Mookie Betts tells Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen he'd want to face Barry Bonds if he were a pitcher. Subscribe: ru-vid.com... Follow on IG: / bleacherreport Follow us on Twitter: / bleacherreport Like us on Facebook: / bleacherreport
Bc everyone knew he was juiced up. Look back at his career, he didn’t take off until he started increasing in size. He came in as a skinny stick and left as the hulk with an asterisk
@@markusallard2830Roids greatly increase reaction time, which is arguably one of the greatest advantages you can get in baseball. This is something fans of juicers never seem to acknowledge.
@@Ryan-cb1ei It doesnt increase hand eye coordination, it improved his bat speed. Was he a better hitter after taking roids? Sure but his competition was using as well. He was still an mvp caliber player whether or not he used steroids.
It’s pretty easy to ignore roid usage when you realize he was batting in the high 200s low 300s and at HOF pace without roids. Around the same time he got juiced, most of the rest of the players were too. He’s special despite the use
@@clouddueitt6577amen seems weird to pull the steroid card when literally it’s been a deal in baseball for years? Are they going to use the trash can banging against Altuve? Why don’t they use World Series scandals against players than?
Without ROIDS he’s never that guy you see in this video.I saw Bonds before ROIDS great player,but not this freak mutant you got here on the cream and clear no way
Bro…out here in Queens, as a Mets fan….it was the same here and in EVERY ballpark across the country. His at bats were worth the tickets ALONE n when the Giants were on the schedule, n u didn’t own season passes…u we’re paying triple to quadruple the cost of admission just for HIM. The amount of excitement for one player was absolutely ELECTRIC. People always talk roids n blah blah but yo…roids can’t help ur skill set. They just highlight them lol. NONE of us were complaining then. Baseball was exciting af in whatever town he was in that week.
I saw Barry Bonds play 3 times at dodger stadium growing up and have yet to see anyone match his presence in sports…he got so much attention from the crowd it’s insane and he’d always deliver…dudes a legend
From about 1996 to 2004 I watched so many games and it was so much fun!! Yeah, it was the juicing era, I know, McGwire, Bonds, etc. and sometimes the bats were juiced, too (say hello, Sammy Sosa!) and they say the balls were juiced and even the ballparks, too, if you ever saw a game at Coors Field! I don't care, it was a hell of a lot of fun to see Mac and Sammy and Barry and Griffey and Thome and others just crush baseballs! Never seen anything like it! And you're right, it just sounded different. Yes, I was also in the habit of going to the park 2 hours early just to watch guys like Mac take BP and hit baseballs deep into the upper deck!
Extremely underrated in the GOAT argument and I’m talking goat across all sports. Nobody has ever been as feared as Bonds. I am extremely lucky as I grew up in bay area and probably seen him play around 100x.
@@newagain9964no he was just linked to the company producing steroids. Added 50 pounds of muscle in his late 30’s. His hat size grew two sizes. Nope purely clean.
@@certifiedfnhater4038 pretty much every pro is gonna be “linked” to shady companies and individuals. Prosports business is a small circle. Again, where’s the evidence. Pure speculation.
I've seen Barry hit one at old Qualcomm stadium in San Diego that hit the 76 gas station sign on the Megatron dead center field in Bp... Along with GlenAllen Hill... He damn near hit the same spot but to the left more.... Go look up that stadium IF U can find it... That's a fn SHOT..
Barry Bonds’ at bats were MUST SEE TV! NO player before or after him struck fear into opposing pitchers, managers like he did. GREATEST MLB PLAYER EVER
You know it... I used to love to watch this guy bat. He had something no other player had up there. His bat was so quick that he'd be waiting on 100mph fastballs. Incredibly quick reactions. Absolutely insane how well he saw the zone too. better than the umps.
@@burntsouffle wrong. Everyone was not on gear!! It was not an equal playing field!! Lots of players from the steroid era got into the HOF. Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Clemens, Arod……will not!!!!
@nicknack5697 He had 100 WAR before 1999, the first year he took steroids. Bonds could have died in 1998 and been a first ballot Hall of Famer fans like you would be calling a top 10 player ever. That Bases loaded walk was in 1998 too, when he was clean
@@BrandonA1 Never said he wasn't good before that. Still can't be an all-time great if you cheated. Same reason none of the 2017 astros will be all time greats. Sorry to burst your bubble buddy.
@@nicknack5697all the pitchers and batter were on it how was it cheating if everybody was doing it. Many players were never caught but in the 90s and 00s everyone was doing it. He was a 100 war player before 99. And now the mlb is doing worse by making baseball so much easier to hit Homerun now By making baseballs seams so much tighter. The media just exposed the big stars and it’s unfair to say Barry wasn’t great. You also should know he is all time great fielder and base runner. And Barry was walked all the time. He was hardly able to get pitched to.
"Barry got one pitch a night" Reminds me of a funny story. As you will recall, BITD the Giants played around with the lineup from time to time. Sometimes they batted Barry in front of Jeff Kent in the hopes that Barry wouldn't get walked as much with a little more protection, but some of the time they batted Kent in front of Bonds, too. One of those games where Jeff was ahead of Barry in the lineup was a game against the Padres. The Giants got a couple of runners on with Kent coming up. I was watching the game on the Padres broadcast. When Jeff came up to bat the Padres announcers mentioned he was probably going to get some decent pitches to hit because the Padres wouldn't want to walk Kent and load the bases for Bonds. So the count goes 2-0 or 2-1 and the Padres pitcher throws a belt high fastball right down the middle to Kent but he fouled it off. The announcers laughed and said the pitcher got away with one because a pitch that fat isn't going to be missed by Kent very often. The pitcher comes back with another fat pitch in the same location and Kent smacks it good, it's a long drive down the third base line but curves barely foul at the last moment. The Padres announcers are now very nervous, saying the pitcher can't possibly keep throwing that same pitch or Kent is going to just crush it! Sure enough, on the next pitch, here comes another fat fastball right down the middle and Kent didn't miss this one, he hit it a mile for a 3 run bomb! As Jeff was rounding the bases, the Padres announcers were actually laughing and saying Bonds should get credit for that home run! They said Barry doesn't see 3 pitches that fat in a week of games, and Kent got 3 all in the same at bat!
Steroids turned a great player into a perfect hitter. What he was doing at the time was literally unbelievable. Even after watching it, we questioned if it was fake. But the roids killed all the love for the game. Unfortunate.
I used to work at Pacific Bell Park (I’m old I know) and used to watch him be the last one to take batting practice last, as the opposing team and pitchers were warming up. Absolute fastest bat speed I’ve ever seen! He used to put on a show. You could see the visiting players just shake their heads. His swing was something else. Most direct path to the ball. Crazy to see..
Growing up going to many giants games. His at bats were some of the most electric moments I’ve experienced at a game. Some at bats were more electric than the oracle warriors moments I’ve experienced
Arguably the Most Dominant player to ever play, unless you also from San Francisco/The Bay you really don't understand what this Man did on the Field, anything close to him will Never happen again
It WAS amazing watching pitchers never throw the ball over the plate to Barry…ONE pitch would touch the black and BB would drill it. Twas amazing…not sure how steroids influenced his pitch selection?
It was automatic guys, it was automatic, and if you missed one of his at bats, the rest were definitely automatic he was going yard. I caught his 658th home run against the Dodgers, last game of the season, I was with my dad, first row arcade they used to have the video up for like two years after but then it it’s been gone and I can’t find it. If anyone can find it I’ll be your best friend for life.
It's a shame he took steroids because that's all he's known for. Dude had amazing mechanics and ungodly timing and hand eye coordination. Just a monster.
Not enough official at bats, got walked way too much. Couldn’t get the HR or RBI most years. Let’s be real though, triple crown stats are outdated. If you take more important stats like WRC+, OPS and WAR he was triple crown every year from 99-2003
Obviously an incredible run he had, but even in his best year (2001) he had about 40-50 games he didn’t get a hit, and homered in about 60 games. So to say “never missed” is just pure hyperbole
Its a travesty Bonds isnt in the HOF. He technically didn't do anything that broke the rules and steroids didn't technically give him an advantage over the rest of the majors because the majority of the majors was already using steroids; Barry was just so great before the PEDs that when he finally used them he went from a MLB great to a MLB God.
Even without roids, Barry was on the same level as Griffey - batting average, homers, RBI's, steals and how they played OF was on par. Barry just had a horrible attitude and NOBODY liked him lol.
As a Dodger fan, I'm happy the Giants were most of Bonds' tenure average, cus Barry was an automatic homer every.damn.time. he came up to bat and ifthe Giants capitalized on it, they would've been a dynasty then. but damn he was unreal.
Bonds was absolutely the best baseball player of all time. This guy was absolutely SCARY for ANY pitcher to face. ANY pitcher. He could hit ANYONE & had NO weaknesses. Worse... you had to throw STRIKES to get him out.. not balls. and I mean anything outside the zone and he wouldn't swing at it. Saw the zone better than the umps. Pretty scary throwing strikes to this guy too. he doesn't own the intentional AND walk records without a reason. I used to LOVE to watch him bat he made a true science out of it. Nope you cannot teach what this guy had and I miss him the game ain't the same without him. And one other thing, people. He NEVER failed a drug test. think about that. to him baseball was a business, not entertainment. That's why he didn't give interviews or was very friendly with other players, sportswriters, announcers. He didn't win any popularity contests he did his talking out on the field.
Not only did BB hit for power he hit for average. Bonds only struck out 100 times ONCE in his career and that was his debut rookie year Most power hitters today can only dream of striking out less than 150 times
Well I guess 1 is better than 4 and you know he wasn't stealing nothing at that point. He was before and still to this day, the best baseball player I've ever seen if not the greatest of all time.
I was blessed to witness bonds . Was at multiple games he hit walk off homers . He said one pitch a night it was one pitch a series. If big papi ( who roided ) is in the hof bonds should be.
@@isaiahleksell2573if not the goat then easily the best hitter. Yes steroids helped with the power of his hits but getting contact is pure skill, and his ability to do just that was and is unmatched
Got to watch a lot of giants games at Oracle starting in 03. Bonds was as close to watching Ruth as we're ever going to get. Nobody was in the concessions when he was in the hole. Nobody.
