The Bob Emergency: a study of athletes named Bob, Part II | Chart Party
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2019
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For more than a century, many of our greatest sports heroes were named Bob. It seemed as though that would never change. Why would it? Why did it? Where did they go?
Corrections:
2:00 - Although these jump distances are correct, a couple of them are in slightly incorrect positions on the ruler. I’d made some adjustments to the ruler after laying some of the markers, and just forgot to adjust those accordingly.
45:00 - The graph is correct, and I am a liar. Bob Wheatley’s career actually stretched between 2014 and 2017, as you can see in the green area that stretches to 2017.
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Welcome to The Bob Emergency, Part II. If you missed the first edition, make sure you dodge spoilers by watching it here: ruclips.net/video/lvh6NLqKRfs/видео.html
Thank you.
THANK GOD I LOVE YOU JON BOIS
Quickly downloading this before I get on a plane
I don't know what y'all are paying Jon Bois, but it's not enough
@20:18 or on a roller coaster. They are gravity-driven, after all, and several hit speeds upwards of 90 MPH.
That slow crawl to reveal 29' 2.5'' gave me goosebumps
I teared up
For real the Bob Beamon story made me tear up
@@MrGreendragon11Same. Somewhere in the middle of the 28' span I was just saying "What? _What?_" to my screen in disbelief and then it just kept going.
I was going crazy, that was insane
Me: Go. Go. Go! Keep going! Holy moley!
"Like most Americans he dosent quite understand how far that is
When someone tells him the distance in feet and inches
He is no closer to understanding"
Is my favorite line in this whole thing
That combined with scrolling along the measurements is so perfect. My stomach dropped when I realized it was gonna reach 29.
As someone who grew up with metric, 9 metres might just be impossible without wind assistance. I understand it's never been done, to this day. Bob's jump taking the record all the way to 8.9 made my jaw hit the floor.
You can tell according to its placement in the highlight story of the whole piece that it’s Jon’s as well.
I am, by no means, a sports guy. But I won't lie, watching those measures scroll past the world record, past Bob's original 28' goal, and to continue scroll further and beyond; I shed real tears in utter awe of that insane accomplishment.
They did a bang up job of building the tension by showing the scrolling measurement instead of telling us. Great work.
On July 10th 2022, Bob Jungels won his first career stage on the Tour de France. He's now 29 and recovered from necessary surgery due to endofibrosis, a narrowing of the arteries, which almost ended his career. Bobs are still doing Bob things.
well look at that. thanks for telling us about another bobs story, that makes me very happy
I was at that stage at the top of the penultimate climb it was awesome to witness
Bobbing along, such is the life of a Bob.
Even in an age where there exists a dearth of Bobs, they're still out there doing truly special things
Thank Bob
"Nine guys disguised as a professional basketball team" is a wonderful thing to see written in a media column.
nobody is as cruel as the local sportswriter when the team isn't doing well
@@theunwelcome As a sportswriter who tries very hard not to do this, it's quite difficult to hype up a team that is playing terribly.
My go-to move in that case is hoping that they played ever worse the season before (or even just earlier in the season) and point to some kind of improvement. If they are playing even worse than before, God help them, because the best I can do for them then is give stats, sit back and shut my mouth.
*passes 28*
Me: oh I expected that otherwise Jon wouldn’t be talking about him
*passes 29*
WAIT WHAT
I started crying.
@@Zerox5861 I watched that jump on TV. beyond amazing
¡NANI!?
It is the greatest moment in track history, and coincidentally, the greatest moment in Jon history.
Richard Hall and then everyone clapped
In 20 years there will be an influx of Bobs in pro sports solely due to this video
Guess we better start looking for girlfriends rather than watching Jon's videos.....oh forget Jon will always win! hehe
I honestly think it could have an effect. But it's hard to imagine what the world will look like in 20 years, or youtube for that manner...
I would honestly expect a change, even a small one, much more quickly. After all, all you need is a Robert playing sports or just getting into sports to watch this to decide they want to be called Bob.
Tbh I kinda want to name a future kid Bob now
@@applesmith9137 not your own of course just some kid haha
Imagine being Bob Beamon when the distance was announced. Realizing that at that moment, you are the greatest at something. Ever. Not only are you are the greatest, but unquestionably so. No human in all of history even comes close to your accomplishment in your field. I understand why he collapsed with overwhelming emotion. Jon, you captured the power of that moment so well in this video. The footage of him covering his face after being told the distance brings tears to my eyes.
That's deep
@@Heat_Hoops_Basketball_League especially coming from a guy named swirlingtoilets
That's Bob for you.
I think I'd just die.
Your comment gave me chills man. You're right. Such an emotion.
“On that jump, I felt alone.” Why is this the greatest quote ever?
"Compared to that jump, we are children." is Pretty Good TM.
He felt so alone that even the gravity gave up on stopping him.
It conveys his level of focus. Everything else ceased to exist for Bob. It was just him and the jump.
It hit so much harder knowing the poetry he wrote.
Damn...that reveal for Bob Beamon's long jump record...just amazing.
In HS the band stayed at the old Olympic Village in Mexico City, and me and Chuck went and found the actual long jump pit where it happened. Goose bumps.
Scrolled down looking for this comment. Getting chills; so good.
Perfection
Absolutely. Got some serious goosebumps and couldn't believe it.
Chills
"there are no dull stories. people are full of wonder. no matter how your study our history, you will always always find it."
This made me cry.
So beautifully tied up.
Jon Bois is the master
@@ecardona70 it's basically his thesis statement for every video he does, and what is engaging about him. it's not just erratic, obscure stories and weird numbers - it's kinda political history telling.
I just came down to highlight this line and how much it hit me. Beautiful.
Oh good, I’m not the only one. Jon Bois helps me bear the cross of cynicism and despair by tempering it with indefatigable optimism and faith in humanity. Because of Jon Bois, life is worth living.
AHHHH plz tell me at what time he says that! i want to revisit it but forget :(
Bob update: After years of injuries and overcoming arterial endofibrosis in both legs, Bob Jungels just won a stage of the Tour de France by going solo for 60 km. The era of Bobs is not over yet.
As of 2023 I think of the ten only Bob Bryan has officially retired. Other people in the comments have pointed out a couple Jon may have missed so I think we are still above 10
An update on the final 10 Bobs, 5 years later:
1. Bob Ajisafe is 38 and has not fought since 2019, but does not seem to have officially retired. 2 years ago he was said to be contemplating a change in weight class.
2. Bob McHugh is 32, playing in the sixth tier of Scottish football.
3. Bob Straetman is only 26 but plays in the fourth tier of Belgian football.
4. Bob Gilder is 73 and has not golfed professionally this decade.
5. Bob Sowards is 55 and placed 28th in a PGA Qualifying Tournament in December 2023, falling short of the top 5 qualifying positions.
6. Bob Tway is 65 and has not golfed since 2019. He was noncommittal in an interview that year about whether he was planning to continue golfing professionally or retire.
7. Bob Estes is 58 and still going strong, he placed 9th in a tournament in the PGA Champions circuit just last week.
8. Bob Bryan retired in 2020.
9. Bob Evans is 52 and an active promoter for an independent wrestling circuit, he last entered the ring in 2022 but may do so again.
10. Bob Jungels is only 31 and still cycling in the UCI World Tour, the highest level of competition in the sport.
In all, I would argue that while 6 could be considered active: McHugh, Straetman, Sowards, Estes, Evans, and Jungels, only Estes and Jungels are playing at a high level rather than languishing in obscure competitions. But that doesn't matter, I hope they all continue their careers and carry the torch for as long as they can.
The final ten should be uped to a final 11, some guy on the Tampa Bay Rays is named Bob Seymour! Bob's coming back!
There's a professional wrestler working the indie circuit called Bob Anger (great wrestling name) now as well.
thanks for the update, may the bob stories will live forever
"There are no dull stories." -- A profound, and correct statement from a man that's gotten me to watch a 50 minute video about punting.
and a video about poker, something I have no knowledge about or interest
@@ram_s_d27 YOU NEEEEED TO WATCH IT. It is soooooooooooooo good and funny
I think that was the one I watched just after the first part of Bob, about ten days ago. Suckered me into most of the rest of the channel (though I found that I only really enjoy Chart Party).
@@draco18s Check out Join Bois' personal channel -- his other series, Pretty Good, is also amazing if you like Chart Party.
Not just punting. 50 minutes of BAD punting. And it was enthralling.
I have now watched 93 minutes of content dedicated to people named Bob. Thanks SB nation
0 regrets
How much spongebod did you get to watch?
wasn't it worth it though
If the narration was done by anyone else, other than Jon Bois, it wouldnt be worth watching.
This isn't funny . Yall lame af
I was so mad when you revealed the last rebound didn’t count
Seriously. This seems like a situation where the NBA should have to be like "alright you got us" and then make a rule about it AFTER his triple double counted... And I thought just the NFL hated fun......
Man, I wish I could go back and watch Bob Beamon's jump length pan again without knowing the final number.
It’s been a year, maybe now you can
@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 29 feet 3 inches no?
@@DaddyHackAthletics Nope. Close though.
watch it after a year or two
I come back this video every once in a while. It never fails to shock me
Fun Fact: The commentator screaming during Bob Burnquist's X Games run is Tony Hawk
Michael Adams This is a very good fun fact.
Your fun fact was as fun as people that bought Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
Or as I like to call him, "Bob."
wow I didn't know that
That explains why he sounds like an animal
where's the petition to get Bob Sura his triple-double back?
Michael Steele at bobo’s house
Yes!
So they can take it away again? That'd be the real Chart Party twist to that story.
"It's.. rare to be able to measure a player's value in this way. We have a strong sample of games both with and without Sanders.
I wish we didn't."
Everyone has their favorite line, and they're all correct. THIS line gets me every single time.
This quote hurts. Injuries are one of, if not the most difficult part of any sport. As a hockey fan, I am no stranger to injuries taking out players, but unlike with sanders, usually they are able to finish their careers. It pains me to hear that Sanders career was cut short. He could have revolutionized even more so the defensive part of football had he been able to finish. Hats of for him even being able to make it as a smaller player in a role dominated by bigger players. Now, at least he will be immortalized for what he did.
@Fries And if, in this alternate timeline, he keeps up that level of production, he's easily in Canton.
God, this part was heartbreaking.
@Fries there's no way Sanders would have been nearly as effective in the post Concussion era. I would have loved to see him try though.
It's such a profoundly sad line. I was aware of Bob Sanders, but I didn't know all the twists and turns of his all-too-brief story. He was robbed of an all-time career, and we were robbed of seeing it.
Babe, whats wrong?
Me in tears: "we're running out of Bobs..."
That commentator who yells “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BOB” is none other than Tony Hawk.
Theres a reason bob got second billing in all the tony hawk games he was in
Its cause the skaters typically appeared in alphabetical order, but we can imagine its because hes legendary
I thought it was Tony who said 'oh no'
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BOB was the third guy in the booth (not Tony or Sal Masakela)--his name escapes me though
The Bob Emergency will end up being the reason some people name their child Bob... may the legacy live on
I know, I'm so ready for the 2040s!
Think about it. Aside from "Ed", there is no better name to have if you have to give out a mass amount of autographs.
I imagine a decade of no Bobs, then an absolute explosion. Like an entire Draft Class named Bob
@@big8dog887 also Al
@@Mythikron Good call, "Al" is probably even slightly better than "Ed" in terms of directional changes and line length used in writing cursive. (And way better in print because the "l" is one straight line).
The part where Jon gets to Bob Sanders always breaks my heart. He was a phenomenal talent who could easily have been one of the greatest safeties of all time but was unfortunately derailed by injury time and time again and the music he uses when detailing how his career went, describing every highlight, every injury, and every missed game before hitting us with the fact that he was the last Bob to play a game in any of the major American sports never fails to bring about a profound sadness within me.
Hameed Mourani i used to always try and trade for bob sanders when i played nfl 2k5 👍🏽
He got a DPOY and a Super Bowl! I guarantee he wouldn't change a thing about how he played. Injuries suck but the guys that played with him know about Bob Sanders
@@kyleneu4064 I agree 100% but I feel like there is still a small feeling that exists, regardless, where you wish this person or this team or whatever who you know and love and wish would receive the same love and adoration from the larger world. It's kind of like Jon Bois' Mariners documentary. He states outright that if we measure the success of the Mariners in world series rings and in wins/losses, we're missing the point. Like you said, I doubt Bob Sanders would change a thing about how his career went. He played like an animal and was invaluable to his team. But like how there is still a shred of me that wishes the Mariners won a world series, I also wish Bob Sanders was a Hall of Famer. I had no idea who he was before watching this documentary series. I'm glad I know who he is now.
He might be the single best player in the history of his sport. Who cares about longevity and "greatness" when you're literally the best ever...
@@JacobStevens13 he had a great attitude and drive to go along with his physical play. He lifted his teammates on every level. He was an animal.
I am still absolutely floored by how a simple scroll over about 17 inches of tape measure that takes only 41 seconds can be the most jaw-dropping experience I have ever had.
"This story may not be as important, but it IS a lot less important" 15:02
freestyleralphing favorite line of the entire video
legit double take on that line. I was like, wait, did I hear that right?
This guy is freaking brilliant.
Yeah, this line was genius, especially in the delivery
Am I just an idiot, I’m not sure if that’s a clever play on words or not
Jon Bois: Man, a 50+ minute video focused solely on punts sure was ambitious.
Jon Bois: ...hold my bob.
QuickLime I’m pretty sure you’re the reason that’s my top recommendation for after this video, everybody watches that next when they see your comment
Between the punt video being his first video after that long-ass hiatus and now devoting 90+ minutes to the name Bob, I'm almost convinced that Jon either delights in the challenge of taking inane subject matter and transforming it into something genuinely interesting or he's just trolling us and manages to do so in a manner that's compelling nonetheless.
blakfloyd I think that’s sort of his mission from the line about you’ll always find wonder in history if you look for it
Fantastic comment. That is all.
Whahahahahaaaa
This series was unquestionably SNUBBED for the academy award for documentary, no piece of visual media can compare to this serotonin machine.
My son is 13 and dreams of playing in the NBA one day. We're taking a trip to the courthouse on Monday.
Russell St.Martin father of the year.
Just checking in: how tall is Bob?
Why is this better than anything ESPN has put out? ESPN is worth $38 billion by the way. Jon Bois the 🐐
Tom Green ESPN may be worth $38 billion, but Jon Bois is priceless.
@@sticky4444 I'm sure if ESPN told him to name him price he would lol
@@BlessedWithLuck I can only imagine what Jon could do with a larger budget and some staff. I love SB Nation, way more than ESPN actually but there is no denying that ESPN still has more resources to offer, not to mention a wider audience.
When did ESPN jump the shark? I was watching the WCF and after the game ended, some show called 'SVP' followed. All I can say is that I wanted to throw my TV out of the window. ESPN is rubbish.
ESPN is the two guys screaming sports at each other channel
It's a sick joke that we will never be able to see a fight between Bob Cyclone and Bob Bob.
Judging by the records of both, if such a fight were to occur the only thing that would be recorded about it would be "Bob won", minus any location for the fight to have occurred or by what means one of the two Bobs (three technically) won.
@@Mattpoppybros Judging by their records, it’d be a draw, likely ending with both somehow being knocked out by running into each other.
Bob Bob is just a reincarnation of Bob Cyclone who has been able to regain some, but not all, of his memories.
The Bob Beamon story had me actually crying by the end of it. I cannot begin to imagine the strife, loneliness, and inner conflict he must of felt as he competed and trained for that record. Nor can I imagine what it must of been like to shatter such a record as he did.
Stories like this are why I adore sports writing. I cant say I would of really cared about this record at all or it’s Progression if I just saw it in a table. It would be a “wow this guy broke it by ALOT” but that’s about all I would get from a chart. This bring the human side to sports to the forefront. Thanks for making this Jon
… now to explain to my coworkers that I’m just fine and crying about sports and not just having a general breakdown in the middle of the office.
There is one more, still active Bob in the world of sports - Swedish cross country skiier Bob Impola. He's competeing in the Visma Ski Classics long distance ski championship. Biggest achievement so far might be his second place at Vasaloppet 2018.
I found 2 Bob cricketers
@@user-jd5zt4of8q who
Just because of this video series, in my last year as a collegiate athlete I'll be going by Bob
What sport do you play
@@Fanman_7206 Cross Country/Track
Bobby Beggs lets hope you can go pro
@@Fanman_7206 I just hope I can get my 2 teammates named robert to by bob with me
Bobby Beggs show them the video
33:30
Why do I feel sad about the demise of a website I've never visited?
Lmaooo fr
It's the magic of Jon Bois. Whether a bat-less ball player, the curse of Cleveland, or an argument over the length of a week, any story is a good story if Jon tells it
On that note, why do i feel sad that there's so few bobs in sport now? Because Jon Bois.
hockeyfights.com
This is your alternative. I don't know why Jon didn't use this as his source in the first place. It's better, and has been around for just as long.
It's preserved at the Internet Archive if you want to remember it:
web.archive.org/web/20181113104035/dropyourgloves.com/
"Outside of the four major sports, prospects are equally grim. We're often forced to resort to technicalities to find any Bobs at all."
This is the type of sports journalism I need, but don't deserve.
Twist ending: this video series single-handedly brings about a newfound appreciation for the name Bob. The next generation of parents begins naming their children after Bob Gibson, Bob Beamon, the criminally mistreated Bob Sura, and of course, MMA legend Bob Bob. In 20 years' time, the next Golden Age of Bobs has arrived.
Time is a flat circle.
Bob has a flat circle in it... 🤔 Bob is a closed time like loop. Totally makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.
Petition to have Jon Bois rewrite the finale season of Game of Thrones.
I support this petition
You know nothing, Bob Snow
this is feasibly producible. Just have jon bois narrate the events. It will be glorious.
The Game of Bobs
This comment now seems like a time capsule, a glimpse into a time when people expected game of thrones' finale to be good
Welp, time to name all my children Bob and force them to play sports.
This is also what I took away from this story
I will name my daughters bob 🤔
ikr
Fun fact, my grandpa was a long jumper too and he competed in the Rome 60 Olympics, both with Ralph Boston and Igor Ter-Ovanesian. He arrived 10th. Another bonus fact, one of Igor Ter-Ovanesian shoes broke down so my grandpa gave him his shoes, in which Igor jumped for the win
Mans telling the truth looked it up, though igor didn't win
A study about people named Bob almost made me cry good job Jon
I never thought a Bob documentary could bring me to tears
dude was named Robert Probert, no wonder he went by "Bob"
Almost as bad as Bob Loblaw
We should call him Bob Pbob.
@@NuryPPanaligan 😂😂😂😂
Robert P-Robert
Coastfog is that an Arrested Development reference?
I never thought I could get sad about a name. Not a person... a name.
Yet here I am 90+ minutes later bawling on the inside about the demise of a name.
What are you, Jon Bois?
A man; a man on a mission. Some say he was brought to us by the Football Gods, others say he was paid by the MMA mafias. Truly a mysterious man, if I say so myself.
I think he might be a deity of some sort. The god of sports writing, possibly.
Private Jenkins your profile picture is hilarious
He's one hell of a storyteller! And they're all non-fiction stories, which has to be the best part.
Surprise, he's actually Bob Bob.
I had to watch Part II to see if he included Bob Burnquist, and I'm glad to see that he did.
It's hard to fully appreciate his famous run in the 2001 vert final without more context.
For one thing, in those days skaters would usually have setup tricks between their real difficult ones, and Bob only had basically one at the start, followed by back to back to back bangers off of every wall. He also had multiple points where it looked like he had messed up. He got a bad flick or catch and it looked like he was going to bail, but he miraculously had enough control to hang on and keep going. Then on top of that, and this is the real kicker, he did most of the run switch, which means he was in what was opposite his normal stance, basically doing every trick backwards. Imagine performing in any other sport in your opposite stance, batting, pitching, golfing, whatever. That's what he managed to do here. And after the time was up, he just kept on flowing, executing trick after trick, leaving no doubt in anyone's minds that he deserved the gold that year.
You got me to watch 51 minutes on dudes named bob and I was glued to the screen...and you got me to give a *#@& about long jumping. Y'all might want to take a crack homelessness and world peace since y'all are out here achieving the impossible.
word
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You didn’t watch part 1?
Jon is just out here kicking touchdowns
I live in Toledo and I 100% support Bob Hamelin's decision of retiring because he was done living in Toledo, lmao.
As a Leverette Middle School alum and former Point Place resident, I concur.
@@tomfoolery5680 go lions
@@TheseTangledWebs no doubt! What years did you go there? I would've went to DeVilbiss the last year it was around. Is Leverette still there btw?
@@tomfoolery5680 I was there in 97-98 and 98-99.
"Toledo, Ohio. Don't get killed here!"
- Scott Wozniak
On the 14th anniversary of Koo Dae-Sung’s legendary hit on Randy Johnson, Jon blesses us with this. Thank you Jon.
Sean Kennedy
Koo Dae Bob
@@jccs98 Koo Dae Bob!!! lmao
DAE SUNG KOO
@@ethanblart8733 Koo Dae- Sung is how Jon says it. Joe Buck pronounces it Dae-Sung Koo.
THIS CROWD LOVES IT AS THEY SERENADE DAE. SUNG. KOO.
I was SO MAD when he revealed that the triple double was taken away
At least Sura is forever immortalized on my Detroit Pistons tshirt
Have a great uncle named bob proctor who played minor league baseball for the cardinals in the 50s. Had a change to go to spring training but quit because he had some business thing to come do in California. Ended up making a lot of money and lives comfortablely out here. Just funny to know he was part of these statistics
This is the most beautiful thing I've seen about sports. How do we get a youtube series nominated for an oscar? I'm not kidding.
I think the most realistic way is
1 unite the two parts and start calling them a movie
The bob emergency: a documentary about athletes named Bob
Or something like this
2 put it on Netflix
3 get some buzz on it
Critics views relevance
4 find a good suit for the red carpet
@@tpsam The History of the Seattle Mariners was the #1 documentary of 2020 on Letterboxd. Don't tell the Oscars.
@@snowflakepillow8697 And last month the Seattle Film Critics awarded it as the best documentary of 2020.
Also highly recommend every episode of Pretty Good, especially "why do I do this for a living?"
The incredible thing is, as much as he hyped Beamon's jump (and the reveal and music are just perfect), it's still possibly undersold. Breaking a world record by that relative amount in a pure measure of athleticism is both unprecedented and unmatched. There is probably no other single effort in sports that approaches what Beamon did. And adding his personal and social circumstances, it's hard to imagine a feat of that level (and importance) ever happening again.
ikr!!!! insane and Blessed!
i mean just think about the change in the 100m?!!!
The long jump record will never again be beaten by that margin until we find a way to make super-serum/genetically engineer superior people.
Roy Beddington
If you adjust for the running surface of Jesse Owens compared to modern day rubberized track, Owens would have been only a single stride behind Usain Bolt at his fastest. They are both extremely fast. Bolt is UNDENIABLY the fastest man in history. But he is not as far advanced as Beamon was amongst his competition. Bob Beamon in a single jump represents a titanic leap (sic) in athleticism. It’s like if Muhammad Ali went back in time 100 years to fight amateur middleweight boxers in a bar league. It’s like 1968 Bob Gibson pitching to middle schoolers. It’s like the Miracle on Ice except everyone on America’s team is Wayne Gretzky. Beamon didn’t just change the long jump, but our understanding of the capabilities of our species. No one in thousands of years could even have dreamed of traveling that distance under their own power horizontally. It beggars belief
njstuckey mondo duplantis has a chance to change pole vaulting forever, the kid already holds the world record at 20 and he's nowhere near peaking
As a Dallas native, I am outraged that “Bullet” Bob Hayes, the fastest NFL player ever, the best punt returner to ever live, one of the 2 people to win a gold medal and be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the ONLY person to ever win an olympic gold and a superbowl ring, and the man who was so fast that zone defense was created JUST TO STOP HIM
Good video anyways
There could be a whole part 3 of the bob emergency with the amount of notable Bobs left off.
Before watching: Jon, you come up with the craziest ideas for videos.
After watching: I should name my kid Bob.
Why do you do this Jon? Your stats and data visualization skills are incredible, you could be working in any team's office making bank with your kind of insight.
Instead you do this. Nobody needed to do this. It's only the most recent in a long line of things you created that the world never needed. But that, in itself, is what we need. There's a clear philosophy in your work of highlighting the stories of little people, and showing how every life adds to the tapestry of the human existence. It's beautiful, only you could make a story of Bobs into a reflection on life.
THIS
This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in a RUclips comment section
Fantastic reply. I can't even guess how many hours I've spent getting lost in Jon's work. I will always be thankful for the time and effort he has put into each and every one.
Jon Bois broke Madden and made the game beautiful. Now he’s making Bob into a badass name.
You said that for likes
“This story may not be as important, but it is a lot less important” lmao
I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't mention Bullet Bob Hayes, a man who ran 10.06 seconds at the 1964 games on a cinder track in poor condition. If you think about, you might realize how extraordinary this achievement is. He was also the first to officially go below 10 seconds, though the time was wind-aided. He then went on to star as a wide receiver in the NFL and make the Hall of Fame.
That Bob Beamon story was incredible, can't believe I haven't heard it until just now
This is one of the most incredible feats ever in sports history. I'm shocked that there wasn't (IIRC) any big commemoration of its 50th anniversary last year. Jon Bois has done a great service to the public good.
I got choked up at the Beamon jump reveal. In a video dedicated to the history of the name Bob in sports. Such is the power of Jon Bois.
Bob Armstrong sadly passed last year in August :( thank you for helping us all remember his great and long lasting career! He truly was a fighter until the end.
Was I the only one thinking “bro stop... bro stop..... bro....... stop....” when it panned over the Bob Beamon record jump measure
Evan Kelly I knew the outcome and still had anxiety 😂
No not at all because I was reacting the exact same way hahha
My reaction was "Okay... okay... okay... oookay... no... no... NO... NO WAY... NO WAY... WHAT..." etc. etc.
LMAO, me too and I knew the outcome and was actually watching when Mike Powell broke his record in 1991 and was still choked up by the whole thing
Jon Bois is the only person that can make me watch almost two hours of video about some athletes named Bob.
HOW?
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS, BOIS
He is secretly named Bob
It's gotta be the music, and his voice.
Insert name HERE yes definitely the voice without a doubt
@@danlorett2184 Bob Bois
simpol rly
It's....
PRETTY GOOD
These videos may have accidentally saved my academic career. I am about to graduate with my AoS with an emphasis on mathematics, planning on transferring to university as a statistics major. Lately I have become very disillusioned with math, I have dropped all my classes this term being severely burned out and coming to see math as nothing more than "meaningless number manipulation, that benefits no one and lacks any intrinsic value". Not only have you used statistics as a basis for a compelling story, but also, in a round-about way as a way to tell the entire history of sports, and the stories of stand-out people along the way, and while I am possibly the person least interested in sports that I know, I cannot deny how engrossing the story is that these videos have to tell. You've given me hope that maybe there is something more yet to be done.
i feel like 5 years from now, some HUGE breakout star in one of the 4 major north american leagues will be named bob, he will come out of nowhere, and make the bobs proud
Donno how they managed to get me so hyped over a long jump from the 60’s unbelievable content
That zoom up through feet and inches...
That's just such an effective tool... so powerful to see that.
And I don't even know what feet or inches mean. That's just so overwhelming an improvement.
Lol. . . Exact opposite. I had no idea what the meters meant but was blown away by the feet
A foot is about a third of a meter.
Being an SI user, I only understood the 8.90 m figure.
An inch is just a bit more than the width of your thumb (2.54 cm), a foot is 12 inches(30.48cm), a foot is pretty close to the long side of a piece of paper as well if you want an easy reference.
Inches are 1/12 of a foot, and a foot is exactly 12 inches
There is news on the front! There is currently a player in the Tampa Bay Rays (baseball) minor league system named Bob Seymour
Jon, I don't even watch sports, and yet I've spent 2 hours of my life watching these 2 videos. They're a remarkable combination of research, production, and narration, and I was certainly not expecting to be so moved by the end. I love your work, but this might be the best of the bunch.
Jon Bois could make a 7 hour long movie on the history of finger injuries in sports and we'd all be here for it.
Derek Mitchell With an interview from Expert Jay Cutler.
Derek Mitchell hell yeah we would!
Derek Mitchell please don’t give Jon ideas
When can we see it?
Soldddddd
15:01 "The next story may not be as important, but it is a lot less important" BEST LINE OF THE WHOLE VIDEO!
I've gotta admit, I listened to that line 5 times to make sure I heard it correctly, and I still don't understand what he meant -- it almost sounds like he's missing a word or something. Could you please explain it?
@@mikepalmer1676 He meant what he said. Jon was implying that the next story really isn't that important, period. Even though it's totally irrelevant, it adds to the entertainment of the Bob story, so he felt the need to add it to the video. He just has a unique form of humor that sometimes sounds confusing to people.
your comment is missing an "as" which for me made it a lot more confusing, but yeah, great line
@@ryani.8916 hes said stuff like that before, I'm pretty sure he has said "it's not the best performance in *insert sport*'s history, but it is the worst.
@@ryani.8916 the story is certainly not "totally irrelevant", but rather quite relevant to the tale of interesting sports Bobs. But like most stories, it's far less important than the tale of a man performing an extremely common athletic feat far better than any other human ever.
Listen here, Jon
You are a visionary. Your editing, immaculate. Voice-over, spooky. But your researching skills...
uhhh
.....
I can't think of an adjective to describe how good you are at researching. I've done research deep dives for trends to help me gain an advantage in fantasy football. I've researched topics from getting shat on by a bird to which serial killers went unnoticed for the longest. I am a nerd, and i piggyback off of data collected from other nerds. But "what if we took away Barry Bonds' bat" and "what's the saddest punt ever" are truly groundbreaking adventures into analytical nerdom.
"Scorigami" is now not only something i casually think about, but it's something I need to be updated on. What is the scorigami chart for college football? More teams=more games played=less scorigami opportunity.
I'm rambling. I love you Jon Bois. Keep doing you.
ps; I'm naming my first born son "Michael Robert McMullen"
Bob for short
Imagine if someone uses the Bob Beamon part in some serious documentary on racism and then has to carefully scrub out "After this unforgettable year, athletes named Bob began to retire".
Somehow, someway, Jon makes a 51-minute study about athletes named Bob the most interesting thing I have watched all day.
David this is better than the entire last three seasons of GOT combined.
You clearly haven't seen part one. This is a two-hour event, mate
@@leaguemaskthaamumugod7552 I have, but this one was the most interesting thing today
Only day? I share your names like the Bobs do and I am disappointed.
"If there's a lesson, it's that: there are no dull stories. People are full of wonder. No matter how you study our history, you will always, always find it."
This is a beautiful quote. I work as an historic interpreter, dressing in period clothing, talking about history and performing period skills. I largely prefer not to talk about the famous people, but the stories of the average person. So that sentiment resonates with me deeply. Thank you, Jon.
27:08 - RIP "Bullet" Bob Armstrong
After the Colts won the Super Bowl in 2007, Me and my dad went to downtown Indy for the Parade Celebration. A float with all the Colts players went by and my dad left me (10 Years old at the time) in a crowd of people to go shake Bob Sanders Hand.
That was so special for Indiana. I didn't realize how important it was till after. I think I still have a poster I got with all the players on that. They got us our ring. Hope the pacers can achieve the same in basketball!
a 1 hour chart party? that's somewhat Good. one might even say.. Pretty Good
Two hours, really
That was copied from the last Bob video
Spare a thought for Bob Dotter, who won three ARCA championships in the 1980s after losing his left hand in an industrial accident in 1962.
That is a deep cut getting to ARCA. Nice work. There are two Bobs left racing Funny Cars in the NHRA.
Inspirational but I personally don't consider racing a sport so much as a pastime. Maybe Jon is in the same boat, more likely he just couldn't include every single notable sports Bob and so focused on more popular sports.
Edit: Double checked part one and he included Racing, so must have decided to omit it because it's more niche considering it sounds like an interesting story.
@@nedisahonkey racing is an endurance trial. 2-5 hours in a hot car. You better be hydrated.
@ Not saying it doesn't take fortitude or skill. I just don't see it as a sport personally. At least not always. The definition of sport has always been difficult for me to define.
@@nedisahonkey I hear you my friend. I feel the same way about trying to define sport. I wrestled and played football in school, then afterwards went into bodybuilding. I will tell you right now, going through posing for bodybuilding is the hardest physical thing I have ever done, but I never considered it a sport.
I keep coming back for the “in the same month, in the same year, someone with the same name would achieve something even more astonishing” as a payoff to the first 2 minutes of Bob Gibson’s story makes me choke up every time
I know Bobby's don't count, but I'm reminded of Czech soccer goalkeeper Zdeněk Zlámal. He was 100% un-notable, but when he signed for Scottish team Heart of Midlothian, he quickly got the nickname "Bobby" from both fans and the media, because absolutely no-one in Edinburgh dared to have a go at saying "Zdeněk". Maybe if enough Czechs move en masse to America, a new Bob may still emerge from the shadows
From SB’s about page “sports video you can’t find anywhere else”
THEY ARE NOT WRONG
Signing Jon Bois was the best decision made by SB Nation. I’m not sure, but I think it’s because (unlike a lot of youtubers) he actually cares and does thorough research. And that doesn’t even mention the brilliant voiceover and editing. Idk, it just does feel like he genuinely cares about what he’s talking about.
Also that quote at the end 👌🏻
UNLIKE?! UNLIKE?!?!?!
are you ok, there is nothing wrong with what he said
I mean ever since he joined on his influence has been very apparent with more story like series like weird rules or rewinder beef history or even dork town have all have more leans towards the story elements of sports
He has also attained a mastery of Google Earth that I didn't even reach after writing multiple scientific papers in the field of geology.
He’s not just a youtuber
I am now going to tell everybody I know the Bob Beamon story. It deserves to be told and it deserves to be heard. One of the best stories of humanity ever, let alone sports.
"Oh, I bet this video gave dropyourgloves more traffic than it's seen in years!"
*Watches for a few more minutes*
"Oh.... :C"
It's a bit of a stretch, but NHL goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is known throughout the whole league as just "Bob."
YOU'RE A LOOSE CANNON BOBROVSKY
Sergeant Bob is heading to Florida
Never been more excited for Bob, never will be again, God bless you Jon Bois
wow im hurt
Bob update as of October 2023 (with reference to the active Bobs listed at 47:33)
Bob Ajisafe last fought in 2019.
Bob McHugh appeared in games for East Kilbride in Scotland as recently as April 2023.
Bob Straetman, age 25, remains an active player for SC Eendracht Aalst in Belgium.
Bob Gilder last played on the PGA Tour Champions in 2019.
Bob Sowards competed on the PGA Tour Champions in 2023.
Bob Tway last played on the PGA Tour Champions in 2019.
Bob Estes competed on the PGA Tour Champions in 2023.
Bob Bryan retired alongside his brother in 2020.
Bob Evans wrestled a match as recently as August 2023.
Bob Jungels, age 31, remains an active cyclist.
Bob Sapp is listed by Jon as a recently retired Bob, however, he has since come out of retirement. He competed in a boxing match as recently as April 2023. Subsequent matches in August and October 2023 were cancelled.
“Cowboy” Bob Orton is also listed as a recently retired Bob, however, he has since come out of retirement. He wrestled a match as recently as August 2023.
Assuming that I haven’t missed any, there are/were eight Bobs remaining in sports in 2023.
I think the 2 soccer players are both in Amateur leagues and no longer in professional sport.
Amateur competition/senior competitions. I’m not sure they count.
I can add another Bob to this list - Bob Schick currently plays NCAA football for the Virginia Tech Hokies, starting all thirteen games as an offensive lineman for them. He retains at least one more year of eligibility, meaning Bob will likely play on in the 2024 season as well.
@@o3_o3_28 any chance of making it to the pros?
Because of this video, I have decided that I'm gonna name my future kid Bob, and develop him to be a world class volleyball player. It will take a while, but I hope to see him honor the name by 2045
With Bol Bol entering the 2019 draft, there will be more NBA players named Bol than Bob
Bol Bol's got nothing on Bob Bob.
I propose renaming Bol Bol to Bob. It's shorter and has all the frequent letters.
@@AndyZach Blob
@@AnCoSt1 is Bol Bol Manute's kid? His dad boxed William "Refrigerator" Perry.
Let's chip in for a Bol Bol vs. Bob Bob throwdown. If not in the ring, then rock paper scissors or an epic rap battle or something.
@@qfmarsh64 Yep, Bol is Manute's kid.
I think there should be an award called best storyteller,and it should be given to Jon Bois every year
The Jon Bois award for best documentary in sports analysis.
Bob (Holly) Howard is still wrestling at 57, albeit not in major promotions. Still loved the video and SB Nation is a great channel.
Bob Griese threw 6 TD's in THREE QUARTERS! He didn't play in the 4th quarter of that game against St. Louis on Thanksgiving Day. That fact which is and has always been totally ignored makes what he did even more incredible!
So glad Bob Sanders got some love. The guy was as destructive to himself as he was to his opponents. Hall of Fame talent, hospice ward durability.
Thanks Jon. My Favorite part was about Bob
This 2 part documentary is, in my modest opinion, the best sport-related “thing” ever produced. I watched roughly 10 times and I still can’t hold back tears. Awesome music and perfect storytelling. Thank you for sharing these wonderful stories.
Love from Italy.
Jon will be happy to know that this past September 2022, Bob Evans wrestled seven consecutive sixty-minute Iron Man matches (one a day) to celebrate his 50th birthday.
If God doesn't sound like Jon Bois I will be very sad.
If he doesn't sound like Jon Bois, he better sound like Morgan Freeman
@@EverythingIsGuchi lol
Heaven is a Chart Party
I want to see a Jon Bois biography made in the style of a Jon Bois video - call it a new episode of Pretty Good. This is impossible of course, because the only person capable of making Pretty Good is Jon Bois.
Still, the Jon Bois autobiography, whenever it may come, is gonna be pretty good
How could a man with an affinity for charts, sports obscurity, and a trademark near permanent deadpan voice become the most entertaining person on the internet? (Low end jazz begins)
Dorktown: The History of Jon Bois
The bob beamon part gave me chills
Legit cried at the Bob Beamon part. It's an amazing story, and you did an amazing job of telling it.
Someone needs to get all pro Middle Linebacker Bobby Wagner to go as bob