zepstrumentals Lol.. There’s really no argument.. The correct word is, “Farthest,” because it involves distance. It’s often misused by otherwise intelligent people. Just listen to Joe Buck butcher it here.
For those of you wondering why bonds looks pissed in the dugout after, it's because his teammates have a terrible approach. Especially Jeff Kent. Kent went up there with the intention to pull a ball deep, no matter what the pitcher was doing. You can see him trigger on every pitch; he even triggered on the slider that was 8 inches out of the zone! His hips started and he had to hold himself back. He was on time for the one in the middle of the zone and that's why he fouled it, but he was trying to pull it for power. He could have easily flared it for a single but he wasn't trying to get on base, he was trying to be the hero. With Bonds right behind him, are you kidding me? The announcers caught it. There's no excuse for that.
Exactly bonds was almost a guaranteed home run, why would you be not just try to be get on base and let Bonds do his thing. Especially at that junction of the game.
@@n1ck_kc1n Fair enough, but I don't think that should change the approach of his teammates. So they walk him again, that still brings the winning run to the plate. Kent should put the ball in play.
@@levisnyder6585 Most definitely agree! The stakes at the time, the lineup approaching, it all screams get on base above all else. BUT, selfishly, I would rather have this bomb of a HR by Bonds than a win by SF at the time :).
@@doc8013 bonds was one of the greatest players of all time before steroids. And in this era, there were people on roids the whole time taking credit away from him. Name one person who’s done what bonds did
I know how polarizing Barry Bonds was and is. However, as someone who has been watching baseball since the 1950's, I can say that Barry Bonds was the most disciplined and most dangerous hitter I have ever seen. I enjoyed seeing him play. What makes his story sad is that he didn't need to cheat to be a great player.
@@bigmacdaddy1234 that's fine. Just as long as you feel the same about steroids in other sports. Especially football. I hope you call football players who use steroids cheaters. That's my biggest complaint about this. Football players who use steroids are nowhere near vilified as much as baseball players are. And it's rare to hear someone say that a football player "cheated" when they're caught using steroids. I've never understood that
my pops and I concluded he was hands down the best hitter either of us had ever seen in like 1990 (he grew up in the 50s and 60s). Bonds' bat speed was absolutely unreal, even when he was a skinny guy stealing 40+ bases.
I was at the old Mile High Stadium in Denver for a game with the Giants during Bond's steroid rampage. He hit a line drive that never went higher than about 12 feet that hit high off the wall in right about 360 if I remember. Larry Walker who was in right field for the Rockies raced back and played it perfectly off the fence as the sound reverberated throughout the ballpark. Walker's great arm had the ball back to the infield before Bonds could get any farther than first base. I'm not sure that the ball had even reached it's zenith before hitting the fence. A millimeter higher on the bat and they'd still be looking for that one. Bonds wasn't even out of the batter's box when it hit the fence sounding like a car wreck. Hardest ball I've ever seen hit.
@@jibbymarket really bro? You couldn't just let us have that one? Man he hit that ball a mile! "Uhhh no nice try it was actually 630 ft but OK go on witcher delusions regarding distance I suppose wow"
@@jibbymarket Baseball is pathetic now. It's hot again but the delicate egos and babying the players and huge contracts and strikes during the pandemic. And the umpires? MLB is a joke. Lol and the 6,000 ALMOST fights per year. Everyone knows how good Bonds was. Gold glove winner all that but, Oh and fuck the hall of fame, tbh the best eye and plate discipline I've ever seen was Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez though Bonds was ahead. Steroids can't help you know when to swing and when to let it pass.
i followed Bonds in college and all thru his MLB career. Bonds is still the best hitter Ive seen in a 4 to 5 year stretch juice or not. He didnt miss often and had the best eye at the plate Ive ever seen during that stretch as well. He also had a HOF career pre juice era.
Yeah, I loved watching him hit before the juice...he was still "fast" on the bases then too. Sad he and the other juicers may never get in the HOF because of their stupid actions.
My God Mark, so it doesn’t matter to you to compare Barry Bonds Home Run Records to Hank Aaron’s? Barry, a known steroid abuser and Hank Aaron, never used roids and is squeaky clean? OMG! How screwed up is our Society anyway?
@Drew Where’s the proof? That’s your question? OMG! Where have you been that you don’t know about the BALCO case in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Mitchell Report that provided evidence of PED’S being used by both Bonds and Roger Clemens! The evidence is incontrovertible, PERIOD! Federal Investigators went on record to say that there was DNA evidence against Clemens and that Bonds definitely used PED’S that we’re outlawed by Major League Baseball! Drew, in the future, do your “Due Diligence” on the subject before you ask a DUMB QUESTION!
@@Karlifornication They probably were! However, that doesn’t change the fact that Bonds, Clemens, Canseco, McGwire, and many other “Stars” cheated with steroids, knew it was cheating, and did it anyway! How you can look at their stats against “Clean” players is an absolute mystery to me! Everyone of these “Cheaters” should have a huge asterisk* next to their names in the record books, PERIOD!
Seen him in person. When he swang and missed, I could feel the vibration of the air go through my chest. Scary, how fast and hard he could swing a bat. I thought, if he ever made connection that ball would be toast. This proves it.
Its a GARBAGE RECORD that needs to erased from the MLB archives. You can see the GUILT on his face as he rounds the bases and slithers shamefully into the dugout...
The most feared hitter ever! This guy made a science out of it. Incredible hand/eye coordination with an eye that could see the zone better than the ump. I used to LOVE to watch this guy bat he was a MACHINE & it did not matter WHO was pitching. Like Greg Maddox stated... walk him do NOT challenge him. its only a matter of LUCK if you get this guy out because in order to do that you gotta throw STRIKES or he'll walk because he doesn't swing at balls. He rarely strikes out because of that eagle eye and his bat is so quick he can let the ball go deep into its traverse before he decides to swing. He's in his own league. Greatest hitter ever and his stats prove it.
Imagine how many home runs Barry would have if he wasn’t being walked every game. He’s the only player in league history who had the advantage over the pitcher unbelievable
Sure. He saw the zone better than the umps. To get this guy out you had to throw STRIKES. Throw balls and he walked because they're atta the zone he's not gonna swing. So you had no choice take your chances and throw a strike and hopefully it will stay in the field of play.
@@BenWillyums Please remember that he never flunked a drug test... Nobody liked this guy least of all opposing pitchers. And writers. And announcers. And journalists. He didn't give interviews and he didn't give advice he treated baseball as a business not entertainment.
I worked at angel stadium at this time. I was up in the right field view level. I kid you not the ball went out of the stadium and landed where we lined for roll call before the game. I tell this story at least a few times a year. It was incredible.
I had Pirates season tickets when Bonds was there and, as a kid we would wait outside after games for him to sign. He was such a jerk. Years later, people claimed that he was a jerk because he took steroids. No. He was always a jerk, even when he was skinny, but probably the second greatest player in MLB history. A perfect swing.
I met him and he signed for me as he was with his family at the 2001 AS Game in Seattle at the Invitation only GALA the night of the HR Derby... He joked around a bit and signed a bunch for people before leaving...
@@alan30189 not like now. Look at the power numbers. There is a reason why Triple A is on pace to absolutely shatter the home run record... and this is the first year they are using the major league ball.
Barry Bonds had two careers and both are Hall of Fame worthy! He deserves to be in the HoF!!! Top 3 if not the best of all time to lace them up. Might not like the guy or was a bad teammate...But, he was must watch TV everytime he took the field.
same here second deck just up from first base, it's the loudest i've ever heard someone hit a baseball and it just hung up there for what seemed like forever. i never cared for bonds as a person but im really glad i got to see him in in his prime especially in a moment like this.
I love how the announcer already knows it’s not the farthest homer that Barry ever hit lol. Don’t get me wrong that ball at Yankee stadium was unbelievable but I’ve watched this homer live at my house and in all replays I’ve never seen the balll land. You usually see movement in the stands when the ball is about to land but I see nothing. I don’t care what that announcer said find me a ball that went further and I’ll call you a liar. Griffey, A Rod, Ichiro, Trout all fantastic ball players but before or after steroids Barry Bonds was the greatest player in my lifetime and it’s not close!
Pause at 3:42. Dude had 3 walks on the day and one ab. He probably didnt even have to swing in the plate appearances where he walked. Then in the 9th after Percival Has sat down 2 hitters with ease the first strike Barry sees is hit to the moon. That's amazing
@@evanwrenn402 How do you know he’s the greatest hitter of all time simple besides his fans when great coaches and players are asked “who do you think the greatest hitter in the history of the game was?” They generally all answer quick and with a smirk on their face “Barry Bonds, no question not even close, Bonds was the best hitter I’ve ever seen in my life” it’s sad that pitchers can do blow, guys can use all sorts of cheating ways going back to the beginning of baseball but somehow Bonds is so hated. He’s the best and outside of Griffey jr most beautiful swing to ever touch a baseball bat (also don’t forget all the gold gloves)
There's also video on RU-vid of a minor leaguer in CO bombing one 582 (Meyer) Barely even got it on camera. Too bad it wasn't in the majors so we'd have eight.differnet camera angles.
I wish Barry Bonds the very best of health and life, the rest of his life. Forecasting death on someone is the ultimate sin. Homegirl up above simply illustrates what's so fucked up with so many of you people in this country. Fucking hateful idiots. In the spirit of humanity, I wish Lyle Alzado could come back. There's just to much negative on this planet to comprehend. And that comment has 3 thumbs up. Disturbing to say the least.
@@daviddill6605 In actuality, Babe Ruth is nothing but a candy bar. Dude couldn’t hit jack squat off today’s pitchers. Bonds would crush the old days had he been alive and allowed to play. The latter being the key.
No babe Ruth was a much greater baseball player then Barry bonds you have to be joking about your statement on Ruth and what his abilities today would be he would crush the ball
You have to consider Reggie Jackson's all-star home run in 1970, Josh Gibson (the only man to hit a ball clear out of Yankee Stadium, and finally Barry Bonds! 'Nuff said!
In 1986 Bo Jackson hit one out of AA Chicks stadium in Memphis that traveled over a second American Legion baseball field onto Central Avenue. Had to be 550+'. It was a rocket.
The craziest part about this is that bonds was so good at this point that just knowing percival had to throw a strike was pretty much an automatic homerun for him. There’s almost no way bonds wasn’t going to hit a homerun in that at bat unless he was walked which wouldn’t have made sense. Probably the most helpless a pitcher has ever been while still being in control of the game
@@MrChrisjohnjay honestly, probably. he is arguably the best power hitter to ever play. The roids are a permanent stain, but I mean you still gotta hit the ball
@@MrChrisjohnjay probably one of the best hitters ever even without steroids. I mean he didn’t even have to be in tune with baseball to know a fastball in the strike zone was coming next. Point being he was such a good hitter that it’s pretty much impossible for him to not have hit a homerun in that situation.
@@MrToaster1123 big facts, the steroids may have helped him hit the ball a long way but roids don’t increase ur chances of seeing then hitting the ball
This guy had the craziest sports stat I've ever heard of. In Sept. '01 he hit a homerun every 8 SWINGS! Fouls, swings and misses, pop outs, ground outs, singles, doubles and triples combined. An unrealistic video game character.
Great stat. I think my fav swing stat with Bonds is that he had half a season where he had more HR than swings and misses -- which shows that Bonds benefited even more from great vision than from steroids!
@@lenvm3344 a great video to check out is from Jon Bois on "what if Barry Bonds didn't use a bat". He calculated what his OPS would've been. Hilarious yet troubling. Lol
@@brentbanks9121 I have yet to see a good refutation video on Jon Bois's work. He said "please somebody prove me wrong, tell me I'm full of crap!" Even he didn't believe it.
Bonds was the only player I’ve ever seen intentionally walked with the bases loaded. I’ve never seen that ever again... 4/15/22 Seager walked with the bases loaded
Ya, so the mega fan here of Bonds says he hit the longest home run of all time. I checked eight lists with some serious credentials (ESPN, Baseball Almanac, Baseballreference, etc). Not only did Bonds's homer not top any of them, it didn't even appear in ANY of their top 10, 15 or 20 lists. Not even in 20th place.
Just incredible to watch him play and to watch his swing! 🤣😂 Love when the ump almost instantly tosses another ball to Percival. Just CRUSHED!!! I’m so glad my young boys were able to see him play in person. I was living down in Southern California during this series… damn you Dusty! Russ would’ve finished that game… damn you Dusty. Then we got to see BB crush a ball up here in Seattle… I do not care what anyone says… This man is and was a Hall of Famer - beginning from his rookie year! I saw him when he was still with the Pirates at Candlestick Park, and he just crushed the ball at Candlestick Park during his rookie year… he is and was phenomenal! He is a bona fide Hall of Famer even though he dabbled with the clear. He is a Hall Of Famer!!!!
Legend says that ball went into orbit, made a full pass around the planet, re entered the stratosphere and hit the “Barry who?” guy in the back of the head
Same. I’m an Angels, Pacers and Raiders fan. 2002 was easily my peak year of sports fandom. Angels won it all, raiders went to the Super Bowl and the pacers were very good, getting to the eastern conference finals at the end of that season. No year has come close for me before or since
The hardest hit baseball that I witnessed live was a Barry Bonds line drive home run at Busch Stadium. It won't get points for distance because of the trajectory, but I had never seen a ball leave the yard that fast. I was left with the sense that I could hear the ball buzzing in the air. Amazing.
Legalize the juice. It's safe and the doctors well educated in the matter. It's a level playing field of the ban is lifted and the game is much more fun to see
@Lighthouse in the Storm same way you know Bonds was. Point is, many guys in the league were roiding during that era, pitchers, position players etc. Not just Bonds McGwire and Sosa.
@@cyanmendoza1234 They don't call it the "steroid era" for nothing. It is well known that steroid use in the 90's was widespread. Guys like Canseco and Caminiti (who BTW won the mvp in '96 while juiced) both admitted that PED's were used widespread throughout the league. It's not like there were just a few players using them.
Crazy thing is if anyone gets on before Bonds, we never see that nuke off his bat cause there's no way in hell they pitch to him with as the tying run.
+Dylan Tesch so did sosa, canseco, clemens, palmeiro, ramirez, a-rod, MCGWIRE!!!! Your point??? Bonds is wayyyyyy better than all of them, drugs NOTWITHSTANDING.
Dylan, don't worry. Statcast would've taken steroids into account. It takes *everything* into account! Exit velocity, launch angle, hang time, dope time, injection angle, entrance velocity.
A lot of guys did steroids. Only one hit 73 HR with a >.500 OBP. Bonds is what happens when you take a near-perfect baseball player and give him the best HGH and anabolics that science has to offer.
Growing up in the 60s, 70s, 80s etc., it was known that Mickey Mantle was the baseball player who hit a baseball over 600', considered the 'longest' home run in baseball history.
+Cameron Mcdonald First of all, it's IMPATIENT, not unpatient. Second of all, I wouldn't call it impatient when someone wants to see about 10 seconds of video and the video is over 5minutes. It's like going to a fast food place and waiting 40min for your food. There's a point where the word "patience" leaves the situation. And third of all, Thank you... i would have hated waiting over 4min just to watch 5seconds of what I wanted to see.
Joe Buck was that way for the first two Giants World Series wins. I loved that we knocked off his precious Cardinals. Third one he had to talk about them. Nothing like his Dad who was great.
