Barry Bonds: Cooperstown Bound 

Best player ever i remember going to see my first giants game all because of him

Barry Bonds is my All-Time favorite athlete. Whether he took steroids or not, he still is my favorite. The feats he accomplished were unbelievable. I am just lucky to be able to witness them. Barry Bonds "The Greatest Athlete of All-Time"

Greatest baseball player to ever do it. Not a doubt about it in my mind.

he had loads of talent...i came over here just to get a home run / bonds fix. i love the giants, but i miss the long ball, or any " ball " this year. you just knew you would see that sweet swing, and so often watch him watch his own ball go wwaaaaayyyyy out. he didn't just peds up and become a great player, he was a great player

Best I've ever seen. Never seen someone intimidate a pitcher like Barry.

Hands down the best hitter I have ever seen

This is by far the best video on youtube

best athlete sports has ever seen

I was in the park for alot of his HRs & he's the greatest ive ever seen. EVER SEEN !

It wasn't every day that you would hear the great Bob Sheppard utter the name Barry Bonds.

Awesome video! Barry is the man!

Best player with Power and speed.

Best I've seen

Even though barry bonds did use steroids, he still dropped the biggest fucking bombs.

My favorite player ever, he deserve hall of fame

He's awesome

That's a POWER swing

Steroids doesnt help the eye hand coordination so fuck the haters he belongs in the Hall of fame without a doubt....

The only person in mlb history to bring a crowd from all boos to their feet in 1 swing

STILL the ONLY player in MLB history to have 400 HR's and 400 stolen bases. For that alone he should be in The Hall. Baseball continues to look stupid not voting him in.

Steroids did not give Barry Bonds the eye hand coordination. Steroids did not give Barry Bonds the ability to read the rotation of a pitch. Steroids did not give Barry Bonds the tenacity. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Barry Bonds not winning a world series is one of the saddest things in sports history.

2nd best player of all time

Like it or love it he was the best ever. Should have been a first ballot hall of famer ! He's the best their is the best there was n the best there ever will be. He's the Brett the Hitman Hart of baseball lol all kidding aside we will never see a guy this good ever again. He was the man before roids. When Big Mac n Sammy Sosa had that huge home run race Barry bonds had his best year to date at the time n noone talked about him n he said fuck this if I took roids like them I'd blow them away n honestly he did. Alot of pitchers were on shit too . Bottom line during that time with inflated stats n roids he was the best amongst everyone . Not to mention all the walks even with the bases loaded lol this guy saw one pitch a game maybe to hit n he would still homers out of the stadium . We will never see another Barry Bonds!

For all the people saying he doesn't belong just remember, before all of the controversial events he was still hitting 30-40 home runs a year and stealing a lot of bases and getting a ton of hits. He was still a big threat before any of it happened.

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You still gotta be amazing at baseball to hit it like that

Also remember he was an 8 time gold glove winner as well, so he was a complete player. Didn't see any of his pirate days and his defense.

Still cannot believe that they "measured" that bomb half way up the upper tank in the Old Yankee Stadium at 388 feet.

I remember watching the game against the diamondbacks I believe in 98 when Buck Showalter intentionally walked bonds in the 9th with 2 outs and a 2 run lead. I remember thinking what the hell is Buck doing? He gave them a free run. Then Brent Mayne grounded out and Buck's plan worked lol. That's the plate pressence and respect Bonds used to get. He was an instant walk.

the show goes on

GOAT

Roids or not he had one of the most powerful perfect swings in baseball

too soon, chris davis became a threat this year and has yet to finish the second half of the season, which is even tougher. If anyone is that good right now it would be Miguel Cabrera since he has demonstrated he is a big threat in previous years.

Until we see another man get that kind of treatment at the plate, there'll never be another Barry Bonds.

Damn, he stares at all his home runs like his life depended on it, how did this not start so many brawls, now a days people start a brawl over the most simple shit in baseball.

2:53 and 3:03. The slow walk he does after hitting the long ball is just classic. Fucking love it.

i dont know if he took steroids for his whole career but even before he was thought of juicing he was putting up great numbers,, hes just a great hitter...

He is the home run king, never found steroids in him and the only reason they thought he took steroids because he was friends with one of the employees in balco

He'll eventually make it. I doubt they'll keep him out forever.

el mejor

Well, I do believe that Griffey got significantly bigger late in his career as well, yet he didn't take steroids. That's what age will do to ya, not roids. As for the muscle...his workout routine was brutal. Paid off.

How does it "stand to reason"? The 2 points that stood out were; 1. PED's effects were negligible at best. 2.The muscles used in hitting are not the same as the muscles that were targeted in their workout programs. Bonds was not being pitched to; see the amount of walks and intentional walks he received. Had he been pitched to more, it stands to reason he would have hit more homers and surpassed the record by an even greater margin. But you can't hit 'em unless you make contact.

Ahhhh I forgot about his base stealing. Forgot he was a he is in the very exclusive 40/40 club.

Roids doesn't make you a better baseball player it gives you muscle. Besides all the homers this man should still be in the hall of fame. You still have to know how to swing if you want to hit all those homers

Sole member of the 500/500 club. Easily HOF. was a HOFer before he "juiced".

Check the description, it's in there.

It takes more than roids to hit home runs. Barry is one of the best pure hitters to play the game.

The best to ever play besides Babe Ruth. One day he'll finally get the HOF nod that he deserves

He is the g.o.a.t. It's funny because people think he was only good because of roids, but roids doesn't help your hand eye coordination it only gives you more power, plus everyone was juicing then.

Some fans don't understand the incredible damage this man has done to the game. They're not the geniune fans of the game their the passer by's that just think hey, Barry hit alot of HR's so even with the drugs so what he's the best. Imagine the players that have been cheated out of their rightful titles due to these cheaters...disgraceful.

a controversy that polarizes sides and may unfairly deny someone who deserves credit from getting any. Because the same people who Bonds pissed off are the same people who decide who gets enshrined in the Hall Of Fame. So in the end, it comes down to PR and who kisses the sportswriters asses the most.

correction: my sentence should read "Without weight training, steroids are pretty inert."

obviously he took roids but i love how all these people hating on him (tempted to say 100%) would never in their life be able to hit a 90 plus fastball out of the park.

There will never be a conclusive study as to the degree steroids increase home runs, but looking at the physics, and the numbers we can make a pretty accurate guess. Cheating is defined as, "Acting unfairly in order to gain an advantage, esp. in a game or examination" Working out/ eye surgery/ better nutrition does not fit this example since it is not against the rules. Using coke doesn't fit this definition either, since it does not give a player an unfair advantage over the competition.

Lol the home run at 0:35, I don't think he was on steroids

i dont know any other way to put it, bonds was like an ichiro on steroids

No one is saying steroids make better contact. "Steroids might bring about a 10 percent increase in muscle mass. That extra muscle could help a batter swing five percent faster. And that extra bat speed could cause a ball to jump off the bat 4 percent faster." - Roger Tobin, Tufts University Also, if steroids have no real effect on home run production, why would any player take them and risk getting suspended from the game? Its not like steroids are an addictive or recreational drug.

Sorry all you bonds haters. He was the greatest ever. Ever

Song name is in the description...

he should be in the hall.

i dont even get why people would even pitch him a strike.

Nobody really ever appreciated his defense and people see him as having one tool, power. Or at least people who haven't watched him. The clips are courtesy of the MLB website, and they only chose some of his homers. Would've been really cool to see some of the other parts of his game, the defense, the walks, the intentional walks, maybe some steals too. But, newer fans all want to see power.

Bonds was the greatest power hitter of all time, then Jim Thome imo.

he was legit. even if he used steroids, most of his home runs are from when he couldnt have had steroids.

It would be a crime if Bonds never took the Juice.

A dislike already? Somebody must be a pissed off McGwire fan...

Someone, please, tell me where MLB would have been without the Steroids Era...other then dead? MLB never shows appreciation to the players that turned around the business in the late 90s. It was because of them that the sport is this big today.

He can buy a ticket just like everyone else.

" What, in other words, is meaningless about a player eating Wheaties but is objectionable about his taking a PED? To answer that "taking PEDs is wrong because they are illegal and banned" is to--in the correct sense of the phrase --beg the question. We want to know just why PEDs should, or should not, be considered objectionable." Eric Walker-'Steroids, Other "Drugs, and Baseball"

Haters get the fuck out he won his appeal he never took steroids

Not in the HOF. Still. 2024

I know baseball isn't a game of absolute strength. All I'm saying though, is that hitting a home run is a feat of strength. Its basic physics, increased bat speed will hit the ball farther. With better drug policies/tests, home runs are back down to where they were before the steroid era. If smaller stadiums, and tightly wound baseballs were the reason for increased home runs, why are home runs down again because of drug testing?

How far was the homer at 0:41?

might be on roids, but that swing is fucking beautiful

Why would a player take something with "negative effects" (because it hasn't been determined that PED's do have such an effect) I'll quote Jim Bouton from "Ball Four"- "If there was a pill that could guarantee you would win 20 games but would take five years off of your life, players would take it." Players in all sports undertake a risk when competing, football, basketball, baseball, hockey,etc. With millions of dollars at stake, it would be irrational for the player to NOT seek an advantage

Then you'd have to add LASIK surgery, weight training, improved nutrition and coaching to the mix. With weight training, steroids are pretty inert. MLB Policy is why players are subject to suspension; there's nothing in the rule book regarding the condition of the player. The policy was originally put in place to discourage the taking of illicit drugs such as cocaine, marijuana and later on amphetamines, which by the way have been in use since the '40's

As the name of the song?

Swagg

It's a shame that he used steroids. He would have been the best hitter ever if he was this big and strong without the drugs.

That is literally inhuman bat speed. I mean, I know you have to be talented but geez. Couple of those he should have been way behind on...then the barrel clears the hitting zone soooo quick. Ridiculous.

1 25 22. It may happen.

So would LASIK, weight training count as "cheating"? Dock Ellis pitched a no hitter under the influence of LSD, was he acting "unfairly to gain an advantage"? Suppose steroids don't offer an advantage, is it "cheating" then? None of the examples you've cited including steroids are in the rule book either, which illustrates my point, the policy is absurd because it was never formulated with performance enhancement in mind; it was done to prevent the decline of performance.

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Griffey got FAT at the end of his career after 3 or 4 major Injuries.

Barry was a great hitter prior to steroids but he still cheated. He will never be a Hall of Famer!

and in the process throws two of it's stars "under the bus". Now when the smoke clears, we find that there's some convincing evidence that the substances in question may not have much affect at all. But if that were held to be true, then Canseco would be right, and the intelligentsia of the writers would be wrong (not the first time, BTW). Because "drugs" are a societal taboo, you can't have an objective discussion on the subject. Add to this, a prickly figure like Bonds, and you have

Bonds?, cooperstown bound?, is he going there on Vacation?

Why don't you take the blue pill Billy, and see how far down the rabbit hole goes?

"steroids don't improve batting average. They improve power numbers" Wouldn't it stand to reason that BA would improve as hits increase? A home run is still counted as a hit. Overall, slugging pct hasn't increased and overall power numbers haven't increased since WWII. Have you also factored in the reduction of the mound and the "jackrabbit" ball and the smaller stadiums in the past 25 years? Think about it; he went from Three Rivers to Candlestick then to Pac Bell Park, and it's not a factor?

the question of ethics belongs to the realm of the players, not management; they have a moral hazard. Namely, that they benefit from the individual player's improvement, as they did with the Sosa/McGuire competition. So when Canseco is "blackballed" as he alleges for doing the same thing, he makes the point that there's a double standard and myopia on the part of the baseball establishment. MLB, for it's part is caught out there, so institutes a "study" in order to cover itself and reputation.

Then you'd have an empty HOF. Jim Bottomley? For real? Ron Santo is in but Dick Allen isn't? Please explain how Don Sutton gets in? He won 20 games once in a 23 year career, with a good staff. The Orioles had 4 20 game winners on one staff, so it wasn't because of how good the other 3 were in front of him. I want someone to explain HOW steroids make you a better hitter? If that were so, where are the .400 hitters? Who's got 200 RBI?

Why? What wrong with using steroids?

How useful is bat speed if you don't make contact with the ball? Now as a matter of physics, what part of the body generates this bat speed? Now if it isn't a matter of absolute strength but of speed, then strength is not really a factor, no? No one ever marveled at Ted Williams' strength or Willie Mays' strength and both men were under 200 pounds. How about pitchers? With increased "strength" how many have pitched over 90 mph or greater on a consistent basis? Power in baseball is a misnomer.

chris davis

Hammerin' Hank is still king in the minds and hearts of millions. Between the blatant disregard of MLB regulations and his shit eating attitude; I hope he continues to not make the hall of fame. It already tells you a lot that he wasn't a first ballot hall of famer as the "Home Run King."

According to your website, steroid use, "might mean one extra home run a year for an average man." Considering Barry played roughly 20 seasons, and he broke Hank's record by 7 homers, it stands to reason that roids are responsible for him becoming the home run king. If steroids don't improve performance, it begs the question, why would any player be stupid enough to take something with only negative effects on his body and career. Did Barry secretly hate himself? Was he masochistic???

(con't) meanwhile tobacco and alcohol are not covered in the policy, although they're responsible for more aborted careers and deaths, not unlike the general population. In fact, steroids were not illegal to purchase or use prior to 1980. It was made illegal after Ben Johnson of Canada tested positive following his race in the Olympics. However, there has been no study done that positively connects steroid use to enhanced performance in baseball. Roger Tobin's opinion, notwithstanding.

How can you respect any player that used steroids?

Boycott the HOF until they honor the Best to play the game