Say what you want to say about McGwire, steroids does not give you the hand eye coordination to hit a baseball, McGwire swing was so beautiful, Griffey has the sweetest swing while McGwire has that beautiful swing
@@ranelgallardo7031 Right.... People who dont play baseball dont understand how much having the ball travel an extra 30ft every time you make contact because of how strong you are helps.
yeah guys ruining their bodies with steroids and a bunch of young kids trying to do the same ruining their bodies with steroids was such a great era. Yall are braindead
@@solace4114 - And he obeyed his master like a good boy. Just like they always do, and just don’t know it. It’s the Whites in the media and the government that tell their servants what to do and they do it.
@@Condorcounty Although Bonds over the course of his career hit more home runs, he was not the greatest. Much like Kareem who lead the NBA in scoring all time for years was not considered the greatest. Nobody hit as many home runs per AB than McGwire. Bonds had over 1100 more games played than McGwire and over 3k more AB than him. If we take McGwires AB to HR ratio and apply Bonds AB McGwire would have over 900 HR over the course of his career. McGwire played for 16 seasons but 5 of those had under 100 games played due to injury. Bonds played for over 20. Nobody hit them as often or has as many big bombs as McGwire. People would show up hours before the game just to watch batting practice. Now, was Bonds a better ball player than McGwire? Yes absolutely. It's not even close. Bonds is one of the greatest to ever play the game. But when it comes to home runs and big bombs, there is only one man that sits upon that throne, and his name is McGwire.
@@a.w.w.728But peak for peak, I'd still say Bonds had a greater peak than McGwire. In his 73 hr season, Bonds saw fewer pitches & hit more home runs than McGwire ever did in one season. Highest HR/AB ever = 2001 Barry Bonds (at least, as I recall. Correct me if I'm wrong)
Big Mac has the highest home run per at ratio in MLB history. As a little leaguer his first ever hit was a home run. Now, not 100% sure about this but I BELIEVE his last hit in the Bigs was also a home run. It is my considered opinion that Big Mac is the greatest home run hitter ever.
That White Sox announcer!!! "uh ohhhh" LOLOLOL! P.S. 4:30 I was at this game in St Louis when he hit the sign!!! Thank you Mark every time my family went he hit homerun, minus the game in which he was ejected in like the first inning. The crowd started throwing trash.
I don't care if drank nuclear waste before the game, he was the greatest homerun hitter I've ever seem. The only year I bought season tickets, because I knew he would break the record. He saved baseball for me after the strike year had worn me out from my first love. They should be in the Hall of Fame along with Pete Rose. Erin Go Bragh!!! Big Mac
@@charlettedieuseul1972 Yep. Big Mac and Sammy saved the game in 98 and don't get enough credit for it. Everyone likes to throw them under the bus nowadays and shit talk but MLB knew what was going on back then and didn't care at all because the ratings were through the roof, especially after the 94 strike almost killed them completely. People were done with baseball from 95-97 and those two made it huge again. Made it must watch television every day that summer. It was the most popular I can remember baseball being in my lifetime. That or the 2001 season which was just insane. Ratings were huge in 2016 when the Cubs won, true, but that was just that WS and not for the season as a whole. In 98? The ratings were huge the whole season. It was just a magical year which will never happen again, sadly. Yes they cheated but so did the Astros in 2017 and I don't see MLB taking away their title anytime soon, so I think people should back off Big Mac and Sammy. And Bonds and Clemens. If MLB doesn't care about the Astros cheating which was WAY worse imo then they should get over themselves and let those players into the Hall
@@Jbtigers5 Also the 2018 Red Sox did the same too. However I feel like steroid users will likely have a hard time getting in despite making the game watchable. Because Cooperstown just wants to send a message.
You know it’s an absolute moonshot when the camera guy loses it. That ball had like an 8 second hang time which is an unbelievable amount of time for a ball to land.
@@kpaz9218 Maybe on distance, but from what I understand on steroids, it doesn't make your reaction time any faster; which is a key part of baseball in several areas; including batting. Having 24" biceps will do nothing for you if you can't get the bat off your shoulder when the pitch comes across the plate.
So glad to see the Mark McGwire footage…I watched every one of the games that season esp. the Sammy Sosa vs. Mark McGwire home run chase . The excitement over baseball then compared to today…sadly, there is little comparison…they saved baseball then!
You said sorry about the quality of the later ones..."are you kidding me"...my tail was wagging..GREAT CLASSIC VIDEO..I miss the sosa and McGwire HR chase 👍👍
I was at the game on the second to last homerun. It was estimated 545 ft at the time. I was sitting in left field just above the bullpen and the view of that homerun looked as if that ball was going to keep traveling another couple hundred feet! It was towering yet looked like a line drive. It was an amazing experience. Every time he came to bat, you could just hear the crowd throughout the stadium go crazy every pitch just waiting in anticipation for him to hit a homer. It was an amazing experience! I also saw Mike Piazza smash one up into Big Mac land during batting practice before the game which was pretty awesome as well.
@@Swimbait_fishing I am not sure what the estimate is now but it’s a lot less than the original estimate. I thought it would have been further and not shorter but I suppose the experts have a better way of calculating it.
Those home runs were overestimated. people think because the ball hits the upper deck that it means it went far but what they don't realize is if you ever go to the upper deck in these stadiums, those seatsare only about 30 feet past the fence they're just really high. So the launch angle needed to reach those seats means that the ball was popped up very high so by the time it's reaching those seats it's not still going forward it's on its way down. So the ball is only going to go another twenty feet or so past that on its way down. But a line drive that is still rising, may not even reach the second deck but if there wasn't anything to stop it it could potentially keep going another hundred plus feet because it was still on the rise so while it doesn't look like it would be as far, if nothing was there it would be farther. They have recalculated some of these monster shots that were 530 ft and every time that statcast has reformulated the numbers they realize that these balls are like 470 or 480. You can Google it and look it up they are so far off on these estimates it's not even funny but that ball was absolutely crushed
Here is the statcast analysis. They were way off on this estimate. It wasn't even five hundred feet. if you scroll down it'll show how they figured out how far it actually went. They use weather conditions as well as how far the sign was away with the launch angle was and all that and it ended up being 487 ft which is still amazing but nowhere near the estimate. all of these monster 500-foot home runs that are recalculated using proper techniques, end up being well short of that huge number www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/6/30/12063478/the-time-mark-mcgwire-hit-a-545-foot-home-run
I was at a game at Busch not long after we got McGuire in '97. Saw him hit a 504 foot shot. I'll never forget the sound. It was the purest and loudest compression of bat on ball that I've ever heard. 🔥
I still remember that last one may have had the coolest announcer's call of all the McGwire HR's "Up into the night, into the upper deck, are YOU KIDDIN ME?! OH MY!"
@@tennisbum3686 yup. He also owned up to it to, maybe one of the only ones to come out, express remorse about it, didn't lie. If it's possible for a steroid user to have some sort of integrity about how he handled the aftermath, I think McGwire did so. I was shocked and hurt when I found out years after the fact that the two of them, McGwire and Sosa both were on steroids. For a while I felt like that was like the "Santa Claus wasn't real" moment for the '98 Home Run chase. It was hard to reconcile how that summer brought me so much joy and excitement then this thing 6-7 years later that comes out means I can't think fondly back on all those moments? It'll always be bittersweet but I'll prob always have a soft spot for McGwire's 70 season and Sosa's 66 in 98 not far behind. Whereas with Bonds in 01, I was kinda rooting for him to not break the record, I felt he was a pious jerk at the time (I had read Rick Reilly's piece in SI called "He Loves Himself Barry Much and was convinced) and I may have been aware he was using steroids during the chase although I'm not sure.
Steroids may have helped him stay a bit healthier with his previous foot and knee problems as well as gaining some distance but he definitely was a premier power hitter. Many, many guys took steroids in MLB but did not hit nearly as many HR's as Mark. Canseco, the biggest juicer never hit more than 46 in a single season. I was at the old Tiger Stadium when McGwire hit his first career homerun off Walt Terrell to straight away center field. For those who have ever been there remembers that was a long way to the CF fence. And he was a lot thinner back then!
most guys would be premier power hitters if every time they hit the ball it went another 30ft farther because of how strong they are... Balls they would be terrible to hit for hitters now become that much easier. Balls that would be routine pop flys now end up home runs.
In a 1998 article by Associated Press writer Steve Wilstein, McGwire confessed to taking androstenedione,[34] an over-the-counter muscle enhancement product that had already been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the NFL, and the IOC; however, use of the substance was not prohibited by Major League Baseball at the time, and it was not federally classified as an anabolic steroid in the United States until 2004
The best thing after being our hitting coach he was the only one that scouted Pujols and it took 14 RDS to draft a player from a community College. And that was the yr he quit playing , I don't care if he left after he gave us 11 yrs of watching his mammoth shots but to see Pujols every night for his first 11 yrs me getting in my opinion he id=s the greatest Right Handed hitter I have saw.
Laker Logic went with my family as a kid to watch Cards and Dbacks (we’re from New Mexico) every summer and saw McGwire play a few games the year he hit 70. He hit a grand slam that was around 438 feet. Before that game we watched him take BP. It was like watching a freak show. He literally hit one out of Chase Field (or Bank One Ballpark as it was known back then), and everyone’s jaws just dropped. He even hit the top of the scoreboard in straight away center. I’ve never seen anyone hit a ball like him. His forearms where the size of my entire body lol
I had to check wiki.....>> McGwire married Stephanie Slemer-a former pharmaceutical sales representative from the St. Louis area-in Las Vegas on April 20, 2002. On June 1, 2010, their triplet girls were born: Monet Rose, Marlo Rose, and Monroe Rose. They join brothers Max and Mason. They reside in a gated community in Shady Canyon Irvine, California.[42] Together they created the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children to support agencies that help children who have been sexually and physically abused come to terms with a difficult childhood. Mark has a son, Matthew (b. 1987), from a previous marriage (1984-1990, divorced) to Kathleen Hughes.
1:48 Hey if you’ve ever been to a Chi Sox game and walked up on that concourse you’d see how much of bomb that was. I remember thinking I don’t think many balls end up up here then I looked around and saw a baseball wedged behind a trash can and the wall. Unbelievable
They lied about how far some of those homeruns were travelling. Mark McGwire would probably have been outted for steroids had they been honest. Some were well over 600 feet.
Wow this guy power was incredible the one at Jacobs Field that hit the Budweiser sign at the top of the bleachers was 485 ft if that sign would have not been there that would have been over 500 ft. The height of that sign over the playing field its significant.
I watched Mark and Jose Canseco smack baseballs out of Oakland many times during games. You should of seen a few of the batting practices before games.... balls hit way over 550 feet
McGwire's swing looked effortless, but it is a quick compact swing that is able to create a tremendous amount of torque. Chase Utley's was the same way.
Fun fact: Vin Scully does not mispronounce Willie Stargell’s name in that clip. Willie’s real name is Wilver. He preferred it, however, was not opposed to his much more famous nickname, Willie. Scully was the only announcer in baseball who called him by his birth name, Wilver. This led to Willie’s mother calling Scully her favorite baseball announcer.
McGwire was hands-down the best HR machine in MLB history outside of maybe Babe Ruth himself. McGwire hit 49 HRs as a skinny rookie, besting the prior rookie record by a dozen shots. McGwire without roids would have been injured much of his career. Look at this compact swing, he's not even flexing to hit the ball over 500'.
Yeah I always marveled at how far they went when it didn’t appear that his swings were full effort (like canseco hitting his back with the bat he swung so hard)
When the kids who grew up counting down the homeruns in 1998 are old people. We can tell the story that matters. When Big Mac hit the longest jaw-dropping homeruns and the whole family would jump and cheer, that was an amazing year for baseball. How any baseball fans or writers can discount that is ridiculous. Baseball after the stupid strike in 94 was sooooooo lame.
Darren Owens McGwire was buff in high school with the biggest forearms that you can imagine for a high school senior. Don’t believe that he took anything to cheat the game
That first one was an all-time power pitcher vs. an all-time power hitter. That ball never stood a chance of going less than 400ft.
Big Unit is lucky Big Mac didn't put that one in orbit.
Dave's call makes it even better.
Say what you want to say about McGwire, steroids does not give you the hand eye coordination to hit a baseball, McGwire swing was so beautiful, Griffey has the sweetest swing while McGwire has that beautiful swing
But they can turn some flyballs into HRs.
@@ranelgallardo7031 Right.... People who dont play baseball dont understand how much having the ball travel an extra 30ft every time you make contact because of how strong you are helps.
Actually, working out and being strong does actually help hand eye coordination.
@@Chrisicola stop
@@jonnyblayze5149 Stop what? Not my problem if your to tarded to realize that Jonny. No weaker improves coordination- got it 🙄
McGwire running the bases with skinny jeans on.
LOL...dude did look funny with those skinny legs.
Joe Schmoe lmao bruh man had normal baseball pants on he was so big they just look tight
@@williamthomas5215 We use to call those nut huggers.
They dont make baseball pants in sizre "Juiced"
@Intensity Fit Club skinny jeans doesn’t mean your legs are skinny lmaoo they’re just a style of pants
Steroids or not, he was fun to watch hit back then.
Crowds just to watch him take bp. He put butts in the seats.
He never took anything that was illegal
@@lilmissperfect1536 and you care to much about shit you can't control
how far can he hit with juiced baseball in 2019
lilmiss perfect who cares it’s entertainment that’s the whole point of sports to entertain
Steroids funtioning at full strenght..!! Best times in MLB history..!!
Absolutely agreed
yeah guys ruining their bodies with steroids and a bunch of young kids trying to do the same ruining their bodies with steroids was such a great era. Yall are braindead
I'll take steroids over kneeling during the Anthem anyday.
@@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190 you do realize a white soldier asked colin to kneel right? Ahahaha
@@solace4114 - And he obeyed his master like a good boy. Just like they always do, and just don’t know it. It’s the Whites in the media and the government that tell their servants what to do and they do it.
His swings always looked so effortless but yet he hit home runs so far. Amazing!!
itshiho I have never been able to understand how
@@jerrygarcia1800 steroids
@@jerrygarcia1800 yep
He didn't take steroids .He took adenosine not a banned by baseball.
Darren Owens shut the the hell up.
Most prolific home run hitter of all time. He is the GOAT as far as home runs are concerned.
Bonds?
@@Condorcounty Although Bonds over the course of his career hit more home runs, he was not the greatest. Much like Kareem who lead the NBA in scoring all time for years was not considered the greatest.
Nobody hit as many home runs per AB than McGwire. Bonds had over 1100 more games played than McGwire and over 3k more AB than him. If we take McGwires AB to HR ratio and apply Bonds AB McGwire would have over 900 HR over the course of his career. McGwire played for 16 seasons but 5 of those had under 100 games played due to injury. Bonds played for over 20.
Nobody hit them as often or has as many big bombs as McGwire. People would show up hours before the game just to watch batting practice.
Now, was Bonds a better ball player than McGwire? Yes absolutely. It's not even close. Bonds is one of the greatest to ever play the game.
But when it comes to home runs and big bombs, there is only one man that sits upon that throne, and his name is McGwire.
@@Condorcounty bonds has a lot more at bats. McGwire has the best HR/AB ratio ever. Even better than Ruth's
@@a.w.w.728But peak for peak, I'd still say Bonds had a greater peak than McGwire. In his 73 hr season, Bonds saw fewer pitches & hit more home runs than McGwire ever did in one season.
Highest HR/AB ever = 2001 Barry Bonds (at least, as I recall. Correct me if I'm wrong)
Thank You Mr. Mgwire. Thank You...
McGuire’s chest was always the first part of his body to reach home plate
His bat swing is a thing of beauty.
At least 3 times a year I come back and watch this to make me smile. Thanks For making this video.
Big Mac has the highest home run per at ratio in MLB history. As a little leaguer his first ever hit was a home run. Now, not 100% sure about this but I BELIEVE his last hit in the Bigs was also a home run. It is my considered opinion that Big Mac is the greatest home run hitter ever.
1998 was the most fun baseball season ever. McGwire and Sosa put on a hell of a show.
That White Sox announcer!!!
"uh ohhhh" LOLOLOL!
P.S.
4:30 I was at this game in St Louis when he hit the sign!!! Thank you Mark every time my family went he hit homerun, minus the game in which he was ejected in like the first inning. The crowd started throwing trash.
We need a video showing ALL of McGwire's Home Runs!!! I can sit here and watch them all day long...
There are just do a little searching on RUclips. Especially his 97-99 seasons
As a Seattlelite, That home run against Randy Johnson was painful but mesmerizing to watch
His shots were towering and majestic. Prettiest homers ever.
They just float away
I don't care if drank nuclear waste before the game, he was the greatest homerun hitter I've ever seem. The only year I bought season tickets, because I knew he would break the record. He saved baseball for me after the strike year had worn me out from my first love. They should be in the Hall of Fame along with Pete Rose. Erin Go Bragh!!! Big Mac
Saved baseball at the time
And Sammy Sosa helped save baseball at that time
@@charlettedieuseul1972 Yep.
Big Mac and Sammy saved the game in 98 and don't get enough credit for it.
Everyone likes to throw them under the bus nowadays and shit talk but MLB knew what was going on back then and didn't care at all because the ratings were through the roof, especially after the 94 strike almost killed them completely. People were done with baseball from 95-97 and those two made it huge again. Made it must watch television every day that summer. It was the most popular I can remember baseball being in my lifetime. That or the 2001 season which was just insane.
Ratings were huge in 2016 when the Cubs won, true, but that was just that WS and not for the season as a whole.
In 98? The ratings were huge the whole season. It was just a magical year which will never happen again, sadly. Yes they cheated but so did the Astros in 2017 and I don't see MLB taking away their title anytime soon, so I think people should back off Big Mac and Sammy. And Bonds and Clemens. If MLB doesn't care about the Astros cheating which was WAY worse imo then they should get over themselves and let those players into the Hall
@@Jbtigers5 Also the 2018 Red Sox did the same too.
However I feel like steroid users will likely have a hard time getting in despite making the game watchable. Because Cooperstown just wants to send a message.
Big Mac deserves to be in the HALL of Fame
You silly
He didn’t not cheat the game he should’ve been a first ballot hall of famer.
I love it when the pitchers just drop their head after hearing the crack of the bat. You know it was crushed.
I equally like it when they show the outfielders and they don't even turn around. Those guys know, too.
He did have a beautiful effortless swing though.
Him and Ken Griffey Jr. Had the best Swigs
@@adampruitt9211 Swings yeah but Bags had the coolest stance.
@@user-dj2sz8qn1w I think Ken Griffey Jr. Had the Best Swing and Stance together his swing was so Flawless and easy Flowing
Steroids
Yea him and Albert bell had that effortless swing.. Griffey to but his was one of a kind.
Even with steroids, seeing someone absolutely nuke a ball like that is just a sight to behold.
Love him or hate him...The most gangster home run trot of all time
half flexing the entire time
4:55 One of greatest calls of baseball history.
into the upper what?!?
@@joeshafer6806into the upper tank
That last HR was a mammoth shot. Holy cow.
You know it’s an absolute moonshot when the camera guy loses it. That ball had like an 8 second hang time which is an unbelievable amount of time for a ball to land.
It was estimated at 545 ft
@@travisp5747 BWAHHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA no it didn't have an 8second hang time🤨
@@jonnyblayze5149 Pretty Close... go back and time it
Steroids or not, he hit them off some pretty premier pitchers
Steroids make that easier...
@@kpaz9218 it makes the distance part easier. Definitely doesn't make the ball any easier to hit
@@kpaz9218 Maybe on distance, but from what I understand on steroids, it doesn't make your reaction time any faster; which is a key part of baseball in several areas; including batting. Having 24" biceps will do nothing for you if you can't get the bat off your shoulder when the pitch comes across the plate.
If the bat feels lighter in your hands then you can get the bat where you want it to be faster.
@@kpaz9218 easier to hit distance, still not easy to hit a curve or 95 mph fastball. If steroids were the end all be all sports wouldn’t exist lol
McGwire from the right and Griffey from the left the 2 best swings in baseball and probably the 2 best smiles
I agree 💯
Will clark
So glad to see the Mark McGwire footage…I watched every one of the games that season esp. the Sammy Sosa vs. Mark McGwire home run chase . The excitement over baseball then compared to today…sadly, there is little comparison…they saved baseball then!
You said sorry about the quality of the later ones..."are you kidding me"...my tail was wagging..GREAT CLASSIC VIDEO..I miss the sosa and McGwire HR chase 👍👍
So much power behind that great swing fantastic.
4:50 that call tho😂
This was the only year's I ever watched baseball and it was for sure the best year's to watch.
I was at the game on the second to last homerun. It was estimated 545 ft at the time. I was sitting in left field just above the bullpen and the view of that homerun looked as if that ball was going to keep traveling another couple hundred feet! It was towering yet looked like a line drive. It was an amazing experience. Every time he came to bat, you could just hear the crowd throughout the stadium go crazy every pitch just waiting in anticipation for him to hit a homer. It was an amazing experience! I also saw Mike Piazza smash one up into Big Mac land during batting practice before the game which was pretty awesome as well.
Damn. That is an awesome memory..
What is the current estimate of that home run?
@@Swimbait_fishing I am not sure what the estimate is now but it’s a lot less than the original estimate. I thought it would have been further and not shorter but I suppose the experts have a better way of calculating it.
@@steadyflow3790 no it isn't shorter you idiot
They had a giant Band-aid on the scoreboard for a while where that ball hit.
I remember being at that game where he hit the Post Dispatch sign. 545 feet.
I'll never forget that CRACK sound.
Those home runs were overestimated. people think because the ball hits the upper deck that it means it went far but what they don't realize is if you ever go to the upper deck in these stadiums, those seatsare only about 30 feet past the fence they're just really high. So the launch angle needed to reach those seats means that the ball was popped up very high so by the time it's reaching those seats it's not still going forward it's on its way down. So the ball is only going to go another twenty feet or so past that on its way down. But a line drive that is still rising, may not even reach the second deck but if there wasn't anything to stop it it could potentially keep going another hundred plus feet because it was still on the rise so while it doesn't look like it would be as far, if nothing was there it would be farther. They have recalculated some of these monster shots that were 530 ft and every time that statcast has reformulated the numbers they realize that these balls are like 470 or 480. You can Google it and look it up they are so far off on these estimates it's not even funny but that ball was absolutely crushed
Here is the statcast analysis. They were way off on this estimate. It wasn't even five hundred feet. if you scroll down it'll show how they figured out how far it actually went. They use weather conditions as well as how far the sign was away with the launch angle was and all that and it ended up being 487 ft which is still amazing but nowhere near the estimate. all of these monster 500-foot home runs that are recalculated using proper techniques, end up being well short of that huge number
www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/6/30/12063478/the-time-mark-mcgwire-hit-a-545-foot-home-run
I was at a game at Busch not long after we got McGuire in '97. Saw him hit a 504 foot shot. I'll never forget the sound. It was the purest and loudest compression of bat on ball that I've ever heard. 🔥
@@thickerconstrictor9037 no
That last one above the bud light sign at old Busch stadium was absolutely insane
I still remember that last one may have had the coolest announcer's call of all the McGwire HR's "Up into the night, into the upper deck, are YOU KIDDIN ME?! OH MY!"
What's wrong with you people? He cheated with steroids, practically double his size
@@tennisbum3686 yup. He also owned up to it to, maybe one of the only ones to come out, express remorse about it, didn't lie. If it's possible for a steroid user to have some sort of integrity about how he handled the aftermath, I think McGwire did so. I was shocked and hurt when I found out years after the fact that the two of them, McGwire and Sosa both were on steroids. For a while I felt like that was like the "Santa Claus wasn't real" moment for the '98 Home Run chase. It was hard to reconcile how that summer brought me so much joy and excitement then this thing 6-7 years later that comes out means I can't think fondly back on all those moments? It'll always be bittersweet but I'll prob always have a soft spot for McGwire's 70 season and Sosa's 66 in 98 not far behind.
Whereas with Bonds in 01, I was kinda rooting for him to not break the record, I felt he was a pious jerk at the time (I had read Rick Reilly's piece in SI called "He Loves Himself Barry Much and was convinced) and I may have been aware he was using steroids during the chase although I'm not sure.
Bring back the juice this is awesome!!!
My favorite player of all time! By far.
It's called admiring the low-hanging fruit, he cheated
The one thing I did respect about him is that he never showed up the pitcher on any of his homeruns.
Ok Karen
It’s probably guilt from knowing he was already cheating that would’ve been overkill if he was taunting
Steroids may have helped him stay a bit healthier with his previous foot and knee problems as well as gaining some distance but he definitely was a premier power hitter. Many, many guys took steroids in MLB but did not hit nearly as many HR's as Mark. Canseco, the biggest juicer never hit more than 46 in a single season. I was at the old Tiger Stadium when McGwire hit his first career homerun off Walt Terrell to straight away center field. For those who have ever been there remembers that was a long way to the CF fence. And he was a lot thinner back then!
most guys would be premier power hitters if every time they hit the ball it went another 30ft farther because of how strong they are... Balls they would be terrible to hit for hitters now become that much easier. Balls that would be routine pop flys now end up home runs.
@@dm1972 😭
They first was so legendary and it was against Randy Johnson 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Hershiser reaction was great.
This was the most fun to watch back in this era. Roids or not, it was entertaining as hell.
In a 1998 article by Associated Press writer Steve Wilstein, McGwire confessed to taking androstenedione,[34] an over-the-counter muscle enhancement product that had already been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the NFL, and the IOC; however, use of the substance was not prohibited by Major League Baseball at the time, and it was not federally classified as an anabolic steroid in the United States until 2004
Just majestic
When you put it on beginner on mlb road to the show
I knew I wasn't the only one.
I didn’t play 120 minor league games to get drafted by my team and then get traded to the fucking Devil Rays mid season
So beginner it is.
😂🤣🤣
HR Derby: Aaron Judge vs Mark McGwire in his prime would be an epic matchup.
McGwire will win, but with an *
I want to just once experience life being on whatever that man was on.
Trt no you dont its terrible for u
He was using androstenedione wich is a legal supplement that you can still get a any GNC store
take me back to these days.
He held the records for most home runs as a rookie
The best thing after being our hitting coach he was the only one that scouted Pujols and it took 14 RDS to draft a player from a community College. And that was the yr he quit playing , I don't care if he left after he gave us 11 yrs of watching his mammoth shots but to see Pujols every night for his first 11 yrs me getting in my opinion he id=s the greatest Right Handed hitter I have saw.
Saw him at the height of his roid spree and dudes forearms were bigger than most dudes calves.
Laker Logic went with my family as a kid to watch Cards and Dbacks (we’re from New Mexico) every summer and saw McGwire play a few games the year he hit 70. He hit a grand slam that was around 438 feet. Before that game we watched him take BP. It was like watching a freak show. He literally hit one out of Chase Field (or Bank One Ballpark as it was known back then), and everyone’s jaws just dropped. He even hit the top of the scoreboard in straight away center. I’ve never seen anyone hit a ball like him. His forearms where the size of my entire body lol
that must have been awesome to see in person...I'm jealous!
Pete Rose Jr said McGwire once hit a homerun that was two rows away from leaving busch stadium..
I had to check wiki.....>> McGwire married Stephanie Slemer-a former pharmaceutical sales representative from the St. Louis area-in Las Vegas on April 20, 2002. On June 1, 2010, their triplet girls were born: Monet Rose, Marlo Rose, and Monroe Rose. They join brothers Max and Mason. They reside in a gated community in Shady Canyon Irvine, California.[42] Together they created the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children to support agencies that help children who have been sexually and physically abused come to terms with a difficult childhood. Mark has a son, Matthew (b. 1987), from a previous marriage (1984-1990, divorced) to Kathleen Hughes.
1:48 Hey if you’ve ever been to a Chi Sox game and walked up on that concourse you’d see how much of bomb that was.
I remember thinking I don’t think many balls end up up here then I looked around and saw a baseball wedged behind a trash can and the wall. Unbelievable
This, hand in hand with attitude era WWF was the best time to be a kid. Oh my God.
They lied about how far some of those homeruns were travelling. Mark McGwire would probably have been outted for steroids had they been honest. Some were well over 600 feet.
Lol no. Just no
@@jadkins1508 Yes lmao. Just yes.
How do you know this. Im new to baseball.
@@aky19832001 Common sense
Lmao nah.
McGwire had to admire how far he hit some of those balls.
Bologna, he cheated
He was my idol still is .
Me and my family are cardinals fans, and we all know Mark McGwire! He was a popular baseball player before I was born!
Wow this guy power was incredible the one at Jacobs Field that hit the Budweiser sign at the top of the bleachers was 485 ft if that sign would have not been there that would have been over 500 ft. The height of that sign over the playing field its significant.
I watched Mark and Jose Canseco smack baseballs out of Oakland many times during games. You should of seen a few of the batting practices before games.... balls hit way over 550 feet
Looks like he’s not even trying to swing and he hits absolute bombs. Beautiful swing.
Wow what a beast.
the last one was a titanic blast
1:20 he done it again
3:05 to silence the Bronx without a single boo is deafening !
No shifts, no Mitchel report, no shits... Fuck it I lived the best period in baseball history.
Marks swing was epic, on tv it looked like a simple pop up meanwhile the ball goes out of the stadium lol
Every time Mark comes up to bat it’s going to be a home run 💯
Of course, he was on roids to hit every homerun.
We need steroids back in MLB
Omg i would come back
Don't need them with juiced baseballs.
@MAXKEVIN27 love you & your confederate flag
@Commenter 10 imagine getting triggered over a flag
It has, it's called juiced ball.
The greatest power hitter ever!!!
McGwire's swing looked effortless, but it is a quick compact swing that is able to create a tremendous amount of torque. Chase Utley's was the same way.
Chase Utley? Shouldn’t even be in the same sentence with Mac. You must be a Phillies fan 😂😂😂 good luck chasing my Braves all year
@@bradentoncane8830 LOL 100 bucks says the Braves get knocked out in NLDS... They always choke.
@@bradentoncane8830you're right Utley was a far better player than McGwire ever was and I've been a Cardinal fan for 50 years
ahh man the good ol days McGwire was a beast
Fun fact: Vin Scully does not mispronounce Willie Stargell’s name in that clip. Willie’s real name is Wilver. He preferred it, however, was not opposed to his much more famous nickname, Willie. Scully was the only announcer in baseball who called him by his birth name, Wilver. This led to Willie’s mother calling Scully her favorite baseball announcer.
Scully forever I miss his stories man the best
THE TRUE GOAT!
McGwire was hands-down the best HR machine in MLB history outside of maybe Babe Ruth himself. McGwire hit 49 HRs as a skinny rookie, besting the prior rookie record by a dozen shots. McGwire without roids would have been injured much of his career. Look at this compact swing, he's not even flexing to hit the ball over 500'.
wow this is Genius Player.
If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.
That could be the worst line I’ve ever heard,
CORRECTION: if you’re cheating you’re not trying
What a fucking moron you're. Total worthless piece of shit.
Una bestia
4:00-I was at this game. He hit 3 bombs off of Phillies pitching. I was really hoping he got a crack at a fourth but he didn't.
Yeah I always marveled at how far they went when it didn’t appear that his swings were full effort (like canseco hitting his back with the bat he swung so hard)
Im a Cleveland fan, and Indians fans STILL talk about the Budweiser sign blast off Hershiser
The most jacked-up player of all time. The power of the juice is strong in this one ...
You a dummy
Vin scully, the only person to call Willy Stargell "Wilbur" Stargell
Still the 🐐 in my opinion!!
He makes it look so easy!
Longest home run hitter of all time!!!!
When the kids who grew up counting down the homeruns in 1998 are old people. We can tell the story that matters. When Big Mac hit the longest jaw-dropping homeruns and the whole family would jump and cheer, that was an amazing year for baseball. How any baseball fans or writers can discount that is ridiculous. Baseball after the stupid strike in 94 was sooooooo lame.
Mark McGuire took androstenedione that wasn't illegal in baseball and wasn't steroids.
Darren Owens McGwire was buff in high school with the biggest forearms that you can imagine for a high school senior. Don’t believe that he took anything to cheat the game
This is the part of youtube I like 🤗
'Androstenedione's a helluva drug...'
He is so big it looks like he is swinging an elongated toothpick.
Roids or not, that era with him was the most fun to watch..And remember, roids doesnt help with eye-bat coordination
Whats crazy about the first one is that he hit it on the end of the bat. Just imagine if he got the meat of the bat on it 😮
Randy was legit.. badass pitcher
Man he punished the ball, sounded different coming off the bat.
I wish there was a batting practice HR highlight reel