Wow imagine getting tips and compliments from THE Ted Williams
Greatness recognizes greatness!
They used this at Mike’s HOF induction.
Ted’s got a good eye
Ted Williams is everyone’s uncle that played baseball.
Holy shit this is gold footage
I love baseball.
Ted Williams is cool as hell
Well, he couldn’t have been more right
Lasorda drafted Piazza as the last pick in the last round as a favor to his parents as they were family friends.
How did we go from this to piazza being drafted in the last round as a personal favor to Tommy lasorda back to being rookie of the year and eventually a hall of famer
Wow I’ve never heard him talk, he sounds just like Paul Newman and kinda looks like him here.
Strange to think that he was drafted in the 62nd round after that endorsement (and apparently only as a favor to his godfather Tommy Lasorda?)
Teddy fucking Williams giving you batting tips and saying you hit the ball hard. Holy shit
He was right
Didn’t know Teddy sounded like David Lynch
Oh shoot this into my veins. Got any more clips like this? Dump them on us.
Wow not sure most people would be able to handle that kind of ego boost
This is so cool
Damn. Somehow I never realised that MP was from Norristown, Pa.
Ironically that swing looks nothing like Piazza in the majors.
Ted Williams teaching you how to hit a baseball is like Jesus Christ teaching you how to be nice
Bro had Ted Williams casually pulling up to his practices and Tommy Lasorda as a godfather
Ted Williams was cool
cool
Sometimes it feels like the great ballplayers of that era were playing a different game than the ones today. And then you see a video like this and realize hitting has always been hitting.
Ted always had a good eye!
Really cool video, thanks for posting
Piazza in 1997 hit .362 with 40 HRs and 124 RBIS for a .362/.431/.638 slash line while starting 139 games at catcher. Absolute monster.
I would pay insane money to watch hours of Ted Williams giving hitting lessons.
Can’t believe some people haven’t seen this video. Are y’all not on the Teddy Ballgame algorithm?
I love listening to him speak. He was one hell of a guy.
As a dodger fan he didn’t do anything for us. We never won any titles. He was just a slugger that basically also took PEDs.
Did Ted tell him to NEVER swing at this first pitch?
Mike was my favorite player growing up!
Also great little cameo in Kung Pow! 😂
That’s badass
I have never seen this before…..
If I’m Mike Piazza, I have this playing on repeat in the foyer of my house for all eternity. The greatest hitter of all time, calling that you were going to be a great hitter when you were FIFTEEN?! Jesus Christ this is amazing.
Prime example of talent & luck coming together for this kid
Wow, this is unreal
That’s crazy cool!!
I expected more swearing
Just realized I never heard Ted speak before now. This is a great piece of history, thanks OP!
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This kid’s got it
Wow imagine getting tips and compliments from THE Ted Williams
Greatness recognizes greatness!
They used this at Mike’s HOF induction.
Ted’s got a good eye
Ted Williams is everyone’s uncle that played baseball.
Holy shit this is gold footage
I love baseball.
Ted Williams is cool as hell
Well, he couldn’t have been more right
Lasorda drafted Piazza as the last pick in the last round as a favor to his parents as they were family friends.
How did we go from this to piazza being drafted in the last round as a personal favor to Tommy lasorda back to being rookie of the year and eventually a hall of famer
Wow I’ve never heard him talk, he sounds just like Paul Newman and kinda looks like him here.
Strange to think that he was drafted in the 62nd round after that endorsement (and apparently only as a favor to his godfather Tommy Lasorda?)
Teddy fucking Williams giving you batting tips and saying you hit the ball hard. Holy shit
He was right
Didn’t know Teddy sounded like David Lynch
Oh shoot this into my veins. Got any more clips like this? Dump them on us.
Wow not sure most people would be able to handle that kind of ego boost
This is so cool
Damn. Somehow I never realised that MP was from Norristown, Pa.
Ironically that swing looks nothing like Piazza in the majors.
Ted Williams teaching you how to hit a baseball is like Jesus Christ teaching you how to be nice
Bro had Ted Williams casually pulling up to his practices and Tommy Lasorda as a godfather
Ted Williams was cool
cool
Sometimes it feels like the great ballplayers of that era were playing a different game than the ones today. And then you see a video like this and realize hitting has always been hitting.
Ted always had a good eye!
Really cool video, thanks for posting
Piazza in 1997 hit .362 with 40 HRs and 124 RBIS for a .362/.431/.638 slash line while starting 139 games at catcher. Absolute monster.
I would pay insane money to watch hours of Ted Williams giving hitting lessons.
Can’t believe some people haven’t seen this video. Are y’all not on the Teddy Ballgame algorithm?
I love listening to him speak. He was one hell of a guy.
As a dodger fan he didn’t do anything for us. We never won any titles. He was just a slugger that basically also took PEDs.
Did Ted tell him to NEVER swing at this first pitch?
Mike was my favorite player growing up!
Also great little cameo in Kung Pow! 😂
That’s badass
I have never seen this before…..
If I’m Mike Piazza, I have this playing on repeat in the foyer of my house for all eternity. The greatest hitter of all time, calling that you were going to be a great hitter when you were FIFTEEN?! Jesus Christ this is amazing.
Prime example of talent & luck coming together for this kid
Wow, this is unreal
That’s crazy cool!!
I expected more swearing
Just realized I never heard Ted speak before now. This is a great piece of history, thanks OP!
Ty Cobb would have said “This kid sucks.”