Barry Bonds Swing Before And After Steroids 

Flexibility

That and he used one of the lightest bats in baseball history. I believe a 30 ounce bat, which is the same I used as a 5’9” freshman in high school.

most guys like the inside pitch the most

@@pigs6486, most major leaguers swing 30.5 or 31

@@baileysmith4744 yea but it’s usually a pulled ground ball bonds could pull and lift the ball

Bonds credited improvement with his hands for keeping the ball fair. One reason his HR totals increased was fewer foul balls to right field.

Good points What amazes me is his ability to adjust his hands to his different body movement through the years (or vice versa) in order to generate the power. Great hitter

*the roids hall of fame

He should be in the Hall of Fame. But then again Joe Biden shouldn't be President.

Hall of roids he's right behind conseco for most roids pumped into the body over a career

@@mikewager3897 Bonds’ career before 98 has been stamped HOF worthy by far by the real fans. Keep crying.

@@MoSuli96 suck it over a decade of steroid use juiced his home run totals he cheated his way to all time HR leader

I would agree with your assessment about Bonds' torque and increased "violence" of his swing. I would be interested in learning the increased rate of the Bonds' swing both prior to hitting the ball, and then as Bonds hits the ball. I contend between the two - that is, the younger Bonds and the older (video game) Bonds, a significant increased rate of the bat swing and targeted connection with the ball occurred. As a result, whatever Bonds was using, whether steroids or something similar, the effect gave Bonds an advantage, which exceeded all the other MLB players, because Bonds was already among the top five players in MLB. To me, it's similar to giving Warren Buffett a greater advantage in the world of security selection. Nevertheless, the Bonds swing and approach to the ball is beautiful to watch.

@@jkrasney1 what is rate of bat swing?

He changed his swing to an uppercut/fly ball swing when they got the new ballpark...which happens to correlate with the HGH days. Bonds is the GOAT. He put cream on his knees. Big deal.

@@pigs6486 -- "He put cream on his knees. Big deal." According to his ex-girlfriend, he used more than cream on his knees and associated himself with BALCO and Greg Anderson, the PED pusher. Big deal? It cetainly was, for PED's greatly enhance a body's restorative and healing functions, allowing the body too be more rested for games, but not so good for a man's cahones, as Canseco admitted they become pea size. At age 35, Bonds was a man whose career was going downhill, but amazingly at age 36, every top-five single-season total Bonds had posted -- home runs, walks, intentional walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, total bases, and times on base -- were achieved. Hey, it was fun to watch, but it was PED fueled. After 14 seasons, prior to PED use, Bonds hit .288, averaged around 32 home runs, 100 walks, and 33 stolen bases a season. Definitely not GOAT-like, but I would say Hall of Frame worthy.

@@cwj9202 not goat like? My guy he averaged an ops of .966, 34 bases, 105 runs, .556 slugging, and 104 walks with 22 intentional, im sorry but if you don’t think that’s goated than there’s something wrong with your head, if you let alone get an ops of .966 and steal 34 bases every season then you are one of the best players in the game, via baseball reference from 1986 to 1998, when the juice started. Only player to hit 500 homers and steal 500 bases.

@@E_xe2 - I was not saying Bond's statistics were not GOAT-like. I only pointed out his stats were PED inflated, unlike those stats of Ruth, Williams, Mays, Aaron, and Mantle. Just imagine the production of those gentlemen if they used PED's -- Bonds' output in comparison would be peanuts.

@@cwj9202- I hate to break this to you, but amphetamines were huge in MLB during the playing era of the last 4 guys and those fall well into the class of performance enhancers. Along with that, since horseracing was the initial developer of drugs that provide competitive advantages and was still a charter member of the big 3 sports (boxing, baseball) there's no telling what those guys were being fed before 1950. Of course it wouldn't be as observable to us due to the fact strength training was basically non-existent in the sport.

Saw that too. Incredible.

Griffey’s swing was beautiful but it may have contributed to his higher than average strikeout rate.

Decreased. Lighter bat

Look up his OBP and SLG from his last two years and compare that to the top ten in those categories in 2022. Just going by his OPS, his last two years are MVP level in 2022.

Right. If you take out the juice it is likely that he would have done almost everything he did on the juice. The juice gave him likely a 20-25% boost which is still HOF-worthy.

HGH is NOT a controlled substance under federal law. Maybe he tried anabolic steroids at one time, but his main culprit was human growth hormone in the form of a cream. Not a drug. Not “juice”.

Bonds and Clemens will not get into the hall of fame, unless coming in thru the back door from a veterans committee. The BBWAA writers will not vote a confirmed juiced player in.

Let Pete in. at least he didn't cheat IN the games.

@@Briansgate Right. Not the ones he played in but the ones he managed.

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It’s known that he took roids beginning in ‘98.

@@Garrett1240 it was in 99 when he hired Greg Anderson, after watching the attention McGwire and Sosa got from juicing

Crazy amount of power in his legs and wrists. Barry also tested for the best eyes in the sport. Nobody talks about this. He had 20/10 vision. In fact, every elite player has had above average eye sight. How many elite hitters had glasses or contacts? It’s fascinating stuff.

@@pigs6486 I think McGwire had contacts?

If he starts teaching algebra formulas, im in trouble.

@@BrownBrown270 the only math I’m good at is statistics.

For sure!

I think the exact opposite is true. The first is more laborious-requiring greater use of strength to achieve a barreling of the ball while the second is so mechanically perfect he doesn’t have to labor through contact, as evidenced by his back foot stepping towards the plate after making contact. It’s all momentum.

🤣 He did it. His head went from a ping-pong ball to a balloon. He still should be in the HOF tho

As did most MLB players those days yet Griffey is in?

I can say I don’t agree with this take about Barry and his concentration on average early in his career. He had his 3 highest averages of his career at the back end of it, plus being more selective like you state. It resulted in the best offensive single season stats ever compiled in history. He just evolved as he matured in his career.

This just simply isn’t true.

Or his ibb....he had more the whole teams