Gotta scratch that itch
I’m glad I’m not alone. I’ve come back at least once a year to watch all Jon bois old content. It was just so good.
Definitely my most-watched Jon Bois video, and not just for the shorter length either
watching David Wright's reaction to that hit is one of the most wholesome things you'll see all day
probably if you’re parents beat you daily
Blazin 13 your*
“AAAOOOOOH!”
A true pleasure working with @FivePoints Vids. Go check out the new collab about NFL draft FAILS!
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The reason he's laughing is even funnier: Mike Piazza had just said, "If this guy gets on base, I'll donate, like, a million dollars to charity." He's turning and laughing at Piazza.
Today, Koo registered yet again as player in Austrailian league. He's 53 now. Still pretty good.
It's impossible not to smile when Mariah Carey's Fantasy starts playing in this video. I dare you not to smile.
This video is so great because it's about something so insignificant in the world of baseball. It may not have been the most exciting thing to happen in New York sports that day, but he still makes it into magic.
billny33 it IS impossible
I tried. It’s like trying to keep your eyes open when you sneeze. Involuntary response.
It was Pretty Good.
The editing on this was genius. *Crack* and then seeing the outfielder drifting toward the wall while jamming out to Mariah Carey. I couldn't help myself, I just burst out laughing and kept going for a few minutes. It was simply beautiful.
I think this is the best video on RUclips and I don't even like baseball.
"Koo Dae-Sung, best feel good summer movie, coming soon "
FAT JAXSON Dae-Hard
pretty feel good summer movie
@@textbook1263 Dog Dae Afternoon
Dae-Sung Koo is now the manager of the Geelong-Korea team in the Australian Baseball League
Tyler Nass Wait, really?
Do you guys know that Koo Dae-Sung is still playing in Australian Baseball League in 2016??
Oh yeah, he popped up again when he got ejected, right?
I live in Australia and didn't even know we had our own league
abcabc He's 47 now. How is he still playing lol.
Fu Tang baseball is the most laid back sport ever. he could definately be a backup pitcher and getting winded would almost never happen
He's a relief pitcher. If he's only pitching 1 or 2 innings here and there every season, he could pitch a long time as long as he stays healthy.
It's the same reason knuckleball pitchers last so long in the Majors.... the knuckleball is a less taxing pitch on the arm.
I just watched this again for the 3rd time for the absolutely stunning Randy Johnson intro.
Also Koo Dae-Sung has a .500 mlb batting average according to baseball reference.
Yes. 500. 2 ABs, 1 SO, 1 2B, 1 R
What’s the war I need to now before I’m satisfied.
@@cloudproud729 0.3 for his 1 season career.
0.2 for pitching, 0.1 for batting.
the real question is when thee fuck did he get the jacket on? he gets the hit without it on and then runs home with it on?
@@danielmizrahi9629 Wanted to keep his arm warm because he thought he'd be staying on the field to pitch when the inning ended?
please bring this series back. The part where Mariah Carey's voice sync's with his hit will be with me the rest of my life. When I have a bad day, I'm coming back to this video.
It never left. It just became dorktown
HEY GUESS WHAT
@@teeks8713 is it back?!
Jon, you are seriously one of my favorite contemporary writers, and PRETTY GOOD is a perfect example of why. It might make me sound crazy but I don't care: when I'm feeling really down and I need something that'll make me shed tears of joy, I watch this video. Because it reminds me that it's all worth it.
If you're watching this video, if you're reading this comment right now, and you feel like sometimes life is an endless drag and there isn't a point just remember this story. Remember that sometimes the little guy doesn't just win, he absolutely blows everyone's expectations out of the water. Sports stories are human stories at the end of the day. and a lot of the time that means they're predictable. The Pats go to the super bowl, the Yankees go to the World Series.
But sometimes they're unexpected and wonderful. Sometimes a 35 yr old Korean relief pitcher gets to make Randy Johnson look like a complete asshat. Whether you think that's dumb luck, a hustle years in the making, or divine providence, who cares? It's pretty good.
Thanks for that buddy, I needed it :') Hope you're doing well wherever you are, and that you still think it's all worth it
"Sometimes life is cool"
Little did Jon know that exactly one year after this video came out, Bartolo Colon would hit his first career home run.
Didn't he also hit a cycle in that game?
@@Jivvi Lol
8:46 That legend is true. Koo regretted that slide later and said, "I was crazy."
I don't know who had a more hilarious reveal.. Randy Johnson or Joe Heisman lmao
Terry Wallace Joe is now 100 years old hopefully he can get an out here
Dat Heisman's Death Stare.
*John Heisman
Combine the two and get Randy Heisman
randy johnson was introduced as an extremely good baseball player. john heisman was introduced as the god of football
The wind kept that ball in…oh man, the weather robbed us of an ultimate moment, a pitcher hitting a homer
The fact that he scored from 2nd on a *bunt* of all things makes it way more impressive
It's not super common, but plenty of pitchers have hit home runs: Madison Bumgarner, Dontrelle Willis, Bartolo Colon had an iconic one, it happens.
It blessed us with an even better moment in return
@@nathanchildress5596I think it's more impressive that on his first ever swing in a professional game, he almost hit a home run off of one of the greatest pitchers of all time is what makes it the ultimate pitcher hitting moment. If it was a home run, probably the greatest pitcher hitting a home run moment of all time
@@queenautumnween2796 It's an awesome moment, no doubt about it, but I dunno about 'greatest'. Bartolo Colon was a famously bad hitting pitcher, to the point he would wear an extra big helmet because he knew the crowd loved it when he swung and missed so bad it would fall off. So when he went deep against the Padres when he was in his 40s the whole league went nuts. Also there's the multiple Madison Bumgarner grand slams, an insanely rare feat for a pitcher in baseball.
Great video, but how did you not include the fact that he struck out Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada before his at bat, and then struck out Robinson Cano to start the next inning?
Connor Whalen Wow!? .....You remember that?
Connor Whalen
Hi
I can't believe those 3 guys and Randy Johnson were all on the yankees at the same time what a weird little overlap I never would have guessed it
Not only were they all on the same team, but they all also got dominated by Koo Dae-Sung
Pretty good comment over here
Every time he takes the plate, Koo just looks so cool and nonchalant. Even against Randy Johnson he wasn’t fazed at all. Legend stuff
At 5:03, the moment I saw who the pitcher was, I pissed myself a little. The one man in History that you don't EVER want to throw a ball in your direction.
Michael Lyden gross my guy
There has been more than 1 guy I don't want throwing my direction. Aroldis Chapman, Bob Feller, Nolan Ryan etc. The Big Unit is on the list though.
@@kvltizt I would pick literally everyone on your list to get thrown at before I had to be thrown at by Randy Johnson. Others may throw faster, but Johnson's level of 'don't care what happens to you if you're downrange' is much higher than the rest of them.
Same. Legend has it, one rookie stepped up to the plate, saw Randy on the mound, and all of the color rushed from their face. Randy just smiled and started his windup.
@6:52 his dugout teammates are SO proud of him and I love it so much
"If you had one shot to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it or just let it slip?"
-Marshall Mathers, 2002
That quote represents Koo Dae-Sung's day of victory to me.
I remember working in Korea in 2005 when this made the highlight reel on prime time national news. This man was a legend in Korea long before he crossed the pond at age 35. To anyone who's never had to hit a baseball professionally, I dare you to face Randy Johnson 60'6" away, just make eye contact and not pee in your pants.
Still one of my favorite videos ever. The whole Randy Johnson segment was perfect, great for anyone that knows who he is and great for anyone that doesn’t know who he is. The music and everything was great. It would seem tough to follow that up but you top it like always Jon.
Still Pretty Good, Jon, after almost two years on this here internet.
Have you ever considered translating this video to Korean? I bet you could easily hit over a million views with the proper localization. Remember that one time that crazy Korean rapper had the most popular video on youtube? That could be you this time, Jon. Look at you; you are the crazy Korean rapper now.
Patrick Bailey I'm not convinced Psy is anything but a dancer
"Koo Dae-Sung is the least athlete of all time." -Jon Bois
@@moyosoofficial5042 I think he meant Keith Ape and his song It G Ma
Yes and no, yes because Koreans actually like those stories, and no because it is already well-known among KBO fans. Did you ever know Lotte Giants pitcher Son Min-han stroke out A-rod with 3 pitches? Every KBO fan knows.
He really is that crazy Korean rapper now I’d say he’s doing.. pretty good
alternate timeline where Koo Dae-Sung accidentally becomes the greatest hitter in MLB history.
@@SimuLord yeah that's probably the closest thing in sports history. a below average MLB hitter was made into a pitcher just because a couple people said he was good at it during the war, and now he's in the goddamn hall of fame.
I love everyone’s legitimately excited reactions. They are all so happy for the guy
Speaking of overspecialization in the modern day, I just realized that your job is 'making graphs and moving 3D real-world images related to sporting events'.
Like DANG that's specific.
Jon is an entertainer
I gave the 70th like on this comment. Come at me bro.
@@kamehamehey22615 you are way to proud of this and you should feel bad because of that
He is ostensibly a sportswriter.
Rumor has it that Mariah Carey's record label saw this video and was about to flag it for using their copywrited song until Mariah herself stopped them and said wait a minute, I like this. Leave it up, it's pretty good.
The use of Mariah Careys's "Fantasy" is so perfect and puts a huge smile on my face every time I watch this video. Thank you, Jon.
i'm going to be honest: i've never cared about sports in my life.
this video made me so happy
i just
can you imagine how good it would have felt to be koo dae-sung in that moment?
It seems like he had patiene until he knew he would hit it, i admire that
I know right, and his team mates so happy vicariously, not even sure if he knew how to hold a bat and then he does that
"killed a bird 1 time"
pfft that's a joke
"sees feathers"
WTF!!!
watched live, flipped my shit.....
Highly Disputed Land Agreement If the pitch doesn't pass the plate, go into foul territory, it is a balk.
Dead ball. No pitch.
Dead bird, No pitch.
Jared Butterworth there must be an exception for pitches affected by external interference
That Randy Johnson intro is probably one of the best pieces of video editing I've seen
When the stats on Randy Johnson start coming up, I say, out loud, having never seen this video before, "KILLED A BIRD." I 'm ready for the disappointment of it not coming up. It's just a video on the internet. One shouldn't really have such unrealistic exp-OMG there it is! Thank you, Jon Bois.
This is wonderful, Jon. EDIT: *Sorry*. It's pretty dang good.
probably blew out his shoulder from all the hi fives he got for the next hundred years
This video is legendary foreshadowing for Randy Johnson in the Mariners doc.
...and that is why I vehemently oppose the designated hitter.
If you know Hyun Jin Ryu, current Toronto Blue Jays pitcher and former LA Dodgers pitcher, you know his change-up. The person to teach him change-up is Dae-Sung Koo.
gotta say when i saw the picture of big unit show up i laughed my ass off because i knew this was about to be one of those stories
At this moment, I think almost every MLB fans knows who Ryu Hyun-Jin is. Well, Koo was his mentor when Ryu started his pro career.
honestly never thought i'd hear cocteau twins in a sports vid. love this.
Haha the video makes Randy Johnson seem like Goliath or some Greek God. Love these documentaries.
hes not?
he definitely is.
i MEAN
That part is so good it's bonkers. Jon Bois should edit everything.
I have never watched a whole game of baseball in my life. This was fun to watch.
Benny Gilbert that was a great series
He is the legend of Hanhwa Eagles. He is called "대성불패" which means "Dae Sung never be defeated".
Some days when I need a smile or just a little pick me up, I find 10 minutes to watch this video. Thanks Jon for making this one.
David Peveto my favorite video on RUclips. And it’s here whenever I need it.
Honestly imagine if koo took randy Johnson 400 feet straight for a home run down the middle that would be amazing
A Koy Detmer card. I'm on to you, Bois. It's all connected, isn't it?
Oh yeah. IN one of his Chart Party Videos, on a desk you can see 9 10 and JUICE. Theres another Chart Party all about the browns and how they live in hell, and how right after the Miracle that Keeps everyone alive happens, the Browns win a Superbowl, later which it had been posited that the Miracle was really just heaven. It's all connected, man.
Every piece of his work back from the days when he wrote "The Dugout" all influenced 17776.
Koy Detmer. I didn't even see that. Pretty good eye there.
Where was that?
Edit: Oh wait never mind I found it.
If you see a Bobby Hoying reference run.
We're playing a game right now to find all Koy Detmer signed cards
i saw this and spent about 5 minutes scrolling the comments looking for someone to mention it thinking i was crazy
I've come back to rewatch this video over the years more than any other RUclips video. Usually I just watch whatever is new in my sub feed and then forget about it. Pretty good holds a special place in my heart though. It's like an old favorite TV show, no matter how many times I see it, it's still great.
KOO Is Korean Legend Player!
궁내체고의싱카볼투수 when I live in Korea during the mid 90's I saw koo pitch a couple times
Blank Gaming really??
ᄋ ᄋ yea
When you do that to the Big Unit Randy Johnson, you're a legend here too.
AWESOME STORY & IM SO GLAD JON GOT TO TELL IT IN HIS OWN WORDS!!!
Whenever I need a smile I always come back to this video. It's so pure and good. Truly immaculate vibes.
Jon I just want you to know that you tell stories so well. I have heard you tell this story a dozen times and each time it always brings a smile to my face.
Thanks for sharing your talent and this story with us.
Not going to lie, I smiled when he hit the ball around 7:00.
In honor of the triumphant return of pretty good I'm going to rewatch all of them. (Who am i kididng i rewatch them multiple times a year anyway)
Getting a double and then scoring on Randy Johnson is definitely a career highlight for just about anyone.
David Wright's reaction to the hit is probably just as great as the hit itself. Just listen to how excited he is at 6:45. He's so happy for Koo.
As amazing of a creator as John bois is this may be my favorite video from him. The editing the buildup all the details turn a “pretty good” story to something you can’t take your eyes off of. Just hope we see his content more often on sb nation
i re-watch this maybe every two-to-three months
it hits every time
For a double?
I forgot how pretty good this story was. Jon should remake this as a 25 minute director's cut.
This is the best video on youtube, period.
+D Glenn It would be if the game footage was of watchable quality
+shadygangster888 you know.. There was no HD back then..
Have you checked in on Jon since this
I love how happy his team is for him when he gets on base. You can tell that Dae-Sung had been talking about and practicing batting ever since his last appearance, just waiting for the chance to get on base next chance he had, and his whole team was there with him, showing all the excitement that Dae-Sung was trying to hide so he looked like a professional.
I can’t help but watch this every time it comes back onto my feed.
Koo played in the Australian ball until last year, well into his 50s. He now manages a team of former KBO leaguers and Korean MiLB players in Australian league. That guy just lives baseball.
This is one of the best videos on the internet
This and the Lonnie Smith Pretty Good are some of the BEST content the internet has to offer.
its been 6 months, time to watch this again as is tradition
the fact that he shows a video making fun of bartolo colon swinging and posts the video exactly one year before Bartolo hit his homerun is scary
As with every most recent Jon Bois video I've watched, this is the greatest thing I've ever seen.
McCarver is not retired! He's still saying wrong stuff on a semi-regular basis on Cardinals TV broadcasts. It's pretty annoying!
And still annoyed at Deion Sanders for playing two sports.
Ya know, I loved McCarver as a player in the ‘60’s & ‘70’s; as a broadcaster, not so much. He just loves the sound of his own voice, thinks he’s the smartest guy at the game. As Howard Cosell said of Oscar Madison in a classic episode of the Odd Couple, he’s an inane drone.
Oh god, not the House of Buck, oh wait, stay at the House of Buck, bad commentary makes everyone else's look better
This is awesome and i love the whole series. One thing that pointed out to me is the specialzation bit and that how it is so true in almost every sport but soccer, where players are progressively more demanded to be more versatile at every position: footplay on goalkeepers, more and more precise pass game, position switches/reliefs, etc
I'm going to miss NL baseball so much.
You have moments like this and Colon's HR that will never happen again unless you have an Ohtani-level talent out there.
The best part about this video is the reaction of David Wright, who is reacting the same way I imagine a 12 year kid would react if you told him that the school year was cancelled for Summer Vacation 2: Electric Boogaloo
That intro for randy really had me thinking Koo would just dissolve into baseball-scented dust before the ball was even over the plate.
In the words of the famous -sports- commentator Griffin McElroy: "Holy shit, big unit!"
This series, Chart Party and 17776 is the only capacity in which I have ever loved sports.
JON HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLANNING 17776 WAS IT FROM HERE WAS IT WITH THIS KOY DETMER CARD ARE YOU ACTUALLY A GENIUS
The answer is probably yes. Too all of those.
This is still my favorite Jon Bois video. I watch it whenever I need to cheer up.
Still true.
All of the Pretty Good episodes are fun to watch, but this is the one I love sharing with friends to introduce them to the series.
koo dae-sung's career at plate apperances:
1: intentional strike out
2: double
"the best card is you"
Words to live by.
and he just threw a 1-2-3 inning at 53 years old
This is like the antithesis of the modern mets. The world, stars, and sky aligned for a man who had no business doing anything positive actually do something positive
Whenever I'm having a bad day I come back and watch this video. Fugging magical
same :)
In professional wrestling terms, Randy Johnson was introduced like a monster heel and Koo getting one off on him is like some random jobber taking a shot and rolling him up
...and that is why I vehemently oppose the designated hitter.
Hurricane vs. The Rock in a nutshell.
Dude got 123 Kid'ed
Two things:
1 When Randy Johnson's name came up, I reflexively said, "Oh god! Did he die!?"
2 You bastard, you made me smile at a Mariah Carey song.
Jon, this is STELLAR work!
*"Pretty good" work.
I rewatch this every time I need to smile. Thanks Jon.
The sound that David Wright made after that double is almost as glorious as the double itself.
“He’s wearing a jacket in 70 degree weather” I’d totally wear a jacket in 70 degree weather I don’t know what he’s talking about
Anyone else notice Koy Detmer on the list of "worthless cards"?
Micah Gray you, genius
Legend has it that it wasn't the baseball in his jacket pocket that injured Koo, it was carrying the weight of his giant balls around the bases.
This made my day. Plus, your voice is soothing. I love your stuff though. You make me laugh so much.
That’s the thing about baseball. I’m not much of a fan and I think most of the time the game is pretty boring. But every once in a while something amazing happens and you can’t help but get sucked into that energy of collective awe and sheer fucking joy.
the perfect song choice for the moment he hit it. 10/10
best youtube series of all time. thank you jon bois. watched all these at least twice.