'Holy Sheets,' sung by Petco Park, sends Gavin Sheets' homer far past Bleacher Report's usual start
The Wild Card clip of San Diego chanting before a two-run shot against the Cubs drew about eleven times a normal first day, ahead of Nathan MacKinnon's opening-night fight.
Bleacher ReportStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 190,697 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (16,705).
40K Padres Fans Chant "Holy Sheets" Before Gavin Sheets Launches 2-Run HR
A ballpark chanting a hitter's name, and the hitter answering on the next swing: that is all there is to Bleacher Report's newest baseball clip. It was enough. Fourteen hours after it went up, the video had nearly 150,000 views, on course for about eleven times what a new upload on the channel usually draws in its first day.
The moment comes from Game 2 of the National League Wild Card between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs. The description sets the scene: the whole of Petco Park chanting "Holy Sheets" before Gavin Sheets drove a no-doubt two-run home run. The pun only works because of the name, and the crowd clearly knew it.
Sheets spent his first big-league seasons with the Chicago White Sox before moving to San Diego. Several commenters say they followed him from the South Side and are happy to see him land there. Others point out the towels in the stands that read "For the Faithful," and a few viewers who say they were in the building call it the highlight of a quieter night than Game 1. Fans of the Dodgers and the Brewers stop by to tip their caps to the atmosphere. Milwaukee comes up again and again, as commenters look ahead to where San Diego's October goes next.
The same day brought a hockey hit as well. Nathan MacKinnon dropping the gloves with the Los Angeles Kings' Brandt Clarke in the first game of the NHL season, then talking it through with Paul Bissonnette and the NHL on TNT crew, also ran far past the channel's usual start. On a channel that posts a steady stream of short highlights, it was a crowd in San Diego, singing a pun, that led the way.
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What viewers say
Holy Sheets what a blast!
@GaryBruyere-f9bSee it on YouTubeI'm a diehard Crew fan, but I can appreciate a badass moment for another team, and that was one!
@JeremyNiemczykSee it on YouTubeThere is nothing in the Sports World like playoff Baseball.
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- Channel
- Bleacher Report
- Subscribers
- 5,050,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 5,203,470 (on a normal day: 5,640,185)
- Video published
- October 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 147,775 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 190,697
The numbers
The numbers show a playoff clip running about eleven times ahead of a usual first day on a channel that posts highlights around the clock.
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Which Hall of Famer, an eight-time National League batting champion, spent his entire major league career with the San Diego Padres?
Tony Gwynn played all 20 of his seasons, from 1982 to 2001, for San Diego and won eight NL batting titles.
