When Luis Gonzalez Broke Baseball
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2024
- Creator: @SportStorm23
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You probably know Luis Gonzalez's 2001 season just from one bloop single, but he had a much, MUCH more memorable time both that season and with the Diamondbacks than that...
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The Tony Womack double is one of the most underrated World Series moments ever
That Womack double has been calculated as one of the top 3 most clutch hits of all time.
Gonzo was considered the one of the few players that people in general knew was clean when it came to the big hitters of that era
Man as a fan of this team, we Diamondbacks fans are a pacifist; yet, quirky bunch. I am forever grateful for the memories that Luis Gonzalez gave us Diamondbacks fans and gave this team a world championship on the day I was born.
I think the one great thing about fan bases like ours, is success is do rare that those runs are very special to all of us.
@@Goodassramen And for it to happen to a damn near expansion team is fairly unheard of in major sports. And that it was against the Yankees, lends it tons more credibility.
Gonzo had a great season & the single to end the Series was amazing
... but Tony Womack's 2B to tie the game was infinitely more important. If Tony makes an out, the Yankees win. But because HE caused Rivera's first blown post-season save, if Gonzo made an out, we were going to the top of the 10th
Womack also ROCKED that pitch!!!
his 2001 performance also earned him the cover athlete on EA triple play 2002. Which later became the MVP baseball franchise
is that the one that had Magic Carpet Ride song in the main menu?
Put up one of the best at bats to end a World Series. That Diamondbacks team in 2001 was special
Even though I’m a diehard Yankees fan I just couldn’t help to be a fan of the Diamondbacks in 2001
And as a Dbacks fan, it was like the team was gonna face down a Murderers row 2.0, it gave the world one hell of a series.
Can we talk about how the Astros once had Gonzo, Kenny Loftom, Curt Schilling, Steve Finley, & Bobby Abreu? Crazy
That's hilarious
11:47 = Most clutch hit in franchise history
Those 2001 stats are crazy man. A very underrated player to say the least.
I have a Luis Gonzalez jersey buried somewhere. It was given to me when I was 3 years old (wonder if it still fits)
Someones gotta make a playlist on all the different perspectives from different youtubers on the 2001 World series. This is just another great one. Awesome Gonzalez gets his credit.
Really incredible year that ended with not only a World Series ring but beating the then 3 time defending champions.
It’s him, the man on deck
These videos are so good. For 13 minutes I became a diamondbacks fan and I’m a casual cubs fan at the most. Stuff like this makes me feel great about baseball but I only feel that way cause these videos are so good
This is my favorite and most memorable season in MLB history. This is the season i fell in love with baseball. I was like 12 years old. 🤙⚾
Luis Gonzalez quite underrated
Not really. He only had a couple good years and his 2001 season was shrouded in steroids
And someone who lives rent free inside my Father’s head (He’s a Yankees Fan).
This loss haunts me way more than 2004 ever could and I think more Yankees fans would agree with that than you would think. To be that close to a fourth consecutive World Series with that group in the wake of 9/11 was an absolute gut punch.
As both a sports fan in general and a Yankees fan in particular, I've never been more heartbroken than I was when Gonzalez hit that blooper. I hadn't watched it in years, but seeing it against made me as down as it ever did.
Great work on the show, though!
Watch the three ws before that lol, you'll be alright
Best world series ever.
the Luis Gonzales hit.. 22 years ago
Yet another great vid
His season got overshadowed bad not just by Bonds but the Mariners winning so many damn games.
fire content brother 🔥
Babe, new SRS video just dropped, wake up the kids
you already know
These "babe, wake up, new whatever blah blah..." comments were funnier the first 10,000 times i saw 'em.
We’ve seen a few breakdowns of the blooper and I love your stuff but damnit someone needs to break down the Womack at bat
Everyone was rooting for the Yankees this year due to 9/11.
People thought I was crazy to want the Diamondbacks to win. Sorry, but I just did not care about the Yankees no matter thr circumstances.
57 home runs and no one remembers any of them lmao
They remember the bloop single lol
And it seems like nobody remembers how he wasn't that great until he started juicing
This video really makes you stop and appreciate the miracle of modern chemistry. In a lab, they are able to create a product that can convert a good MLB player, who in a 19 year career cracked 30 homers in a season just once, into one that rivals the greatest in the history of the league. A chemical that, when consumed, doesn't just "improve performance, but actually allows that player to turn in a season that is statistically, when compared among the thousands of individual seasons from all players going back decades, ranks as the 27th best ever recorded. WTF?? Those chemists don't get the credit they deserve, it's practically magic.
average ken kendrick disasterclass
Completely normal to go from 10 to 15 homers every year and then get 56 !!!
Changing your hitting approach can uptick your home runs for sure, look at 2021 Joey Votto for example. Gonzo always hit for extra bases with consistently high career double totals.
But yeah he had a lot of roid allegations. He's denied them and stayed free of most accusations from players and management, with only one from a DBacks management partner really ever making waves, but there was always grumblings from fans due to the unusual nature of his surge coinciding with the peak of his career. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were true, but he does seem like a player who was already pretty good and roids just gave him that extra push to mash at an elite level.
He hit 23, 26, and 31 homers in that order before he hit 57. I don't know if he juiced or not but lets trade in facts here.
I love how everyone sees a dude have a fluke home run season from this era and automatically assume steroids while neglecting to factor in the trend toward building smaller ballparks, expansion pitching, smaller strike zone, etc.
Tigers trading him for Karim Garcia is probably one of the most under the radar awful trades
Tigers didn’t know he was going to juice ❤
@@EthanNiedorowskiProof?
57 hrs
That’s it
As a yankees fan, I have mixed feelings about this man
Well, I'm fairly certain Yankees Fans aren't really fond of people who stop them from winning world series
@@MazeDaGr8 Don't quote me on this, but the Yankees may have lost more World Series than any other franchise. Basically due to the sheer volume of World Series they have been eligible for. So Luis Gonzalez, I am sure, is not the biggest name or best overall player that has played a big part in adding to those WS loss totals. However, the way he ended the 2001 WS was maybe one of the most heartbreaking losses for the Yanks. And on a extremely fortunate, "perfectly placed" bloop hit, if there is such a thing. Perhaps the 1960 Bill Mazeroski bottom of the 9th inning game winning HR in game 7 of that WS was even more dramatic, but I was only 2 years old at the time, so didn't really have the appreciation for it as much as I did for the Gonzalez game winner in 2001, at the age of 42. And that the Gonzales single that ended game 7 versus the Yankees in the 2001 WS was simply gravy. Thanks for the memory, Luis and the 2021 World Champions.
Luis was 100% Natty. It was hard work, a changed stance and approach, and a lot more harder work.
What?!! He fell off hard after that season and only had one season prior to that with over 30 homers before that season. He definitely wasn’t natty. Most of the league wasn’t natty in 2001.
BradyAnderson2.0
Yeah sure, about as "natty" as a Kardashian's face.
Lmao
I actually enjoy your streams, especially this one, as I was a fairly new resident when Gonzalez & Co. won the 2001 World Series. Yet I still feel the need to correct your mathematical percentage mistakes about Mariano Rivera's and his stats. Ummm, Mariano Rivera did not convert 99.99% of his save opportunities. And .1% is what is left from a 99.9% from 100%. .01 percentage would be that percent left from 99.99% of 100%. Neither quoted percentage you referred to was mathematically correct, and unfortunately for you today, math is my forte. Sorry. It's almost an addiction to correct math errors, and you are today's sacrificial lamb, lol. I do appreciate your shows however, thanks.
FromESPN-
“In this decade of baseball right now that we're going through,
there's always the speculation of things," Gonzalez said. "2001
always comes up for me with the 57 home runs. It was a great year
for me. That's all I can say."
Don’t hear a ‘no’ in there 🤔
Did you have a point? Must you deny something every single time the 2001 season or 2001 WS is mentioned? So if you ever omit denying a rumor everytime you speak about a certain subject it proves you a liar? BTW, a "NO" in there would also not be considered proof that he did or didn't use steroids. What you are trying to insinuate about Gonzalez is bogus without an ounce of proof. Certainly didn't hear a "YES" from you, stating that you have proof either.
Putting a closer out there for more than 1 inning is bad luck, even for the best.
Based on? BAD LUCK???? LOL. Good one! Even if stats proved that it was ALWAYS a bad strategy, it would be based on multiple factors, with luck being none of those factors. Just curious, how old are you?
7:38 gender non conforming?
As a Yankees fan who can recall everything about the 2001 world series, worst video ever. 😭
Ahhh newsflash! This dude was doing the same sh*t as Sosa and Bonds 🫠🤫
Sure. Gonzalez looked the same as he did his rookie season unlike Jim "Forehead" Thome.
Newsflash! Your words are complete lies without proof. And with your obviously steroid driven forehead, you really shouldn't make accusations.
This video has made me 🤮SICK as a Diehard Yankee Fan they needed to Drug test L.Gonzalez I'm sure he was on that 💉🔥 Roids 😂
He was a nice guy and a good player...and yet he always looked to me like the most obvious of all the PED offenders in baseball during that time. To suddenly hit 57 home runs after being a fringe player barely making a roster seemed obvious to anyone with two eyes. Look at him. I miss the good old days when journeymen suddenly looked like Tarzan during their free agency year.
Gonzalez did roids 99. By 2001 he upped the dosage than went back down after
I'm sure you have some proof to back your accusation, right? Would be odd if you did, as MLB, with all their resources did not. One guess for your false accusation is that you are a butt-hurt Yankee fan, or fan of some other team they eliminated on the way to winning the World Series in 2001. Or, you are simply a liar.
You got to be blind right? So you think Brady Anderson pulled a 50 out here back pocket?
Luis Gonzalez definitely used roids. He was so jacked then.
Proof?
Probably steroids...
And you are probably wrong.
Steroids user. Be honest.
Proof?
Watching the Yankees dynasty end at his hands was the best non-Braves-related baseball moment of my life
The first non braves World series I watched
I wouldn’t say their dynasty ended here, I think that goes to the ‘04 Red Sox.
POTENTIAL of PED usage?? I thought it was pretty cut and dry considering the fact that he more than DOUBLED his single season home run record AND he had about 30 RBIs more than his second highest total. His OPS was 200 points higher than his second best total and his OPS+ is as over 25% better. Of course this doesn’t change the fact that he’ll forever be a hero because of his timely hitting that turned what would normally be a lazy fly out to the shortstop into one of the most clutch pieces of hitting of all time due to the circumstances.
He literally didn't double his single season home run best.
Like Wade Boggs in '87 when he more than tripled his single season homerun record?
The year Gonzalez was juicing hard core😂
Proof?