Not a question he is one of baseballs greatest. However you feel about PEDs , he is still an all time player. We know where he got the power. But that swing/mechanics (and the speed he used to display) wasn’t something you can get from the pharmacy
@@suizikiozark250 The majority of players in the bigs have used some type of P.E.D. at one point or another. Just very few of them get caught. And the ones that do get caught are great players for the most part because they attract more attention than the others.
joe s Yeah, you’d have to wonder how many he’d hit if, say, there were no walks. Also, you’d have to wonder how many home runs Ken Griffey Jr. would’ve hit if he hadn’t gotten injured.
Tim Salmon's reaction said it all...Bonds didn't have great postseasons, but he killed that World Series...steroids or not, that guy was different, undoubtedly one of the best ever!!!
I can see why he took steroids because he was already great and then he was getting cheated out of awards because of other steroid users who needed it to be that great and Barry was just like well fuck it ima do it too then like it was already unfair how great Barry was and then he took the steroids and it was even crazier than before 😂 still takes skill to hit that ball
FF yeah but also steroids make your muscles recover very quickly so he was pretty much fresh and ready to play everyday while other guys were sore and breaking down
Maybe, maybe not. I did a search for reseach studies supporting that & haven't found one yet. This 2009 _Scientific American_ article seems to say otherwise, noting A-Rod's batting average didn't improve the years he juiced. I don't have a dog in this fight, just noting what I saw. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-rod-steroids-better-athlete/
Steroids can't make you become a hitter all of a sudden. 70% of minor leaguers were on steroids and still batted 200 average. Bonds is the greatest player in human history
@@TrumpsEarBandage Cause there arent as many. And if roids made a pitcher that usually threw 95MPH all of the sudden throw 100+, then you'd hear about em.
Na, But Dominating the sport so badly you looked like a adult playing with littke kids......Like 60% of the pitchers he faced and 75% of the other hitters in the mlb werent juiced up gimme a break
@Chic 'N' Stu He was a Hofer without the peds dumbass. Sosa and Mcgwire needed to edge him out and they had to resort to using peds to rival bonds. Then bonds started and quickly reminded everyone about the gap between him and everyone else.
How good was Barry Bonds in his prime? Let's put it this way.. At 4:05 the announcer already knows it's a HR just by the simple fact that he made contact with it. Lol "Pitch to Bonds who swings and hits a homerun!"
I wish I seen him play in real time. I'm happy for the pennants the Giants obtained in 2010-12-and 14, but they never had a hitter like this during those times. Would like to see the Giants find a home run hitter, it's been way to long. They don't want to come to at&t park. Giants need to draft one
The science of barry bonds. Freakin best hitter I've ever seen and one of sweetest swings too along with the kid. Lefties are a thing of beauty. Just awe inspiring.
1:24 I was at this game. I remember these guys about 15 rows back from me screaming at Bonds about banging his mother when he was on deck. He looked at these guy like he wanted to jump into the stands and beat the piss out of them. But when he unloaded at the plate, he looked over after he did his home run stare at the guys yelling at him and smiled. I swear that ball was still going up when it hit the upper deck. Absolute rocket.
He killed it in HS too.I grew up in the peninsula(now silicon valley pfft)and he and I believe his bro Ricky as well as Greg Jeffries all played on the Serra baseball team.
There’s a story about Barry in HS put one out of right field at San Mateo Park. The legendary part is that it went over El Camino which is 3 lanes both ways with an 8 ft divider. The ball hit the bank building on the fly across the street. Aluminum bat or not, that is a shot from a guy who probably weighed 165 lbs at that age. Greg Jeffries was on that Sierra team too. His father was my Jr. High PE teacher.
As the story in Game of Shadows goes, Bonds got tired of all the adulation lesser players McGwire and Sosa were receiving, so he had a "hold my beer" moment, took the PED's like those guys were, and then easily surpassed their home run feats. And from there on out, he repeatedly obliterated the intentional walk record because nearly all pitchers thereafter refused to challenge him when first base was open and the lead was on the line. It's too bad PED use was so rampant in baseball, but it's kind of amusing to think a guy who already was one of the 20 greatest players of all time was able to reassert himself as the game's best, by a huge margin, when he evened the playing field for himself. The other guys one PED's were able to make themselves equally good all-around hitters as Bonds, but when Bonds joined them in the PED arms race, it was all over, and Barry was easily alone on top.
@@chiefleapinglizard7502 Who cares, baseball would probably be dead without what these guys did, bonds was a better overall player before he did it anyway
Buckeye4life 440 yeah but over half the league was using roids and still not doing what he was doing. He was the best player in baseball before he ever touched steroids and then when he cheated he was basically unstoppable
As somebody who was fortunate enough to see him play live often, it was an experience unlike anything we'll see again. Nearly the whole stadium would stop moving to watch him hit. Every time he would swing, you knew he could go yard. So thankful I got to see the man play.
Hes up there..maybe top 5, but Ted William's batting over 400%..or in the Dead ball era Ruth hitting 60hr or even Satch Page, was supposedly as good as Ruth..
You all can hate on Bonds for doing roids as much as you want, but realize if your going to hate him for it your going to have to hate about 90% of the league then, all the way to today because they still do it currently. At the end of the day its their livelyhood, and if theres a great chance the guy throwing you the ball is on it, youll do it too. And if i was playing a game where if i produced i got payed hundreds of millions id be on roids myself just as you would. As long as there is big money in about any sport, PEDs will follow, lets not be naive. Lets just accept Bonds is easily top 10 hitter of all time, argueable the best.
You can see the power in his swing how his feet come together then it’s all hips, arms and shoulders for that all mighty swing 💪🏼 much respect thank you for the memories and too bad he didn’t get that ring he so desperately wanted
Barry Bonds deserves to be in HOF!!! You can be the strongest person the world has ever seen but doesn’t mean you can swing a bat and hit a baseball. The two have nothing to do with one another! What Barry did was hand/eye coordination, skill, hard work, and discipline. It’s a crime against him and the game of baseball to not acknowledge what this man did!!!!
One of the few good things about living in the Bay Area from 86 thru 02 was getting to watch Bonds play on the tube every game. Every time he came to bat I was on the edge of my seat. You can hate on Bonds, but you can't say he wasn't fun to watch.
I don’t care if someone eats steroids for breakfast every morning and washes it down with a steroid shake. I dont care if steroids come out of your nose when you sneeze. You have to have absolute god given ability to dominate a sport the way that this guy did. He’s the greatest of all time and it’s not particularly close. It’s an absolute travesty, perhaps the biggest in all of sports, that he’s not in the hall of fame.
absolutely not😂😂😂😂right field was like 320 feet in the old yankee stadium. it was high and far but obviously dropping where it landed. 500 feet. MAYBE. probably less but i’ll give the benefit of the doubt. 600 on that would just be really unreasonable
GPS from Baseball Tonight just came out and said that the one Mark Mcgwire hit off Randy was actually 541 ft but this one from Barry was exactly 906'. Wow that boy crushed this one.
Yes I was there to witness the Legend Barry Bond hit the ball to the ocean waters in San Francisco I went with my little league baseball team it was so much fun I love that day it felt so great and watching the Legend play was an honor
Bonds, McGwire, Sosa and a few others who were accused of PED usage gave us moments that were many of the best in the history of the game. Those guys are all Hall of Famers ...
Roids wouldn't guarantee another Barry Bonds. I don't know of any substance that can increase reflexes. If there is such a substance, fighter pilots and troops in combat would have it as a diet supplement. If Bonds had not been issued all of the intentional walks during his assault on Mr. Aaron's record his numbers would have been incredible.
People will hate this statement but Barry Bonds might just be the greatest baseball player to ever live. Possibly the greatest hitter ever and a great defensive player. Nobody has the accolades this guy has. There will always be a * next to this man’s name, but he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame in my eyes.
Franklin Hall 7 time MVP. Next best has 3 MVPs. Watch baseball and then come talk to me. If he never took steroids he be looked at as an all time great.
@@Denny159 He got those because of drugs.He played in the smallest ballparks,with the lightest baseballs ever,and still had to cheat.Without his drugs,he is nothing.
Franklin Hall Hahahaha he was a much better fielder before he ever bulked up from the steroids and steroids don’t help you hit the ball. You still have to be a great hitter to do what he did. Nobody comes close to him when looking at the most feared hitters of all time. “He played in small ballparks with tiny baseballs.” What a horseshit excuse of an argument. Get out of here haha.
@@Denny159 You are fooling yourself.Peds increase your performance.This includes batspeed,physical strength,endurance,stamina,hand to eye coordination as well.Without the drugs,he would have never connected as many times or driven the ball as far.In a Word,CHEATER!
I picture bonds, after a game going home to his mansion, sitting on a nice leather couch, maybe prop his feet up, light a Cuban cigar, maybe bask in the glory of all his homers.
A Bay Area legend like Montana and rice!! No place I’d rather grow up then here in the bay. I grew up with season tickets when pac bell opened and was called Pac bell park. The last game at candle stick. I’m a trust Bay Area sports fan. Much love Barry
So fucking rare to see a batter like Bonds in a lifetime. I'm not talking the power he had when he was on PED's, he would pick apart pitchers, the eye Bonds had was unreal, rarely struck out. He averaged 82 or 83 strikeouts per year. Only year he broke 100 strikeouts was his rookie year. Insane!!
Random statistic: when Bonds had a 3-0 count, he reached base 97% of the time.
97 percent.
Jacob Shames probably half the time it was an intentional walk.
Jacob Shames pitchers didn't want to pitch to him at all
Tell me about the other 3%
The pitchers had to suck Bond's dick before the game in order to be part of the 3%
Moon Man lol damm!!
Say what you want about Barry Bonds, but that man had a beautiful swing. One of the best I’ve ever seen.
I agree 100% best swing mechanics hands down in history!
Not a question he is one of baseballs greatest. However you feel about PEDs , he is still an all time player. We know where he got the power. But that swing/mechanics (and the speed he used to display) wasn’t something you can get from the pharmacy
His swing was an art form 💯
@@suizikiozark250 The majority of players in the bigs have used some type of P.E.D. at one point or another. Just very few of them get caught. And the ones that do get caught are great players for the most part because they attract more attention than the others.
El Javao completely agree
"Forget about it! This one's headed for New Jersey!"
Epic call.
😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Never will you see a man dominate a sport like this. If pitchers actually pitched to him during his prime he would have 900 home runs
#preach
Tiger Woods dominated golf for a time, but he's past his prime
If pitchers had actually pitched to him and if he had played for the Yankees, he would have hit 1000
joe s Yeah, you’d have to wonder how many he’d hit if, say, there were no walks. Also, you’d have to wonder how many home runs Ken Griffey Jr. would’ve hit if he hadn’t gotten injured.
Prime=More Steroids
Never seen someone get 1 pitch a game to hit and not miss it!
found you!
Imagine if they pitched to him
I've said that same thing. He would just squeeze the pitchers too. Just foul shit off. 2-2 count he would just destroy pitchers.
Yup💯✅Best hitting home run hitter EVER!
Speaks to his greatness. He probably lost a year or 2 of at bats simply based on intentional walks.
The two best swings were sons of mlb players. Bonds and griffey jr. Things of beauty
That lefty swing I tell you...BONDS GREATEST BALL PLAYER EVER
Yeah, those two had some very nice looking swings. Griffey's was rather pretty and Bonds' was just so tight and compact, almost no hole in his swing.
Agreed
AMEN!!
Reggie Jackson too
Tim Salmon's reaction said it all...Bonds didn't have great postseasons, but he killed that World Series...steroids or not, that guy was different, undoubtedly one of the best ever!!!
Yeah he was robbed of world series mvp because they lost
Was it ever proven he took roids?
Thank you for making a no music version.
John Miller is the greatest baseball commentator I've ever heard. What a truly memorable call on Bonds' homerun at old Yankee stadium in particular
Idc about those steroids allegations i can watch this guy hit the ball all day his technique at the plate was impeccable
I can see why he took steroids because he was already great and then he was getting cheated out of awards because of other steroid users who needed it to be that great and Barry was just like well fuck it ima do it too then like it was already unfair how great Barry was and then he took the steroids and it was even crazier than before 😂 still takes skill to hit that ball
People say that he’s nothing without those roids, he isn’t. That man was a great player on the pirates before his roid use
@@TalksOfLife1 Good but not elite. Actually above average back then but now, that would be considered average.
No Doubt
@@invincibleraid are you out of your mind, he was well above average on the pirates...Still would be today lol
Love him or hate him, NO ONE hit home runs like Barry Bonds. The Hall of Fame is a joke without him.
Babe Ruth did it with beer and hotdogs. Not steroids.
@@blu3collar949 i mean he was also facing plumbers who were throwing 85
@@blu3collar949 well here we are again
@@4ktclassyDylan LITERALLY SICK of hearing about him.
Your comment is a joke 🤡.
One year, Bonds would have led the league in on-base percentage JUST from his walks. Steroids don't improve vision my friend. Simply the best!
Actually steroids have been proven to increase hand eye coordination moron so you're completely wrong.
FF yeah but also steroids make your muscles recover very quickly so he was pretty much fresh and ready to play everyday while other guys were sore and breaking down
Maybe, maybe not. I did a search for reseach studies supporting that & haven't found one yet. This 2009 _Scientific American_ article seems to say otherwise, noting A-Rod's batting average didn't improve the years he juiced. I don't have a dog in this fight, just noting what I saw.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-rod-steroids-better-athlete/
steroidsR4losers u comment on every Barry Bonds video you sir have no life
Steroids would make you catch up to a pitch you normally wouldnt have, my friend.
Steroids can't make you become a hitter all of a sudden. 70% of minor leaguers were on steroids and still batted 200 average. Bonds is the greatest player in human history
And we never hear about all the juiced up pitchers
@@TrumpsEarBandage Cause there arent as many. And if roids made a pitcher that usually threw 95MPH all of the sudden throw 100+, then you'd hear about em.
Mcryd steroids weaken your muscles overall, yes you are stronger but you’re more likely to be hurt. So a pitcher would throw his arm out in no time
He's the greatest hitter but not greatest player. The greatest player is Ken Griffey Jr
MLB is a hypocrite, NO steroids!!! but we going to juiced the ball.
Barry Bonds belong in MLB Hall of Fame period.fearsome slugger who put pitchers on notice
Na, But Dominating the sport so badly you looked like a adult playing with littke kids......Like 60% of the pitchers he faced and 75% of the other hitters in the mlb werent juiced up gimme a break
Let the Veterans Committee vote him someday - no direct pass for cheaters of his magnitude
Yes, HOF regardless of PED’s use or not
@Chic 'N' Stu He was a Hofer without the peds dumbass. Sosa and Mcgwire needed to edge him out and they had to resort to using peds to rival bonds. Then bonds started and quickly reminded everyone about the gap between him and everyone else.
@Jason Balker He was a hall of famer before peds dumbass. Can’t say the same about sosa or mcgwire though...
How good was Barry Bonds in his prime? Let's put it this way..
At 4:05 the announcer already knows it's a HR just by the simple fact that he made contact with it. Lol
"Pitch to Bonds who swings and hits a homerun!"
I knew he cheated before he even stepped up to the plate
@@lukehauser1182
Good for you. What's your favorite team?
Simple question
did you see how FUCKING FAR INTO THE COVE that ball went? unreal.
I wish I seen him play in real time. I'm happy for the pennants the Giants obtained in 2010-12-and 14, but they never had a hitter like this during those times. Would like to see the Giants find a home run hitter, it's been way to long. They don't want to come to at&t park. Giants need to draft one
You did note it landed next to the 50ft buoy
The science of barry bonds. Freakin best hitter I've ever seen and one of sweetest swings too along with the kid. Lefties are a thing of beauty. Just awe inspiring.
Absolutely breathtaking to be able to watch Barry Bonds in his prime.
"Hits it high, hits it DEEEEEEEP!!!" Love the way the announcer announced that historic bomb
I think homeruns hit by Barry Bonds are the only ones where the scoreboard changed while the ball is still in the air.
0:25, "that's the farthest ball I've ever seen".
No lie, where did it land?
Great pickup. You must have a keen sense of lip reading.
Travis Phillips or the announcer literally says it 2 seconds later
Roids don't make a swing that sweet
jack mack cause some of us actually understand baseball. Roids have nothing to do with technic
tremendous bat speed
Mechanics no, bat speed yes.
He used the lightest bat allowed in MLB
roids made the bat lighter when you are that strong due to roid use
The juxtaposition of that absolutely EPIC call on #756 with that incredibly awkward hug...
Incredible bat speed and hand eye coordination. The year he hit 73, if they had pitched to him he probably would have hit a hundred.
1:24 I was at this game. I remember these guys about 15 rows back from me screaming at Bonds about banging his mother when he was on deck. He looked at these guy like he wanted to jump into the stands and beat the piss out of them. But when he unloaded at the plate, he looked over after he did his home run stare at the guys yelling at him and smiled. I swear that ball was still going up when it hit the upper deck. Absolute rocket.
Barry Bonds is like that elite freak athlete in high school that you knew was going to the majors...
EXCEPT HE WAS IN THE MAJORS
He killed it in HS too.I grew up in the peninsula(now silicon valley pfft)and he and I believe his bro Ricky as well as Greg Jeffries all played on the Serra baseball team.
he all these years had that bat speed of light
William Stoll dude that is so cool. How good was Barry in high school? What was it like playing with him?
There’s a story about Barry in HS put one out of right field at San Mateo Park. The legendary part is that it went over El Camino which is 3 lanes both ways with an 8 ft divider. The ball hit the bank building on the fly across the street.
Aluminum bat or not, that is a shot from a guy who probably weighed 165 lbs at that age.
Greg Jeffries was on that Sierra team too. His father was my Jr. High PE teacher.
😂🤣
As the story in Game of Shadows goes, Bonds got tired of all the adulation lesser players McGwire and Sosa were receiving, so he had a "hold my beer" moment, took the PED's like those guys were, and then easily surpassed their home run feats. And from there on out, he repeatedly obliterated the intentional walk record because nearly all pitchers thereafter refused to challenge him when first base was open and the lead was on the line.
It's too bad PED use was so rampant in baseball, but it's kind of amusing to think a guy who already was one of the 20 greatest players of all time was able to reassert himself as the game's best, by a huge margin, when he evened the playing field for himself. The other guys one PED's were able to make themselves equally good all-around hitters as Bonds, but when Bonds joined them in the PED arms race, it was all over, and Barry was easily alone on top.
I never looked at it that way!!
Hahaha You're so rite man. Bonds like "hold my beer" when he saw those guys getting all the attention!! Haha Couldn't have said it better myself.
Finally someone with common sense tells it like it is.
That book was crap and those authors just wanted a gig with ES..
Bonds is the difference between giving peds to a average hitters and one of the best hitters of all time, bonds.
Hands down the greatest hitter of all time
Christopher Brown nope. Ted Williams
He took roids
Steroids have entered the chat
Did Pete rose not exist? He’s the hit king. If you don’t know that then you don’t know baseball
@@Balliver69 Ichiro: Hold my saki
His swing was so satisfying to watch
simply the best hitter ever to play the game.
Tony Gwynn and Ted Williams too and even Wade Boggs
Roids
@@kyleralston6586 doesn’t matter
@@miloryan824 what do you mean “ doesnt matter” every home run in this video was using steroids
100%
those people in the boats, they're like sharks , but in boats
Lol
Chills everytime I see that swing, so beautiful
That HR at Yankee Stadium is the furthest he ever hit. The way that bat sounded and how smooth he connected....wow!!
I dont care what he took or didnt take, bonds was the best ever
MANCHESTER UNITED When did Ragz Rocco say that??? Soccer fan? Why you looking at Barry bonds then?
MANCHESTER UNITED Nobody asked. Soccer is boring as hell to watch and play.
Papi Spaghetti exactly
Rags Rocco lol
@@papispaghetti5302 it's not boring and I love both
His swing was one of the greatest! Compact, quick and powerful.
He is the Goat! Accept it and appreciate greatness!
We will never see another player of his caliber in our lifetime..The greatest hitter to ever live...
He used peds,man.Drugs.
Chief Leaping Lizard Stfu
@@chiefleapinglizard7502 Who cares, baseball would probably be dead without what these guys did, bonds was a better overall player before he did it anyway
Yea we simply wont ever see a player like this again... people either forget or choose to not remember just how insane watching this guy was..
Buckeye4life 440 yeah but over half the league was using roids and still not doing what he was doing. He was the best player in baseball before he ever touched steroids and then when he cheated he was basically unstoppable
As somebody who was fortunate enough to see him play live often, it was an experience unlike anything we'll see again. Nearly the whole stadium would stop moving to watch him hit. Every time he would swing, you knew he could go yard.
So thankful I got to see the man play.
Greatest baseball player of all time.
Babe Ruth was better.
@@TheBatugan77 don't nobody give a shit about baseball pre integration
best hitter who ever lived
Hes up there..maybe top 5, but Ted William's batting over 400%..or in the Dead ball era Ruth hitting 60hr or even Satch Page, was supposedly as good as Ruth..
@@brianjschumerhit .373 like Ted could but with more power, didn’t play his homies like Ruth did, and Paige was such a wild card up there.
The best "cheating" hitter who has ever lived.
@@brianjschumerplayed against plumbers
@@rufuspipemosstill better than plumbers
You all can hate on Bonds for doing roids as much as you want, but realize if your going to hate him for it your going to have to hate about 90% of the league then, all the way to today because they still do it currently. At the end of the day its their livelyhood, and if theres a great chance the guy throwing you the ball is on it, youll do it too. And if i was playing a game where if i produced i got payed hundreds of millions id be on roids myself just as you would. As long as there is big money in about any sport, PEDs will follow, lets not be naive. Lets just accept Bonds is easily top 10 hitter of all time, argueable the best.
Some people have principles - Griffey Jr stayed thin and still pumped the homers
Most Beautiful Swing In Baseball Ever
You can see the power in his swing how his feet come together then it’s all hips, arms and shoulders for that all mighty swing 💪🏼 much respect thank you for the memories and too bad he didn’t get that ring he so desperately wanted
His swing was a thing of beauty
Man I swear Barry Bonds was exciting to watch...GREATEST MLB PLAYER EVER
There are no cheap home runs in S.F. at sea level and with the heavy marine air. Roids or not, Bonds earned every one he hit at home.
Barry Bonds is the greatest baseball player that ever lived.
Man...do I miss seeing this man hit a baseball. Most exciting baseball I've ever watched in all my years of being a fan🙏
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!
All the nostalgia hearing these calls. Close to tears over here!
0:16 legend has it that ball is still in flight to this day
Wow, Bonds was just THAT good!
That juiced
@@blu3collar949 yeah his career super tainted
Greatest player in the last 40 years. Top.5 player all time
I miss Barry. He could still play if he wanted I bet
They should really rename it Bonds Cove.
But if you saw McCovey play, you would know how fitting that name for the Cove is.
Yeah right
You know the word Cove is in McCovey, right? It kinda has a better ring to it than.....Bonds Cove.
BONDS' BAY!!!!
Real fans enter via the McCovey Gate, not Balco Plaza
Could watch this all day. Absolutely amazing. Those are just Absolute nukes.
The HR at 4:08 into the Cove measures 550 feet on Google Earth.
Yeah that one is fucking nasty!! Just wish it was anybody else on the call than Joe Angel, he's garbage
I guessed 550 feet let’s go!
IDGAF how juiced he was, this dude is a legend.
I loved watching his at bats as a kid. I remember once he hit a ball into McCovey Cove, but it was a foul ball. It went almost 600 feet
Barry Bonds deserves to be in HOF!!! You can be the strongest person the world has ever seen but doesn’t mean you can swing a bat and hit a baseball. The two have nothing to do with one another! What Barry did was hand/eye coordination, skill, hard work, and discipline. It’s a crime against him and the game of baseball to not acknowledge what this man did!!!!
Whoever the camera guy was in Angels-Giants game, does know how to work a camera, he zoomed out and couldn't even find the ball lol 😂
One of the few good things about living in the Bay Area from 86 thru 02 was getting to watch Bonds play on the tube every game. Every time he came to bat I was on the edge of my seat. You can hate on Bonds, but you can't say he wasn't fun to watch.
people can say what they want about barry but the eye ball sight best i ever seen
Firecrackers are not as fast as that bat. Truly amazing! Thanks for many great years Barry, you are the best
1:27 oh my lord that was crushed
That one in NY? Yeah that was absurd lol!
Smoked
I don’t care if someone eats steroids for breakfast every morning and washes it down with a steroid shake. I dont care if steroids come out of your nose when you sneeze. You have to have absolute god given ability to dominate a sport the way that this guy did. He’s the greatest of all time and it’s not particularly close. It’s an absolute travesty, perhaps the biggest in all of sports, that he’s not in the hall of fame.
Barry’s swing was so smooth. It always looked like he was swinging a twig when he would hit home runs.
Hated this guy but loved watching him play. Most exciting plate appearances I've ever seen.
It’s one of the coolest things ever when a player hits one into McCovey Cove
3:48... dude mad prepared with the dingy and scooper.
Man I miss when baseball was like this. Look at all those fans. I used to collect the cards too. Baseball was on top back then
All those home runs at home I saw live. A true Bay Area born and raised sports fan. Go niners giants and warriors. San Francisco baby!!
2:53 bonds ain’t human , case closed
I’ve seen video of that second one many times, and every time I do I say the same thing.... the loudest crack of the bat ever heard 0:55
One of the greatest vision ever
The one at Yankee stadium is his furthest ever. That left in a hurry and was still way up in the upper deck. I guarantee you over 600ft.
absolutely not😂😂😂😂right field was like 320 feet in the old yankee stadium. it was high and far but obviously dropping where it landed. 500 feet. MAYBE. probably less but i’ll give the benefit of the doubt. 600 on that would just be really unreasonable
note2owns
700 feet
That ball landed in Hoboken, NJ
GPS from Baseball Tonight just came out and said that the one Mark Mcgwire hit off Randy was actually 541 ft but this one from Barry was exactly 906'.
Wow that boy crushed this one.
@Craig O that yankee stadium
No one ever hit that hard. Whew! We loved him in the bay. The rest of the world was jealous.
Billy Bussey jealous no........ hated that he cheated yes
only thing he cheated was having bat speed of a college player.
Most exciting couple of years baseball ever had,it was diffent.
Exit speed is a big stat now, Bonds HRs were so fast, the camera man couldn’t keep up
Yes I was there to witness the Legend Barry Bond hit the ball to the ocean waters in San Francisco I went with my little league baseball team it was so much fun I love that day it felt so great and watching the Legend play was an honor
You're just not supposed to be able to hit a ball from around your chest area that far.
@Gerardo Guzman best hand eye cordination in the game and one of the fastest hands
Bonds, McGwire, Sosa and a few others who were accused of PED usage gave us moments that were many of the best in the history of the game. Those guys are all Hall of Famers ...
Bring back Roids. I wanna see this happen again
samxyx that’s what I’m saying, baseball was a hell of a lot more interesting during this time. They should just allow steroids back in all sports
Roids wouldn't guarantee another Barry Bonds. I don't know of any substance that can increase reflexes. If there is such a substance, fighter pilots and troops in combat would have it as a diet supplement. If Bonds had not been issued all of the intentional walks during his assault on Mr. Aaron's record his numbers would have been incredible.
Roids don't make a swing that sweet.
After last season it looks like these types of homers are coming back.
Mike Peterson No, but it makes you jump from 40 to 60 hrs
People will hate this statement but Barry Bonds might just be the greatest baseball player to ever live. Possibly the greatest hitter ever and a great defensive player. Nobody has the accolades this guy has. There will always be a * next to this man’s name, but he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame in my eyes.
Get help,freak!
Franklin Hall 7 time MVP. Next best has 3 MVPs. Watch baseball and then come talk to me. If he never took steroids he be looked at as an all time great.
@@Denny159 He got those because of drugs.He played in the smallest ballparks,with the lightest baseballs ever,and still had to cheat.Without his drugs,he is nothing.
Franklin Hall Hahahaha he was a much better fielder before he ever bulked up from the steroids and steroids don’t help you hit the ball. You still have to be a great hitter to do what he did. Nobody comes close to him when looking at the most feared hitters of all time. “He played in small ballparks with tiny baseballs.” What a horseshit excuse of an argument. Get out of here haha.
@@Denny159 You are fooling yourself.Peds increase your performance.This includes batspeed,physical strength,endurance,stamina,hand to eye coordination as well.Without the drugs,he would have never connected as many times or driven the ball as far.In a Word,CHEATER!
I still think the home run at 4:09 is the furthest ball ever hit. It was a curveball too lmao
beautiful swing. I miss Big Mac and Bonds smashing tape measure shots. Steroids aren't good but man baseball was waaaay more exciting with them.
I picture bonds, after a game going home to his mansion, sitting on a nice leather couch, maybe prop his feet up, light a Cuban cigar, maybe bask in the glory of all his homers.
I don't give a shit if he did steroids. Its fuckin awesome. lol
Best baseball player I have ever seen and there isn't a close second. Mike Trout has about 4-5 years before I put him anywhere near Bonds.
I so badly want to see that home run off Percival in HD footage. I can’t believe how bad non HD footage was back in the day.
Put that man in the Hall of Fame
The giants made that stadium for Barry Bonds. Glad I watched baseball during the best era...Bonds, Sosa, Griffrey, and McGwire slug-fest.
This was my favorite player to watch as a kid... Was even him for Holloween in 2003
That one in NY was just awesome. Damon hit one up there in that WS that time too no? Not that far though I don;t think.
Frank Williott Johnny Damon's HR was in the 2004 ALCS (Game 7).
The only home run that I saw that compared with Bonds blast in the old Yankee Stadium was the blast by George Brett in the 1980 ALCS.
A Bay Area legend like Montana and rice!! No place I’d rather grow up then here in the bay. I grew up with season tickets when pac bell opened and was called Pac bell park. The last game at candle stick. I’m a trust Bay Area sports fan. Much love Barry
He should be in the hall. Just a few more votes and Bonds is in.
Won't happen - too many voters despise cheaters. Veterans Committee will vote him in someday
Easily should be in Hall as should Pete Rose..
@@brianjschumer Pete Rose should have been in decades ago. Agree
@@lukehauser1182 The committee will get it done next year. Just wait and see
Can watch this GOAT all day long
Steroids or not this man was a beast put this man in the hall of fame.
That second homerun was the best. Crushed
Sometimes i wonder if Micheal Jordan was on steroids & i think russ westbk & greak freak is fo sho but bonds just had da quickest swing hands down
So fucking rare to see a batter like Bonds in a lifetime. I'm not talking the power he had when he was on PED's, he would pick apart pitchers, the eye Bonds had was unreal, rarely struck out. He averaged 82 or 83 strikeouts per year. Only year he broke 100 strikeouts was his rookie year. Insane!!
0:28 "THATS THE FARTHEST BALL IVE EVER SEEN HIT"