The Real Kenny Powers From 'Eastbound and Down'?

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  • čas přidán 18. 12. 2014
  • The HBO comedy Eastbound and Down ushered in of a new type of dark hilarity and became a television cult classic in the process. The protagonist, Kenny Powers, is an obnoxious, crass Southerner who has fallen from grace after his professional baseball career has abruptly ended. But who was the inspiration for the character?
    At the height of his career, John Rocker was one of the best closers in professional baseball, and also one of the most disliked people in the game. In 1999, comments he made that were printed in Sports Illustrated came to represent the worst of American culture: racist, homophobic, and xenophobic. He apologized for the remarks later, but Rocker's crass and confrontational nature never died, and there's something kind of lovable and funny about the guy; after all, he's just a baseball player. Or maybe not? This is the real Kenny Powers.
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  • @imfraeglasgow
    @imfraeglasgow Před 9 lety +822

    A lot of people ask me, ‘Kenny Powers you’re a giant star - you can get any woman. Have you ever paid for sex?’ The answer is yes, I have. Several times in fact. And it’s actually kind of cool. You can negotiate practically anything, and sometimes even just kinda do stuff in the moment you never agreed to pay for, and it goes by without much argument.

  • @JamesBeam420
    @JamesBeam420 Před 8 lety +1514

    Me and my wife Donna were watching this documentary in our bedroom one sultry evening, when i heard a rap on the door, and our son Gabriel walked in. My wife Donna said, "No!! Gabriel!!" And I said, "LET THE BOY ... WATCH!!"

    • @bokehgod4486
      @bokehgod4486 Před 8 lety +68

      "He needs to learn...like I learn from my father" 😂

    • @The_yeffy1
      @The_yeffy1 Před 8 lety +31

      Hey that plum looks good can I trade it for a Twinkie?
      No these are my plums!

    • @Shadoefax760
      @Shadoefax760 Před 8 lety +21

      +Jcurvs99 they glow with a bluish hue

    • @jimlahey9158
      @jimlahey9158 Před 8 lety +5

      Darla*, don't disrespect her like that

    • @RJCE420
      @RJCE420 Před 7 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mikeyd2030
    @mikeyd2030 Před 10 měsíci +151

    Crazy that Vice was ever capable of such a fair interview.

    • @jorgehuamanmusic
      @jorgehuamanmusic Před 9 měsíci +12

      They would never do this post-Trump. Their brains melted.

    • @saulspeaks2557
      @saulspeaks2557 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Feels like another lifetime, huh?

    • @baverfjant
      @baverfjant Před 8 měsíci +6

      @@jorgehuamanmusicHave you seen their reports from Isobel Yeung or Ben Solomon for instance? Probably not, or you wouldn't make such a dumb comment

    • @touchmytopic6763
      @touchmytopic6763 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Rocker probably smashed the interviewer.

    • @Spooky_515
      @Spooky_515 Před měsícem +2

      This was the first Vice piece I came across. I subscribed thinking I had been missing out. They never came close to duplicating the quality of this interview

  • @readyupad
    @readyupad Před 5 lety +428

    Nobody's "seen a few episodes" of Eastbound and Down.

  • @joejackson9986
    @joejackson9986 Před 3 lety +61

    "Sometimes, when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm."-Kenny Fuckin' Powers

  • @Kem1kal13
    @Kem1kal13 Před 7 lety +368

    Close your eyes and listen, it IS Kenny Powers LOL

    • @pearce123456789
      @pearce123456789 Před 7 lety

      Icon of Sin haha he does.

    • @willpowr416
      @willpowr416 Před 6 lety +15

      I was thinking the same. McBride nailed the role

    • @justinx9892
      @justinx9892 Před 3 lety +5

      I think he’s playing it up a bit to match the character

  • @gravenewworld6521
    @gravenewworld6521 Před 2 lety +162

    My father was a sportswriter and I asked him about Rocker one time and he basically just said, “John is a guy with a good heart. He just likes to kick the hornets nest sometimes and he’s got a sense of humor most people would find upsetting.”

    • @bobbyhall7472
      @bobbyhall7472 Před rokem +6

      Kicking a hornet's nest huh? Who is your dad, and who did he write for?

    • @LeemLovesArt
      @LeemLovesArt Před rokem

      Pop may have been a racist

    • @trendybistro
      @trendybistro Před měsícem

      @@bobbyhall7472 The Fibbing Times

  • @toddhitchens6272
    @toddhitchens6272 Před 4 lety +197

    "offensive and racist"? He literally said the same things New Yorkers say about New York.

    • @perceptortron
      @perceptortron Před 3 lety +26

      Yeah but hes a straight white male

    • @fightmilk8613
      @fightmilk8613 Před 2 lety +7

      Welcome to Vice. Accusing people of whatever they can to divide segments of the country.

    • @mannym1635
      @mannym1635 Před 2 lety +5

      @JC as a fellow NY who commuted by the 7 train back and forth for decades, everything he said about the people who ride it was 100% accurate.

    • @Luke8-17
      @Luke8-17 Před 2 lety +1

      This is so true!!

    • @rustinjobinson
      @rustinjobinson Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah, that's not at all how that works at all. He's actual scum.

  • @johnline
    @johnline Před 8 lety +1396

    i play real sports. ain't trying to be the best at exercising

    • @Kennypowers51
      @Kennypowers51 Před 8 lety +113

      Sure, iv'e been called a xenophobe, but the truth is i'm not. I just think America is the best country and the other countries aren't as good. That used to be called patriotism.

    • @theflanman420420
      @theflanman420420 Před 4 lety +19

      I love this fucking show... KP is a walking memorable quote generator.

    • @Caseycarlo
      @Caseycarlo Před 4 lety +5

      Oh shit do you play golf or tennis? I really hope you play something near a real sport and not just golf or tennis!

    • @Nana-hq9dv
      @Nana-hq9dv Před 4 lety +2

      Johnline lol

    • @maxwellschultz4784
      @maxwellschultz4784 Před 4 lety +4

      Sports are a waste of time to placate stupid people. Ever heard of the Roman Colosseum? Yea...

  • @kaitlin4u
    @kaitlin4u Před 9 lety +601

    Wow him and Danny Mcbride have such similar voices. What a good casting choice for the show

    • @gaminonya7599
      @gaminonya7599 Před 9 lety +58

      kaitlin_08 Danny Mcbride was one of the creators of east Bound and Down. Will Ferrell was just a producer.
      Danny Mcbride had the mindset, when creating the show, that he was Kenny from the onset.

    • @kaitlin4u
      @kaitlin4u Před 9 lety +4

      Ohh okay good to know!

    • @DJRAKKK
      @DJRAKKK Před 9 lety +32

      kaitlin_08 When he jumped the fence and it opened the fucking door KENNY FUCKING POWERS TO THE 10TH POWER haahhahaahahahahahahah

    • @niteprowler709
      @niteprowler709 Před 8 lety

      +kaitlin_08 haha just watched the vid. Zactly!

    • @danzig3764
      @danzig3764 Před 5 lety

      kaitlin_08 I was thinking that too

  • @Alknight7
    @Alknight7 Před 3 lety +82

    “The mask from Scream, can I wear the mask from scream?”

    • @rhv84060
      @rhv84060 Před 3 lety +1

      Cassie - your cell phone SUCKS

    • @JFKjr-gp7lf
      @JFKjr-gp7lf Před 3 lety +1

      Funny asf

    • @ecardullo10
      @ecardullo10 Před 3 lety +1

      "While I do you from behind? Hello?"

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ecardullo10 I fucking love that scene...”yes, the mask from scream..”🤣

    • @nickolasecker9817
      @nickolasecker9817 Před 2 lety

      “I don’t see why I have to pay for a hotel room, I’ve got a house and you can come here and we could just cut out the middleman” *hands Cassie empty bud light can*

  • @andyborowitz1730
    @andyborowitz1730 Před 5 lety +314

    this doesn't look like an interview,it looks like a Tinder hookup.

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 Před 3 lety +10

      @Read Father Seraphim Rose everyone slightly right of Marx is a racist

    • @guzz114
      @guzz114 Před 3 lety +4

      Lmfao this comes across as a date.

    • @anatolepapafilippou7967
      @anatolepapafilippou7967 Před 3 lety +1

      Nailed.

    • @sammmy4495
      @sammmy4495 Před 3 lety +1

      @Read Father Seraphim Rose he’s a man

    • @joshuaahn8182
      @joshuaahn8182 Před 3 lety +6

      Came here to say they def have the pre hook up vibe

  • @gregorykingdollar3108
    @gregorykingdollar3108 Před 7 lety +212

    Ashley Schaeffer gave him 200 bucks for this interview

  • @miamoben
    @miamoben Před 9 lety +118

    "You can't fix sucks" - John Rocker

  • @brandonwall5693
    @brandonwall5693 Před 4 lety +41

    I’m from the same town as Rocker. He used to date one of my 7th grade teachers and would pick her up for lunch. He was always cool as hell and signed a bunch of stuff for me.

  • @David-um4dy
    @David-um4dy Před 4 lety +27

    "I'm not trying to be the best at exercising, I play real sports" 😂
    I loved East bound and down so much and never met anyone else that liked it lol.

    • @bobtwichew3103
      @bobtwichew3103 Před 3 lety +3

      It was the fucking funniest show on tv at the time. I was pissed when they canceled it.

  • @jlistetson
    @jlistetson Před 9 lety +128

    "My dad said you ruined baseball" - Eastbound and Down

    • @samuhlm2
      @samuhlm2 Před 3 lety +10

      right before this is the best line. "Ya I went to rehab, hurt my nose"

  • @aeternusero
    @aeternusero Před 9 lety +181

    If you are from the South, you know a Kenny Powers. We all do. That's why he plays the character so well, because there is one in every town.

    • @ws8061
      @ws8061 Před 3 lety +3

      Jody Hill is from my hometown. His mom is a middle school teacher and I ofc don't know for sure but I swear he themes some characters from Vice Principles after real people.

    • @cyrilkoop1601
      @cyrilkoop1601 Před 2 lety +1

      Come on now, there’s a lot more than just one.
      And there’s not a damn thing you can do about it! 😂

    • @juliebraden6911
      @juliebraden6911 Před rokem

      Assholes are everywhere. Definitely not just the South.

    • @Jeffc0987
      @Jeffc0987 Před rokem +1

      I had a coworker who once said..."Now I'm not a racist, but some black family just moved in next door and it just pisses me off".
      I asked him if there was any reason for it like loud music, not taking care of the lawn, whatever
      ...and yeah, it was just good old fashioned racism.
      That was my Kenny Powers.

    • @rhv84060
      @rhv84060 Před rokem

      Kenny powers won the World Series though. Lol

  • @GetSchanked
    @GetSchanked Před 4 lety +72

    He's definitely the influence for Kenny Powers in Eastbound and Down lmaooo

    • @Heresastory23
      @Heresastory23 Před 3 lety +8

      Thats literally the titlr of the video

    • @evanabbott2737
      @evanabbott2737 Před 3 lety +2

      I like this guy...! I’m not into baseball, but I think he’s really cool.😁

    • @didhedieddud334
      @didhedieddud334 Před 3 lety

      G a y

    • @bodbn
      @bodbn Před 2 měsíci

      McBride said he was based on a couple of different sports players one of which was Rocker.

  • @enzotestarossa
    @enzotestarossa Před 4 lety +30

    Host: “You gonna show me your slider?”
    Fkn killed me

  • @mhtpk1989
    @mhtpk1989 Před 9 lety +233

    Holy shit he is real. Danny McBride/Will Ferrell were barely exaggerating.

  • @M1lesJames
    @M1lesJames Před 8 lety +220

    There is only one Kenny Fucking Powers

  • @StandardEnvy
    @StandardEnvy Před 3 lety +63

    he deffinely slept with that interviewer to, lmao.

    • @igohida
      @igohida Před 3 lety +4

      1000% . Just their body language at 10:14 is enough to tell

    • @defsushi
      @defsushi Před 3 lety

      Lol probably

    • @marchammond05
      @marchammond05 Před 3 lety

      Ditto!

    • @ryanbrown3004
      @ryanbrown3004 Před 3 lety

      I don’t think so. Women are like that, when they need to get stuff. Like decent interviews

    • @pegcity4eva
      @pegcity4eva Před 17 dny

      She works for vice its mandatory she be gay

  • @rayfalsetto1010
    @rayfalsetto1010 Před 4 lety +27

    Just finished the series, I’ve been binge watching it for 3 days. Totally worth it.

  • @Edward135i
    @Edward135i Před 7 lety +179

    John Rocker needs a reality show where they just follow him around.

  • @mikepekala832
    @mikepekala832 Před 8 lety +504

    rofl "I'm not a bigot... I dated a black girl and even lived a year with her in the gayest part of town.." LMAO

    • @CBuehler82
      @CBuehler82 Před 7 lety +34

      Lol. I died laughing.

    • @SquirrelJam
      @SquirrelJam Před 5 lety +64

      "sink or swim, like you know how the Chinese throw their kids in the water..."

    • @gunplaygaming6830
      @gunplaygaming6830 Před 5 lety +6

      Mike Pekala cringe dear white folks just because you bang chicks outside your race doesnt make you not a racist 😂
      unreal
      same with the i have black friends thing you do .

    • @celestegagnon1581
      @celestegagnon1581 Před 5 lety +64

      Gun Play Gaming dear asshole- saying dear white people is racist, you are labeling an entire people with your ignorant comments feigning what, your enlightenment? Go fuck yourself.

    • @Sokrabiades
      @Sokrabiades Před 5 lety +23

      Meanwhile Mark Wahlberg tries to murder a Vietnamese immigrant, and everybody loves him. smh

  • @dpowers1185
    @dpowers1185 Před 5 lety +51

    “People will take us more seriously if we do all of our voiceovers in a dry monotone voice” - Every Vice Producer

  • @brianfeuerstein776
    @brianfeuerstein776 Před rokem +12

    " you can't fix sucks " is the most Kenny Powers thing ever 😂

  • @chsjo
    @chsjo Před 9 lety +321

    I find unapologetic people refreshing.

  • @joelmorris32
    @joelmorris32 Před 7 lety +45

    Her body language around him is like a high school girl

  • @MoMo_IP2
    @MoMo_IP2 Před 4 lety +183

    The host is a proud straight woman now after the taste of the rocker.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby Před 3 lety +16

      Not just straight she's full blown superstraight for Rocker

    • @SuperTrb0
      @SuperTrb0 Před 3 lety +14

      She got her “I got railed by Rocker” t-shirt.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby Před 3 lety +9

      @@SuperTrb0 "I got rocked by Rocker"

    • @SuperTrb0
      @SuperTrb0 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dr34mw34v3r who cares. Go be offended somewhere else.

    • @heathmcrigsby
      @heathmcrigsby Před 3 lety +3

      She's Rockersexual

  • @tee1up785
    @tee1up785 Před 5 lety +64

    KP- “You mean Jew York? Its f*cking great…”

  • @user6008
    @user6008 Před 6 lety +54

    Look at Rocker's stats from 1999-2001. The guy appeared in 201 games over the course of these three seasons. 162 games per season = 486. Basically Rocker pitched in roughly forty percent of baseball games every season. His arm was destroyed due to overuse, which happened to guys like Johnny Venters, Mark Wohlers and Eric O'Flaherty among others. They all played for Bobby Cox and hall of fame manager that he is, the man ruined many a bullpen arm. But such is the life of a relief pitcher, here today and gone tomorrow.

    • @oldkingcoleyounger
      @oldkingcoleyounger Před rokem +5

      I always thought Bobby Cox coached the game like a winner, but not a champion.maybe the reason he won a lot but only had one ring.

    • @currypablo
      @currypablo Před 8 měsíci +1

      Add Steve Avery to the list of young arms Cox destroyed.

  • @PerryCuda
    @PerryCuda Před 7 lety +313

    Looking at Rocker's body language during his interviews, it's obvious he thinks the host is in play.

    • @uzieric1
      @uzieric1 Před 7 lety +102

      and of course she is.

    • @latinolawdog5067
      @latinolawdog5067 Před 6 lety +46

      He’s a pro athlete. They think everybody’s in play.

    • @cordellsenior9935
      @cordellsenior9935 Před 4 lety +19

      I think so too. Since the golf course.

    • @shanek6582
      @shanek6582 Před 4 lety +3

      Ignatius I’d say she’s gay

    • @benjones7634
      @benjones7634 Před 3 lety +32

      @@shanek6582 gay for that dick. She's married. To a guy.

  • @optimusmars
    @optimusmars Před 4 lety +24

    I grew a full beard upon watching this documantary.

  • @BuckfastConsumer
    @BuckfastConsumer Před 4 lety +31

    "Let the boy WATCH"

  • @DubstepClassicsHD
    @DubstepClassicsHD Před 9 lety +218

    you gotta respect him for not really giving a fuck

    • @seymourglass26
      @seymourglass26 Před 9 lety +5

      He's faking it less than 2/3 of the comments, and they're even written in a pretty anonymous forum and still can't be honest.

    • @xperiazip7967
      @xperiazip7967 Před 7 lety

      Dubstep Classics he gave her a fuck

    • @elchatodeoro1
      @elchatodeoro1 Před 6 lety

      Is kenny powers you fucking idiot of course he wont give a fuck

  • @shahmm
    @shahmm Před 7 lety +44

    "I'm not controversial, I'm polarizing." John Rocker

  • @jimmorrison9411
    @jimmorrison9411 Před rokem +45

    This dude has such an unlikeable but hilarious personality and McBride did a great job of creating it on camera.

  • @jeremyhelton1261
    @jeremyhelton1261 Před 3 lety +12

    I don’t watch sports and I’m not a baseball fan but for some reason I have to say this was one of the more interesting reporting assignments I have seen

  • @MarvelousPhilly
    @MarvelousPhilly Před 9 lety +116

    I meant this guy once, and to be honest, he was a cool dude. Didn't seem racist to me. We had an hour long convo on sports, and just life in general. I knew about what he said in his past, and after talking to him, I didn't care. And yes, I'm a black man. I was 27 at the time. To sum it all up, he's actually a good person.

    • @gunplaygaming6830
      @gunplaygaming6830 Před 5 lety +4

      The Marvelous One lol what has anybody famous done around you that you deemed racist?? lol
      jeez

    • @michaeldobbins2632
      @michaeldobbins2632 Před 2 lety +5

      Bro people are just too PC. Nobody can take an offensive joke at all

    • @RonnieG
      @RonnieG Před rokem

      I'm glad you meant him.

    • @bobbyhall7472
      @bobbyhall7472 Před rokem

      So because he didn't call you a N----- he must be a good dude huh🤡

  • @TheTaintedTango
    @TheTaintedTango Před 9 lety +62

    Kenny Powers 110% tapped dat.

  • @anthonyhewitt9397
    @anthonyhewitt9397 Před 4 lety +27

    The guy is giving homeless veterans homes and jobs you cant speculate on his intent.

  • @matt4122
    @matt4122 Před 3 lety +18

    Wow, you can really tell this was filmed prior to 2016, otherwise this interview would've solely focused on his bigotry and the reporter would have utter contempt towards him.

  • @tommclarty17
    @tommclarty17 Před 7 lety +330

    This documentary gave me a tingle down in my plummmmmmsssss.

    • @bucky90269
      @bucky90269 Před 7 lety +18

      laces out Ray!

    • @nopansnogains5382
      @nopansnogains5382 Před 4 lety +1

      @Leonard Holt fresh and juicy ready for the picking all the school children are lining up to put them in their sack lunches "hey that plum looks good could I trade for a twinkly" (naa these are my plums, I want to bite in to that plum and let the juice spill down my chin).... ya know what I mean

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 Před 4 lety

      I have had too much fanta..mammy

    • @killmovezzz2185
      @killmovezzz2185 Před 3 lety

      Special 2 for one

  • @biglakebulliesadamg.8715
    @biglakebulliesadamg.8715 Před 5 lety +122

    Rocker's still on the juice. 👍 "La Flama Blanca" ✊

  • @alexkulka8578
    @alexkulka8578 Před 4 lety +33

    Definitely chemistry between the two.

    • @anthonymorabito32
      @anthonymorabito32 Před 2 lety +9

      was looking for this comment lmao she was digging him

    • @RonnieG
      @RonnieG Před rokem

      She actually kicked him in the nuts after his first beer.

    • @reidkyle5030
      @reidkyle5030 Před 8 měsíci

      lol theres probably few women on the planet who wouldn't dig on him.

  • @Dustinwhy8
    @Dustinwhy8 Před 3 lety +8

    “Can I do you from behind while wearing the scream mask? Hello...hello?. Cassie, your cell phone straight up blows.”

  • @MrHeatgap
    @MrHeatgap Před 8 lety +96

    She's without a doubt my favorite interviewer for VICE, I can't stand the rest of the goofy, out of touch with all reality, hipsters they use.

    • @ryanbarrett3895
      @ryanbarrett3895 Před 8 lety +1

      what is her name?

    • @AGE0FQUARREL
      @AGE0FQUARREL Před 5 lety +2

      @@ryanbarrett3895 Gianna Toboni.

    • @ilyab4792
      @ilyab4792 Před 5 lety +13

      @@ryanbarrett3895 gianna michaels

    • @ohsweatbret
      @ohsweatbret Před 4 lety +1

      She sucks, her gitmo visit was retarded. Basically 20 minutes of “we are at a facility that holds top secret prisoners! Y U NO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS?!?!?” Maybe she is better with these lighthearted interviews, but anything that’s serious she comes off as a naive sheltered out of touch hipster.

    • @kenesealo7982
      @kenesealo7982 Před 2 lety +3

      What are you talking about she's a bit h rocking a side comb. How is that not hipster

  • @llai8501
    @llai8501 Před 7 lety +36

    "You going to show me your slider?" Hahahha

  • @mikemcdermott7760
    @mikemcdermott7760 Před 5 lety +5

    Even Kenny Fukin POWERS grinned when she said "Will you show me your slider????".

  • @mikeschmidt4800
    @mikeschmidt4800 Před 3 lety +6

    I had 1/4th of the shoulder surgeries he had/should have had and I learned to throw left handed in the healing process just so I could throw ball with my kids. Honestly, now, it is like having a fresh youthful arm that has been waiting for its time.

  • @ApeQuake
    @ApeQuake Před 9 lety +45

    John Rocker is clearly the inspiration for Kenny Powers. The main stepping off point was Kenny was a polarizing redemption story and John Rocker's redemption is private. Also, John is not really a bigot, he seems to hate everyone that's not like him equally -- white, black, females or whatever. I do not share his opinions and most items, but he's at least genuine. He's the real-life internet troll -- unfiltered and unrelenting. On the other hand, he does good for things he cares strongly about and puts effort into that as well (of course, mostly he just cares for himself... but still). I could not stand to see someone like him daily, but there is room in society for a John Rocker and he seems to be getting on (even though his Twitter feed is VERY difficult to read).

    • @CFergiee
      @CFergiee Před 9 lety

      ***** I'm sure you pump gas for a living.

    • @CFergiee
      @CFergiee Před 9 lety

      it's a shame you couldn't find a way to make money doing something you ENJOY. I'd appreciate you keeping your lack of manners where they belong. Oh wait this is a youtube comment section. Stop wasting your emotions and time. Go fill my tank.

    • @nlsupernovaable
      @nlsupernovaable Před 9 lety +4

      Most people can't handle people who don't say what others want to hear and have an attitude like "you can take me as i am and if you don't like me, to bad". Everybody is always trying so hard to be liked by everyone because they are afraid to be rejected. When they are conftonted with someone who doesn't play along with their facade they feel something is wrong or weird with that person, or are jalous that they don't have the guts to do the same.
      I can relate very much to this guy. Don't know who he is but understand exactly how he feels. Tough apperance, misunderstood but to people who matter to him very warm and helpfull. and dedicated to things that actually matter instead of worying about what others think. Also very little patience for bullshit.
      If you don't like me, too bad. There are so many people i don't like, It happens. Mind your own business and move on. thats what i do and works great for me. A lot less stress

    • @cantryss
      @cantryss Před 9 lety

      People throw the term troll around so often now it's lost all meaning. Beyond popular belief there is a difference between being a troll, and a asshole.
      Trolls say things they don't care about knowing they're going to get a rise out of people.
      Assholes can say things that will get a rise out of people, but they don't say it to get a rise out of people.
      Rocker fits in the Asshole personality category(Not saying he's a asshole)
      People on the internet need to learn the difference because there is one.
      Example in this thread:
      CFergiee Troll
      ***** Asshole/Troll*
      Cantryss Asshole
      *Read below

    • @cantryss
      @cantryss Před 9 lety

      ***** I gave you the lesser of two evils but I guess you can't accept it. What a shame you've upgraded to troll.

  • @pete7389
    @pete7389 Před 9 lety +7

    Terrific interview. I was never a fan of John Rocker, but as a lifelong Phillies fan I never cared for the Braves all together. Dunring his playing days I only knew of Rocker what I heard on the media, but this interview gave me a different appreciation of him. Well done.

  • @SmallBritney
    @SmallBritney Před 4 lety +20

    Hilarious, never knew a Kenny Powers was real down to the voice.

  • @ticcusagram
    @ticcusagram Před 3 lety +8

    That mans gotta learn... the way I learned from my father..... the way he learned from his fatherr

  • @ph0kused
    @ph0kused Před 8 lety +362

    seems like a cool dude that can laugh at himeself

  • @chilleverest
    @chilleverest Před 9 lety +225

    This documentary was more about the reporter chicks road to banging Rocker than about Rocker himself.

    • @TGuy-bt4xz
      @TGuy-bt4xz Před 6 lety +4

      chilleverest you said it all brotha , I felt apart of him smashing this chick ,almost a wingman she pounded tht drink the clear one and took it for NY

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 Před 5 lety

      You wouldn't have this interview without those self indulgent brats. Excellent work here if you ask me

  • @xxsmack_dabxx396
    @xxsmack_dabxx396 Před 3 lety +11

    I feel like Kenny powers is a mix of this guy and Lenny Dykstra

  • @ifinallyhavesocialmedia8728

    Nice interview. . .I'm black and can truly appreciate people who are unapologetically themselves. You'd be shocked at how many of us shun liberals/hipsters/soy-boys. EVERY race is prejudiced to a certain extent; if someone's an asshole and living their truth, I'd respect them any day over a follower pretending to politically correct: the asshole gives me the liberty of knowing whom I'm dealing with.

    • @jasonhutter7534
      @jasonhutter7534 Před rokem

      Feel the same way. We ALL have prejudices. They surround us and we grow up with them. Some of the prejudices may have some basis in fact but people are way more similar than they are different. The important thing is to appreciate the differences, not dwell on them.

  • @saltemann3581
    @saltemann3581 Před 8 lety +124

    he did smash

  • @billcosbyeatsbabies9947
    @billcosbyeatsbabies9947 Před 7 lety +90

    Two things are for certain: 1) kenny powers was definitely inspired by this guy. & 2) he definitely banged that reporter, 100%.

    • @indo3052
      @indo3052 Před 4 lety +4

      I dont know. She seems like a lesbian

    • @mybrokengains2404
      @mybrokengains2404 Před 4 lety +5

      indo she was til she met Rocker...

    • @indo3052
      @indo3052 Před 4 lety +2

      MyBroken Gains lol. Lesbians still crave d from my experience

    • @whywelovefilm7079
      @whywelovefilm7079 Před 4 lety +4

      Not every female reporter sleeps with the person they're interviewing. Lol
      But you're right about this one. She totally slept with him...

    • @archydagr8
      @archydagr8 Před 4 lety

      Lol 100%

  • @rodakjones7574
    @rodakjones7574 Před 3 lety +3

    I live in Wilmington where the series was filmed. It's like living in his world every day. I walk by Ashley Schaffer BMW every day. Its not called that, but its the same building. It's a trip.

  • @mosipd
    @mosipd Před 5 lety +16

    Help me understand why it's controversial to help immigrants learn the local language and assimilate successfully into society. I really don't understand why anyone would say this is controversial or how it could "piss people off" as Vice claims.

    • @iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053
      @iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053 Před 2 lety +3

      I agree 100%. I took 4 years of Spanish in High School and a semester in college as an elective. I can have a conversation. The most difficult part truly is when you're talking with spanish speaking dudes and THEY don't even know their own language. It frustrates me because I'm like "esse, I'm not supposed to know more than you".

    • @babyreps365
      @babyreps365 Před 6 měsíci

      Simple move to Germany learn to speak German not sure why English is so offensive

  • @Abravesfan1988
    @Abravesfan1988 Před 6 lety +34

    Ohhh shit look there's Marquis Grissom! Dude caught the last out of our last World Series in 1995! Damn good Centerfielder in the day!

    • @dwgwnr1969
      @dwgwnr1969 Před 4 lety +2

      Fat girls rule

    • @Abravesfan1988
      @Abravesfan1988 Před 4 lety +1

      Dwayne Heath DAMN RIGHT!!

    • @SchmavidSchmobb
      @SchmavidSchmobb Před 3 lety +2

      Dude, I was so psyched to see him. The Only mlb game I saw as a kid, he hit an inside the park home run. My favorite player ever since

  • @JimmyFranceable
    @JimmyFranceable Před 6 lety +111

    Rocker was 100% accurate about NYs 7 train, and I grew up a Mets fan. He makes some valid comments about the media, he also seems like a good sport about it all. He knew how to play the bad guy and he played that role to the hilt. We all ate it up, it was great.

    • @alanharper4910
      @alanharper4910 Před 5 lety +3

      A broken clock is correct twice a day too

    • @t-townchampreviews1442
      @t-townchampreviews1442 Před 4 lety +9

      @@alanharper4910 not if you go by military time.

    • @theleagueofshadows100
      @theleagueofshadows100 Před 4 lety

      let me be your pappy!!!
      Me: “Why is this mic on the ground over here!?”
      -Reads comment-
      “Oh...nevermind, that’s where it belongs”
      and James France well said. Agreed all the way.

    • @joniraggi2358
      @joniraggi2358 Před 3 lety +3

      Yup. I take and hate the 7 and all the pricks who ride it along with the smelly homeless people who expect me to pay them to ride it

    • @JimmyFranceable
      @JimmyFranceable Před 3 lety

      @@alanharper4910 You’re a broken clock.

  • @rynov4981
    @rynov4981 Před 5 lety +9

    15:31 yall hear that fart? lol

  • @greydeath4273
    @greydeath4273 Před 4 lety +17

    He sounds just like danny did in eastbound

  • @achmeineye
    @achmeineye Před 7 lety +15

    For some reason I absolutely love the narrator's voice...there's something about the tone that is just perfect to me. I wish she read audiobooks

  • @dwgwnr1969
    @dwgwnr1969 Před 8 lety +66

    I'm a huge Braves fan and I loved when rocker hit the field runnin like a freight train to the mound, eyes blazin, sweat flyin..dying to crush any batters tryin to take away a win from his team.

    • @tthreepo4291
      @tthreepo4291 Před 3 lety

      It's called roid rage bro....

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 Před 2 lety +2

      @@tthreepo4291 i mean ge mightve been on some roids. But i dont see it, usually by his age he wouldve shrunk down and shown obvious signs of roids. Hes a pretty big dude naturally, and his mass and tone has aged naturally.

    • @tthreepo4291
      @tthreepo4291 Před 2 lety +1

      @@plack_benis382 that's not an opinion dude, it's fact. He admitted to taking steriods while playing in his book 10 years ago and on several interviews...

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 Před 2 lety

      @@tthreepo4291 yeah youre right he did. I dont think he was juicing super heavy though. Never had any of the negative effects besides ego that i can tell

    • @Jannakennels
      @Jannakennels Před rokem +3

      Lol. Everyone was on steroids, he was the only one running to the mound.

  • @markyncole
    @markyncole Před 5 lety +16

    So people got upset because he described a typical NYC subway ride?

  • @screamingmime76
    @screamingmime76 Před 5 lety +4

    Heard about this guy years ago. Had no clue he was Kenny Powers. Damn I love this guy. Going to watch all his interviews

  • @derekroberts5931
    @derekroberts5931 Před 8 lety +56

    He aged well. Almost a Luke Wilson look.

  • @gamerscouncil2262
    @gamerscouncil2262 Před 6 lety +15

    "You're gonna show me your slider" 😂😂😂😂

  • @heartlesshorseman4202
    @heartlesshorseman4202 Před 5 lety +9

    If this guy still played, I would actually watch baseball

  • @akbrooks70
    @akbrooks70 Před 5 lety +9

    I have a cousin that played in triple A for 15 years. Got called up a few times but not for long mostly because of injuries but also because he was trouble. He makes Rocker look tame.
    Point is, these guys are a special kind of person. They're douchie and don't give a damn about anything but a W. Trying to make them feel bad about some off color comments or get them to change their feelings to meet yours is a lost cause.

    • @Igoruhandchu
      @Igoruhandchu Před 8 měsíci

      Aka a MAN..dying breed these days

  • @SethGoletz
    @SethGoletz Před 9 lety +33

    The real question is... Who wears two gloves when golfing?

  • @starrshine5976
    @starrshine5976 Před 8 lety +66

    I don't know much about this guy, but he is still, physically a giant.

  • @OnYourSquare
    @OnYourSquare Před 4 lety +12

    I remember 'ol John Rocker. He had triple digit heat on tap!

  • @chrisL0430
    @chrisL0430 Před 4 lety +7

    I'd love to get drunk and play a round of golf with this dude lol

  • @herdondoozer
    @herdondoozer Před 7 lety +399

    $10 he railed the girl reporting

    • @seande1314
      @seande1314 Před 7 lety +31

      NextStageFitness double money she doesn't swing that way. I know lesbians when I see em I know to man. might still hit though... people like experimentation

    • @roguestep4843
      @roguestep4843 Před 7 lety +38

      She just looks like a Lesbian... she got railed HARD, southern charm/hospitality works on city girls.

    • @TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream
      @TEFFTPATTERN247Livestream Před 7 lety +44

      Everyone who wrote this in this comment chain is a man who was attracted to another man projecting their own attraction to this man into the female reporter. WE GET IT you think he's attractive lol. Some grown men below this comment have written things like "Yeah that's the first time she was in the presence of a *real man*" I think we have some sideways ass niggas in this comment chain

    • @mmorrison151
      @mmorrison151 Před 7 lety +21

      NextStageFitness she was soaked threw out the whole interview.

    • @SDADDYWSL1TR3Y
      @SDADDYWSL1TR3Y Před 7 lety +5

      NextStageFitness well she's a liberal and a lesbian so i doubt it she probably hates his guts and this video only proved how much of a dick head this guy really is

  • @pandemic7
    @pandemic7 Před 7 lety +254

    Lol, she was so into him. You catch all that flirting and girlish laughter. Makes sense, she's prob usually around a bunch of effete, man-bun wearing, Brooklyn hipsters.

    • @justonefyx
      @justonefyx Před 7 lety +95

      It's the first time she's been in the presence of a real man. God knows, she's never seen one in the Vice offices.

    • @uzieric1
      @uzieric1 Před 7 lety +30

      so true. she's the manliest vice reporter I've ever seen. lol

    • @EnliveningJustice
      @EnliveningJustice Před 5 lety +12

      g mack, “they ALL have to suppress it.”
      WTF are you on, clown?

    • @EnliveningJustice
      @EnliveningJustice Před 5 lety +9

      she looks just like one of those hipster pony boys.

    • @historysmysteriesunveiled8043
      @historysmysteriesunveiled8043 Před 4 lety +8

      "You gonna show me your slider?"

  • @whydoineedahandle269
    @whydoineedahandle269 Před 3 lety +5

    Yeah let’s just do an interview inside a crowded bar

  • @Dstealthsniper
    @Dstealthsniper Před 4 lety +11

    $50 this girls parties were moist during this interview

  • @zshakur
    @zshakur Před 9 lety +26

    People grow and change. Some become wiser. I remember those comments he made. I was living in Atl when he said them. I'm happy he's found his redemption through helping those that fight in our countries name. He's doing more for them than the government is. Racism is ignorance, intolerance is ignorance. What he's doing for forgotten vets...priceless.

    • @LeviDaManJabroni
      @LeviDaManJabroni Před 9 lety +7

      Visa MasterCard

    • @cata3350
      @cata3350 Před rokem

      His organization partners with the VA a government organization, so they must be doing something right? 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @logfog
    @logfog Před 8 lety +105

    It pisses me off that "Learn to Speak...(the language spoken in the country you are going to)" is thought of as controversial by the media. It isn't controversial, it's common sense.

    • @kortneyjones4823
      @kortneyjones4823 Před 6 lety +5

      Log Fog your clearly a white person

    • @Tristige
      @Tristige Před 6 lety +7

      *you're, lmao don't know how to speak it either?

    • @gstacks510
      @gstacks510 Před 6 lety +1

      Speak when spoken to boi...

    • @deprogramm
      @deprogramm Před 5 lety +6

      It is very logical. Anyone who disagrees is just a politically correct moron. Assimilate, or get the fuck out.

    • @dylanevans7529
      @dylanevans7529 Před 5 lety +1

      Goes to Saudi Arabia... Don't Speak Arabic... Get hanged. Come to Western Countries.... Can't Speak Language... Official Second Language

  • @keatontyler6878
    @keatontyler6878 Před 3 lety

    I'm guessing not as many people know who John Rocker is, as I thought. I had no idea he was the person that inspired Kenny Powers, but it makes so much more sense now!

  • @jjjones7915
    @jjjones7915 Před 4 lety +3

    Now,that's the best documentary that could of went the other way done by Vice. Bravo

  • @TJandFriends
    @TJandFriends Před 7 lety +38

    East Bound and Down is still my favorite show, John you handled this documentary very well, respect, wish you nothing but more success throughout your life, either way you influenced the greatest show of all time, you're a good human being and were young when you said things im sure you'd take back. Much love and well done VICE, but John did you hit it haha jk :)

  • @jwaxmcgeeg9706
    @jwaxmcgeeg9706 Před 8 lety +18

    This guy is cool, fuck the haters

  • @TheHairOfElendil
    @TheHairOfElendil Před 4 lety +17

    *No wonder DMcB sounds just like him!!! They're from the same frickin town! Lmao*

  • @niceguy1774
    @niceguy1774 Před rokem +1

    As soon as she said "after what many consider were offensive and racist comments.. " without saying what they were, I tuned-out.
    So much for that 45 seconds.

  • @TheKSTEW3
    @TheKSTEW3 Před 7 lety +5

    This guy got the rap as being an uneducated bigot/bully, but I was surprised at how well spoken he was at times during this interview. This is an example of one comment from 17 years ago, still haunting this man to this day. What makes America great is giving someone a chance to redeem themselves even after what appears to be a permanent fall from grace.. As a former baseball player/fan I loved his competitive streak and take no prisoners attitude that every great closer must possess to be great. As a former Marine, I am even more impressed with what he has done to help former vets who have fallen on hard times, by providing the opportunity to become productive members of society again. As for Kenny Powers, the man was hilarious and gave me something to look forward to watching EastBound, but the only similarities between the 2 are how eerily similar their voices sound, and the fact that are hardass relievers from the same part of Georgia.

  • @BIGCOOKIE7581
    @BIGCOOKIE7581 Před 9 lety +4

    I was at Shea Stadium when the Mets beat Rocker in the 15th inning of the playoffs (Alfonzo , they gave out a promo that night, something with batteries I believe. Anyway after the Mets won, Rocker had to run off the field because he was getting hit with all types of debris. Best game I've ever been to.

  • @chrisburnsed6349
    @chrisburnsed6349 Před 4 lety +13

    I retired my glove. Not my balls. - Kenny Powers

  • @roystephens568
    @roystephens568 Před 4 lety +5

    10:10 show me your slider. Best pickup line ever

  • @girlspooptoo8567
    @girlspooptoo8567 Před 8 lety +116

    He seems like a really good guy to me.
    New York's a little sensitive Maybe
    Stay Gold Ponyboy

    • @angelmurals298
      @angelmurals298 Před 7 lety +2

      Macedonian_Pride 83 its always liberals.

    • @MLCAgaming
      @MLCAgaming Před 6 lety +5

      New York's a shit hole, who cares what they think

    • @JimmyFranceable
      @JimmyFranceable Před 6 lety +3

      I'm a New Yorker and a Mets fan. I thought Rocker was great back in the day. He just played the villain well.

    • @staten84
      @staten84 Před 5 lety

      He's nice now. Obviously he learned his lesson

  • @ballpointpress
    @ballpointpress Před 7 lety +9

    7:22 total Kenny Powers moment

  • @paulywally3780
    @paulywally3780 Před rokem +3

    I keep my Jon Rocker baseball displayed loud and proud.. next to my Kenny powers Danny McBride autograph. I instantly made the connection when watching the show. Best baseball show out there

  • @pecosR0B
    @pecosR0B Před 4 lety +2

    I was just a teenager when Rocker was in his prime and I wasn't really into baseball back then. I do remember a lot of people hating him but man, he doesn't deserve it anymore.