Dude had 177 walks and still hit 73 home runs!!!!!!!! Unreal!!!!l Bonds from 01-04 is the greatest thing i have ever seen in my lifetime watching sports.
Yessir..That is the absolute truth. To me 1990 to 2005 were the best years in my opinion. After that baseball just wasnt the same to me. Same with the NBA and the NFL. The NBA in the 90s was the best hands down!!! Sports have just changed too much for my liking. Guys dont play for the love of the game anymore. Its all about money. These guys will play anywhere as long as they offer them a dollar more. There is no team or city pride. The rivalries are pretty much dead. Its not fun and exciting anymore. I miss those classic rivalry match ups, Yankees vs Red Sox Cubs vs St Louis Dodgers vs Giants Bulls vs Pacers Pacers vs Pistons Knicks vs Heat/Bulls Cowboys vs 49ers Dolphins vs Bills Steelers vs Ravens Packers vs Bears Giants vs Eagles...I mean some rivalries still stand but they definately dont feel the same
"because I grew up in this era the best was the 90's." We all agree Jarit. The 90s are the best because you grew up in it. So nice to finally run into you online... and thank you for making it such a good era.
Imagine if they wouldnt of had intentionally walk bonds so much he could of had 80 home runs easily. Add the juice balls of todays era and he probably would of hit 100 home runs in a season.
1:03 BONDS HITS IT! DEEP TO RIGHT FIELD! WAY BACK! IS THIS THE ONE!? THERE'S A NEW RECORD HOLDER! THE SINGLE SEASON MARK IS 71! BARRY BONDS HAS THE TITLE!
Great call, right? No one else seemed to have this version of it. It was always Jon Miller's call on local SF tv or the SF radio announcer who always says "It is...OUTTA HERE!" This is the national telecast that most people in the US saw live so I thought it needed to be on YT.
I know what you mean. This video clip that I recorded on videotape 20 years ago looks and feels so much more authentic to me right now than the pristine HD NLCS game on my tv right now. The colors and detail (on the current NLCS game) are perfect, so much so that it feels fake somehow. And not alive. This video to me just sounds and feels so much more alive and that's the best way I can put it.
@@billny33 I was not expecting a response so fast! I think what really does it for me is that vintage sound. I reminds me of old Venezuelan baseball calls of insane plays and big hits and since most of the audio sounds pretty old it makes me so happy just listening to it. So glad I found someone else that sees my point of view!
His eye was unreal. I honestly don’t care if he did peds or not others did it too as pitchers it kinda evens the playing field. Even without the suspected ped use he still would be the only member of the 500/500 club
I felt bad for Barry for one reason that nobody remembers. The Dodgers won that game by 1 run I think, and it eliminated the Giants from playoff contention. So after the game was over, Barry couldn't really revel in his accomplishment.
Probably cause it was only 3 years after McGwire broke the record was why this didn't have the same feeling as 1998 chase. I do wish that Bonds would've won a World Series. He was best player from 91 - 93 before steroids, then again from 2000 - 2004 when he became a home run hitter. So steroids or not, he's the best hitter I've seen.
This was sort of a metaphor of Bonds' entire career. He sets the single season HR record in a game where his team gets eliminated from playoff contention. Giants only made the postseason 4 times in Bonds' 15 seasons there.
There is a sad sidenote to this game that nobody talks about. Bonds hits 71 and 72 on the same day late in the season against the Dodgers. The Giants are still fighting to try and make the playoffs. The Dodgers win this game something like 11-10 through no fault of Bonds, and the loss eliminates the Giants from the playoff picture. So after the game is over, Bonds, who just broke one of baseball's most hallowed records, can't really enjoy it because his team just got knocked out.
Mark McGuire hits number 62 and every opposing player shakes his hand and congratulated him, including Sosa who was in the home run race with him that year. Bonds hits the new record and everyone turned their back. Bonds was not a likable guy and arguably ruined the HR era in the early 2000’s. Now we have boring pitching duels every night.
I was ready and watching for both. The difference was the McGwire one brought me great joy and felt like a celebration and coming together for everyone who loved sports and baseball. The Bonds one felt like a historical event I needed to watch out of obligation but brought considerably fewer joy across the sports spectrum. For me it was a more begrudging acceptance that someone new I wasn't crazy about had topped the record. And you can see in the way the teams and the fans reacted in these 2 situations that this gap was apparent.
@@SteaksauceandRob it was, but prior to 9/11 it was clear this record was about to be broken and there was not nearly the same level of excitement built up about it. I was very much hoping he did not break it because 98 and McGwire's 62 moment meant so much to me that I did not want to see someone invalidate it 3 years later. Especially a player I didn't like nearly as much. But in the end all 3 of em were on substances so its whatever I guess.
billny33 yeah it was a weird time in American history so it’s so hard to even think back to but I do remember Bonds record chase not having the same buzz as 98. Also the truth was in 98 you had 3 if you count Griffey extremely likable superstars chasing a 50 year old record. In 2001 you really only had Barry chasing McGwire’s record and everyone seemed to hate Bonds. I always found it weird that the 98 and 01 seasons parallel with 3 guys hitting over 55 homers, the single season home run record being broken, and the mariners breaking the Yankees single season win record.
If you watch this and the McGwire 62nd HR, the difference is just dramatic. The Cubs congratulating McGwire as he runs around the bases, whole stadium (and country) supporting him. The Bonds 71st really felt even in the moment like everyone was starting to accept the steroid cloud was hanging over all of this.
You hit the nail right on the head. McGwire sparked a nationwide celebration. This was more like "hey this was a notable achievement that happened" you felt obligated to watch bc of the magnitude of the record and the greatness of the player but for me it was kind of joyless. Although props to Gary Thorne for going crazy when the moment came. He sure tried his best to pump it up.
@@billny33 we felt about him how the Cubs felt about Sosa and the cards felt about McGwire. Oddly enough he never tested positive for anything ever. Was he on steroids? More than likely? Did he lie in court or have dirty tests or loaded bats definitely not. Fact is he still had to hit the ball... Steroids don't help with hand eye coordination. And they don't help you steal 514 bases. And get you 8 golden gloves.
@@taydafranklin7800 so then why did the Bay Area buy into that way of thinking so much harder than the rest of the country that generally didn't buy it at all? It just goes to show that the team you are rooting for can easily affect your ethical sensibilities more than many of us would like to admit. I will say this much. I was beside myself when A-Rod became known as not only a steroid guy, but a guy who protected biogenesis from MLB and I have never looked at him the same way since. He was a Yankee and I rooted for him until that came out but wrong is wrong. Bonds never got caught but some things are just so obvious. EDIT: I gotta be careful and say that in 2001 at the time of this video, the steroid stuff wasn't clear or known yet I don't think. That may have come a couple years later. In 2001 he was just seen as a harder-to-like superstar but maybe just misunderstood.
It's very disappointing that Barry Bonds didn't win his 1st World Series title as a member of the SF Giants but at least they won in 2010, 2012 & 2014 only 3 years after he left the team. Still truly a champion since he went to their WS celebration & parade all the time.
give me another steroid era. MLB knew these guys were jucin'--everyone knew--and they needed something to bring the fans back after the labor dispute in 94. Now, in 2021, they need something analogous to the steroid era to bring the fans back. Baseball was my life when I was a kid, and I was obsessed with the game, up until around ~2010. Bonds hit absolute BOMBS. I remember when he hit his 500th homer, and it seemed like his 600th came in the next season (which it might have honestly)
Isn't it amazing that for 70 years there were 2 seasons where a player hit 60 HRs, and then it happened 6 times in 4 seasons with 2 seasons of 70 HRs? I wonder what was going on in those 4 years?
I've always wondered that. I thought when I first saw it happen that it was a missed fan interference call and yet nobody on the telecast or in history has ever brought this up.
He did Flyers games? I just knew he did national ESPN hockey games and a lot of big playoffs and Finals games, did not know he did games for any one team in the NHL.
People hate on Bonds because of roids. I get that, but consider this. Bonds was an MVP caliber player in the early 90s as a skinny dude who still had the best eye in the league, spectacular fielder, stole a ton of bases, could hit for power. In the mid to late 90s these other guys are all on roids and start doing things Bonds wasn’t doing. Maybe Bonds was motivated to use roids because others did, he wanted to see what he himself was capable of with his godlike hand eye coordination, before it was too late in his career to harness it. Could you really blame the guy? Look what it resulted in..a player so good he broke the game, people started just putting him on first base because it was better than the average alternatives. A cheat code at the MLB level for a four year stretch.
I think people hate on Bonds more than McGwire or Sosa precisely because he was already SO good without steroids. McGwire, for example, could hit for power but not average, wasn't an all around player and was injury prone.
This I'll say about Barry Bonds. People attack him for substantiated allegations of steroid use. But the guy was never accused of sexual assault, molestation or sexual misconduct. And I remember, then and now, that he was always close with his children. That will always carry greater weight in my judgment of the man than his records, his alleged cheating, and his relationship with the media.
Lol wtf is that even supposed to mean? We’re giving out awards to pple for not raping molesting and murdering anyone? We shud applaud him for not being an animal? Dude was incredible. But he cheated. That’s the beginning and end of it. Give Juice to Aaron Judge and he’ll hit 80 hr in a season. In 2022 he missed 15 HRs by 5 feet or less.
Funny how the pitcher who gave up Bonds' 71st homer is the same pitcher who gave up both of Fernando Tatis' grand slams in the same inning. Talk about being immortalized for the wrong reasons!
Barry bonds was hating home runs when he was in his mother's Stomach. The Houston Astros cheat baseball for 4 years. Pete rose should be in the Hall of Fame.
seems strange that lance armstrong would be stripped of all his titles after confessing to using steroids but barry bonds still holds the home run record i guess it’s different cause its not a championship or the hall of fame but there should at least be an asterisk next to his name on the record book
In 1961 Roger Maris had an asterisk placed on the HR record by the commissioner of baseball at the time when he broke it from Babe Ruth because it took him the full 162 games in the 1961 season to tie and pass the record. In Ruth's day, they only played 154 games (I think they had just recently added the 8 extra games). The asterisk was to acknowledge he did not break the record in the same kind of timeframe that Ruth had. Maris was not a very popular player and the asterisk brought about controversy. Some liked it while others thought it was cruel and unfair, picking on Roger and belittling his accomplishment. He was not accused of any cheating or unnatural means. Eventually, another commissioner removed it, and the prevailing wisdom is that that was the right thing to do. I think since then, there has been a great hesitancy to put an asterisk on any other baseball record because so many remembered how much it felt like it was picking unfairly on Maris. It's a heavy anchor to put on a record. Bonds is more deserving of having an asterisk than Maris, because he used a supplement, an illegal drug. However, there was no drug testing at the time and it is known that SO many other players of his era juiced. The fact that Bonds is black in a sport with fewer black players each year might play a role in it. The black community as a whole might take it personally and turn away from the game for good. You could make the case that they are picking on Bonds for being less than ideal with the media during his career, for taking a substance that many others took, and yes, for being African-American. So I think baseball hesitates to add the asterisk. Also worth noting, Pete Rose, the all time hit king, banned from baseball for betting on the sport, he did not get an asterisk placed on his records though. I am fine with no asterisk. Those who care enough about the history of the game will dig up the circumstances and come to their own conclusions. I think the idea of removing the asterisk on Maris and not adding one for Bonds or Rose is that the people who know about the record can come to their own conclusions and the record books are not made to take sides, just to denote the most or least amount of anything in a sport.
THE SECOND GREATEST LEFT HANDED HITTER EVER . NOPE . BARRY BONDS IS THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYER EVER EVEN IN 2001 . LOOK AT WHAT HE DID SIR , UP INTO THAT POINT .>🎤
People can say what they want. Steroids this blah blah blah he's the best hitter of all time. I did not grow up a Giants fan I did not grow up a bonds fan I'm not saying this because I have some vested interest but just watching him hit, just just watch a couple videos of him. It's fucking effortless. he has such a good eye and he can put the bat on the ball no matter where you throw it. I mean people can say what they want about steroids but if it wasn't for steroids baseball would not be what it is right now. Steroids brought baseball back from the brink. steroid saved baseball. And steroids did not make this man that hit her that he was. The only reason I'm pissed off that he took steroids is because now no one's going to think that he did it on his I pumped so much fucking juice into my bodyand it did not help me hit it didn't help me hit farther it didn't help me throw farther the only thing it did was make me look better and build up my upper body but the farthest I ever hit balls in baseball or softball or anyting was when I was 165 lb. When I was 225 juiced it didn't make a God damn bit of difference. Bonds wasn't even big.
I will say this. As a kid I thought Griffey was the best. I knew Bonds was great also but I got more exposure to Griffey. Over the years, I realize Bonds had a greater career and put up greater numbers. You can certainly make the case for him being the greatest hitter of all time. You can also say he is the greatest but it's also kind of tainted because of the steroids. That's where I fall into. I don't think steroids helped everyone, there are a lot of guys named on the Mitchell Report who were average players who took substances and it did not help them. But there's a few that it definitely did help. McGwire and Sosa and Brady Anderson would never have reached their HR totals of 70 and 66 and 50 respectively without some juice and I think Bonds is a similar case. Yes it's still the greatest hitting career ever but it's also still got a question mark or a cloud or an asterisk floating about it so I kinda think it's both but I understand both sides.
Forgotten fact, this was a high scoring close game and the Giants lose a heartbreaker in this one to the hated Dodgers. Further, it eliminated the Giants from playoff contention. So now Bonds goes back to the clubhouse and every reporter wants to talk to him about the record HR and then the one he hit next at-bat (72) but Bonds is still upset/disheartened that they got knocked out of the playoff picture and can't even enjoy what he did. But he's not going anywhere because there's too much press for him to get out of there quickly. He's gotta sit there and field all those questions. That's a long day.
And racists like you make the world worse. Barry never tested positive for any prohibited substance, the media and disgusting people like you only hate Barry for his skin color, instead Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids and yet the press and racists like you do not attack him as they continue to do. against Barry. Racists like you don't like black or Latino athletes to be better than their white, blonde, blue-eyed athletes. To the pain of all of you stool racists, Barry Bonds is and will forever remain the greatest baseball player of all time. Cry little girl and tell your mommy to change your diaper and prepare a bottle for you.
@@HereForAStorm true but steriods gives a huge edge to an already talented all star in professional sports nano seconds on a swing is often the difference between an all star and a hall of famer
Dude had 177 walks and still hit 73 home runs!!!!!!!! Unreal!!!!l Bonds from 01-04 is the greatest thing i have ever seen in my lifetime watching sports.
That's what roids can do bro
@@monstamonstas2274 nah that's a good eye. He only swung at shit he could crush. That aint roids.
@@jakev4191 sure
@@monstamonstas2274 lol if you dont think pitchers and everyone else was on something. Then have fun at your unicorn ranch.
@@monstamonstas2274 eyes are what made him different.
Best time in baseball ever. Because i grew up in this era the best was 90s era or to be more specific ken griffey jr and barry bonds era
Any time before 2010 was good.
Yessir..That is the absolute truth. To me 1990 to 2005 were the best years in my opinion. After that baseball just wasnt the same to me. Same with the NBA and the NFL. The NBA in the 90s was the best hands down!!! Sports have just changed too much for my liking. Guys dont play for the love of the game anymore. Its all about money. These guys will play anywhere as long as they offer them a dollar more. There is no team or city pride. The rivalries are pretty much dead. Its not fun and exciting anymore. I miss those classic rivalry match ups, Yankees vs Red Sox Cubs vs St Louis Dodgers vs Giants
Bulls vs Pacers Pacers vs Pistons Knicks vs Heat/Bulls Cowboys vs 49ers Dolphins vs Bills Steelers vs Ravens Packers vs Bears Giants vs Eagles...I mean some rivalries still stand but they definately dont feel the same
MANCHESTER UNITED fucking idiot
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C played soccer for 12 years....nobody cares. Fun to play but if i want something to make me fall asleep, its futbol.
"because I grew up in this era the best was the 90's."
We all agree Jarit. The 90s are the best because you grew up in it. So nice to finally run into you online... and thank you for making it such a good era.
Steroids, or no steroids, Barry Bonds is the GREATEST player I've ever seen
Mike trout way better. All around could be the best player ever
dawkinfreak20 Stop it. It’s obvious you never saw Bonds play.
Mike trout is all clout. Bryce Harper will have more career home runs.
Z lol sorry my friend if you think harper is better than trout you really dont know baseball
You never watched The Kid play?
This was the most entertaining time in baseball.
What?
Agreed don’t care about the peds accusations honestly
With so many walks, it would not surprise me if Bonds hit 75 or 76 home runs that year!!
Gary Thorne is an absolute legend
BARRY BONDS WAS UNBELIEVABLE. GREAT CALL BY GARY THORNE.
Glad I watched baseball and lived in St Louis during Bonds, Mcgwire, Sosa, and Griffrey homerun battles. Awesome
Yes it was!!! Best ever! I was a teenager in the 90s
Imagine if they wouldnt of had intentionally walk bonds so much he could of had 80 home runs easily. Add the juice balls of todays era and he probably would of hit 100 home runs in a season.
Too bad he wouldn’t play due to steroid testing. I believe if he didn’t do sterilize he still would have hit 60.
He was walked 2558 times in his career. Thats about 5 seasons of ABs. Think how many homeruns he would have had if they just walked him half of that
@@bakermob29 the majority of the pitchers he faced were juicin as well
The fact that he still hit 73 despite the walks is amazing!!! You have to have amazing plate vision and discipline to do that
Ball's not juiced anymore
1:03 BONDS HITS IT! DEEP TO RIGHT FIELD! WAY BACK! IS THIS THE ONE!? THERE'S A NEW RECORD HOLDER! THE SINGLE SEASON MARK IS 71! BARRY BONDS HAS THE TITLE!
Great call, right? No one else seemed to have this version of it. It was always Jon Miller's call on local SF tv or the SF radio announcer who always says "It is...OUTTA HERE!" This is the national telecast that most people in the US saw live so I thought it needed to be on YT.
@@billny33 I appreciate you uploading this! This brings back amazing amazing memories!!
@@billny33 I thank you for this. I never heard this one from Thorne before.
Ken Griffey Jr and Barry Bonds had the best pure swings in baseball from since Clemente
That first pitch was wonderful. So satisfyingly just off the corner. I watched it like 8 times ;)
There is something about lower quality audio in old 80s-2000s clips that add so much more atmosphere for me. I dont know what I is
I know what you mean. This video clip that I recorded on videotape 20 years ago looks and feels so much more authentic to me right now than the pristine HD NLCS game on my tv right now. The colors and detail (on the current NLCS game) are perfect, so much so that it feels fake somehow. And not alive. This video to me just sounds and feels so much more alive and that's the best way I can put it.
@@billny33 I was not expecting a response so fast! I think what really does it for me is that vintage sound. I reminds me of old Venezuelan baseball calls of insane plays and big hits and since most of the audio sounds pretty old it makes me so happy just listening to it. So glad I found someone else that sees my point of view!
GOODBYE!
HOME RUN!
Miss this. Bonds was so special. Help or not. Dude was one of a kind in the box.
His eye was unreal. I honestly don’t care if he did peds or not others did it too as pitchers it kinda evens the playing field. Even without the suspected ped use he still would be the only member of the 500/500 club
You know the call is legendary when Gary Thorne is screaming it❤️ I remember watching this play and it was definitely a hell of a memory
Being against the Dodgers our rival team was extra awesome.
I felt bad for Barry for one reason that nobody remembers. The Dodgers won that game by 1 run I think, and it eliminated the Giants from playoff contention. So after the game was over, Barry couldn't really revel in his accomplishment.
Cheaters! Nah but as a Dodgers fan bonds is the one guy who struck fear to major league pitchers.
It was only 20 years ago and this footage seems like is was from the 80's
Probably cause it was only 3 years after McGwire broke the record was why this didn't have the same feeling as 1998 chase. I do wish that Bonds would've won a World Series. He was best player from 91 - 93 before steroids, then again from 2000 - 2004 when he became a home run hitter. So steroids or not, he's the best hitter I've seen.
That ball was CRUSHED!!
wow even Kent is smiling when he comes home
The best there is there was and ever going to be
It seems like a lifetime ago. But it was only 20 years ago. Magic!! Joe Morgan is gone. Barry Bonds was the best baseball player ever!!
That Stl Hou series was for the division. Those Giants black alts were clean
I love it
This was sort of a metaphor of Bonds' entire career. He sets the single season HR record in a game where his team gets eliminated from playoff contention. Giants only made the postseason 4 times in Bonds' 15 seasons there.
He did his damndest in 02 it wasn’t because of him they didn’t win the series that year he did his patt
Then they would go on to win 3 World Series titles in the following 7 seasons after his departure
Ese tipo era una bestia bateando en el béisbol como ninguno creo ..
Greatest Baseball Player that I have ever seen.👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥💯
To be able to hit those homeruns under such pressure.. unbelievable
There is a sad sidenote to this game that nobody talks about. Bonds hits 71 and 72 on the same day late in the season against the Dodgers. The Giants are still fighting to try and make the playoffs. The Dodgers win this game something like 11-10 through no fault of Bonds, and the loss eliminates the Giants from the playoff picture. So after the game is over, Bonds, who just broke one of baseball's most hallowed records, can't really enjoy it because his team just got knocked out.
I will never forget how fun this made the game
Those were the days lol.
With so many Walks, Bonds could have hit 76 or 77 home Runs that year.
According to Tim McCarver, when they were chanting “Barry Barry”, it was for Barry Manilow
Too bad Gary Thorne doesn't call hockey anymore. One of the best.
this was 19 years ago? already?
Mark McGuire hits number 62 and every opposing player shakes his hand and congratulated him, including Sosa who was in the home run race with him that year. Bonds hits the new record and everyone turned their back. Bonds was not a likable guy and arguably ruined the HR era in the early 2000’s. Now we have boring pitching duels every night.
Seems strange that I can remember exactly where I was when McGuire hit 62, yet I can barely recall seeing this one in the news the next day
I was ready and watching for both. The difference was the McGwire one brought me great joy and felt like a celebration and coming together for everyone who loved sports and baseball. The Bonds one felt like a historical event I needed to watch out of obligation but brought considerably fewer joy across the sports spectrum. For me it was a more begrudging acceptance that someone new I wasn't crazy about had topped the record. And you can see in the way the teams and the fans reacted in these 2 situations that this gap was apparent.
To be fair this was kind of overshadowed by 9/11
@@SteaksauceandRob it was, but prior to 9/11 it was clear this record was about to be broken and there was not nearly the same level of excitement built up about it. I was very much hoping he did not break it because 98 and McGwire's 62 moment meant so much to me that I did not want to see someone invalidate it 3 years later. Especially a player I didn't like nearly as much. But in the end all 3 of em were on substances so its whatever I guess.
billny33 yeah it was a weird time in American history so it’s so hard to even think back to but I do remember Bonds record chase not having the same buzz as 98. Also the truth was in 98 you had 3 if you count Griffey extremely likable superstars chasing a 50 year old record. In 2001 you really only had Barry chasing McGwire’s record and everyone seemed to hate Bonds. I always found it weird that the 98 and 01 seasons parallel with 3 guys hitting over 55 homers, the single season home run record being broken, and the mariners breaking the Yankees single season win record.
@@billny33 he's black that what bothered you
I sincerely doubt anyone will ever break BB HR record
Maybe, but Aaron Judge does perhaps have a chance of doing so this season! We'll find out before long!
If you watch this and the McGwire 62nd HR, the difference is just dramatic. The Cubs congratulating McGwire as he runs around the bases, whole stadium (and country) supporting him. The Bonds 71st really felt even in the moment like everyone was starting to accept the steroid cloud was hanging over all of this.
You hit the nail right on the head. McGwire sparked a nationwide celebration. This was more like "hey this was a notable achievement that happened" you felt obligated to watch bc of the magnitude of the record and the greatness of the player but for me it was kind of joyless. Although props to Gary Thorne for going crazy when the moment came. He sure tried his best to pump it up.
@@billny33 not for the Bay area.... This was HUGE!
@@taydafranklin7800 so no one over there cared he was doing it with steroids?
@@billny33 we felt about him how the Cubs felt about Sosa and the cards felt about McGwire. Oddly enough he never tested positive for anything ever. Was he on steroids? More than likely? Did he lie in court or have dirty tests or loaded bats definitely not. Fact is he still had to hit the ball... Steroids don't help with hand eye coordination. And they don't help you steal 514 bases. And get you 8 golden gloves.
@@taydafranklin7800 so then why did the Bay Area buy into that way of thinking so much harder than the rest of the country that generally didn't buy it at all? It just goes to show that the team you are rooting for can easily affect your ethical sensibilities more than many of us would like to admit.
I will say this much. I was beside myself when A-Rod became known as not only a steroid guy, but a guy who protected biogenesis from MLB and I have never looked at him the same way since. He was a Yankee and I rooted for him until that came out but wrong is wrong. Bonds never got caught but some things are just so obvious.
EDIT: I gotta be careful and say that in 2001 at the time of this video, the steroid stuff wasn't clear or known yet I don't think. That may have come a couple years later. In 2001 he was just seen as a harder-to-like superstar but maybe just misunderstood.
Barry bonds es un estraterrestre jajjaa un mutante el mejor
The real record holder right here. The man could hit and that call from Thorne is fantastic.
That fucking bat speed tho....
It's very disappointing that Barry Bonds didn't win his 1st World Series title as a member of the SF Giants but at least they won in 2010, 2012 & 2014 only 3 years after he left the team. Still truly a champion since he went to their WS celebration & parade all the time.
Nah, I really don't see how you can credit him for any of those titles.
@@billny33 I know that's what Brian Sabean said Bonds is still a champion no matter what happened.
Bonds Mcgwire Sosa.... give these guys the hall of fame!!!
What a great memory...
give me another steroid era. MLB knew these guys were jucin'--everyone knew--and they needed something to bring the fans back after the labor dispute in 94. Now, in 2021, they need something analogous to the steroid era to bring the fans back. Baseball was my life when I was a kid, and I was obsessed with the game, up until around ~2010.
Bonds hit absolute BOMBS. I remember when he hit his 500th homer, and it seemed like his 600th came in the next season (which it might have honestly)
At the start of this game Bonds had 3 games to break the record. I'm sure everyone knew he would at least get the 1.
I knew he could no doubt but I honestly didn't think they would let him
Gary Thorne with the great call as always
2:28 its hilarious seeing the Enron logo knowing what happens to that company lol
shoutout to chan ho park for always giving up the big home runs
Eddie Murray was the best baseball player ever.
🤦♂LOL
Baseball was so much fun to watch from 98-04, All-Star game in 1998 was 14-8 not the 2-1 trash they have today.
I can't find that black Jersey
Isn't it amazing that for 70 years there were 2 seasons where a player hit 60 HRs, and then it happened 6 times in 4 seasons with 2 seasons of 70 HRs? I wonder what was going on in those 4 years?
🧐 💉
My favorite stat of the steroid era: Sammy Sosa eclipsed Roger Maris 3 times and never even led his league in HRs while doing it.
@@HereForAStorm Lol
Legend
Would have thought this was filmed in 1972.
I was 20 and life was different!
Would it have been a HR if that fan didn’t catch that ball? Sort of a weird outfield wall and angles
I've always wondered that. I thought when I first saw it happen that it was a missed fan interference call and yet nobody on the telecast or in history has ever brought this up.
God bless Gary Thorne
Where can I find that jersey
The fan reached out and grabbed the ball in fair territory
Bonds breaking the record just felt real nothing against McGuire 🤷♂️
Gary Thorne is OP
the goat
Best player ever !
PETE ALONSO WILL BE THE NEW HOME RUN KING
Maybe, got off to a great enough start.
Off topic but I laughed at the Enron logo at 2:26.
Gary Thorne ... form r Philadelphia flyer commentator??
He did Flyers games? I just knew he did national ESPN hockey games and a lot of big playoffs and Finals games, did not know he did games for any one team in the NHL.
Geesh Mcguires record only stood 3 years?
The best period
How many records
People hate on Bonds because of roids. I get that, but consider this. Bonds was an MVP caliber player in the early 90s as a skinny dude who still had the best eye in the league, spectacular fielder, stole a ton of bases, could hit for power. In the mid to late 90s these other guys are all on roids and start doing things Bonds wasn’t doing. Maybe Bonds was motivated to use roids because others did, he wanted to see what he himself was capable of with his godlike hand eye coordination, before it was too late in his career to harness it. Could you really blame the guy? Look what it resulted in..a player so good he broke the game, people started just putting him on first base because it was better than the average alternatives. A cheat code at the MLB level for a four year stretch.
I think people hate on Bonds more than McGwire or Sosa precisely because he was already SO good without steroids.
McGwire, for example, could hit for power but not average, wasn't an all around player and was injury prone.
This I'll say about Barry Bonds. People attack him for substantiated allegations of steroid use. But the guy was never accused of sexual assault, molestation or sexual misconduct. And I remember, then and now, that he was always close with his children. That will always carry greater weight in my judgment of the man than his records, his alleged cheating, and his relationship with the media.
Isn't that kind of giving someone credit for stuff they are supposed to do though? I think that sets quite the low bar.
Lol wtf is that even supposed to mean? We’re giving out awards to pple for not raping molesting and murdering anyone? We shud applaud him for not being an animal?
Dude was incredible. But he cheated. That’s the beginning and end of it. Give Juice to Aaron Judge and he’ll hit 80 hr in a season. In 2022 he missed 15 HRs by 5 feet or less.
Funny how the pitcher who gave up Bonds' 71st homer is the same pitcher who gave up both of Fernando Tatis' grand slams in the same inning. Talk about being immortalized for the wrong reasons!
electric moment!
He did it by eating a well balanced breakfast
Barry bonds was hating home runs when he was in his mother's Stomach. The Houston Astros cheat baseball for 4 years. Pete rose should be in the Hall of Fame.
That Was Sooo Easy Lol Greatness
Speaking of history, look at that Enron banner at 2:25.
Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay were still free men.
Shot!
seems strange that lance armstrong would be stripped of all his titles after confessing to using steroids but barry bonds still holds the home run record i guess it’s different cause its not a championship or the hall of fame but there should at least be an asterisk next to his name on the record book
In 1961 Roger Maris had an asterisk placed on the HR record by the commissioner of baseball at the time when he broke it from Babe Ruth because it took him the full 162 games in the 1961 season to tie and pass the record. In Ruth's day, they only played 154 games (I think they had just recently added the 8 extra games). The asterisk was to acknowledge he did not break the record in the same kind of timeframe that Ruth had. Maris was not a very popular player and the asterisk brought about controversy. Some liked it while others thought it was cruel and unfair, picking on Roger and belittling his accomplishment. He was not accused of any cheating or unnatural means. Eventually, another commissioner removed it, and the prevailing wisdom is that that was the right thing to do. I think since then, there has been a great hesitancy to put an asterisk on any other baseball record because so many remembered how much it felt like it was picking unfairly on Maris. It's a heavy anchor to put on a record.
Bonds is more deserving of having an asterisk than Maris, because he used a supplement, an illegal drug. However, there was no drug testing at the time and it is known that SO many other players of his era juiced. The fact that Bonds is black in a sport with fewer black players each year might play a role in it. The black community as a whole might take it personally and turn away from the game for good. You could make the case that they are picking on Bonds for being less than ideal with the media during his career, for taking a substance that many others took, and yes, for being African-American. So I think baseball hesitates to add the asterisk. Also worth noting, Pete Rose, the all time hit king, banned from baseball for betting on the sport, he did not get an asterisk placed on his records though.
I am fine with no asterisk. Those who care enough about the history of the game will dig up the circumstances and come to their own conclusions. I think the idea of removing the asterisk on Maris and not adding one for Bonds or Rose is that the people who know about the record can come to their own conclusions and the record books are not made to take sides, just to denote the most or least amount of anything in a sport.
@@billny33 There was never an asterisk next to 61.
Steroid era was the most exciting era in baseball.
I didn't think they were going to let him do it
Me neither, dude coming to the plate has already hit 70 HR... not many would want to pitch to him... and not many did after 2001, lol.
Seeing those Enron signs makes me laugh
THE SECOND GREATEST LEFT HANDED HITTER EVER . NOPE . BARRY BONDS IS THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYER EVER EVEN IN 2001 . LOOK AT WHAT HE DID SIR , UP INTO THAT POINT .>🎤
Bring back steroids!! baseball was so much better with them :D
.323 70 home runs 134 rbi wtf is that lol
찬호형님 ㅜㅜ
Replace Joe Buck in every sport with Gary Thorne.
Say what you want but the steroid era was the most exciting era in baseball’s history.
People can say what they want. Steroids this blah blah blah he's the best hitter of all time. I did not grow up a Giants fan I did not grow up a bonds fan I'm not saying this because I have some vested interest but just watching him hit, just just watch a couple videos of him. It's fucking effortless. he has such a good eye and he can put the bat on the ball no matter where you throw it. I mean people can say what they want about steroids but if it wasn't for steroids baseball would not be what it is right now. Steroids brought baseball back from the brink. steroid saved baseball. And steroids did not make this man that hit her that he was. The only reason I'm pissed off that he took steroids is because now no one's going to think that he did it on his I pumped so much fucking juice into my bodyand it did not help me hit it didn't help me hit farther it didn't help me throw farther the only thing it did was make me look better and build up my upper body but the farthest I ever hit balls in baseball or softball or anyting was when I was 165 lb. When I was 225 juiced it didn't make a God damn bit of difference. Bonds wasn't even big.
I will say this. As a kid I thought Griffey was the best. I knew Bonds was great also but I got more exposure to Griffey. Over the years, I realize Bonds had a greater career and put up greater numbers. You can certainly make the case for him being the greatest hitter of all time. You can also say he is the greatest but it's also kind of tainted because of the steroids. That's where I fall into. I don't think steroids helped everyone, there are a lot of guys named on the Mitchell Report who were average players who took substances and it did not help them. But there's a few that it definitely did help. McGwire and Sosa and Brady Anderson would never have reached their HR totals of 70 and 66 and 50 respectively without some juice and I think Bonds is a similar case. Yes it's still the greatest hitting career ever but it's also still got a question mark or a cloud or an asterisk floating about it so I kinda think it's both but I understand both sides.
.298 career average. Not sure he's the best hitter of all time
All that celebrating and it’s basically forgotten.
Idk about that, that record still stands today.
when steroids are legal they'll still never figure out how to do this
Way better call than the other guy he was horrible
Are you referring to Jon Miller who called it for the local Giants broadcast?
@@billny33 yes
Enron lol
I’d just like to point out that the giants still lost this game lol
Forgotten fact, this was a high scoring close game and the Giants lose a heartbreaker in this one to the hated Dodgers. Further, it eliminated the Giants from playoff contention. So now Bonds goes back to the clubhouse and every reporter wants to talk to him about the record HR and then the one he hit next at-bat (72) but Bonds is still upset/disheartened that they got knocked out of the playoff picture and can't even enjoy what he did. But he's not going anywhere because there's too much press for him to get out of there quickly. He's gotta sit there and field all those questions. That's a long day.
@@billny33 hated dodgers?! My friend I take great offense to that :P dodgers for live!!
@@mattfortheguinn4037 I mean Giants fans always hate the Dodgers. I don't hate them, I was just referring to the Giants-Dodger rivalry.
@@billny33 dude I’m messing around, I’m well aware of the rivalry
It would be amazing to see Aaron Judge beat his record for the sanctity of the game
Nah
Asterisk he still sucked in post season .
HGH all time leader
Juice makes the world 🌎 a better place 💉💉 😂
And racists like you make the world worse. Barry never tested positive for any prohibited substance, the media and disgusting people like you only hate Barry for his skin color, instead Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids and yet the press and racists like you do not attack him as they continue to do. against Barry. Racists like you don't like black or Latino athletes to be better than their white, blonde, blue-eyed athletes. To the pain of all of you stool racists, Barry Bonds is and will forever remain the greatest baseball player of all time. Cry little girl and tell your mommy to change your diaper and prepare a bottle for you.
Rodger Maris still holds the record after all these years..
Rodger, huh?
steroids made baseball way more entertaining
💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Steriods hit out of the park!!!
Buddy, you could take all the steroids in the world and not hit a damn homerun in the MLB, much less 73 in a season.
@@HereForAStorm true but steriods gives a huge edge to an already talented all star in professional sports nano seconds on a swing is often the difference between an all star and a hall of famer