Barry Bonds, A BROKEN Legacy 

Does Barry Bonds belong in the hall of fame?

If you cut off his career after the 99 season when he supposedly started roiding, he was still an all time great. He was his own worst enemy

The thing is bond was already hall of fame material before taking ped, dude was insane

i was at a Braves/Giants game in Atlanta in 2001, in the midst of Bonds’ 73HR season, and when he came up to bat, 40,000 people booed, but it was like they were cheering, almost an ecstatic boo, never seen a vibe like that in sports 😂 anyway he cranked a home run and everybody booed even harder

I remember watching a clip of Barry visiting the Pirates clubhouse when he was with the Giants. Nobody on the Pirates team even acknowlaged him. Catcher Mike Lavallier and a few others were playing cards and wouldn't even look up at him.

As an old man, Ty Cobb allegedly said “ If I had it to do all over again I would have had more friends.” Got to wonder if an old Bonds will think the same thing. It’s really hard to cure arrogance.

I mean, when you have a father who defends his 20 year old son like he’s a 13 yo girl, Entitlement and arrogance will always follow.

A Maryland native, in the early 1990's I sent a note to the Orioles front office explaining what a fan my 12 year old son was of Cal Ripken Jr. I requested that if they could send him an autographed Cal baseball it would send my boy to the moon. I sent the request in and enclosed a twenty dollar bill to cover their costs. About 3 weeks later we received an autographed Cal ball in the mail, gave it to my son and the look on his face was worth a million bucks. 3 days later we received another box from the Orioles, this one a bit larger, and opened it to find another Cal Ripken signed ball but with some wonderful extras. It was inside a beautiful clear jeweled box, a hand written note to my son from the man himself, two box seat tickets on the third base line to an upcoming Orioles-Red Sox game and my twenty dollar bill back. My boy came undone with joy! Later I had a frame made for the note from Cal, the 20 dollar bill and the two ticket stubs from the game. My boy still has the frame and ball to this day, displayed on the mantle piece at his home. I will never forget the kindness and generosity from the Orioles front office and certainly Cal Jr. What a class act! I just hope at least once while a player Mr. Bonds went out of his way to fill a young boy's heart with joy as well.

I was at PetCo when he hit the tie home run. Someone threw a large injection turkey baster (looked like a massive syringe) on the field. The ball landed in the stands above the Padre bullpen, but someone in the bull pen grabbed a warm-up ball and threw that on the field to make it look like no one wanted it. There's no warm feelings in San Diego for Barry.

If I was his coach, his dad driving onto the field and threatening me would have gotten him kicked off the team.

Had a little league baseball team that was invited to Coors field back some years ago . Colorado was playing SF in a day game and the kids were excited to possibly meet Barry Bonds . We were standing by the dugout when the players took the field to warm up . As Bonds approached , I asked him if he could say ‘ hello ‘ to the kids and maybe some words of encouragement . He looked at me as if I had asked him to donate a kidney . Didn’t say anything , warmed up 10 feet from the kids and never acknowledged them . As we were led off the field , I sarcastically said ‘ Thanks for your time , Superstar ‘ , he looked over and shot me the bird . What a world-class Ass -Hole !

Bonds was the most intimidating hitter I ever witnessed.bonds was baseball.

Bonds was his own worst enemy. Burn your bridges behind you and you cannot get back.

Wish we could ask Hank Aaron, just learned today on mlb network that he didn’t like bonds the person not bonds the player. His character was completely opposite of his talent

I’d have to disagree about Mike Schmidt considering he only used amphetamines. He never used a drug that increased his longevity as a player beyond that of a mere mortal.

Watching this video just reminds me of how fucking awesome Ken Griffey Jr. is.

He was awesome to watch and I loved his swing.

I'm 44 years old, so I got to see most of Barry's career. I didn't like him even before the steroid scandal. He always seemed to have a really bad attitude.

“Indicted” is pronounced “in-DIE-ted”.

Take time to also look up the stats for his father Bobby Bonds, who in 1973, came close to 40/40 (39 hrs. and 43 sbs)! A great player as well!

Having a bad attitude has nothing to do with his playing career on the field. It doesn't help.. but to me he's the absolute Goat!

I heard somewhere that Barry Bonds apparently during annual spring training in Arizona (I think this was during his time with Giants), would go out of his way to avoid fan interactions.

I say no, but your arguments are completely valid. Great video and well written. Also: the “C” in the word indicted is silent. 🤪

People can say what they want about Bonds. I don't like him but The Man can hit anything, He has great hand eye coordination. Steroids don't make your eyes better. Live with it! He's the best. By the way I'm a Red Sox fan.

You also have to remember that near the end of his career he left the MLB Players Union so he could profit from all of his merchandise sales and not have to just get a cut along with all the other current and retired MLB Players. This is why you did not see him in any video games near the end of his career and saw a player named Jim Dowd in his position on the Giants. MLB will get the last laugh. Personally I think he should be in because probably 60% of the league were on either HGH, Steroids or Greenies(x10 the strength of adderall)

Every once in a while being an asshole has consequences. Not often enough in sports.

I covered MLB for a newspaper, and Barry Bonds went out of his way to be the biggest a-hole possible to everyone - media, other players, clubhouse workers, etc. He absolutely reveled in it. Barry was just a miserable human being who happened to be a gifted baseball player. You had a lot of moody, difficult guys at that time - Albert Belle, Jack Morris and Will Clark come to mind - but Bonds was in a class by himself.

Bonds not winning a World Series must make so many baseball fans happy.

Great player, even without steroids. If he doesnt get in, nobody from the steroid era should get in. If being a douchebag keeps you out, then he doesnt stand a chance.

Why is Mike Schmidt on your list of steroid users? His career ended well before that era. Lumping him in with the others seems unfair.

i watched his dad play for the angels. a talented hitter and fielder with a troubled career, enter the son.

I had a friend who was with a buddy of his when they came across Barry in public. They approached him politely, and each asked for an autograph. He signed one item and told them “now you guys decide which one gets it.” They both had items he could have signed but refused to sign both. Die hard Giants fan, but will forever remember poorly of Barry.

If he does not have a great legacy he can thank himself for it. He self destructed.

Totally agree with your assessment. He was the best hitter of a steroid filled era. The era should be the one with the asterisk! Let’s never go back to an MLB that throws players under the bus after turning a blind eye to something they knew about. Let Barry in or take the others out!

Dude thank you for taking your time on a video. Your contact is so good I hope to see more videos like this with some length👍🏻

What's amazing is all those accolades you named, you still missed that he had a 30/50 season, a 40/40 season, is the only player in MLB history to hit 400 HR and steal 400 bases (did all this before roids)... and THEN as if that wasn't enough is the only 500/500 player on top of that. The dude doesn't just belong in the Hall of Fame, he defines what the Hall of Fame should be. It's the Hall of FAME, not the Hall of LIKEABILITY. Pete Rose should be in the HoF too, btw. These "rules" need to be abolished. There are pricks and cheaters that are in the HoF already, so what are they even protecting? Smh.

Remember how they intentionally walked him a lot? Maybe because he wore a suit of armor on his right side and a pitcher couldn’t throw inside to brush him off the plate, plus everyone knew that he was roided up to the max.

Bagwell was never mentioned in the Mitchell report for steroid use but I would assume he used them. He got pretty jacked too.

Originally drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1982 but opted out and waited till 1985 and was drafted again by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Eventually, he would be traded to his original team, the SF Giants.

A super talent with character issues also see McGuire,Sosa,Rodriquez,Palmiero , Canseco to name a few . Babe Ruth , Henry Aaron and now Albert Pujols did it the right way .

7 MVP awards is insane, but Bonds should definitely have 1 more. In '91, Bonds finished 2nd in MVP to Terry Pendleton (who had a great year). Their basic stats were really similar in totals (HRs, runs, RBIs). Pendleton had a solid advantage in AVG, but he didn't even hit .320. Bonds blew him away in SBs, walks, OBP. And Bonds won a GG while Pendleton didn't (though he was a good fielder). Pendleton wasn't even an all star that year. Bonds lost that MVP for 2 reasons: First, he had won the previous year and that automatically gets your current performance discounted, and Second...people hated the guy. If you have to chose between a jerk and a nice guy (with everything else being equal) you'll kick the jerk to the curb.

Ken Griffey Jr. would’ve been the home run king if he didn’t get injured

Great players lead their teams to championships, they don't poison their environments

My favorite player by far. I remember seeing him many times as a kid and he was amazing in person.

Babe Ruth hit his homeruns drunk and against greased baseballs.

Greatest hitter in history? Probably Ted Williams. Why isn't Bonds in the HOF? For the same reason Lance Armstrong officially has won zero Tours de France.

Barriod who could have been a great five tool hall of fame, instead he used steroids, was hated by teammates and alienated himself.

I’m a dodger fan and I still think he should be in the hall of fame. His stats are better than most peoples road to the show character

I got to watch Barry in his prime almost every game. The dude is just different than any other player. Forget the juice/power. That man knew what pitch was coming every time. This is not an overstatement.

Barry Bonds is the chemically altered HR champion. Henry Aaron is the legitimate, standard human HR champion.

Bonds has every possible accolade. Except a ring. And I think that perfectly sums up Barry.

Barry Bonds As a hitting coach” so you put this needle right here and presto big league”

funny how a lot players wear that arm guard today but barry got shit for it. its not a rule violation and it prevents injury. brilliant move by barry. clear HOFer. put him in. its not right to not recognize that era to fans that never saw him play.

has a “broken” legacy yet holds all the post Ruth batting records and gets 65% of the hall of fame vote. still a legend in the eyes of 65% of the voters and a higher percentage of baseball fans. fth

Since Jose Canseco has been blackballed from baseball after he revealed that he and among others took steroids during their playing careers, I think should be fair that Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, who would later admit steroids, and others should not be involved I baseball.

Totally agree. He should be in the HOF. Put an asterisk. Take a vote of when everyone thinks he juiced. Asterisk those years.

Greatest player who ever lived .7 MVPs .No one close

I genuinely believe that Barry Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame. I know he took PEDs, but he is a major part of the history of the game. Whether you like it or not, that is facts. The Hall of Fame is worse with legends like Bonds, Roger Clemens, A-Rod and Manny Ramirez out of it.

Best mechanics in baseball. Watch his batting stance and motion towards the baseball but also watch how he approached the ball on D.....

Regardless of any controversy surrounding Barry, it has been widely said he had the fastest bat speed of ANY player before him. THAT is saying something. Controversial players RARELY sit on the bench or sidelines. They are front and center stage type of personalities both on and off the field or court. Some don't like that, But I kind of find it inspiring. Eagles fly ABOVE the rain. Say anything you want about Barry Bonds, but this man was an eagle.

Character,integrity thing’s like that mean a lot. He’s not the only guy who’s lacking in that category but it seems to overshadowed his accomplishments in baseball. Following the golden rule is best no matter if you’re a baseball great or a regular person. If he ever meets Jesus he’ll be a different person.

I'm not even into baseball and I enjoyed this video. That's how you know it's good :) 😀

Barry was a great athlete before Balco. But Balco pushed him to a level that made him look exceptional. I'm glad that Barry didn't make the HoF mainly due to his PED use, but also his arrogance.

My last message. Barry Bonds has been and always will be a loser. He treated people like losers, so he is King Barry The Loser. That is what the title of this video should have been called.

and damn imagine how good the braves would have been with bonds in the 90s

Fun fact, the 1992 NLCS that the pirates lost ended on a close play at the plate. To Barry Bonds, who made a terrible throw.

What makes Bonds’ home run record even more impressive is being a left handed hitter in that park.

What a concept, living with consequences.

Used to work at San Fran Intl Airport and many of us said he was the rudest star we've ever met too.

I would love to see Barry Bonds crowding the plate against Bob Gibson.

Astros still have their WS title even after it was proven they had cheated. So I see no reason as to why Bonds shouldn’t be in the Hall and Pete Rose unbanned from baseball

man, what a fantastic video. Kudos to you dude

12:52 fun fact: barry bonds is actually in mlb the show 16 but was put under the name "reggie stocker" because of it

Greatest cheater ever😂. Forget the records...I watched him in a 5yr span go from a beanpole 150lb shrimp to his head being as big as a tire. Watching this told me call I needed to know to hate him and baseball for praising him. You guys are delusional if you think hes the greatest athele of anytime. The guy was a jerk which he learned from his dad and he cheated..Glad hes been blackballed from baseball but why is A-roid I mean A-rod accepted. He was a jerk and a cheater too

The begging of this video was absolutely hilarious. I loved it! I remember when you had 20k subs a few months later 30k! Your growing as fast as a Chapman fastball in his days with the reds. I love this channel and the content that comes out of it. It’s funny and filled with so many facts which is just outstanding.

If Barry had retired before he broke Hank Aaron's homerun record I would have some respect for him. As it is now...none.

Ted Williams would like a word about batting and not taking steroids

Barry Bonds last season in 2007 he led the league in OBP (.480) and no one has surpassed it since.. also the highest OPS ever in a single season with 1.422..

To be fair I'm not sure any of the "steroid" guys are in mlb baseball games... kind of a shame I think... I believe that the HR race in 98 did a lot to bring baseball back from the 95 strike... hopefully we get baseball back on time this year...

Bonds was amazing in that World Series. He got on base 21 times in 30 plate appearances with 4 HR in 17 at bats. Such a shame that they blew that game 6 lead.

My cousin played in the majors for the Giants for 4 seasons before getting an arm injury which caused him to pack it in at age 26. I won't mention his name but it was a well known fact that if players then did not use performance enhancing drugs then you would lose any competitive edge you had. As simple as that. The only difference is that they focused on the most popular players and not the everyday average ones. You still need to be able to see & hit the ball ... drugs or not.

ruth did it on hot dogs and beer

Henry Aaron is the true homerun king. He didn't need anything to change his swing

I think the biggest reason why it's like McGuire, Sosa, and Bonds aren't in the hall is because of the lasting impact they had on the game outside of statistics. The way the handled themselves during baseballs crackdown as well as being at times dishonest and doing incredibly poorly at the congressional hearings did more harm to baseball than good. That's why the steroids are such a stain on them. If they were honest, transparent, and forthcoming about it, their legacies would be quite different

I met Barry once, randomly, at a driving range. He could not have been any nicer. I don’t know how he interacts with other people, but in my personal experience, he was first class.

There's a lot of stories about Bonds acting superior and disrespectful to his teammates. Completely selfish. He wanted an extra large locker so he could have his own TV, etc.

He's A CHEAT! ENOUGH SAID!

Honestly i still think hes the greatest hitter of all time the pitchers back then were roided too its a lame excuse i know but hitting in baseball is one of the hardest things to be good at in all sports i know of and what he did was unreal

4:59 Jim Leyland is the dang manager , and he's gonna run this dang team.

Aaron is the home run KING!

Imagine if Pujols and Cabrera juiced… they would’ve never fallen off like they did. Yeah steroids don’t help you hit a baseball but imagine Ichiro juicing? One of the greatest contact hitters of all time and out of the blue he’s hitting tanks… Bonds should never be in the hall.

Would have loved to see what his numbers would've been without the juice..

Love the soft Star Wars st in the background

Bonds and A-rod have hurt the record books everytime pujols adds to his legacy his name is put next to theirs. A place neither belongs Albert has always done it the natural way

He's part of why baseball became unwatchable. There was a tradition, honor and humility in baseball before Bonds, Maguire and Canseco. Now guys flip bats and stand around admiring home runs. That's fine for people who want to go to a ballgame to watch the between innings scoreboard boat race, but for older fans, the former number one sport in America has become a joke.

He is not hated by baseball, he is a hitting coach,

I don't know who to believe. On the one hand, you have a woman who was zero physical threat to Barry. On the other hand, you have a guy who's injecting rage virus directly into his brainstem, an inability to control his anger in public, and the moral character to throw his teammates under the bus after he was caught cheating. I'd say it's probably 50/50.

Bonds reminds me like lance Armstrong. He was the GOAT of his sport. Both lance and Barry never needed PEDS to begin with because they were on a much higher skill level than all their competitors. Both were amazing s athletes

Barry Bonds was outwardly arrogant - but realize that some of the most beloved players were just as awful, but covered it up better. Pete Rose, Keith Hernandez, Steve Garvey fooled a lot of people to be celebrated as oh, such good guys.

When they talk about bonds bein in a class by himself, they mean no class.! 😕