I love late 90s Sportscenter highlights.....nothing activates the warm happy feelings of childhood nostalgia than Sportscenter/Baseball Tonight highlights from the late 90s/early 00s. Miss those days, miss my late father whom I shared with/inherited his love of baseball.
McGwire's homers are the funnest to watch. A lot of the baseballs from 1997-1999 cleared the fence by at least 50 feet. Even when he didn't come close to getting all of it. Gotta wonder the exit velocity on a lot of these bombs. Ridiculous.
Sammy got his 60th HR on Sep 18 that year. McGwire didn't get number 60 until near the end of September. How the hell did Big Mac still beat Sammy that year? Sosa ended with 63 homers. McGwire with 65.
Mark McGwire looks much bigger than Barry Bonds in that Era, and Crushed more upper deck Homers. Of Course in the 73 Homers Bonds hit, He had a record 177 Walks and .683 Slugging PCT. I don't care what people say or think, He, McGwire, and Sosa was must see TV back then. Excited Baseball Games ⚾
11:30, that was possibly the longest ball ever hit to the opposite field. Halfway up the scoreboard. (No I don't count balls supposedly by Babe Ruth in 425 AD)
He hit 135 HRs in a 2 year span. Thats a record that will never ever be broken...whether you think it's legit or not. If Judge stayed healthy this season he would have been around 120-125, but 135 is impossible.....esp w/o juice and shitty 90's pitching.
Due to the juiced ball that was introduced in 1994.... It's not due to steroids bc by all accounts he was using from 1988 to 1992 as well, back when the League hit far fewer HRs than 1994 and beyond.
I forget which pitcher said it in a post-game interview (maybe Jose Lima?) but it always reminded me of something Satchel Paige might've said.... "When you hear that sound, no need to turn around".... truer words maybe never spoken.
It’s a great question when did anabolic steroids first enter its use in Baseball. In sports it was Olympic Weightlifting but Baseball I’ll bet in the 70’s and especially the 80’s. The NFL definitely had steroids involved by the 70’s. A ton of players from Terry Bradshaws team alone have been dead for a while. The history of anabolic steroids and eventually HGH is an interesting one but again when did anabolic steroids first enter Baseball.
I love late 90s Sportscenter highlights.....nothing activates the warm happy feelings of childhood nostalgia than Sportscenter/Baseball Tonight highlights from the late 90s/early 00s.
Miss those days, miss my late father whom I shared with/inherited his love of baseball.
McGwire's homers are the funnest to watch. A lot of the baseballs from 1997-1999 cleared the fence by at least 50 feet. Even when he didn't come close to getting all of it. Gotta wonder the exit velocity on a lot of these bombs. Ridiculous.
Sammy got his 60th HR on Sep 18 that year. McGwire didn't get number 60 until near the end of September. How the hell did Big Mac still beat Sammy that year?
Sosa ended with 63 homers. McGwire with 65.
Mark McGwire looks much bigger than Barry Bonds in that Era, and Crushed more upper deck Homers. Of Course in the 73 Homers Bonds hit, He had a record 177 Walks and .683 Slugging PCT. I don't care what people say or think, He, McGwire, and Sosa was must see TV back then. Excited Baseball Games ⚾
I get goosebumps of watching the old Sportscenter of those times. It was more awesome.
I miss the old ballparks of mlb of the 90s that aren't there no more.
11:30, that was possibly the longest ball ever hit to the opposite field. Halfway up the scoreboard. (No I don't count balls supposedly by Babe Ruth in 425 AD)
He hit 135 HRs in a 2 year span. Thats a record that will never ever be broken...whether you think it's legit or not.
If Judge stayed healthy this season he would have been around 120-125, but 135 is impossible.....esp w/o juice and shitty 90's pitching.
BIG MAC 99 another legendary season🔥🐐💯⚾️
big mac from 1995-2001 was amzing HR AB ratio
Due to the juiced ball that was introduced in 1994....
It's not due to steroids bc by all accounts he was using from 1988 to 1992 as well, back when the League hit far fewer HRs than 1994 and beyond.
I forget which pitcher said it in a post-game interview (maybe Jose Lima?) but it always reminded me of something Satchel Paige might've said.... "When you hear that sound, no need to turn around".... truer words maybe never spoken.
It’s a great question when did anabolic steroids first enter its use in Baseball. In sports it was Olympic Weightlifting but Baseball I’ll bet in the 70’s and especially the 80’s. The NFL definitely had steroids involved by the 70’s. A ton of players from Terry Bradshaws team alone have been dead for a while. The history of anabolic steroids and eventually HGH is an interesting one but again when did anabolic steroids first enter Baseball.
0:44 "Number 4 this season, fans scrambling for the ball. Maybe they'll sell it to that Spawn guy for $8 billion."
Ok, THAT was funny!
3:52 did that reach the upper deck?
Looks like it bounced off the facing.