I Tried Becoming a Pro Baseball Player ft. Derek Jeter! — Transcript

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1. 0:01Your only chance getting a home run is a
2. 0:04inside the park home run.
3. 0:07That means you got to hit it and just
4. 0:08run.
5. 0:10That's your chance.
6. 0:15>> [music]
7. 0:23>> I got there first.
8. 0:25>> America's pastime, baseball. A sport
9. 0:28whose history has not only given us
10. 0:30household names like Mays, Mantle, and
11. 0:33Bonds, but nicknames that carry equal
12. 0:35weight like the Bambino, Mr. October,
13. 0:38and of course, the captain, Derek Jeter,
14. 0:4214-time All-Star, five-time World Series
15. 0:45champion, first ballot Hall of Famer.
16. 0:47And in baseball, greatness is defined in
17. 0:49five [music] different areas: hitting
18. 0:51for average,
19. 0:52hitting for power, fielding,
20. 0:55and speed.
21. 0:56>> Yeah!
22. 0:58>> Today, our fearless warrior will set out
23. 1:00to prove he is much more than a pair of
24. 1:02cleats.
25. 1:04>> No!
26. 1:06>> Our gladiator will have [music] to show
27. 1:07the captain
28. 1:09>> I don't have a lot of confidence in his
29. 1:10success.
30. 1:11>> he is ready for the show.
31. 1:13>> [music]
32. 1:16>> This is Speed Goes Pro.
33. 1:19>> [music]
34. 1:28>> IT'S THAT TIME, BABY.
35. 1:33>> WHOA, THIS PLACE IS HUGE.
36. 1:35>> [music]
37. 1:35>> YO, YO, YO. What's happening, dog?
38. 1:37>> What's going on?
39. 1:38>> What about anything? Come on.
40. 1:40>> Mason Wynn is the Gold Glove winning
41. 1:42shortstop [music] for the St. Louis
42. 1:44Cardinals. The dynamic infielder dazzles
43. 1:47fans and opponents alike with his
44. 1:49defensive prowess
45. 1:50>> [music]
46. 1:50>> and cannon for an arm.
47. 1:52>> Two-thirds of the earth is covered by
48. 1:53water, the rest by Mason Wynn.
49. 1:55>> He will do what he can to get Speed
50. 1:57prepared for Derek Jeter.
51. 1:58>> I'm ready.
52. 1:59>> Let's do Let's do it.
53. 2:01>> It's good to get taught by somebody
54. 2:03who's the best at baseball, so I can
55. 2:05show Derek Jeter what I'm about.
56. 2:07>> Did you play baseball as a kid or what?
57. 2:09>> I played T-ball.
58. 2:10>> T-ball?
59. 2:10>> T-ball [music] at like
60. 2:12>> Probably been like 15 years.
61. 2:13>> 15 years?
62. 2:14>> Yeah.
63. 2:15>> God, let me see the swing, man. Come on.
64. 2:17>> Mason gets Speed into Dick's Hit Trax
65. 2:19batting cage to analyze his swing. The
66. 2:22sim will provide feedback on swing
67. 2:24mechanics, speed, accuracy, and help
68. 2:27[music] Speed refine his technique. It
69. 2:29also may just end up being a real
70. 2:31eye-opener for Mason in terms of the
71. 2:33work he has ahead.
72. 2:40>> Hey, this is crazy, man.
73. 2:42Oh.
74. 2:50This is some bull.
75. 2:51I hit it. May not physically,
76. 2:55but mentally,
77. 2:57I'm still seeing the ball. So, if
78. 2:59mentally you're still seeing the ball,
79. 3:01you're still good. Like, you're still
80. 3:02good.
81. 3:05>> All right.
82. 3:06First impression, dude's an athlete for
83. 3:08sure.
84. 3:09Baseball, you know, it's a little
85. 3:11different. You can't just rely on your
86. 3:13athletic ability. It's something that
87. 3:15you have to just do over and over and
88. 3:17over until your body kind of gets used
89. 3:19to the motions.
90. 3:20If you're athletic, you can go and
91. 3:21[music] dunk a basketball, you can, you
92. 3:23know, run a good route on the on the
93. 3:24field, but when you step in the box,
94. 3:26you're facing real life pitching,
95. 3:27[music] you're facing a moving ball.
96. 3:28That's it's tough.
97. 3:29>> Now, I'm not going to say I'm the
98. 3:30biggest power hitter, but you you look
99. 3:32at a guy like Judge, when he swings,
100. 3:35they're swinging and they're leaning
101. 3:36back like this, you know what I mean?
102. 3:37You're kind of you're kind of
103. 3:39kind of coming forward with it when
104. 3:40you're doing it. Like, just think about
105. 3:42leaning back kind of
106. 3:43>> Got it.
107. 3:44>> You know what I'm saying?
108. 3:45>> Got it.
109. 3:46>> Hey, see, that's the best one you've had
110. 3:48all day right there.
111. 3:50Okay, that was solid. That was solid.
112. 3:54Dude, that's actually
113. 3:55like surprisingly good. I'm I'm kind of
114. 3:58confused.
115. 3:59>> It felt great. It felt like I was a
116. 4:01little kid playing T-ball again.
117. 4:04All right.
118. 4:06I'll be honest with you. How was my
119. 4:07swing? And don't lie.
120. 4:09>> Hey.
121. 4:10It's not bad for It's a good start. You
122. 4:12got some things to work on, but I mean,
123. 4:14you're athletic, man. You're going to
124. 4:15figure it out.
125. 4:15>> How was like my numbers on here?
126. 4:17>> Uh It's day one.
127. 4:19You'll get there.
128. 4:20>> Oh, hell, no.
129. 4:22>> [music]
130. 4:28>> Wow.
131. 4:30This is the feel.
132. 4:31>> I see Fanatics hooked you up with some
133. 4:33Reds gear.
134. 4:33>> Oh, yeah. Yo, W Fanatics, man.
135. 4:36Cincinnati Reds right here. This is my
136. 4:37team and city.
137. 4:38>> [music]
138. 4:38>> You want to just play catch real
139. 4:39>> Come on, now. Let me see what you got,
140. 4:40dog.
141. 4:41>> All right, I'm back. Come on.
142. 4:43If you're going to be a ball player, you
143. 4:44got to be five tool, man.
144. 4:45>> To test Speed's on the five tools of
145. 4:47baseball, Mason will work with him on
146. 4:49his fielding, arm strength, base
147. 4:51running, hitting for average, and
148. 4:53hitting for power.
149. 4:56>> We got to work on the defense now. If
150. 4:58you're going against Jeter, we going to
151. 4:59have to train you to be a shortstop.
152. 5:01First take, I mean, definitely better at
153. 5:03throwing than he was hitting, no doubt.
154. 5:06Got to tie the shoes, but he looks like
155. 5:07a ball player.
156. 5:10>> To test Speed's ability to live up to
157. 5:12his look, Mason has made his own call to
158. 5:15the bullpen.
159. 5:16>> Let me bring out my Miami guys. Help us
160. 5:18out.
161. 5:19>> The Miami Hurricanes baseball team was
162. 5:20one of the final 16 teams in the 2025
163. 5:23College World Series. [music]
164. 5:24>> We got Jake out here. He's going to He's
165. 5:26going to help us out. Jake, you want to
166. 5:27show him what a backhand look like?
167. 5:28>> Jeter's known for the backhand. Jeter
168. 5:29throw.
169. 5:31Oh, what a play.
170. 5:33>> All right, backhand. Okay.
171. 5:35>> Get there. Get there.
172. 5:36>> Hey, come on.
173. 5:39Come on, baby.
174. 5:41This is easy, man.
175. 5:43Ground balls are easy and period for me.
176. 5:51>> Oh.
177. 5:52>> You got scared of it.
178. 5:58Sometimes it is a little bit [music]
179. 5:59hard.
180. 6:00>> I'm hot. I'm hot.
181. 6:01>> Cuz sometimes the ball twists and turns
182. 6:03and it can come right at you, and come
183. 6:05at YOUR DAMN FEET.
184. 6:06>> [music]
185. 6:09>> OH! [screaming]
186. 6:11OH!
187. 6:14OH!
188. 6:16>> WELCOME TO IT.
189. 6:17>> AH! HE JUST HIT ME IN the damn ankle.
190. 6:20>> I forgot he was [music] a soccer fan.
191. 6:21>> My my ankle
192. 6:23it still stings right now, to be honest.
193. 6:25>> God.
194. 6:26>> Cuz they hit my ankle hard.
195. 6:27>> It hit your ankle hard because
196. 6:29you didn't field it.
197. 6:31>> Fielding is stopping the ball
198. 6:32>> making a play.
199. 6:34>> If my ankle stopped the ball, I stopped
200. 6:35the ball, and I made the play. I still
201. 6:36[music] carried on with the first
202. 6:38baseman.
203. 6:40>> You you fell on the ground and were
204. 6:41screaming in pain.
205. 6:43>> That's not a foul?
206. 6:46>> All right, next drill we got base
207. 6:47running. We know you got the speed. Base
208. 6:49running is not about speed, it's about
209. 6:50the technique. [music] You just run it
210. 6:51straight through. You're a speed guy,
211. 6:53right?
212. 6:54>> Yes, I am.
213. 6:54>> I'm going to I'm going to need at least
214. 6:55a 4.2. That's That's average. That's
215. 6:57average for speed guys, that's average.
216. 6:59>> All right.
217. 7:02Ah!
218. 7:06Oh my god.
219. 7:07Woo!
220. 7:08>> 4.4 on the dot. You're slower than the
221. 7:10average speed guy.
222. 7:11>> I'm slow?
223. 7:12>> But that Hey, that looked like a
224. 7:12warm-up.
225. 7:14>> You want to be a fast guy, you're trying
226. 7:16to run a 4.1.
227. 7:22That's a 4.15.
228. 7:24If you can get to a 4.1, you're elite.
229. 7:27>> But I'm just so used to running in just
230. 7:28bare feet, my feet feel a bit slower and
231. 7:30heavier.
232. 7:31>> You know, I think tomorrow in front of
233. 7:32Jeets with some adrenaline going, I I
234. 7:34really think he could get to a sub-4. I
235. 7:36really do. Biggest part of base running
236. 7:38got to be stealing bases. This is where
237. 7:39you're going to excel the most, I think.
238. 7:41No doubt. Do you know how to slide?
239. 7:43>> Yeah, I think I know how to slide.
240. 7:44>> I mean, you're you're a soccer guy.
241. 7:45You're a soccer guy.
242. 7:45>> Sergio Romo slide?
243. 7:47>> Uh something like that, little slide
244. 7:48tackle. Just don't Just don't take out
245. 7:49our shortstop, all right?
246. 7:51There it is.
247. 7:55>> Ah! I don't even feel like getting up
248. 7:56now.
249. 7:58How do I know if it's like do I steal or
250. 8:00not?
251. 8:01>> Hey, you going to look at the feet. You
252. 8:03see that left leg raise, you taking off.
253. 8:06You see that right one, you got to back.
254. 8:08>> 90 ft separate first and second base.
255. 8:10Against top level pitching, a runner
256. 8:12needs to cover that distance in less
257. 8:14than 4 seconds.
258. 8:16>> Slide earlier than you think.
259. 8:23>> Oh, he's out of there.
260. 8:25>> He's out of there. Get there. Safe.
261. 8:27>> Safe.
262. 8:27>> I didn't have to slide.
263. 8:29>> YOU'RE OUT.
264. 8:30>> OH, I FORGOT.
265. 8:31>> You got to stay on the base, don't you?
266. 8:34>> Stealing bases, he's got
267. 8:35>> the speed.
268. 8:36>> He doesn't have the baseball instinct
269. 8:38quite yet.
270. 8:40>> Yeah, Jake.
271. 8:42>> Ow. What?
272. 8:50>> Safe.
273. 8:51>> Yeah.
274. 8:52>> BALL'S ON THE GROUND.
275. 8:55>> YEAH.
276. 8:55>> [screaming]
277. 8:56>> IN IN FAIRNESS, YOU WERE hosed by 6 ft,
278. 8:59but my man Jake dropped the ball, so
279. 9:01you're in there.
280. 9:05>> Stole him a first base.
281. 9:07>> I never done that before, so that was
282. 9:08actually fun stealing bases.
283. 9:11>> I wish I wish I would have kept playing
284. 9:12baseball when I got older.
285. 9:14>> We did defense, we did base running.
286. 9:16>> Yes.
287. 9:16>> Last thing's hitting and you 5'2" right
288. 9:18there.
289. 9:20>> It's my favorite part right here.
290. 9:21>> Let's get to it.
291. 9:27Cages is easy. This right here on the
292. 9:28real field is where we get it done.
293. 9:30>> Need to keep your weight back. Other
294. 9:31than that, bro, you solid. I think it's
295. 9:33going to translate out here.
296. 9:34>> This ball's going to fly, I promise you.
297. 9:36Let's get some home RUNS IN HERE.
298. 9:39>> HEY.
299. 9:40>> OH.
300. 9:42>> ALL RIGHT.
301. 9:45>> IT'S ALL GOOD. You get three for a
302. 9:46reason.
303. 9:47>> He's a little late.
304. 9:50>> HOLY
305. 9:52HOLY
306. 9:54OH.
307. 9:55OH MY GOD.
308. 9:57>> HE'S A LITTLE LATE.
309. 9:59>> [laughter]
310. 9:59>> I THINK HE'S A LITTLE LATE.
311. 10:01>> SPEED IS NEVER LATE.
312. 10:03>> YEAH, I think I'm ready. Like when I
313. 10:05>> plays Derek Jeter, I'm bringing my
314. 10:07A-game. I think I'm ready to step up
315. 10:09now.
316. 10:09>> I mean, we should we try it.
317. 10:10>> Come on, say
318. 10:11>> In all honesty, bro,
319. 10:13you're
320. 10:14>> Mhm?
321. 10:14>> You're here in all honesty.
322. 10:17>> So far, Speed has faced batting practice
323. 10:20balls thrown lightly over the middle.
324. 10:23Now, he'll face live pitching, [music]
325. 10:25including sliders, cutters, and a 90-mph
326. 10:29fastball.
327. 10:30>> Is that usually how close they are?
328. 10:32>> Where he's at right now, yeah.
329. 10:34>> I'm just saying on TV, it looks farther.
330. 10:36>> Sounds like you scared.
331. 10:37>> Scared?
332. 10:38>> Yeah, right.
333. 10:39>> Come on.
334. 10:40>> I'm playing? I'mma smash your ball.
335. 10:46>> OH!
336. 10:47>> [laughter]
337. 10:48>> BOY!
338. 10:49WHAT I TOLD YOU?
339. 10:49>> COME ON!
340. 10:50>> WHAT I SAY?
341. 10:51>> COME ON!
342. 10:52>> THAT'S FIRST PITCH!
343. 10:54>> HEY, that's crazy.
344. 10:57Oh!
345. 10:58>> That's first pitch!
346. 11:00>> I told him, man.
347. 11:01>> It's all good. I just wanted to leave
348. 11:03out there that I just wanted to put it
349. 11:04all over his face and leave,
350. 11:06>> [music]
351. 11:06>> and never swing at his pitch again, just
352. 11:09so he can be mad.
353. 11:11>> I'm going to throw this one behind him.
354. 11:16>> Oh!
355. 11:17>> Hell no!
356. 11:17>> [laughter]
357. 11:18>> You going to charge You going to charge
358. 11:19OR WHAT?
359. 11:20>> OH, HELL NO!
360. 11:22>> YOU LOOK a little too comfortable in
361. 11:23there.
362. 11:24>> It's about to go
363. 11:24>> get some new pants, dog.
364. 11:26>> It's coming at me, so I'm like, oh sh-
365. 11:28So, I moved away. My heart dropped. So,
366. 11:30I was scared after that. So, when he
367. 11:32threw his next pitch, I was just I
368. 11:34wasn't even thinking about swinging.
369. 11:37Oh, I'm being scared of a ball, bro.
370. 11:40Even though that's the whole trick, but
371. 11:43it's pretty smart.
372. 11:46>> Oh, good leave.
373. 11:48>> Woohoo!
374. 11:49>> That's a ball! The hell?
375. 11:53>> Woo!
376. 11:54>> What the
377. 11:55>> A little little late on that one, just a
378. 11:56little bit.
379. 11:58>> I didn't have time to react to that.
380. 12:00>> [laughter]
381. 12:02>> Baseball
382. 12:04is maybe one of the hardest sports in
383. 12:06the world. There's curveballs, there's
384. 12:08sliders, but the ball could be coming
385. 12:10right at you. You could be like up,
386. 12:12never mind.
387. 12:14>> Nice.
388. 12:15Bro, you can't react to it.
389. 12:20Yes, he did.
390. 12:21>> Bro.
391. 12:22>> Yes, he did.
392. 12:26Nah. Hey, that's that's good for today.
393. 12:28You got a big day tomorrow. Let's let's
394. 12:29call it. Let's call it.
395. 12:31>> No, I don't want one more, bro.
396. 12:33>> All right, one more.
397. 12:40Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
398. 12:42>> Yeah, trick.
399. 12:43>> That's got to be a triple [music] right
400. 12:44there.
401. 12:45>> Yeah.
402. 12:48It's that time.
403. 12:50>> As the Miami sun sets over the gold
404. 12:52glove winner and Speed, they walk away
405. 12:54[music] feeling satisfied. But tomorrow,
406. 12:56the captain will be the one to decide.
407. 12:58That's an entirely [music] different
408. 13:00ball game.
409. 13:17>> OH, YEAH.
410. 13:18IT'S GAME TIME, BABY.
411. 13:21OH, YES. YES. YES.
412. 13:27We really here.
413. 13:29Y'all don't think y'all understand
414. 13:32what I'm about to do.
415. 13:34>> From the New York Yankees, the shortstop
416. 13:38number two,
417. 13:40>> [cheering]
418. 13:40>> Derek Jeter.
419. 13:42>> Speed goes pro, huh?
420. 13:45We'll find out.
421. 13:47>> The captain, Derek Jeter, a five-time
422. 13:50World Series champion and Hall of Famer.
423. 13:53Speed will have to truly impress to earn
424. 13:55Jeter's respect.
425. 13:56>> What's up, man? It's that time, man.
426. 13:59>> You ready for this?
427. 13:59>> I'm ready.
428. 14:00>> All right, you think you're ready?
429. 14:02>> You've ready to be a pro?
430. 14:03>> I'm ready to be a pro.
431. 14:04>> All right, let's start by tucking your
432. 14:05shirt in, man. If you're going to be a
433. 14:06professional, you're trying to look like
434. 14:07a professional or be a professional,
435. 14:09which one?
436. 14:10>> Both.
437. 14:10>> All right, let's tuck it in.
438. 14:11>> All right, okay.
439. 14:12>> Let's tuck it in.
440. 14:13>> It's all a style thing. Derek Jeter's
441. 14:15back in the day, he likes the shirt
442. 14:17tuck, so you know, I got to respect
443. 14:18[music] that.
444. 14:19>> All right. I have the five tools to
445. 14:21become a great baseball player.
446. 14:23>> Did you play at all growing up?
447. 14:25>> T-ball.
448. 14:25>> T-ball, okay.
449. 14:27Well, you ready, I think. T-ball, now
450. 14:29let's go. I don't have a lot of
451. 14:30confidence in his success. This has
452. 14:32nothing to do with athleticism. [music]
453. 14:34Baseball's a little different sport.
454. 14:36>> Mhm.
455. 14:36>> Are you ready for it?
456. 14:37>> I'm ready for it.
457. 14:38>> Let's do it. Let's get ready. You loose?
458. 14:39>> I'm loose. I'm ready.
459. 14:42>> The average shortstop [music]
460. 14:44fields it like 97, 98% of the time. So,
461. 14:47what we're going to do is we're going to
462. 14:48give you 20 ground balls. You only need
463. 14:50to get 18. The first 10, we're just
464. 14:53going to have you catch. The last 10,
465. 14:55I'm going to have you throw to first.
466. 14:56>> All right. So, I'm helping you out.
467. 14:57>> All right.
468. 14:58>> You ready?
469. 14:58>> Okay. I got this in the bag.
470. 15:01>> [music]
471. 15:05>> All right. One for one.
472. 15:07Three for three.
473. 15:08>> Jeter is quickly becoming acquainted
474. 15:10with Speed's fielding [music] skills.
475. 15:12>> All right.
476. 15:13>> And also becoming acquainted with his
477. 15:14pension for creative scorekeeping.
478. 15:17>> No, wait. WAIT.
479. 15:19I GOT THAT ONE.
480. 15:20>> Four out of five.
481. 15:22>> I got that one.
482. 15:24>> All right. Five out of six.
483. 15:26>> Five out of six.
484. 15:27>> Five out of six. You You trying to take
485. 15:29the one you dropped?
486. 15:30>> I didn't drop it. I stopped it.
487. 15:33>> You're goalie now hockey.
488. 15:35I'll give it to you. Go ahead. Seven out
489. 15:37of seven.
490. 15:39Eight.
491. 15:39>> All right. All right.
492. 15:42All right.
493. 15:43>> All right. That's 10 out of 10 right
494. 15:44there.
495. 15:45>> Nine out of 10, 10 out of 10, however
496. 15:46you want to do it. But now, but now, but
497. 15:48now, we're going to incorporate the
498. 15:49throw.
499. 15:51>> Okay.
500. 15:51>> See, in baseball, it's not just catching
501. 15:53the ground ball. You got to throw the
502. 15:55guy out that's running to first.
503. 15:59You got to pretend there's a runner. So,
504. 16:00you got about 4.2 seconds
505. 16:03>> Oh, no. Come on.
506. 16:04>> base. You lose. But now, that's that's
507. 16:06out. Hey, that's how it is.
508. 16:07>> Do whatever. Let's go.
509. 16:09>> Here, Dick Jeter. This for you. This for
510. 16:11you.
511. 16:14It's 4.75.
512. 16:15>> don't count?
513. 16:15>> No, he would have been safe anyway. He
514. 16:17would made it out.
515. 16:18Come on. Mag it up.
516. 16:20Whenever you're ready.
517. 16:26469
518. 16:27>> Yo,
519. 16:28I'm going to I'm going to try to help
520. 16:29you out. I'm going to give you a slow
521. 16:31runner.
522. 16:32Okay?
523. 16:3348
524. 16:34>> 48
525. 16:34>> 48
526. 16:3944
527. 16:40>> You got it. All right, YOU GOT IT.
528. 16:43>> UH-OH.
529. 16:49>> HEY, HEY.
530. 16:50YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, MAN.
531. 16:56I know I've had it
532. 16:58happen. You're all right?
533. 16:59>> Right when it was coming I said,
534. 17:00"Uh-oh." [music]
535. 17:01>> You We almost lost him there with the
536. 17:03injury. So, hopefully it doesn't affect
537. 17:05him the rest of the day.
538. 17:07Once you get hurt, you're a little
539. 17:09timid. I think what he's understanding
540. 17:11is it's not as easy as it looks on TV.
541. 17:13You want to do a little jump throw over
542. 17:15there?
543. 17:15>> Huh?
544. 17:17>> A jump throw.
545. 17:18>> [laughter]
546. 17:19>> Let's make a deal. If I ace it my first
547. 17:21time, I regain a point 18 out of 20.
548. 17:24>> 100%
549. 17:25>> All right, bet.
550. 17:33SEE THAT?
551. 17:35JUMP THROW.
552. 17:36>> ONLY FOR YOUR EYES.
553. 17:42>> Jump throw, baby.
554. 17:43>> Good job.
555. 17:44>> Next up is base running. And to impress
556. 17:46Cheater, Speed needs to do what he
557. 17:48couldn't do the day prior. Break 4
558. 17:50seconds.
559. 17:51>> So, this is where you should shine,
560. 17:52right?
561. 17:53>> Yes.
562. 17:53>> This is your name as Speed.
563. 17:54>> Now, the average major league player
564. 17:56about 4243, but I don't expect average.
565. 17:58I expect you to break 4 seconds.
566. 18:01>> All right.
567. 18:01>> Let's go.
568. 18:02>> All right, as soon as you hit it, LET'S
569. 18:04GO.
570. 18:11419
571. 18:13>> I CAN GO FASTER THAN THAT.
572. 18:16>> With the final tools focusing on
573. 18:18hitting, it's imperative Speed impress
574. 18:20with his natural abilities.
575. 18:21>> 404, you could have been there faster.
576. 18:24>> [music]
577. 18:24>> You touched the back of the bag. Focus
578. 18:26on the front of the bag.
579. 18:33>> Here I go.
580. 18:34>> 419 again.
581. 18:36>> What the
582. 18:38It's like I'm running in like sand. Like
583. 18:41I can't really move my feet.
584. 18:43>> It's the last one.
585. 18:52>> What was it?
586. 18:53>> You think it was better or worse?
587. 18:54>> It felt
588. 18:56the same.
589. 18:57>> 388
590. 19:00>> 388, baby.
591. 19:02Let's go.
592. 19:03>> You did a great adjustment. He only ran
593. 19:05a few times. He just ran a 38, which is
594. 19:06good, but now
595. 19:08you're dealing with a pitcher and a
596. 19:09catcher, so it's going to get a little
597. 19:10bit harder. Now you got to try to steal
598. 19:12a base.
599. 19:13>> I'm ready.
600. 19:15>> With an elite time in the run down the
601. 19:17first base line, Speed has one more test
602. 19:19for his namesake skill.
603. 19:22Stealing second. This time in the dirt
604. 19:25>> [music]
605. 19:25>> against a high-caliber battery of
606. 19:27pitcher and catcher.
607. 19:31>> Yo.
608. 19:32Ooh, safe. Yo, Daret.
609. 19:35Like, can you give me some tips on how
610. 19:36to steal a base?
611. 19:38>> Get a big enough lead. If he tries to
612. 19:40pick you off, make sure you dive back to
613. 19:42the back corner.
614. 19:44>> Back corner?
615. 19:44>> Yep, so you're further away from him. So
616. 19:46right there, that's where you're trying
617. 19:47to hit if he goes to pick you off.
618. 19:49>> The average catcher's throw to second
619. 19:51base takes 2 seconds
620. 19:53and exposes a fundamental truth. Nothing
621. 19:56moves faster than the ball.
622. 20:03>> I got there first. He didn't tag me.
623. 20:05>> What do you want him to tag you with?
624. 20:06>> got here first, though.
625. 20:07>> No, sir.
626. 20:08>> Yo, can we replay that?
627. 20:09>> He got you. He got you.
628. 20:10>> first.
629. 20:11I dodged his hand and I touched the
630. 20:13base. Daret was not looking hard enough.
631. 20:21>> It's the one.
632. 20:29>> YES!
633. 20:31YES, BOY!
634. 20:34WHAT YOU THINK THIS IS?
635. 20:36THEY NOT READY.
636. 20:37>> He has to give some thanks to the
637. 20:38catcher for the high throw.
638. 20:40I think they would have had him.
639. 20:42>> Dude didn't throw him? Pass that.
640. 20:44Running to the first base? Pass that.
641. 20:46I'm going to 38.
642. 20:48Stealing bases? I got that, too.
643. 20:50>> That was going to the last one.
644. 20:55>> Speed's next test is to step into the
645. 20:57batter's box and [music] hit for
646. 20:58average.
647. 21:00>> You're going to get five at bats.
648. 21:02Can you give me one hit?
649. 21:06You sure about it?
650. 21:07>> I can give you one hit.
651. 21:08>> Show me. Let's go.
652. 21:21That's one AB.
653. 21:25Ooh.
654. 21:26>> Oh, that was outside.
655. 21:28>> So, you swung at it, man. Owe for two.
656. 21:31>> I'm kind of confused right now. I'm
657. 21:32confused.
658. 21:33>> At what?
659. 21:34>> I get five What?
660. 21:36>> Five at bats. You got [music] two.
661. 21:37>> that mean?
662. 21:37>> That means you struck out twice.
663. 21:39>> I struck out twice?
664. 21:40>> Yeah.
665. 21:40>> Hell.
666. 21:41>> You s-
667. 21:42>> six times. You missed it.
668. 21:43>> Yeah.
669. 21:43>> No, I fouled it.
670. 21:44>> Yeah, still a strike. Next go around on
671. 21:46Speed Goes Pro is the rules of the game.
672. 21:49Let me break it down for you.
673. 21:51You get three strikes per at bat.
674. 21:53>> Oh. Oh, okay.
675. 21:54>> Now, you're 0 for 2.
676. 21:55>> Oh, okay.
677. 21:56>> All right.
678. 21:56>> I thought I only get like five swings.
679. 21:58That's why I was like, "Wait, I swung it
680. 21:59five times already."
681. 22:00>> You swung it six times.
682. 22:04Ooh.
683. 22:05All right, you getting out of the way. I
684. 22:06like it.
685. 22:10Ooh. All right, good eye.
686. 22:14Strike one. 2-1.
687. 22:18Third at bat. 2-2. Watch out for these
688. 22:19sliders.
689. 22:22Ooh.
690. 22:23All right, 0 for 3. You got two at bats
691. 22:25left.
692. 22:26>> All right. All right. All right. All
693. 22:28right.
694. 22:32>> BALL ONE.
695. 22:33>> [music]
696. 22:35>> DAMN! [screaming]
697. 22:37>> ONE AND TWO. STRIKE TWO.
698. 22:40>> IT'S A BALL.
699. 22:41>> BALL. [music] All right, two and two.
700. 22:46>> Man.
701. 22:48God!
702. 22:49>> [laughter]
703. 22:50>> One more at bat.
704. 22:59OH! ALL RIGHT.
705. 23:03>> YEAH!
706. 23:04>> it in play.
707. 23:05>> You put it in play.
708. 23:06>> Yes!
709. 23:06>> I'm proud of you.
710. 23:07>> I got that one hit.
711. 23:09>> Well, that's not a hit.
712. 23:10It's the second baseman right there,
713. 23:11man.
714. 23:14>> Speed's final challenge will [music] be
715. 23:15hitting for power. The test, a batting
716. 23:18practice home run.
717. 23:20>> How many does he get?
718. 23:21>> Really yeah, really until I get a home
719. 23:22run.
720. 23:23>> Till you get a home we'll be here for
721. 23:24the next 3 months.
722. 23:25>> There's got to be a beginning and an
723. 23:26end.
724. 23:28>> 20 pitches.
725. 23:31That's one.
726. 23:33That's two.
727. 23:36You might have got it to the outfield.
728. 23:37Three.
729. 23:41>> How do I hit it farther?
730. 23:43>> [laughter]
731. 23:43>> Derek Jeter knows ball and he's
732. 23:45recognizing quickly that Speed
733. 23:47[clears throat] hitting a legitimate
734. 23:48home run isn't going to happen. At least
735. 23:51not with a wooden bat.
736. 23:54>> You all right, man?
737. 23:55>> Yeah.
738. 23:56>> That was 10.
739. 23:58>> [music]
740. 23:58>> You're getting jammed and getting hurt
741. 24:00in batting practice with this wooden
742. 24:02bat, man. Let's give you a aluminum.
743. 24:04Let's give you aluminum.
744. 24:05>> All right.
745. 24:05>> And this makes it a little easier.
746. 24:07You had a long day.
747. 24:09>> All right.
748. 24:16Oh, my.
749. 24:16>> There you go.
750. 24:18>> I need more power.
751. 24:26>> Well, that didn't work.
752. 24:29>> I want a home run.
753. 24:31I really want a home run this episode.
754. 24:33>> Your only chance getting a home run
755. 24:36is a inside-the-park home run.
756. 24:38That means you got to hit it and just
757. 24:39run before they throw you out there.
758. 24:44That's your chance.
759. 25:11>> That's a good try, though, man.
760. 25:14It looks a lot easier on TV, huh?
761. 25:15>> It does.
762. 25:16I got to ask you the real question.
763. 25:19Do I have
764. 25:21what it takes
765. 25:23to go pro
766. 25:24in baseball?
767. 25:26>> At this moment,
768. 25:31absolutely not.
769. 25:33Absolutely not. But keep working at it.
770. 25:35You have the speed. You could be a pinch
771. 25:36runner.
772. 25:37>> What's that?
773. 25:38>> Take you off the bench to run for
774. 25:40somebody late in the game, steal a base.
775. 25:42I'll give you that.
776. 25:42>> In that case,
777. 25:44I have what it takes to be a pro
778. 25:45baseball player.
779. 25:46>> I'm just trying to make you feel good
780. 25:47right now. You got determination.
781. 25:50I appreciate that. You work hard.
782. 25:52It's just um
783. 25:54it's not your sport. You gave up at
784. 25:56T-ball.
785. 25:58>> It's been 14 years [music] since Speed
786. 26:01last stepped onto the T-ball field.
787. 26:03And while his eye-popping athleticism
788. 26:05demands respect,
789. 26:07so much time away from the sport made
790. 26:09his pro [music] aspirations a swing and
791. 26:12a miss.
792. 26:13>> You got the mindset. I give you that.
793. 26:15You got the mindset.
794. 26:16>> And the speed.
795. 26:16>> Determination. You got the speed.
796. 26:18>> All right.
797. 26:19>> Take about [music] 20, 30 years. We can
798. 26:20work with that.
799. 26:25>> You ready?
800. 26:25>> Man, I'm not ready. I haven't thrown a
801. 26:27ball since I retired.
802. 26:30>> So, let's see.
803. 26:30>> Okay. on
804. 26:31>> of the plate, too. You ready?
805. 26:32>> Yep.
806. 26:35>> That's all I need.
807. 26:37>> Man, you threw it down here.
808. 26:39>> He threw it right down. He threw it at
809. 26:40the dirt.
810. 26:42>> Can you get somebody else in here?
811. 26:45>> This man threw it at the dirt.
812. 26:48You can't pitch.
813. 26:51Then he threw [music] it right there.
814. 26:52>> Yeah.
815. 26:59>> [music]