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I know the stigma is there so people don't talk about it these days but good lord his swing is embedded in my brain forever. He really was doing incredible things every night and had us all watching.
@@MikeO32989 Wasn't like he was an average player who all of sudden took steroids for a year or two to break the year home run record? Uh, yes, that is EXACTLY what it was like. He was the typical homerun hitter in an era of homerun hitters. THEN he cheated by taking drugs. Pre-steroids Bonds (1986-1999): average of 32 HRs per year. Mr. Potato-Head Steroid Bonds (2000-2004): average of 52 HRs per year. That's what steroids do.
It was a blessing being at the 756 game. I have a little mantle hanging on my wall with a picture of me at the game with my ticket and I have his baseball card signed by him. As well as his rookie card.
I was there for #700. I understand the Bonds haters but if you we’re a Giants fan at that time it was just an amazing thing to see. Literally witnessed history, hate it or love it all those balls went over the fence
The best eyes in baseball history, the quickest wrists in baseball history, the sweetest swing in baseball history. Add it all up, and you have the greatest baseball player who ever lived.
Only guy I've encountered in perusing stats who is Bondsian would be Teddy Ballgame. Williams had an absurd eye. Like...he actually makes Bonds look human. Both hitters walked in 20% of their plate appearances (Williams 20.3%, Bonds 20.6%). They were both legendary power+patience hitters. But it gets CRAZY when you look at the walks. Bonds played in 21 seasons, Williams in 18 (I'm not counting the two years he fought in WW2 or the 1952 season where he only played in 6 games), so the samples are comparable. Bonds had three seasons where he K'd in less than 10% of his plate appearances, and for his career he K'd 12.2% of the time. Williams had ONLY ONE SEASON, *his LAST,* where he K'd in MORE than 10% of his plate appearances. Teddy Ballgame's career K % was 7.2%. Bonds only beat Williams' career AVERAGE K % in ONE SEASON (2004, at 6.6%). That's how unbelievable Ted Williams' EYE was. Bonds was obviously the better player. He was a far better baserunner and defender, and his bat produced more in part because of his career longevity (but if Teddy hadn't fought in WW2, he probably would have had the same overall production as Bonds in the batter's box). But still, as amazing as Bonds was (the GOAT in my opinion), it's boggling to know that there was a power hitter whose eye actually made Bonds look mortal.
@@coronaviruscid8202 Says the guy who works at Walmart yet knows all the secrets of the universe. Of course in your defense the truly dumb don't realize they're dumb.
The sound of Barry hitting a home run is one if the sweetest sounds you will ever hear... Got to see him hit a bunch of homers at candlestick first hand... When he was at bat you where watching....
I am not a supporter of cheating and I'm not saying Bonds cheated but I will say one thing: Using steroids does not improve one's ability to put the bat on the ball, that is pure skill.
Nova B not at at&t park. It's a very very deep ballpark. Known for favoring pitchers. And hitters ( triples alley. ) hard place to hit HRs. He just made it look ez.
Your statement shows you know very little about hitting. It's much less about how far the ball goes when a juicer hits the ball than it is about bat speed. The stronger one is, the quicker the bat speed. The quicker the bat speed, the longer you can wait before committing on the pitch. The longer you can wait before you commit, the less likely you get fooled by the pitch. That's the advantage of steroids for a hitter.
I've seen him hit quite a few home runs. I took my son to a few game's, where Barry hit a Home run. I told my son to look at that guy because he's the greatest baseball player we will ever see!!! No body would leave a game if they knew Barry was going to bat in the 9th inning. Those were great memories. Thank you Barry Bonds.
He didn´t need plate dicipline anymore. The pitchers only threw him junk after a while anyway. Do you know how many times Bonds walked in 2004? 232 times of which 120 were intentional.
I am so glad we got to have Jon Miller doing the broadcasting. He was the narrative voice of my childhood as a Baltimore Orioles fan. Hearing his voice on some great calls is wonderful nostalgia.
John Miller is the best. He signed, along with Joe Morgan, my program from the 1st WBC in San Diego. My buddy was working for ESPN and hooked it up. Juan Maricial was doing the Spanish broadcast, but he wouldn't sign. Oh, well. He's an awesome dude in my book. Gonna pass the program down to my nephew when it's my time.
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame who cares about the steroids it's sports entertainment he is an entertainer you get goosebumps adrenaline rushes from watching your favorite team or player and the moments remember that part!!!
@MANCHESTER UNITED Your comment doesn't mean it is the greatest sport but the most popular. Very different. Cricket is 2nd most popular but not nearly the 2nd best sport
The crazy thing is the guy was getting no pitches to hit, nobody wanted to pitch to him because even the greatest pitchers in the league knew they couldn't get him out. Frequently he would get maybe one pitch per game to hit. And frequently he would hit that one pitch out of the yard.
He never swung at a ball, never not ever. That takes unbelievable skill against MLB level pitching at 95 mph. webslinger knows the game. I am from SF so i saw him all the time. People that don't agree yhat he was in a different league of talent, either rarely saw him play, or are just clueless. still waiting for someone to come along that is remotely close to as dominant, and it is yet to be seen. A Man against boys
Well said. As a 31 year fan of the Boston RedSox, theres no question Bonds is the best hitter ive seen. He wasnt one dimensional, could hit to all fields, didnt swing at bad pitches, hit for average and power, could hit lefthanders, even the best pitchers wouldnt throw to him. McGwire and Sosa and Griffey? Good pitchers didnt fear them - they had holes. Bonds didnt. If he's not in the Hall of Fame theres no point having a Hall of Fame.
@@mcdonoghrahloh459 they should put them all in i reckon. Unless they tested positive for steroids after they became illegal to use - even then they should still be there. People may not like them, but that doesnt mean they arent HOF players. Pete Rose should be in there too. Big Poppy should be in there. McGwire should be. Bonds was a better hitter than all of them, Big Poppy included. Clemens should be in there too. The only one i have doubts on is Sosa - he actually got caught corking his bat. THAT is cheating.
i remember being a little kid when a lot of this happened, and i think i still have a collection of newspaper clippings from when he broke all the records. even knowing he was on steroids now cant take away just how exciting this was to watch unfold. nostalgia :)
His amazing swing is absolutely pure talent but look how big and strong steroids made him? You don’t just get better at the tail end of your career than any other point. It’s bullshit.
@@quentinflinn1529 if you give one of the most talented players in baseball a massive heap of PEDs, watch his power, bat speed, and endurance improve drastically. You turn a Hall of Famer into a God. That’s what happened here. So don’t act like PEDs had no affect here.
They walked him so much that usually when it was a full count they just sent him to a base. Those big seasons he had around the 73 homerun season I saw a game where they gave up a run rather than pitch to him. Can't remember who it was but they didn't want to give him a grand slam. Had they pitched to him more he'd have had 200 RBIs but alas many of his HRs were solo shots.
MLB loves to demonize Bonds now as the poster child for steroids and PEDs, but they sure as hell weren't complaining when he was playing. Bonds was THE main attraction of his era. People showed up to games and tuned in on TV to see Bonds hit. MLB was making money off of every Bonds hit, home run, and at-bat, yet now when he can no longer make money for them, they punish him by barring him from HOF. Bud Selig himself is in the HOF, and he's the one to allow the rampant PED use of the era, but won't let Bonds in.
It's not politically correct I don't care but hands down if you are around my age and I'm 44 Barry Lamar bonds is the greatest player I've ever seen not even close!!g.o.a.t!
Look at his 2004 season. It is the absolute best season ANYONE has ever had, hands down. No one in the history of the sport has a better span than Bonds did from 2001-2004. During those 3 years he decimated baseball records. No one was as feared at the plate as he was. Pitching to him was like having Ricky Henderson at 1st base, something every pitcher feared. He has homered off more unique pitchers than anyone else, so there wasn’t just a handful of guys that he homered off either.
One of my favorite players of all time, always fun to watch despite allegations of steroids and his arrogonce what ever always had that swing was able to hit for power for average and steal a bag, i remember during the 90s having arguments with my dad who was better him or griffey he was a griffey fan i liked bonds better
Barry was busting homers and winning MVPs way before the early 2000s when the steroid allegations started he is a legend one of the best players of all time
@@THE_BEAR_JEW wasnt hitting home runs but still led the league in RBI and was a .300 hitter BEFORE steroids, not to mention he was a killer outfielder. But nice try!
The best that ever did it. I've been a die-hard baseball fan for 57 years and seen them all...none could match this man's skills and excitement. I knew from the start with Pittsburgh this cat had it. Every single year including his last year in the league was must-see TV. His very last game in Arizona against my DBACKS I told my girl I don't care what happens we're going to see BB TONIGHT. The stadium was sold out, media everywhere, crowd booing because they walked him 3 times, BB came up the very last time and they had to pitch to him or there would've been a riot and wouldn't you know it......BOOM...HOME ROOM !
Things that steroids doesn't give you: 1. A laser eye that forced pitchers to pitch to you. 2. Pure fast twitch quickness 3. Full body timing to put every ounce of your body in the precise angle. 4. Ability to put the three above together fast enough to pull virtually every major league pitcher they faced. Bonds did things with the bat that few were able, and steroids contributed surprisingly little. Everyone talks of the homeruns, but that overshadows the fact that he was one of the toughest outs in baseball if not these toughest out, well before he started juicing up.
@@tonygianelli4712 steroids have absolutely zero impact on your vision or hand eye contact. Steroids have more impact on the god damn weather than fucking vision. Steriods will allow you to increase your workout to build more strength and it will also allow your body to regenerate and heal quicker. Someone should be watching you.
Hgh increases your ability to see the ball. He saw the ball better at 37 than in his early 20's. There are many types of PEDS, some help you heal quicker, others help you build muscle, others have more specialized benefits. Btw bonds ADMITTED he took them! He just claimed he didn't know what they were at the time( lol)
Dustin Harrison that’s true, but one guy’s head size doubled and broke records and the other broke down like most ppl and couldn’t hit 900 bombs like he should’ve 😭
I SOOO WISH HE DID ALL OF THIS CLEAN!! I am a fan of his Dad Bobby and have a Yankee yearbook with Barry as a lil squirt with his Dad. He was amazing to watch BUT...... it means nothing not being clean
People forget how patient he was on the plate and how many walks he drew. A lot of the pitchers intentionally walked him but he also drew walks. Leads the league in HR AND WALKS
Smh being a Cubs fan I was so heartbroken when I found out the 1998 race was PED loaded. I was 13 and naive at the time and it was magical to me. When it started to come out I felt cheated. I still do. I feel like that magic wasnt real. Like I thought to myself I'm witnessing history this is special, But it's nothing like witnessing meres's 61 or Ruths 60. Maybe those guys were on something whether it be amphetamines or whatever But if that stuff made such a difference it would have made more of a difference back then like it did with the steroids when everybody was hitting 40.
@Harry Browneigh You probably believe that Babe Ruth still is the most talented baseball player of all time which is a crazy thing to think. That's like saying Barry Bonds didn't need steroids to break Hank Aaron's career homerun record.
Loved watching Bonds play and to be honest, I would have took whatever sports enhancing supplements available if I had the talent to play as long as he did, do what he did and make as much as he did.
everyone who hates on Barry Bonds is mad that they will never have half as much talent as he has and most likely is mad that they did not make it to the MLB
Part of me thinks he could’ve hit 90 home runs that one season, he hit like 50 in the first half, then nobody would throw him a strike in the last half
The greatest hitter ever! I don't know who was in 2nd place but its not even close. Don't believe that? He had over TWICE as many INTENTIONAL walks as the guy in 2nd place. Just think about THAT for awhile. THAT'S how feared he was by EVERYBODY that faced him. There will NEVER be another Secretariat. And there will never be another Barry Bonds. Why? Because he saw the zone better than the umps so the ONLY way to get this guy out was to throw STRIKES. Yeah a pretty scary thing in its own right.
Sosa , Bonds , Griffy , McGwire, Sheffield , just to name a few players that saved baseball and gave me and my grandfather a opportunity to bond and watch the HR race and 90s baseball in general and I will be grateful to these legends forever, it was just magical no other way to put it & we will never have that type of ball ever again , if you wasnt tuned into MLB in the 90s you missed something special unless you were apart of it either being a player , fan, casual ect....you will never understand what I'm trying to say
"Bonds was easy to pitch to... If the situation mattered, you just walk him" ~ Greg Maddux That's one of the best ever saying he didn't want that smoke with number 25 😂😂😂
Wether you like him or not you still have to respect him. He got one pitch a night and made the most of it. Power wasn’t natural but his hitting was. Truly one of the greats.
@@timlandrum824 name me some great hitters who weren't on some kind of juiced up programs around the 2000's hell even pitchers were doing something illegal besides baseball hasn't been the same and MLB turned a blind eye until the Government got involved then Selig threw everyone under the bus as an Atlanta fan Bonds was a wrecking ball at the plate he never tested positive and HGH or roids doesn't teach hand eye coordination or bat speed
I've never seen a batter in this case Bonds, intentionally walked with the bases loaded . I assume the opposing manager would give up 1 run rather than risk a Grand Slam and give up 4. That's the Ultimate respect.
@@timlandrum824 So did almost everyone else in the league at the time. Bonds was still way better than any of them. Besides, the HoF is full of cheaters--Gaylord Perry wrote a book about his cheating and he's still in the Hall. Why not Bonds?
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That call was hard as fuck
The only man with 2 HOF careers on 2 separate teams‼️💯🫡💐
What a thrill to have been able to watch him play. Have lived in a time of Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Barry Bonds. Things we will never see again.
Don't forget Barry Sanders
@@Mike-bk5yc of course not..
And Jerry Rice, im assuming ❤
And Pat Mahomes
I’ll raise you a LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, and Shohei Ohtanj
I know the stigma is there so people don't talk about it these days but good lord his swing is embedded in my brain forever. He really was doing incredible things every night and had us all watching.
“Bonds! Hits one high! Hits it deep! IT IS OUTTA HERE!!” Always loved to hear that shit.
Kuiper has the best HR calls! Gives me goosebumps.
Nothing better. Especially the one they got here, the 756 one.
BONDS hits one HIGH , he HITS IT DEEEEEEEEEEEP! OUTTA HERE!!!!
Kuiper retired his "THIS ONE'S A BIIIG RIDE" hr call
Look how packed the ball park was when Bonds was playing, amazing!
Your a fucking idiot!
Except for the Marlins game 😂
@@jamessmith-bw4nb why are you that mad
@@jamessmith-bw4nb Lmaooo cry
Dudes swimming lol 😂
His hand-eye coordination was off the charts.
And no amount of steroids could have helped that.
20-10 vision for sure
That broken bat Home Run was ridiculous! Even Beckett knew something was up. Lol
Say what you will but steroids don't make a swing that sweet.
No, it just makes it that quick and unnatural. I hate the steroid era in baseball.
Uh awkward cause bat speed is essential for a good swing.
@Y Marina how many steroid was able to do that? I think only bonds.
@@bobroberts135 boooooooo it was fun at that time
@@MikeO32989 Wasn't like he was an average player who all of sudden took steroids for a year or two to break the year home run record? Uh, yes, that is EXACTLY what it was like. He was the typical homerun hitter in an era of homerun hitters. THEN he cheated by taking drugs. Pre-steroids Bonds (1986-1999): average of 32 HRs per year. Mr. Potato-Head Steroid Bonds (2000-2004): average of 52 HRs per year. That's what steroids do.
It was a blessing being at the 756 game. I have a little mantle hanging on my wall with a picture of me at the game with my ticket and I have his baseball card signed by him. As well as his rookie card.
I was there for #700. I understand the Bonds haters but if you we’re a Giants fan at that time it was just an amazing thing to see. Literally witnessed history, hate it or love it all those balls went over the fence
Are you can really say is that's Barry bonds
Bonds, Griffey Jr. And strawberry had the most beautiful swings in baseball history.
Fact I was just admiring his swing too
Will Clark’s was pretty sweet too
And all left handed
Facts! Ted Williams and Josh Gibson too.
Don’t forget about Mike Piazza
Barry is easily the most exciting and spectacular batter of this generation.
Get help,freak!
He was a cheat
@@Sportsgeek1991 I don’t think you realize that there is a very large portion of professional sports players that use steroids. 🤦♂️
Steroids
@@Sportsgeek1991 and?
The best eyes in baseball history, the quickest wrists in baseball history, the sweetest swing in baseball history. Add it all up, and you have the greatest baseball player who ever lived.
I absolutely agree. this guy was a MACHINE!
Only guy I've encountered in perusing stats who is Bondsian would be Teddy Ballgame. Williams had an absurd eye. Like...he actually makes Bonds look human.
Both hitters walked in 20% of their plate appearances (Williams 20.3%, Bonds 20.6%). They were both legendary power+patience hitters. But it gets CRAZY when you look at the walks.
Bonds played in 21 seasons, Williams in 18 (I'm not counting the two years he fought in WW2 or the 1952 season where he only played in 6 games), so the samples are comparable.
Bonds had three seasons where he K'd in less than 10% of his plate appearances, and for his career he K'd 12.2% of the time.
Williams had ONLY ONE SEASON, *his LAST,* where he K'd in MORE than 10% of his plate appearances. Teddy Ballgame's career K % was 7.2%.
Bonds only beat Williams' career AVERAGE K % in ONE SEASON (2004, at 6.6%). That's how unbelievable Ted Williams' EYE was.
Bonds was obviously the better player. He was a far better baserunner and defender, and his bat produced more in part because of his career longevity (but if Teddy hadn't fought in WW2, he probably would have had the same overall production as Bonds in the batter's box). But still, as amazing as Bonds was (the GOAT in my opinion), it's boggling to know that there was a power hitter whose eye actually made Bonds look mortal.
I concur! You still have to locate the ball and that's something he did well. Not to mention AB and Walk to strike out ratio!
he cheated
@@coronaviruscid8202 Says the guy who works at Walmart yet knows all the secrets of the universe. Of course in your defense the truly dumb don't realize they're dumb.
It seemed like every time he wasn’t intentionally walked, he blasted one out lmao
The sound of Barry hitting a home run is one if the sweetest sounds you will ever hear...
Got to see him hit a bunch of homers at candlestick first hand... When he was at bat you where watching....
Thanks to steroids
I remember watching him hit 756. That was amazing.
Thanks to steroids
I was there for Barry's 715 and 756 Homeruns! Priceless moments in time! Edward
He should have 800+ home runs..They wouldn't pitch to him...They sometimes walked him at every at bat.
I remember being a kid and sometimes seeing he would get walked every at bat. I would be in awe.
Joseph Diaz remember when they walked him with bases loaded ?? Pure respect right there
Oh yeah, I know. Enough to have Josh Gibson turning in His Grave.
Exactly!!... how you gonna walk a batter with bases loaded??
To bad he was full of steroids....
I am not a supporter of cheating and I'm not saying Bonds cheated but I will say one thing: Using steroids does not improve one's ability to put the bat on the ball, that is pure skill.
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Word! But he might have less than 700 for the shots that shoulda stayed in. Did he really start doping in 2001? Or prior? Pure speculation
but it will turn fly balls into homeruns
Tru , tru
Nova B not at at&t park. It's a very very deep ballpark. Known for favoring pitchers. And hitters ( triples alley. ) hard place to hit HRs. He just made it look ez.
Your statement shows you know very little about hitting. It's much less about how far the ball goes when a juicer hits the ball than it is about bat speed. The stronger one is, the quicker the bat speed. The quicker the bat speed, the longer you can wait before committing on the pitch. The longer you can wait before you commit, the less likely you get fooled by the pitch. That's the advantage of steroids for a hitter.
I've seen him hit quite a few home runs. I took my son to a few game's, where Barry hit a Home run. I told my son to look at that guy because he's the greatest baseball player we will ever see!!! No body would leave a game if they knew Barry was going to bat in the 9th inning. Those were great memories. Thank you Barry Bonds.
Shohei and Aaron Judge are better. Even when bonds was juicing
@@__foam nah 🤣🤣🤣PED’s or not, Barry Bonds is the 🐐💯💯
@@__foamyou are out of your mind if you think judge is even close
A lot of people forget he was a great defensive fielder too.All around great player
Plus he had speed too he stole many bases too
Sid Bream really appreciated his arm in left field.
Doesn't matter , he cheated , and lied about it .
@@johndye3122 He cheated with steroids .
A lot more people forget he cheated with steroids .
Dale Earnhardt, Michael Jordan, Barry Bonds.... love
Don't forget Wayne Gretzky !!!
Legend. Fuck the haters. These people have zero clue how much talent this dude has. He was HOF from day one in college.
He had talent, but he wouldn´t of had come that far without steroids, you certainly cannot denie that.
steroids dont help plate discipline... he was HOF before the roids when he was lean as fuck stealing bases and getting gold gloves. barry is a legend.
He didn´t need plate dicipline anymore. The pitchers only threw him junk after a while anyway. Do you know how many times Bonds walked in 2004? 232 times of which 120 were intentional.
Uhh, he was pitched around so much because of the 'roids. They most certainly don't cancel each other out silly kid
+jostopholees With his numbers?Who else has numbers even close?
I am so glad we got to have Jon Miller doing the broadcasting. He was the narrative voice of my childhood as a Baltimore Orioles fan. Hearing his voice on some great calls is wonderful nostalgia.
John Miller is the best.
He signed, along with Joe Morgan, my program from the 1st WBC in San Diego.
My buddy was working for ESPN and hooked it up.
Juan Maricial was doing the Spanish broadcast, but he wouldn't sign. Oh, well.
He's an awesome dude in my book.
Gonna pass the program down to my nephew when it's my time.
I was there when he hit 756 hoping he would hit it my way. Loved watching Barry my fav player of all time!!!!
Thanks to steroids
He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame who cares about the steroids it's sports entertainment he is an entertainer you get goosebumps adrenaline rushes from watching your favorite team or player and the moments remember that part!!!
THANK YOU 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
No way he’s a cheating scumbag
@@BigcountryReactionsur mother
cheater
1:48 not only did his bat explode, he didn't even finish his swing.
@MANCHESTER UNITED ur comment is like soccer in america, completely irrelevant.
MANCHESTER UNITED we don’t care about the worst sport on earth. Gtfo of here.
@MANCHESTER UNITED Your comment doesn't mean it is the greatest sport but the most popular. Very different. Cricket is 2nd most popular but not nearly the 2nd best sport
Soccer is like McDonald’s, it’s very popular, not because its good food, it’s because it’s cheap an easy
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C just bc it popular doesn’t mean it’s the best🙄🙄
He said it was headed to New Jersey 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The crazy thing is the guy was getting no pitches to hit, nobody wanted to pitch to him because even the greatest pitchers in the league knew they couldn't get him out.
Frequently he would get maybe one pitch per game to hit. And frequently he would hit that one pitch out of the yard.
webslinger48 200 walks per season when getting 100 was a feat
He never swung at a ball, never not ever. That takes unbelievable skill against MLB level pitching at 95 mph. webslinger knows the game. I am from SF so i saw him all the time. People that don't agree yhat he was in a different league of talent, either rarely saw him play, or are just clueless. still waiting for someone to come along that is remotely close to as dominant, and it is yet to be seen. A Man against boys
Well said.
As a 31 year fan of the Boston RedSox, theres no question Bonds is the best hitter ive seen.
He wasnt one dimensional, could hit to all fields, didnt swing at bad pitches, hit for average and power, could hit lefthanders, even the best pitchers wouldnt throw to him. McGwire and Sosa and Griffey? Good pitchers didnt fear them - they had holes.
Bonds didnt.
If he's not in the Hall of Fame theres no point having a Hall of Fame.
born yesterday You're thinking about Poppy!They will put ARod in the Hall before Bonds,Bias against American Blax.
@@mcdonoghrahloh459 they should put them all in i reckon.
Unless they tested positive for steroids after they became illegal to use - even then they should still be there.
People may not like them, but that doesnt mean they arent HOF players.
Pete Rose should be in there too.
Big Poppy should be in there.
McGwire should be.
Bonds was a better hitter than all of them, Big Poppy included.
Clemens should be in there too.
The only one i have doubts on is Sosa - he actually got caught corking his bat.
THAT is cheating.
“And bonds hits it high, hits it deep, and it’s out of herrereeeeee” I’ll forever hear that etched into my mind
i remember being a little kid when a lot of this happened, and i think i still have a collection of newspaper clippings from when he broke all the records. even knowing he was on steroids now cant take away just how exciting this was to watch unfold. nostalgia :)
what a time to be alive
Kyle Pendree dodger fan here... And bonds is my favorite POWER HITTER
@@andrewserrano921 Steroids will do that to a man... It's a shame really. He had a Hall of Fame career and then ruined it with Human Growth Hormones
@@Jacobthekid28 man shut the hell up.. steroids doesn’t help you put the bat on the ball
@@jayrukks8039 I know but it can help with bat speed.
@@jayrukks8039 Also I still think that Bonds is one of the greatest of all time so no I won't shut the hell up thank you very much.
Bruh even you take steroids everyday you cannot swing and hit home run like this!!! This is pure talent
His amazing swing is absolutely pure talent but look how big and strong steroids made him? You don’t just get better at the tail end of your career than any other point. It’s bullshit.
@@keithschilligo3355 thats the only thing it gives him a lot of power
@@alltimegreat668 wrong.. it also enhances your eyesight, and u recover from fatigue quicker,,, many advantages
I agree. I take steroids and nowhere near this level. I say it all the time. Steroids doesnt improve talent and skill, plain and simple.
@@quentinflinn1529 if you give one of the most talented players in baseball a massive heap of PEDs, watch his power, bat speed, and endurance improve drastically. You turn a Hall of Famer into a God. That’s what happened here. So don’t act like PEDs had no affect here.
A full count with barry...was like prime time television
They walked him so much that usually when it was a full count they just sent him to a base. Those big seasons he had around the 73 homerun season I saw a game where they gave up a run rather than pitch to him. Can't remember who it was but they didn't want to give him a grand slam. Had they pitched to him more he'd have had 200 RBIs but alas many of his HRs were solo shots.
MLB loves to demonize Bonds now as the poster child for steroids and PEDs, but they sure as hell weren't complaining when he was playing. Bonds was THE main attraction of his era. People showed up to games and tuned in on TV to see Bonds hit. MLB was making money off of every Bonds hit, home run, and at-bat, yet now when he can no longer make money for them, they punish him by barring him from HOF. Bud Selig himself is in the HOF, and he's the one to allow the rampant PED use of the era, but won't let Bonds in.
It was a match made in heaven with the greatest home run hitter of all time AND the greatest home run commentator or all time 😂
John Miller ❤❤😊💯💯💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
It's not politically correct I don't care but hands down if you are around my age and I'm 44 Barry Lamar bonds is the greatest player I've ever seen not even close!!g.o.a.t!
Griffey was da goat to me but bonds is at 2 for me. If Griffey stayed healthy he would of broke all records without steroids but bonds was a beast
Look at his 2004 season. It is the absolute best season ANYONE has ever had, hands down. No one in the history of the sport has a better span than Bonds did from 2001-2004. During those 3 years he decimated baseball records. No one was as feared at the plate as he was. Pitching to him was like having Ricky Henderson at 1st base, something every pitcher feared. He has homered off more unique pitchers than anyone else, so there wasn’t just a handful of guys that he homered off either.
Best at cheating.
Asim Brooks if they would have pitched to him more, he probably could have had a 56 game hitting streak. Maybe even more!!!
@Knowle Austin Considering that he was a Hall of Famer before he started juicing, yes Bonds can be in the G.O.A.T conversation
Dam i miss barry bonds
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One of my favorite players of all time, always fun to watch despite allegations of steroids and his arrogonce what ever always had that swing was able to hit for power for average and steal a bag, i remember during the 90s having arguments with my dad who was better him or griffey he was a griffey fan i liked bonds better
Most feared hitter of all time!
Bonds cheated it's in the past Hank Aaron hit almost that many homers without steroids so that proves something at least
@@knighthammer888 yeah, pitching wasn't nearly as good. Can't compare
Don’t forget babe Ruth
April Lambert hey fuck you bitxh
Hell no its Griffey
I love how Yanks fans boo him when he comes up and cheer when he launches one upper deck. Great stuff.
yep. but they came to see HIM play, didn't they?
His connection sounds like a gunshot
Barry was busting homers and winning MVPs way before the early 2000s when the steroid allegations started he is a legend one of the best players of all time
dvon1097 Yeeee
His goat most mvp's
He wasn't hitting them the way he did after the steroids my dude. But nice try.
After Willie, Bonds in my view is the best.
@@THE_BEAR_JEW wasnt hitting home runs but still led the league in RBI and was a .300 hitter BEFORE steroids, not to mention he was a killer outfielder. But nice try!
That last HR was hit so hard it sounded like a metal bar lol
Calvin Hunt you know he did steroids right
Yeah because I guarantee if it were investigated back then the bat would been illegal too. Not far fetched Sosa was caught with a corked bat
@@phoenixevans1182 you dont even know fool, shut the phuk up and quit trying turn people into a sorry a$$ hater like you.
@@creamabdul-jabbar6722 what? Just be quiet kid no more talking for you
@@phoenixevans1182 and?
The best that ever did it.
I've been a die-hard baseball fan for 57 years and seen them all...none could match this man's skills and excitement. I knew from the start with Pittsburgh this cat had it. Every single year including his last year in the league was must-see TV. His very last game in Arizona against my DBACKS I told my girl I don't care what happens we're going to see BB TONIGHT.
The stadium was sold out, media everywhere, crowd booing because they walked him 3 times, BB came up the very last time and they had to pitch to him or there would've been a riot and wouldn't you know it......BOOM...HOME ROOM !
Wow lmao
Absolutely. A lot of people forget he was really great in Pittsburgh before going to San Francisco
nice video. didnt ruin it with background music
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I really can’t help the fact that I loved watching Barry Bonds. Most entertaining player of my generation
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same. miss him very much
Thanks to steroids
Never get old “HHITS IT HIGH HITS IT DEEEEP IT ISSS OUTAAA HERE
He hit a ball once 14 feet high that sounded like a bomb when it hit the right field fence pad. Missile
Baseball hasn't been this great since
When Mark McGwire hit 70 I was thinking that it would be one record that would never be broken. It only lasted THREE years!
It only lasted about ten injections.
I love the announcer of the first homerun. This one is headed for New Jersey! Lmao
I remember the crowd cheering when an opposing team decided to actually pitch to him.
Things that steroids doesn't give you:
1. A laser eye that forced pitchers to pitch to you.
2. Pure fast twitch quickness
3. Full body timing to put every ounce of your body in the precise angle.
4. Ability to put the three above together fast enough to pull virtually every major league pitcher they faced.
Bonds did things with the bat that few were able, and steroids contributed surprisingly little. Everyone talks of the homeruns, but that overshadows the fact that he was one of the toughest outs in baseball if not these toughest out, well before he started juicing up.
You are an idiot.Steroids increase eyesight,fool,hand to eye coordination,bat speed,strength,and stamina.Do lroper research,fool.
@@tonygianelli4712 steroids have absolutely zero impact on your vision or hand eye contact. Steroids have more impact on the god damn weather than fucking vision.
Steriods will allow you to increase your workout to build more strength and it will also allow your body to regenerate and heal quicker.
Someone should be watching you.
Hgh increases your ability to see the ball. He saw the ball better at 37 than in his early 20's. There are many types of PEDS, some help you heal quicker, others help you build muscle, others have more specialized benefits.
Btw bonds ADMITTED he took them! He just claimed he didn't know what they were at the time( lol)
@@tonygianelli4712 mate calling people names with your comment is laughable. Steroids improve eyesight now do they. Get real buddy
Okay but he still cheated. Lol. Just because him cheating did “slightly little” in your view, doesn’t mean he isn’t a cheater.
Bond's and Griffey Jr's swings are a thing of beauty
And steriods had nothin to do with how beautiful their swings were. Two of my favorite athletes of all time!
Dustin Harrison that’s true, but one guy’s head size doubled and broke records and the other broke down like most ppl and couldn’t hit 900 bombs like he should’ve 😭
Dustin Harrison well Bonds was on steroids, Griffey wasn’t
I got to see him hit 71 and 72 in the same night as a kid with my dad at the game. 🎉🎉
*I've never seen a home run off a shattered bat jeez Bonds was strong*
Best hitter ever 🏆
Best steroid user. Lol
@@stevest8675 Before PEDS he was the greatest ever facts
@@adonisscott2257 , no he wasn’t. It’s the juice that made him hit many home run. Bonds is a joke.
@@stevest8675 You don't know Barry
has a swing ever been more beautiful?
Ted Williams, Don Mattingly, Willie McCovey.........these were some sweet swings also
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The most beautiful swing ever
Simply beautiful swing.
2:41 I had that call from kuip as my voicemails outgoing message for a year
Best Pure hitter I've ever seen = Tony Gwynn
Best Power hitter I've ever seen = Barry Bonds
And my 2 most favorite all time players in MLB
I SOOO WISH HE DID ALL OF THIS CLEAN!! I am a fan of his Dad Bobby and have a Yankee yearbook with Barry as a lil squirt with his Dad. He was amazing to watch BUT......
it means nothing not being clean
People forget how patient he was on the plate and how many walks he drew. A lot of the pitchers intentionally walked him but he also drew walks. Leads the league in HR AND WALKS
And for a home run hitter, he did not strike out a lot. Great eye at the plate and PHENOMENAL HITTER
He also lead in INTENTIONAL WALKS over DOUBLE the guy in 2nd place! Think about that stat for a moment.
He was a beast. He is the greatest player ever. It’s sucks people are stealing his shine cuz it potential steroid use.
I'm a Dodgers fan and still appreciated this. I think Barry was only 2nd to Ken Griffey Jr in the modern era
The PED moon shot home runs from the 1990’s early 2000’s were the absolute best!! What a glorious time in major league baseball!! 💥💥☄️☄️🌙🌙
@NOTREALLY HANKAARON and?
He wasn't a big home run hitter in Pittsburgh...so what happened?😂ROIDS! that's what!! Hammerin' Hank is the true home run king!!!👍👍
Every time he hits the ball I imagine the wind sound effect when adam sandler hits the ball in happy gillmore
2:46 is the best thing ive ever seen in baseball lol Barry is the goat
Ken Griffey jr. That's all I need to say
Smh being a Cubs fan I was so heartbroken when I found out the 1998 race was PED loaded. I was 13 and naive at the time and it was magical to me. When it started to come out I felt cheated. I still do. I feel like that magic wasnt real. Like I thought to myself I'm witnessing history this is special, But it's nothing like witnessing meres's 61 or Ruths 60. Maybe those guys were on something whether it be amphetamines or whatever But if that stuff made such a difference it would have made more of a difference back then like it did with the steroids when everybody was hitting 40.
Cheaters can’t be the goat.
@Harry Browneigh You mean the players that played in the pre-integrated version of the MLB or where the talent depth was almost non-existent...
@Harry Browneigh You probably believe that Babe Ruth still is the most talented baseball player of all time which is a crazy thing to think. That's like saying Barry Bonds didn't need steroids to break Hank Aaron's career homerun record.
Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame where he Belongs!!!
@Angry Grizzly Never say Never!
@Angry Grizzly Yep.
Barry Bonds is the best baseball player ever.
Loved watching Bonds play and to be honest, I would have took whatever sports enhancing supplements available if I had the talent to play as long as he did, do what he did and make as much as he did.
It’s insane that this guy isn’t in the hall of fame.
What's even better is he never failed a drug test
It's a shame that he's not in the Hall of Fame.
Barry (*👍*)Bonds the best 👌
If it wasn't for all of the intentional walks ...he would have hit a thousand home runs !!
everyone who hates on Barry Bonds is mad that they will never have half as much talent as he has and most likely is mad that they did not make it to the MLB
Kimani Donaldson I could do it if i injected my self with steroids.
@@brianthomas7384 no you really couldn’t lmfao he was in the league before he ever took roids…you probably didn’t make JV lol
Same dudes hating on Bonds are on the juice at their local gym. Lol
I got to see bonds live and wow what a presence he made to the game
I read Barry Bonds eye focus was off the charts at 10-13 times during balls thrown at him where other good hitters were 4-8 times!
Part of me still thinks he could put up a 400 obp today
Part of me thinks he could’ve hit 90 home runs that one season, he hit like 50 in the first half, then nobody would throw him a strike in the last half
The greatest hitter since Shohei Ohtani.
Thanks to steroids
The greatest hitter ever! I don't know who was in 2nd place but its not even close. Don't believe that? He had over TWICE as many INTENTIONAL walks as the guy in 2nd place. Just think about THAT for awhile. THAT'S how feared he was by EVERYBODY that faced him. There will NEVER be another Secretariat. And there will never be another Barry Bonds. Why? Because he saw the zone better than the umps so the ONLY way to get this guy out was to throw STRIKES. Yeah a pretty scary thing in its own right.
The crack of the bat on the first one. Shot heard round the world, literally
When the ball finally hit the stands that just may be the loudest crowd cheering ever
Sosa , Bonds , Griffy , McGwire, Sheffield , just to name a few players that saved baseball and gave me and my grandfather a opportunity to bond and watch the HR race and 90s baseball in general and I will be grateful to these legends forever, it was just magical no other way to put it & we will never have that type of ball ever again , if you wasnt tuned into MLB in the 90s you missed something special unless you were apart of it either being a player , fan, casual ect....you will never understand what I'm trying to say
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"Bonds was easy to pitch to... If the situation mattered, you just walk him" ~ Greg Maddux
That's one of the best ever saying he didn't want that smoke with number 25 😂😂😂
Pete Rose and Barry Bonds deserve to be in the Hall of Fame
Wether you like him or not you still have to respect him. He got one pitch a night and made the most of it. Power wasn’t natural but his hitting was. Truly one of the greats.
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He was full of steroids
@@timlandrum824 name me some great hitters who weren't on some kind of juiced up programs around the 2000's hell even pitchers were doing something illegal besides baseball hasn't been the same and MLB turned a blind eye until the Government got involved then Selig threw everyone under the bus as an Atlanta fan Bonds was a wrecking ball at the plate he never tested positive and HGH or roids doesn't teach hand eye coordination or bat speed
I've never seen a batter in this case Bonds, intentionally walked with the bases loaded . I assume the opposing manager would give up 1 run rather than risk a Grand Slam and give up 4. That's the Ultimate respect.
That broken bat homer was amazing.
God hearing Kuiper and Miller calling Bonds at bats was special
Dude sold more tickets than anyone else ever!! Put everyone that was great in the HOF and just make a note that the 90s were the juiced era!!
They are just hating on Barry Bonds . .. Best home run hitter ever.. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Bond's was still HOF material even BEFORE all the "buzz" about what he did/didn't take...Put him in FFS!
He took steroids
@@timlandrum824 So did almost everyone else in the league at the time. Bonds was still way better than any of them. Besides, the HoF is full of cheaters--Gaylord Perry wrote a book about his cheating and he's still in the Hall. Why not Bonds?
When he breaks that bat and still knocks it out of the park 😂
I died laughing at that. U know how much force it took to knock that out the park while breaking your bat....I aint saying he on roids but um 😂
His good point is his behavior that does not express joy obediently.
the broken bat home run is just incredible, shouldn't be possible