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5:31 that clip is of a pitcher who is imitating his teammates batting stances. He's and American League pitcher and American League pitchers generally don't get a chance to hit because they have the DH who will hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting lineup.
Basically he's making fun of his teammates' weird batting stances.
Also Different stances don't change or help you hit a certain way, it's really a personal preference and comfortability type of thing. Everyone's stance is generally pretty unique
When I played mine was planting my right foot, touching the end of the bat to the left of the plate, aim the bat forward, and then set to hit
@@RymeofDawn That is pretty close to mine. I would dig my right foot in, then tap the end of my bat on the opposite side of the plate. To make sure I could cover the whole plate. Then point the bat forward and then swing the bat in a tight circle by my chest. Then set. The stance and just the whole up to bat routine in general is just a comfort thing and for some people, superstition
*Was an American League pitcher
@@ry.the.stunner you right
@@ry.the.stunner slim's?
Luka, the guy changing stances is a pitcher, and in baseball different leagues have different rules on pitchers hitting. In this instance, he normally doesn't hit so he is using each of his teammates stances as a joke
Houston Astros recently became one of the most hated baseball teams. they got caught cheating en route to winning a World Series in 2017.
As a Yankee fan, they have surpassed the Sox for me. Fucking cheating bitches, still waiting for the MLB to take their wins and earnings away, seeing as they weren't earned.
@@Justin-sd5zy Red Sox getting investigated for cheating in 2018 too, so thats potential 3 WS we've been cheated out of
As a Dodger fan, the Astros SUCK!
sneakapikachu not even a week into spring training and 6 of them have been HBP. It’s just the beginning guys.
@@Justin-sd5zy try saying that again with out crying.
I think you’ll find that amongst baseball fans, the majority hate the Houston Astros right now. It was found out that they were cheating in the 2017 season and won the World Series.
I’m a Houston Astros fan for life no matter what
I guess that makes me a hometown kiss ass then
christopher bascom nothin wrong with loyalty. the franchise just sucks
@@christopherbascom5017 I can't blame a loyal fan as long as you do acknowledge the wrongs your team has committed. Worst franchise of all time, but if it were my home team I would probably still support them too.
christopher bascom
It’s not your fault that the team you root for turned out to be cheaters... As a matter of fact I feel bad for you. No fan of a club should be in that position.
Not an Astros fan, but, they weren't the first to do it and won't be the last.
That heavy pitcher, Bartolo Colon, was one of my favorites when he was with the Mets. He's the guy you've probably seen do a behind the back flip of the baseball to get a runner out at first, and he's also a guy who in his whole career, which was extensive, never hit a home run. When he finally hit one, Mets fans like myself went crazy.
The MLB Season is 162 games long so its quite hard to stay serious the whole season
*Dont hate them* but if you haven’t watched the globetrotters yet they give a good laugh and are insanely good
Globetrotters are a must watch
You must understand that MLB plays 162 regular season games in 6 months... the players need to chill and have fun... hence pranks.
Not only that, but there's a LOT of down time where nothing is really happening in the game.
@@jawbone78 Yes sir, you are correct.
Also, I think, it's good to stay loose in baseball. Many believe a relaxed hitter is a better hitter. Same for pitching.
@@bigapplebucky That generally applies to all sports but baseball has a unique way of doing it
MLB: As a Cardinals fan, I'm obligated to hate the Cubs, but recent event has put everyone's sights on Houston.
NFL: Rams. Obviously.
Sterling Burton i’m the exact same story
as a Cubs fan, Im obligated to return the sentiment, although I have a lot of respect for the cardinal way. TBH my biggest enemy is those Brewers.
The exact same for me
I also hate the Patriots, too
@@grontelp77 as a cubs fan, i concur with Sterling Burton but add that i cannot fucking stand the Yankees just on principle lmao
@@grontelp77 lol look at the Astros uniting bitter rivals.
React to NHL Emergency Goalies, David Ayres and Scott Foster. Every team has 2 back up goalies, but at each game there is an Emergency Goalie on standby. They are non-professionals who are on standby in case of emergencies when both goalies are injured. Both have played in games in the last few years
So that’s where it came from! “Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, motioning to both players!” 😂😂
I also wondered that.
Did someome say "Greg Gibson the home plate umpire?"
Watch Adrian Beltre. Great player, had fun, hates to have his head touched.
He was so fun to watch, I really miss him.
Also react to Bartolo Colon. His nickname is “big sexy” and he’s an old severely overweight pitcher but still really good
him and ivan calderon ywo of my fav big guys to play the game
Fernando Valenzuela has to be my favorite big ole sweaty pitcher. He was hilarious......and awesome.
@@philipcross6733 i was there! There was a huge section of Mets fans in RF that were going insane
You should watch some "mic'd up" moments where the players are wearing microphones in-game
David Ortiz is one of the most lovable players in all of baseball, even since his retirement. I live in Boston, and he gave a really cathartic speech after the marathon bombing in 2013. He will always be a hero here. I cry whenever I watch his last goodbye when he retired. His nickname is Big Papi.
React to:
“MLB Productions Presents: Game 162”
And....
“David Freese Game 6 Deserves a Rewind.”
Yes
THIS
New York Yankees, hands down. I think you're going to find a lot of that. A friend of mine used to say his first favorite team was the Twins (Minnesota) and his second was whoever's playing the Yankees.
Their ads actually gives you time to talk and give your thoughts when you mute it so I think it’s fine
Hitters only have 1 stance but everybodys stance is different from each others, its a comfort thing,the guy who was hitting in that clip was a pitcher (most pitchers are not good hitters and only hit because they have to, the guy hitting in that clip was just imitating his own teammates stances because some of the guys on his team have very distinct batting stances
Been waiting for this since I first discovered your channel! Baseball is famous for the funny dugout hijinks.
6:05 he is imitating his teammates batting stance
Exactly. Basically a, "Hey guys, want to see how ridiculous you look?"
Yeah furthering that for luka, the guy is a pitcher, so he almost never has to bat in his league and pitchers are known for being terrible batters... so basically this guy is just taking the L and having some fun batting
H P to clarify even more there are two leauges in the mlb. American and National. Like the east and the west in basketball. In the National leauge pitchers hit. It was an inter leauge game, and the pitcher is in the american leauge
As a Cardinals fan, I dislike the Cubs the most, although I must admit I love watching them win the 2016 world series.
And everyone hates the Astros right now
Im a cub fan, but I hate this generation of Brewers more than this generation of cardinals
I love my cardinals! 😁🙏✌️🇺🇸
@@yessir2873 ouch. Why do you hate the Brewers?
The batter changing stances was imitating other batters’ stances. The guys in the dugout behind him were enjoying it very much. Apparently, they were grading his performance. I saw this video the other day-I’m glad you found it.
I'm definitely looking forward to the next parts of these videos, they're all great.
American Football: New England Patriots
MLB: Astros (after 2019 cheating scandal)
NHL: Bruins?
NBA: 🤷♂️
MLS: I don’t watch American soccer
MagicalBread sixers or warriors (not this year though)
Go Browns definitely not the sixers lmao
NBA is the Celtics or Warriors
Austin Naylor are we talking about of all time here?? or this season?? or this decade?? because if its all time you can make a celtics argument but you cant for the warriors. but if its recent years you can make an argument for the warriors but not really the celtics
NBA is the warriors. Watch last seasons WCF
React to “lost in the ivy” baseballs getting stuck in the ivy covered wall
Scott Van Slyke’s dad, Andy, was quite a character in his playing days. Master of pranks and all around clowning on the field and in the dugout.
Pranks and silliness are a big part of baseball culture. These guys spend a LOT of time together and they play almost every day during the season. They need to keep it light once in a while for the sake of their sanity.
David Frezze game 6 walk off plz!
Growing up in 1950's Alabama, I was taught very early, to hate Auburn University football.
ROLL TIDE!
Things like this are why baseball is my favorite. Moments of INSANE excitement and hilarious banter.
Another great reaction...baseball lends itself to these sorts of shenanigans, especially if you're not one of the starting players...sitting on the bench, you get bored...just about every team has at least one "cut up," the player who initiates the most pranks...as the great Roy Campanella said, "You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but, you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too."
Astros they cheated to win a World Series in 2017
Shhh. He's not ready for those can of worms ;)
Oh boo hoo they figured out what pitches the other team was gonna throw cry me a river
@@leviticuscornwall9631 - yes, aka cheating.
Leviticus Cornwall yeah, that’s kinda big deal in baseball
Leviticus Cornwall It felt good watching Dutch blow your brains out.
Instead of Adblock, you can get CZcams premium so the videos still get their money but you don’t have to watch adverts
Ad block is superior
Longand Erect sure, but he said he wants the video creators to still get paid which Adblock doesn’t do
Howdy Bruv! Baseball games take anywhere from 3 hours and close to 5 hours sometimes to play! When you go to a live game at a stadium, you do many things as a fan. Especially eat awesome, really bad for you, food and many drink beer and booze. It's a chilled out party with your friends and new game time friends that you meet and party with. It is a purposely slow game that you can fill an entire day with entertainment! If you ever get a chance to go see a game live, I would suggest Fenway #1 "Boston Red Sox" and then Yankees Stadium #2 and many others tied for 3rd place including Cardinals, Mets, Dodgers, etc. Cheers!!
as a lifelong fan of baseball, i love that an brit like yourself is getting into the sport! I have been trying to spread my love for baseball forever, I can offer friendship and endless answers if you need! haha
as a leafs fan I firmly hate the bruins and I’m sure they’re fine with that
also hate my own zamboni driver
Lmao! I second this
React to David Freese game 6 please!!!
MLB Revenge is a good video. Players getting ticked off for players doing things and getting their revenge is always satisfying to watch.
Thanks for giving baseball a fair bit of attention.
watch some NHL bench moments
while on topic, I'm a Boston Bruins fan. So I'm naturally drawn to abhorring the Montreal Canadiens lol.
Please react to the 2019 Little League World Series Championship game highlights between River Ridge, Lousiana (U.S. Champion) vs. Willemstad, Curacao. (International champion.) These kids are 10-12 years old.
The heavy player Bartolo Colon is a legendary pitcher and a super ace in his prime. And pitchers usually aren't very good batters and he's gotten heavier now that he's past his prime. He's also one of the great characters in baseball so everyone loves him. I think his last year in MLB was with the Texas Rangers in 2018 but I read the other day that he has signed with a team in the Mexican league, still going at the age of 46.
Bartolo colon is a pitcher who has played for many different teams and he’s a funny player to watch. He’s also pretty good. He hit his first homerun a few years ago after a very long career and people loved it
Teams I hate
Football: Patriots (because they're cheaters)
Baseball: Astros (because they're cheaters)
Pats are my family
@@sidekickarmadillo Well your family cheats
@@nicholaspantoja8027 I have one question though... Why is Spy Gate 2 (Which I think was bogus) seem like it was bigger than the Astros scandel? Astros thing was so much bigger. Also I don't hate the Astros because I believe everyone does that.
@@sidekickarmadillo the Patriots scandal(s) were nowhere near as big as the Astros current scandal. The Astros scandal has gotten more negative press and attention that Spygate and Deflategate combined.
@@sidekickarmadillo The Patriots have been caught cheating on many occasions. Are you new to the sport? Also the Astro's scandal is much bigger. And I hate them not only because they cheated, but they showed no remorse for their actions and the players act like dicks.
Football: Denver Broncos, NE Patriots & ‘Wherever’ Raiders
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers
Isn't Raiders Oakland?
Cheesy dude Not anymore. They are now the Las Vegas Raiders. Before that they were Oakland, before that Los Angeles and before THAT Oakland, Lol.
@@susanmaggiora4800 oh yeah.... It doesn't have a nice ring... Las Vegas Raiders
Cheesy dude Lol, no it doesn’t. They’ve got a nice, new stadium. I don’t know how stoked the residents are about having the team. My guess is the fans from other teams are going to travel there, so it’ll be a similar situation to the Chargers home games, where 75% of the fans are from the visiting teams..
MLB - chicago cubs (I won't even capitalize their name)
NFL - Patriots
NBA - Knicks
NHL - Redwings
Reasons - I'm a Cardinals, Dolphins, Bulls, and Blues fan.
Bartolo Colon is so funny because hes a big fat old guy and still sticks around. hes 47 currently and signed with a mexican baseball team in 2020. his nickname with the mets was Big Sexy. he wasnt ever really good, just beloved because hes so unique to the sport. when he got traded and went to Atlanta and played the Mets, the fans of the Mets who were his former team a lot of them made signs that said "we miss you Big Sexy" and they also clapped when he made a good pitch or hit the ball being a big fat pitcher, regardless of what team he was on. Baseball is a fun sport.
you should react to "funny red flag moments in NASCAR" it's basically this but in NASCAR.
And bristol in the snow
Please react to “if Barry bonds played the 2004 season without a bat” you’ll be so shocked!!
Mike Huff I don’t think he’ll understand the video
RiceEater24/7 yes but the video does a decent job of giving some background info
MetalCrow448 Barry bonds was already insanely good before taking roids.
5:31 this clip is not-so-serious because Trevor Bauer pitches in the American League and pitchers don’t hit in the American League so he doesn’t really have a stance so he’s just goofin around
Bartolo Colon is a pitcher and because he's a little... stocky, he's a slow runner and not the best hitter. If you haven't seen it yet you should watch his first career home run video, he was on the Mets and the players left the dugout for the locker room to mess with him. So he came back to an empty dugout. The crowd went WILD. Pitchers often aren't great hitters because they don't have to be, so when someone hits a HR like Bartolo it's special. The crowd and announcers loved it, it was great.
React to MLB Managers Ejections
Call it the Joe girardi show.
The late Earl Weaver should definitely be in there!!!
Teams I hate:
MLB: Houston Trashtros of course
NHL: Detroit Red Wings (Rival to my Blackhawks)
NFL: Green Bay Packers (Rival to my Bears)
Kebobs Cody parkey
As a Wingnut, Blackhawks Down.
Baseball is the Great American Pastime for a reason. You go out to a park for a few hours and enjoy a game that doesn't have a clock and relax for a while. It's fun for the players and the fans!
6:50 - most players have just one stance. What makes the moment funnier is that the batter was the opposing pitcher, and pitchers are notorious for being completely unable to hit - especially American League pitchers because most of their games use the designated hitter (American League pitchers only bat in interleague / World Series games when played in a National League stadium, so AL starting pitchers probably get fewer than 20 at-bats in an entire 162-game season).
REACT TO BLUE JAYS RANGERS 7TH INNING THE ONE POSTED BY MLB!!!!!
X yes yes yes
Day 28 of asking Luka to react to "MLB productions presents: Game 162"
The reason is was so funny that David Ortiz tried to bunt is because he's big, slow and powerful. Players that regularly bunt are small and quick. It was definitely unexpected and the guys on the other team were making fun of him. Power hitters don't usually bunt because they're likely to hit the ball a long way if they get a good pitch to swing at. A lot of players are from the Dominican Republic, so they share that in common, which creates great comradere. You'll notice Adrian Beltre involved in a lot of the joking around. He's played for almost every team in baseball, and has really good relationships with lots of players. He's known as a jokster. At 13:30, the reason you recognize the batter is because he was the pitcher who had his shirt pulled, when the batter ran past him, earlier in this same video. He's been in the league FOREVER, played for many different teams, and is old and slow lol. Pitchers aren't known for being good hitters. In major league baseball, there are two leagues, the American League and the National League. Pitchers who play in the American League don't have to hit. Instead, the team his a designated hitter, who only hits, and doesn't play any position in the field. Only pitchers on National League teams have to also hit.
Compared to most other major sports, baseball is very chill. There's no time limit to the games and there's 162 of them. So, yeah, plenty of time to have a bit of fun with stuff like this. Besides, when your team is batting and you're in the dugout, there's not a whole lot to do. In other sports, teams will use that kind of time to strategize and such, but in baseball, it's very much a reactionary sport. Most of the 'strategy' involves the pitcher, catcher, and manager, the other players on the field are there to react to hits for the most part...so... not much in the way of strategy involves them except for very specific scenarios, which usually just involves telling them to do X or Y. (Shift right for this batter, move in closer for that batter, watch out for this runner to steal bases, etc.)
Houston Astros shouldn't even be a team this year.
Coming from a longtime Dodger Fan it makes me happy knowing everybody else also hates the astros.
God Bless
Adrian Beltre is one of my favorite players of all time who didn't play for my favorite team. He's hilarious, there are entire videos out there of the silly shenanigans he does on the field.
Players have only one stance and might make minor tweaks, but they only use one stance at a time. The batter switched up his stance because he was an American League pitcher, where pitchers don’t hit, but he was in a National League park, where pitchers do hit. So because he knew he was probably going to get out anyways, he just decided to have fun.
I despise the LA Dodgers of baseball. Baseball is my favorite sport and my favorite team, the Giants. and the Dodgers have the second biggest rivalry in all of baseball
Second biggest? Which is it bigger than? Red Sox-Yankees or Cubs-Cardinals?
Wii Sports *3rd
I absolutely despise the New York Yankees the most in all sports
The fire on that guys foot is a famous baseball prank called a hot foot. You get some gum and some matches and you're all set
The thing to remember about baseball compared to every other sport is that a baseball season is 162 games long. The season gets very long in July-August so they joke around to pass the time.
Sports Teams I hate the most:
LA Dodgers
NY Yankees
Seattle Seahawks
Dallas Cowboys
LA Lakers
NY Knicks (only the fans really)
SanFranFan30 Idk who you root for but i’m a Kings fan so we can agree on the Lakers🤝 also go Giants and Niners
SanFranFan30 you can't not say the Astros bro
@@AndrewL209 yeah I'm a Warriors fan born and bred. Go Giants Go Niners!
@@jackhalley5543 I do really dislike the Astros for what they did but not even close to how much I hate the Yankees and Dodgers. On top of that I'm kinda glad that the Astros and Red Sox cheated the way they did because it kept the Dodgers and Yankees from winning titles
SanFranFan30 ok not gonna lie I hate the Warriors too just after the Lakers, but i think its mostly just jealousy on my part. ive been alive 17 years and havent seen my Kings in the playoffs once while you guys 2 hours away have dominated the last 5 years. Respect, but jealous hatred. Glad we can agree on hating LA teams tho lol
The player with different stances is a pitcher who plays in the American League. Pitchers in that league don't hit unless they are playing the National League teams in their stadium. Pitchers are usually considered an easy out so he was just playing around even though he's not a too bad hitter...
another general rule of thumb is that pitchers - if they do hit - suck and are usually an automatic out, if they get a hit it’s really exciting
The guy with the different batting stances: he was an American League pitcher getting a very rare opportunity to bat, because in the AL, there is a designated hitter who basically bats for the pitcher. In the NL, pitchers always bat for themselves. When AL and NL teams meet, they use the rules of whichever park they are in. So since Pittsburgh is an NL park, that meant that the pitcher was going to bat for himself. That guy was being a little goofy, because he’s so inexperienced at hitting he wasn’t really going to try that hard. He was imitating other well known batting stances of his friends. Typically, each batter only uses one batting stance. So Bauer was really just goofing around with that display.
The big chubby guy is Colon. He is in a lot of these because he's a pitcher and when he does anything other than pitching, it is hilarious because of his body type and attitude. I loved Colon on the Mets and enjoyed all his antics.
The season is 160 games, April to September. Then if the team makes the playoffs tack on more games. Most teams have their own announcer, play-by-play guys who travel to call all of the games so they need a little fun, too.
The guy you talk about at 13:40 is Bartolo Colon, also known as "Big Sexy." He was known as the Clown Prince of Baseball and was one of the most fun players to watch I've ever seen, and I've been a baseball fan for 50 years. Look up, if you have the inclination, Bartolo Colon Behind the back, and Bartolo Colon Home Run. Both are lots of fun to watch.
The ‘stand off’ - that postseason, Joe Kelly (player in red) decided that he would be the last person to leave the field after the national anthem (both teams would line up on the base lines).
First couple of games, it wasn’t obvious what he was doing, then the other team caught on and the standoffs began.
These clips are evidence as to why, of all the athletes in pro sports, baseball players would be the most fun to hang out with.
Yeah that is they guy, Bartolo Colon (Big Sexy)is basically just a meme Luka, he was only a decent player, he was a pitcher, and pitchers are not good hitters ( compared to hitters that actually practice hitting) and he hit his first and only home run, the one you have seen, at the age of 40 or something like that and thats what made him a meme
To respond to your talk around the 6:55 area. Essentially your batting "stance" is just a comfort thing to the play. Almost a rhythm you can create to help time a pitch coming in. Essentially the guy was just mimicing batting stances from other players just for the fun/hell of it
7:09 The mannerisms of the batter's stance usually make no difference at all up until they reach the ready position. Once the pitcher starts his delivery, they'll pretty much all come to a very similar stance with their elbows up, the bat behind their head, and their weight back on their back foot. Sometimes they'll hold the bat slightly differently. You've obviously seen the bunt, but even if they're swinging away, they'll sometimes "choke up" which is where they grip the bat a few inches away from the end of it to give themselves a little more control over their swing to make it easier to make contact at the cost of losing a little bit of power. Usually, batters will do this when they're down in the count. But that's not what's going on here. Every player has their own unique style for how they swing the bat around and what they do with their arms and such before they come to the ready position, and they usually do the exact same thing every time. It's just a part of how they get their mind ready for the next pitch. It's a part of what makes baseball unique. So what was happening there was that batter was mimicking other players' stances just to have a little bit of fun with them. What I find interesting was that he was able to do this without being too distracted to be able to make good decisions on whether to swing or not. He took a couple there that looked difficult to lay off of.
Another great video man. You probably haven't noticed it but, Bartolo Colon has come up time and time again in your videos and you've enjoyed him every time. He is really an interesting dude and probably worthy of a reaction. Of course my usual plug for a Dennis Rodman reaction (basketball). Promise you'll love him. Also, I'll get on board with Mike Huff and the others calling for a David Freese, game 6 video. It's a pretty amazing story. With all the sports you've shown interest in, there is an endless amount of content to check out. You've barely scratched the surface.
lol, I just got to the point where you remembered him. Classic! Carry on...
The cleveland guy was doing stances of his teammates. He was just messing around. Pitchers arent expected to hit. He had fun with his at bat
Please watch Adrian Beltre highlights. He is retired now. But he was the guy in the first clip. He was the 3rd baseman, and number 29 from the Texas Rangers. He had over 3,000 career hits and over 450 home runs. He is famous for hitting home runs while having his back knee on the ground. He also doesn’t like people touching his head as a joke.
That player who was trying to make the cop laugh (32) is my uncle! Great guy
The good ol' hot foot, that's a classic. I got three weeks detention for lighting up our freshman starting shortstop when in high school. Totally worth it.
So many of these player have played for the same team then got traded. Or they played high school or college ball together. So there are a lot of great friendships that survive being on opposing teams
0:45 I'm a Chicago Cubs fan, so our arch enemy are the Cardinals. But a lot of people just choose to hate whoever is good at the moment.
4:44 they usually do all that when there is nothing really on the line in the game or one team has a really big lead.
6:45 Players usually do only have one stance. He was just goofing off.
The last two guys were Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre (sp?). I am not a Texas for, AT ALL, but there are entire videos about the two of them. They are a hilarious duo.
11:36 he is a pitcher and he is not meant to be a batter so that's why he is doing different stances
The different stances refers to how he starts his at bat. Most of the time you do the same thing before you get the pitch thrown because people like repetition, but in that case he didn’t three different set ups in one at batt
If you like the clips where he had the microphone, there are a lot of american sports that do "mic'd up" games now where they pick a player or two and give them mics for the whole game. They recently put out the superbowl one for 2020.
What people outside of the US call the Mexican wave was actually originally popularized in baseball with the Oakland A’s, it just spread to Mexico and got noticed by the rest of the world during the World Cup there. We just call it the wave.
I'm a Red Sox fan, so in the MLB, I have to hate the Yankees because of the rivalry, but the Astros now are up there.
Answer your question in the beginning of the video. The team people hate right now would be the Houston Astros because they were caught cheating... But, before they were caught, I would say it would be the New York Yankees. They have the best record in the league and have won the most championships. Also, because New York is such a rich city and the Yankees have been so successful, they have a tendency to buy all the good players instead of "fairly trading" (trading player(s) for player(s)).
Red Sox and Yankees are two of the most successful and hated teams, and it’s probably the biggest rivalry in US sports between those two teams
I'm pretty sure the literal standoff lasted some where around like 15 to 20 minutes both men standing at attention. It was awesome. Lol
The clip starting at 12:40 is of Bartolo Colón, who is 46 years old, hasn't officially retired, and is about 180cm, 125-130kgs or 6’, 280lbs. He's fat, slow, not very athletic, but is loved for those exact reasons. He's so out of place that it's funny. The highlights are so great because it was a miracle that he hit a home run, let alone at 43 years old, as he sucks at hitting. He can hardly run, but everyone loves him
Every batter has their own stance. It's pretty much just about what makes you comfortable, it doesn't really have anything to do with strategy. Some guys prefer to have their feet wider apart, or hold the batter higher or lower, or sometimes move the bat around. It's all just about what you're comfortable with. Sometimes if i guy has been having trouble hitting the past few games he might tweak his batting stance a little to see if it helps but there's not really anything about a stance that gives you an advantage or anything like that.
Baseball in the regular season generally has a much more of a laid back atmosphere. Each baseball team plays 162 games per year...so its just a much more of a casual, relaxed, attitude than some other American sports. I've seen guys play tic-tac-toe against each other in the dirt.
*Answers to questions, and general trivia*
* Most hated team: I'm a baseball fan. It was the Yankees up until about 3 months ago. Now it's the Houston Astros. They cheated their way to a World Series title. You should react to Foolish Baseball's video on the trashcan scandal. (You need over-ear headphones to hear the low tone trashcan bangs, otherwise you will think it's fake).
* With Yankees, I like the team, but the fans are all terrible people.
* If a batter runs out of the baseline to avoid a tag, he is out. So you don't have to chase a baserunner into the outfield. What is the baseline, you ask? Nobody knows. It's like the offsides rule in soccer.
* Even baseball players find baseball boring. So they get a lot of practice gumming cups to other players' heads.
* Watching baseball can be interesting if you pretend the animals on the fields are chimps. And you try to figure out why these chimps would ever end up building a stadium and playing this ridiculous game. And look at how the chimps interact with each other.
* Rain things are called ponchos
* The changing stances guy is Trevor Bauer, at the time an American League pitcher. So he never bats. He's playing in an NL ballpark, so he's getting the extremely rare chance to bat. (Pitchers bat in the NL but not in the AL). He doesn't have his own stance, so he's just imitating his teammates.
* Trevor Bauer is hilarious. Also look up "Trevor Bauer tantrum" on CZcams if you want a lol
* They said the standoff was in minute 12, at the beginning
* "Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire" used to be the outro to every MLB channel video. So it has become a meme. He's a really bad umpire. He was the home plate umpire for Randy Johnson's perfect game, and he admittedly did an excellent job in that game.
* Colon is a pitcher. He sucks at hitting and running. He carries the bat with him because he never gets a hit, so he doesn't need to drop it. The home run you saw in a previous video was his first career home run. At age 43. Making him the oldest player to hit his first career home run.
* Players and coaches are mic'd up occasionally. They say some crazy things. Look up "Jomboy savages in the box" on CZcams to see the most famous example.
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