The Historic Downfall of Chris Davis
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Chris Davis once upon a time was one of baseball’s best power hitters. A 6 foot 4, left handed hitting first baseman who could hit moonshots, but also produced strikeout numbers that made you wonder if it was all really worth it. Over time, he earned the nickname Crush for his tape measure shots, many of which landed on or close to Eutaw street, the area directly in front of Baltimore’s B&O Warehouse. Davis was one of the most popular players for the O’s, and at one point the team hosted a giveaway night featuring him as a superhero, next to his dog sidekick, Samson. Off the field, Davis is an extremely generous and charitable guy who has been involved with the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital. He and his wife Jill have made it a priority to visit and contribute financially. We’ll delve into this later on.
Players relevant to the video: Tommy Hunter, Koji Uehara, Joe Saunders, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy, Zack Britton, Manny Machado, Kevin Gausman, Jonathan Schoop, Adam Jones, Ubaldo Jimenez, Edwin Encarnacion, Bobby Bonilla, Rick Porcello, Yogi Berra
0:00 Intro
1:05 Hometown Kid
2:52 Crush Davis
6:37 Davis’ Downfall
13:37 Crush’s Comeback?
14:32 Davis’ Decision
16:01 Conclusion
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As an Orioles fan, we have been blessed to watch many great characters come through Baltimore on this team. Crush is still my favorite, as you know! ❤ Nice work, Cam. His charitable contributions are a much better legacy, but man was he fun to watch at one time!
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
He aslo saved someone from an overturned car on the freeway while on the way to a game.
Hold up fr?
@@theaminusteamyeah apparently it’s a true story. You can find the article on bleacher report.
As a former md resident, to my knowledge, very true story. Very popular in the state with anyone that has minimal baseball knowledge of his era
@@theaminusteam100% true. My mom worked at the stadium from 2015-2017 and was on her way there when it happened. Backed up 295 for miles. She stopped and helped along with several others and had no idea davis was there too until everything had calmed down
Yes, absolutely true. I remember hearing this story. He's a good human being, once upon a time great baseball player and humanitarian. But the overturned car story is 100% true.
As someone who also struggles with ADHD, I feel his pain. It's so much more than just forgetting things easily. I could list everything we struggle with, but I'd be here all night doing that. The one thing we are able to do is hyper focus on something. When we can do that, we can literally accomplish whatever we set our minds to (just look at Davis crushing any pitch for an example). The downfall is we can't control how long we can focus on something, so we aren't consistent with it. Great video!
It’s so frustrating. When the hyper focus is going on you feel like you have a super power and you can do anything. Then one day, you wake up and the cool project you were working on or whatever thing you found super cool a week or so ago or maybe even a few months just gets forgotten and interest is completely lost. It just feels like these giant life ruining momentum shifts ebb back n forth out of your control. It’s fucking miserable. I feel ya man I feel ya
Do you think Adderall should be considered a PED if people take it without permission? It seems like amphetamine in a way, but I'm not sure it improves fine motor skills in someone who doesn't have ADHD. It might cause jitters and make it harder to perform skills requiring dexterity and also I'd think that it could cause sleep problems and withdrawal. Just wondering about your take.
@mertonhirsch4734 absolutely. For someone with ADHD, Adderall levels the playing field. Without ADHD, it's essentially the same drug as in the film Limitless. It should be considered a PED if you don't need it. As with any drug, it does come with a risk of side effects such as insomnia and the jitters. But that can happen to anyone, even if you do have ADHD
@@darktalk912 Thanks, but regarding off-label use, doesn't it desensitize you pretty quickly so that you have to up your dose, and also it seems it could raise stress hormones like cortisol and even block natural growth hormone and testosterone. I knew athletes who used Ephedra when it was legal. They could work for hours, but the next day it didn't work as well and eventually they either had to take massive doses or take several days off to resensitize. Also, despite being able to train a ton, then tended to lose muscle presumably from the catabolic stress hormone release. I mean, maybe there is a sweet spot where you can get just the right effect timed just right. I've also had ADHD sufferers tell me that if you don't have ADHD and you take it it can hurt your focus rather than improve it.
I said in the last video that Garett Anderson would be a good player to look at as he was very underrated and is usually mentioned in passing when talking about the Anaheim Angels WS winning team. Edwin Encarnacion would be a great player to look at too as his peak started at 29 and ended when he was 36 which is crazy.
Thank you for making this, seriously. I’m a lifelong Orioles fan Davis is a heluva guy and very genuine. Just unfortunate that he couldn’t put those last few seasons together. But he’s set for life now! He deserves it.
Now do Brady Anderson.
There's a name I haven't heard in decades. I remember him having a 50HR(?) season seemingly out of nowhere
@@ThatMeansHesMad Steroids help.
@@illusionxmuta Most likely lol.. And by "most likely," I mean 100% 💉💉
As a guy that struggles with ADHD, I know exactly what Chris went through. The key here, remember the good times we had with Chris, not the bad. Thanks Cam!
Amen! Glad you enjoyed the vid 🙌🏼
@@Cam23 Anytime! Gave ya a sub too!
It’s been almost exactly 10 years since I saw Crush mash two bombs at Camden Yards against the Yankees. Man, what a fun night! Ok, now for my video suggestion. Could you consider doing one on Jim Eisenreich? He’s not as well known as the All-Stars of his era, but the dude could flat-out hit, and he overcame his battle with Tourette’s Syndrome that initially ended his career in the mid 80s. At an age when most players were retired, he averaged an .833 OPS during his four seasons with the Phillies. He’s a worthy player to profile, not just for his accomplishments on the field, but the adversity he overcame off of it. Thanks for videos! ⚾️
He’s a great guy. I really like it when players give back to the community. I love your channel. I would like it if you did one Shawn Green.
Great community guy even when he was struggling in the game. Always got hella respect for him
Can you do one on Grady Sizemore?
What could have been with Grady. Could have been one of the greatest
Keep uo the good work brotha! Sports today is a lot of drama, hot takes, and yelling. Nice to have someone care about the sport as much as us, and puts out consistently great content. And even better it's baseball, my first sporting love.
I appreciate that! Glad you’re enjoying the content 🤙🏼
this was a very positive video (even talking about the hard times he went thru) getting the letter from the red sox fan gave him the confidence he needed at that moment that kid with the W move. You would think an ultimate collapse would have a bad ending but not this one. I believe he found his true calling and thats jus helping others who are less fortunate have more. Cheers Mr Davis you sir are a class act!! 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
That’s a great way of looking at it!
Newly subbed after finding your channel via the Tony Gwynn vs ATL Big 3 vid. I can tell this vid came from the heart as it reflects your fandom of the O’s. I had zero clue he was this inspirational of a figure off the field. What a story. Thx for the upload.
He was someone I grew up watching so you’re absolutely right! He has a great story for being seen in such a negative light for his baseball performance, felt it was only right to paint the full picture
Everyone always talks about the contract but no one really tells the story. THANK YOU!
Thank you! That was my goal. The full story hadn’t been told properly in my eyes.
I'm from about 40 minutes away from the stadium and was born in Baltimore(at Sinai if anyone local is curious.) As a lifelong fan who drifts in and out of paying attention to the orioles, it really makes me sad that people will remember Davis for his historic run of astronomically bad luck.
He is an extremely nice guy as far as I can tell, very charitable and was not really a typical "top of the world" type that made you feel vindicated in watching him experience the lows as well. I will have good memories of him for a long time, and hope he continues to be a fixture in charities wherever he lives. As a very Christian man he hopefully will strive to exemplify those values since he has all the means to fulfill them.
I'm also really happy that Foolish Baseball made an analysis of just how incredibly and mind bendingly absurd that bad luck was. I have a better chance of finding a vein of gold in my backyard than someone does of having that streak.
Chris Davis was the Ben Simmons of baseball in other words, but with good attitude.
Davis deserved way better on the field, especially when he looked so great in his early years in Baltimore. He’s a very special human being, and I still support him.
dude it's kind of mind blowing a lot of other ball players don't do the contract deferral thing. I mean Bobby Bonilla just got that million dollar check like SIX DAYS AGO. it's 2023!
Financial professionals will advise you against it, though usually its got selfish motivation behind it. It is the smart move for security, yes. You can blow 15 fortunes in a row and still have another one coming next year, which for people who have as little impulse control and money sense as pro-athletes seems like a great idea. But money that sits stable is losing value, since inflation increases steadily. Taking that money upfront and putting it all into bonds or CD's means the money grows while still being untouchable, which is the same difference really.
Two players take the same deal. Player A takes that million upfront in 2020 and puts it into a CD until 2035. Player B defers the money.
Their contracts and possible financial security are the same, being able to not access money until 2035 either way when it pays out. But it will be worth almost 200k more (@1.25% interest compounding yearly, for example) for player A. That number may be a bit high but the example stands. Taxes heavily complicate this but the principle stands.
I would take the deferral thing but understand why not to do it.
Uehara may not have been great with Texas but after two seasons there he went to Boston and ranked for the CY and MVP as a reliever and ended up winning a WS with them too.
This was beautiful man 😅😂 you got me tearing up…after watching the Os beat the Marlins last night, throwing Sandy…I’m looking back today at what got us BACK to this point of great baseball in Baltimore and I’m so glad I found this video man 😂 😅 seriously you killed this and I know you said your a Baltimore fan so can we get some more videos about this current team or any players? Man we got some cool guys in this organization, guys on the comeback, number 1 picks, college studs high school studs, all stars, dominant relief pitchers everyone else gave up on, Hyder as the coach an his journey, Cedric Mullins turning his career around into a perennial all star basically, all the young pitchers getting a foot hood in the league an learning how to dominate, Adley FREAKIN Rutschmen the list goes on
Ahh thank you! You already know more Orioles content is coming in the future, lots of players I have interest in making some vids on. A lot of guys in this organization make me think we have a bright future for Baltimore baseball.
There's another Chris Davis video out there on CZcams and I thought that this was the one I had seen before. I'm glad I clicked it to verify. This video is much better and you did a great job showing how much of a good person he is. Not an Orioles fan but I do appreciate well done videos!
Thank you! My goal was to cover his story more in depth than I’d seen in the past.
The one you saw was more about analytics by foolish baseball and how the shift and a little bit of bad luck amplified his 0-54 hitless streak.
thanks for subtitling your videos, i live in brazil and i found out that there is another sport as cool as soccer
but I don't know how to speak english, but with subtitled videos I can get the translation on youtube.
thanks!
(I'm using google translate)
That’s awesome, thank you for watching my videos!
I will continue to campaign that Moises Alou gets covered, given all that happened to him in his career.
Hard to hate on such a good dude. Baseball is only part of who he is. Good for him.
Quality content my guy! Your stuff is in the category of "just watch it" for me. No matter the topic, I know you're going to kill it.
Thank you Derick! That really means a lot 🙌🏼
W fuzzy editor, keep up the good work cam!
Hey Cam, I really like your channel! If you feel the inspiration, please make a video for Roy “Doc” Halladay ! He was a legend and had a true rollercoaster career and tragic ending
Thanks! And great suggestion, I’ve wanted to put some pitchers on my radar after all the hitters I’ve been doing
Cool video and a refreshing breath of positivity. Well done.
Thank you!
So very well done! Thank you!
Great video!! I'm a Jays fan and they were linked to sign him and I wasn't feeling it. Having said that... What a great stand up guy with his charity work. I think overall the sports world ignores what athletes do for charities and communities as a whole. I'm now a Davis fan!!
Thanks! You’re justified to feel that way but definitely cool to see the great things he’s done over the years.
Hey man, that slump got us adley rutschman and gunnar henderson. Imo elite tank commander one of which the sports world has never seen before.
I just don't understand why it's so easy for us as "fans" to judge a player. There was no secret to Davis's numbers and his strikeout rating. He was more than just a player he was a person like you said to give back to the community. MLB & all the worries with the steroids era still lingering. They took an approved drug and was on that approved list until yet again they tightened the rains. As a Baltimore Orioles fan I still thank him for all he did and still my favorite player.
Well said! He did a lot of great things for the Baltimore community and deserves our respect for that
@@Cam23 as a fan and still a collector of his sports collection to baseball cards. I would have loved for it to end up differently without question. Sometimes it just doesn't work out like that. I remember the training camp that he was killing again. Training camp yes but you have to find a grove somewhere. Then COVID and Pandemic took effect. I am sure some of the money he has donated with his wife hopefully helped some families during that difficult time. Baltimore Orioles fans we had Cal Ripken Jr. The Ironman. One of the greatest of all-time. Not perfect though. The greatest part about this game. You get 3 to 4 hits out of 10 you are one of the greatest baseball hitters of all-time. Thank you for the response. It was a good piece and respectful I would like to add.
@@TimothyCorum it was tough to see him get in a grove just to have it taken away with the pandemic. In a stretch of bad breaks he sure was able to overcome a lot of adversity. The bottom line was that he cared, and I always admired that about him. Sure, the results weren't there, but he wanted to help in any way he could.
Orioles have had some great role models, you're right on about the Iron Man.
The broken bay home run was crazy to watch. I sat for a bit going holy s*** in my head
underrated player staying with the baltimore theme is eddie murray
Babe wake up Chris Davis just downfell
hahaha
babe what's the matter you've barely touched your downfall of Chris Davis
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Another superb well done video good sir! 🎉
Thank you! I appreciate your support of the channel 🙌🏼
@@Cam23 you're very welcome! You have great content
Do Khris Davis Next!!
Thank you for the video.
Good video cam
Beltre video perhaps? This one is great!
Fun fact I randomly chose CD for beat the streak the day he broke his streak 😂 not 5 days in a row guessing but literally just that day 1x 😅
remaining a good person through of all of that is the great thing
I know most people will remember him for falling off a cliff after signing that monstrous contract. I'll remember him for being traded along with Tommy Hunter for Koji Uehara and leading the league twice in home runs.
Awesome video
My ex wife was from Baltimore, and her family looooved the o’s. I always felt so bad when they booed him lol
Can you do a video on Bobby Bonilla?
didnt expect this vid to make me tear up
Thank you for this baseball was great when he was great
All these videos about Chris Davis' down fall. Where are the Chris Davis won my 2013 fantasy season videos?
You can knock the guy, but 13 years in the MLB is such a great accomplishment. Love than him and his wife are so charitable
Can we get a Jim Thome Video?
I always thought that Crush Davis is a reference to Crash Davis
You should do the prime of Reggie Jackson or Jeff bagwell
He is my favorite Orioles player
This might not be popular but George Bell could be a video you make in the future.
Well he had the ability for a while. That's better than most of us
make a video on kenny lofton
Idc what anyone says, i loved davis, hes still my favorite player. I will never get rid of my Davis jersey.
Remember when Fanduel priced him sub-minimum? $500 instead of $2000. Disgraceful!
Victor Martinez ???
The rise and fall of Jeff Francoeur
Have you done a former Yankee named Rickey Henderson?
Oh scott ericcson was he anygood?? I member outside of nolan i thought he was the coolest pitcher
Great start but he became a Rob Deer type player all or nothing
Crush Groove was a bad dude.
My second favorite Khris/Chris Davis
😂
Davis, Belle, the O’s have made many mistakes. Have you done a video on Brooks?
Indeed I have! It’s on both Brooks and Frank: Meet the Robinsons: The Icons of Baltimore's Glory Days (Feat. @MiLBHatbilly)
czcams.com/video/XK71FV0jPUQ/video.html
Zach Britton's jersey isn't up for auction anymore. LIAR! I want my money back.
Anyways, at least Chris Davis got a good chunk of change, rather than being screwed by the O's that offseason and had having his downfall without a big contract.
As long as hes getting paid, what does he care Orioles still getting crushed by his contract
It’s funny how he adhd only hurt him once he got the contract.
Benito santiago, pudge rodriguez, harolyd reyonlds gary sheffield videos please any mariner is appreciated tho
Do you think Adderall should be considered a PED if people take it without permission? It seems like amphetamine in a way, but I'm not sure it improves fine motor skills in someone who doesn't have ADHD. It might cause jitters and make it harder to perform skills requiring dexterity and also I'd think that it could cause sleep problems and withdrawal. Just wondering about your take.
I think if someone's taking it without medical permission that's different than taking it without MLB's permission. Davis had been prescribed Adderall by medical professionals, but did not receive proper authorization from MLB to take it during the season. I don't see any problem with a baseball player using the medication, but Davis should have asked for permission as he'd always done in order to avoid the suspension.
How did he get so terrible?
first
Great person. Horrible player.
I think Davis is more famous for his 0-54 hit less streak
The lowest hanging fruit.
dude was always overatted. 🙄 he is a nice guy, but that cintract? was horrible.... always always overatted
Davis himself was never supposed to be bad, and I don’t know why his production sharply declined after signing a contract that was bad enough to scare the Orioles away from spending in recent years.
Well, I'd say Adoral is the key to this boy's success
I guess not having steroids leads to 150 batting average
Even in his " prime" he simply decided to K too much. What good is 45 HR when you literally hit .210 and strikeout 200 times ? Useless.
Chris Davis is no dave kingman that’s for sure….
and he’s definitely no Bobby Bonilla.,.
Bless chris Davis and all the beautifully humane things he does for people, truly an absolute legend, HOF person but one of the worst baseball players to ever get paid, ever….awful at baseball in every facet besides power