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A great book to read is "The Fireballer" by Mark Stevens Great baseball story - can't help but wonder if the genesis of the novel was Carl Mays...:)

Jesse won one of his gold medals because a German competitor gave Mr. Owens pointers on how to avoid fouling on the long jump. Jesse took the German's advice, avoided fouling a third time (and being disqualified), and won the gold in the long jump. Sportsmanship prevailed on the track!

I’ve been driving by Ray Chapman Park once a week for work and never knew that he was the only person to die from hit by pitch in the MLB,what a small world.

NO REALLY

When did Abe Vigoda play baseball?

Pitchers are not better ? ? ?

Great video thanks

4:05 = my ears and my heart thank you very much for that. Uhhhh yea, might want to take that back to the editing bay mate. 😂

Awesome commentary. Did you ever see the Joey Bishop show episode with Leo Durocher and Phil Foster? In that one, the two former best of friends will no longer talk to one another because Foster blames the other for the Dodgers abandoning Brooklyn for LA.

Are you CRYING 😢There's No CRYING In Baseball. Kid I'm gonna show you how it's done. OH Look at that Ball Go.🏟⚾️

You didn't mention him, but you showed a clip of the seemingly baseball immortal, Julio Franco. Weird stance extraordinaire.

Im 63 and still love Big League Chew.

The power that Hollywood has the cement public remembering versus the lack of responsibility they take in representing it is beyond unfortunate for the culture as a whole.

4:05 I was cleaning and this scared me 😂😂

I think there was an episode of "Dennis the Menace", with Sandy Koufax.

I was a perfect candidate for appreciating Ball 4: I was a 15-year-old male in 1970!! So I am now age 69. Maybe a little more wisdom now? So I re-consider Ball 4 and now I sense bitterness behind Bouton's attitude. And I'm not pointing fingers: Here was a very young man who gained fame, soaked it in, then saw it go away because of a sore arm. This in a time when young players did not have agents to guide them in a whole lot of things including how to handle fame. How to insulate yourself some, to understand people's motivations. I think this is all standard now.

Fun fact, the creator of "The Wire"... this was his favorite book. I think it's what inspired him to write if i remember right

You can get into a lot more trouble telling the truth than lying In fact, you can become a VERY powerful person if you're willing to lie often But i read this. Bouton obviously wasn't banned like i used to think. He got tons of interviews and mlb let him work in his post career

This video was so good, it made me forget about my problems for a second. 😊 Thank you

cool ole pics

Hey bud. 26:33 lol, if you're gonna try to be a historian, please get your Roosevelts correct....TR died in 1919!

Great lecture about the dead ball....Grover Cleveland Alexander "Alex" deserves a mention in this episode!

May MLB will order face mask , simular to a football helmut for batters in the future.

Headgear became mandatory after Tony Conigliaro was beaned.

Remember the times fans ran on to the field during the Senators last game in Washington DC before moving to Arlington, Texas, the Ten Cent Beer Night fiasco, and the Disco Demolition Night fiasco?

How do you always manage to turn a beautiful topic into sissy political points?

Now we have to sneak cheap vodka into games

Make a vídeo about the history of Bubble Gum in Baseball

They stopped serving beer at Dodger Stadium. They lost the opener.

Grandpa Munster Came to be a Bat.

this channel is unapparelled in it's quality blend of the old and the new.

To me personally 1990-1994 baseball was just great. Being 10 years old and seeing the Reds win the title and getting into collecting baseball cards. Baseball still had the old guard like Nolan Ryan and Ripken closing in on the streak along with new superstars rising each and every year. Frank Thomas,Bagwell,Piazza,Biggio...etc. Its sad how the steroid era ruined some of sports greatest records,mainly the single season hr record. No one can come close to 73 hrs unless they are juiced. Sosa,Mark and Bonds had one big problem,they were too good on whatever they were taking especially Sosa and Bonds. In the whole decade of the 80's i think only 1 or 2 players hit 50+ hrs,i know in 1989 when Cecil Fielder hit 51 and it was a big deal. Then Sosa hits 60+ for 4 or 5 seasons 😂. I remember when that story broke about the reporter finding the androwhatever that Mcgwire had in his locker and nobody cared. I blame baseball and the players union for not testing but then again the substances were banned by baseball and those players knew it. Ppl say steroids or whatever they were using doesnt help with hitting but thats not true. It can give you many benefits from recovering quickly and more energy and just feeling better physically which can put them feeling better mentally. I dont think Bonds becomes the greatest offensive force and homerun king without enhancements,in fact looking at his career you can kinda see when and why he started cheating. Can you blame someone drinking from the fountain of youth? Alot of us would of done the same thing and so would alot of former players from different eras. It is a shame how baseball ruined some of its best records. As a Ken Griffey Jr fan he was always better than Bonds and im glad ppl realize Griffeys greatness and being clean. Ill never forget Bagwell showing up one season looking jacked😂. Many players cheated but only 3 really screwed everything up😂 Bonds,Mcgwire and Sosa.

I still can’t get over their gloves.

I watched all the lectures again today. I've watched them in their chronological order for the past few off seasons. Today the Negro Leagues stats were added to the MLB records and changed the landscape of the leader boards. You should complete all these lectures into one long form video as you first documentary. and hopefully you're working on your shadowball documentary. It's hard to find anything long form on the Negro Leagues. You should be the channel that drops that banger. Shadowball Innings 1-9

Ted Williams born in san diego mother was Mexican. A secret he kept for his entire life.

Very good video. My modern day baseball superstar hero is Sweet Lou Whitaker #1 Detroit Tigers.

My Mom was just happy that I read a book. I almost have it memorized. It made the players human. It was so sad he lost his daughter.

Can you make a video on Hoyt Wylhelm?

Put the juicers in the Hall Of Fame

No offense to the Professor/narrator, but the only thing missing from this is some Shelby Foote narration (press F).

very interesting.....Rockford has a history in baseball that most are not aware of and being only two miles from Greenwood cemetery . I shall look up his headstone next time I am there., Greenwood also has the very first burial sight for the GAR [ Grand Army of the Republic ] veteran group of the civil war and many civil war veterans are buried in this cemetery.

I just finished reading Cisco Kid and this parallels what happened on the death of Ray Chapman. However Cisco Kid did not die.

You stink strawberry, we want home run homer

Fascinating i love the roaring 1920s

Excellent video. You asked about forgotten players. Lou Boudreau. In 1948 he was the best defensive player, offensive MVP, and World Champion manager, all at the same time. No one will likely ever be eligible to try and match that record.

Wait how can it be a city championship if they were playing shelbyville? Shouldnt it be a county championship?

This is a great series of videos! If I may nitpick one thing, it's that you didn't take the opportunity in this video to include a photo of the South End Grounds in Boston, a great example of an early stadium built specifically for baseball. But that's just a personal nitpick. Otherwise, I find these videos pretty fascinating.

Love this video! The history of baseball has always fascinated me, and it's always been quite interesting to look at the evolution of the game as it happened in the 19th century.

Just curious, we have attended 1857 rules base ball, which has underhand slow pitching and outs on one bound of the ball with players advancing, including foul outs on one bound. Just curious when fast overhand pitching began. This really changed the game from a game played by anyone for fun versus the game being played by pros with high skills as a spectator sport.

This video is very interesting I was always interested in the 1880s-1959 Baseball and the world at that time so combining both is awesome