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I recently learned something incredibly interesting about Greg Maddux and how he actually signaled to Eddie Perez what pitch he wanted to throw. Perez has backed this story up, too. When Perez would give signs in his crouch, it was just in case someone was trying to steal signs. The position in which Maddux’s glove was when he caught the throw back from Eddie between pitches signaled what pitch he wanted to throw next. Then, Perez would touch a different piece of his equipment until Maddux stopped staring directly in and that would let Perez know where to set up for the location. For example, if Maddux caught the throw back up by his ear, it would signal a slider(for example). Then Perez would start by touching his mask, then his chest protector. If Maddux broke eye contact with Eddie after he touched his chest protector, it meant he wanted the pitch down and in(for example). Then Perez would throw down a couple of signs which Maddux would either nod approval at or shake him off, just to screw with the hitter as well as anyone who might’ve been trying to pull an Astros. If the hitter looked like he was expecting the fastball after Perez put down one finger and Doggy nodded “yes”, and looked foolish because he got the change or the slider, that’d let them know that someone was trying to steal signs so that a reliever and whomever happened to be the C later in the game could cycle the pitches called by the C with an indicator or just reverse the order of which fingers meant what. That blew my mind on all kinds of levels! He and Perez would actually have every situation mapped out the night before Maddux started as to when he wanted to throw which hitter which pitch. That’s why Perez was Maddux’s “personal catcher” for 90% of the starts when they were teammates. Damon Berryhill was in Doggy’s first season in ATL(1993) because they had been teammates in CHI for several seasons. Then, Charlie O’Brien was in 1995 and Perez made the club out of Spring Training in 1996. It also gave Javier Lopez much needed days off during those stupidly hot summers in Atlanta and on the road in Philly at The Vet or in St. Louis or Miami.
@@sadbravesfan Perez talks about it some in this interview. I don’t have a time stamp but he talks about it somewhere between 15:00 to 24:00: ua-cam.com/video/FZt6e2nbsb8/v-deo.html
Actually Greg did not like Javy as a catcher. Javy was a good hitter but he was one of the worst catchers in the league. So thats why Eddie was his man. Eddie was a great catcher. The same thing with Kershaw. Barnesy is his Eddie Perez.Austin Barnes is a very good game caller. Will Smith is a good hitter but he is a reliability behind the plate. In fact he is the WORST catcher in the league if you take away his hitting. The truly great pitchers all have “their man” behind the plate.
Step 1: Intentionally walk Bonds Step 2: Induce a 1st pitch inning ending double play from Jeff Kent Step 3: Scoff at power pitchers piling up Ks on absurdly high pitch counts using arm-taxing velocity
ESPN was never serious about baseball! I remember waiting for Baseball Tonight to come on so I could see the scores for the day and they filled the slot with a football talk show, in the middle of June!!!!
No matter how good, the question of how much effect steroids had, will always blur the end point. Players should have to last say in those conversations & HOF. They were out there playing along side each other.
You can’t really have a true GOAT conversation about baseball. The game is too old. Pro baseball goes back almost 150 years. Plus you can’t gauge the numbers properly without taking into consideration 1) the dead ball era 2) the greats who lost 3-5 seasons due to service from being drafted in WWII and Korea and 3) most importantly the fact that baseball didn’t integrate until 1947
Thanks Adam! Maddux was my favorite pitcher to watch. I could watch a game that he played in from beginning to end and not leave the TV. Typically they were short games because he was such a master.
I went to the infamous 5/1/04 game where the Giants played the Marlins at (what the park was called back then) SBC Park. I was there with my 7-year-old son and as we watched the game (Giants won 6-3) and in which Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in one game, setting a major league record. Pavano walked him twice intentionally and Frank Gracesqui walked him once and Armando Benitez also IBB'd Bonds. It was bottom of the 8th inning when I saw the Marlin's catcher Ramon Castro hold up his left hand displaying 4 fingers with Bonds at the plate...(the entire stadium was on its feet) I leaned into my son and said to him, "My son, you are witnessing history right now." My boy wearing his Giants cap that was a little too big for him smiled and nodded as he understood that no player in major league history had EVER been walked intentionally 4 times in one game. Bonds was a god on the diamond surrounded by mere mortals.
While the IBB are very impressive, it speaks more to how shitty the rest of the team hit that they really did not concern themselves with putting a man on base intentionally.
@@DK-ed7be PEDs can absolutely make your swing better. This "hand-eye coordination" excuse, or "steroids only help your recovery" lies are just that, nonsense. There are countless various drugs that can improve your explosivity, reaction's time, coordination, confidence, speed and everything else. They can absolutely make your technique better. PEDs don't improve your strenght or stamina alone. Having said that, it's obvious that freaks like Bonds, McGwire, Canseco, Sosa and such were already talented athletes to begin with.
Similar to when the Dodgers pitching staff got together and tried to think of how to pitch to Henry Aaron - Koufax said just never let anyone get on base before Aaron came to bat.
I remember the relief pitcher Hernandez through Bonds a hard 90 MPH slider and Bonds was looking for a fastball. Bonds literally adjusted his swing in mid stroke and blasted a tremendous home run. Whatever Bonds was taking didn't improve his hand eye coordination, but his reflexes appeared almost superhuman. That is why he scared every one.
I remember Bonds saying steroids don’t improve eye-hand coordination. Well of course not. Steroids take warning track outs, and turn them into HR’s. They turn line drive doubles into HR’s, and turn HR’s into longer HR’s. The league used steroids for a reason, they worked. I believe he’s the best hitter ever before he used them. I wish he never took them
@@Johnny-xj5qu what’s wrong with taking them? They make you better. It should be celebrated when a player is willing to take something that makes them better, not frowned upon
@@dannyflexx2529 #1. They’re illegal. #2. For many they were the sole reason they could make an MLB roster and have a career. #3. For those who were already All star level players, it made them super human. #4. It’s cheating. Why celebrate somebody cheating their way to better success? We should celebrate doing it the right way, not the other way around
@@Johnny-xj5qu ok.. so 1. You’re ignoring that the league allowed everyone to do this even with knowledge of this and you know why they did.. it’s because of what happened before the steroid era - a lockout which meant the mlb had to have a way to regain lots of viewers so they allowed players to use steroids.
@@cantripleplays I totally get Selig knew the league was juiced, and as long as it was creating an amazing show, he didn’t care. Viewers were coming in record numbers. He only “cared” once the feds got involved. The whole thing sucked. I do understand the dynamics of it being illegal, while encouraged at the same time
As a life-long SF Giants fan, Greg Maddux was an institution. Everytime we saw the Braves, there was Maddux... with that unimpressed look on his face lol. I miss that guy.
I was watching that game where he was walked with the bases loaded. Watched it with my dad, and as he walked to the plate we both felt the intentional walk was the only thing to do. It wasn't even a decision.
My eye doctor was Bonds doctor also. His eyesight was 85% better than somebody with 20/20 vision. He could literally see the ball better than anybody. And that helped give him that extra split second to see and hit the ball. It also didn't hurt that he had his Godfather, Willie Mays, to help him develop his hitting skills.
I mean it also helped that he juiced his way to 500 HRs and beyond!! 💉 The Astros got caught redhanded cheated their way to a WS and no asterisks given. The black socks. Never 100% confirmed they threw the WS and still got kicked out of the league. No asterisks given. Shoeless Joe one of the greatest hitters of all time. No hall of fame no asterisks given. Pete Rose bet on baseball now anyone can bet on baseball in fact they encourage you to every f***ing comercial for MLB. No hall of fame no asterisks given. Barry Bonds has a f***ing asterisk next to his name. Period. End of discussion. If you are a Barry Binds fan still you’re a f***ing moron. And dumb**s’s like you talk about he can see the ball better. Get the f*** out of here with that s***! 😂😂😂 You probably think Joe Biden is the smartest person in the world!😂😂😂
Bonds also got access (Through his roid supplier) to the same top of the line stimulant drugs that f**king US fighter pilots were given. So… THAT HELPS TOO. Lol Bonds is a nasty racist POS Fraud who OFF steroids… wasn’t as good as Prime Mantle or Mike Trout. FACTS
Yeah, if you have a manager who trusts a HOF pitcher enough to walk him and get the next guy, then BB was the easiest for him to pitch to. The best pitchers know when to pick and choose their battles. Greg was among the very best.
im a pirate fan and i can say bonds best ever and maddux was definitely an awesome pitcher. his rep would often get him the borderline calls. braves had great pitchers
You mean in the playoffs? 91, 92. In 1993 Bonds was with the Giants, and although they won 103 games, they didn’t make the playoffs because of the Braves. The team not He lost. Bonds was on a team that lost three straight times 90, 91, 92 with the Pirates. The Braves eventually had 3 HoF pitchers, so that’s what suppose to happen. Most teams win with two hall of fame e pitchers.
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To be honest, Greg Maddux is one of the greatest pitchers to ever live. Which I don't think anyone is denying that or anything lol, but I grew up a Braves fan thanks to my grandma who was the biggest braves fan and never missed a Braves game on tv. One of the only things I ever regret is never being able to go to a Braves game with her before she passed away! But anyway, yeah, it's crazy hearing him say that Bonds was the easiest to pitch to seeing who Barry was, but at the same time, coming from who its coming from you almost can't even like try to argue or say he is wrong cause he is freaking Greg Maddux lol. Tho I will admit I was always more of a John Smotlz fan, again mainly because that's who my Granny liked more and I also just liked everything about him as well haha. Anyway, this was an awesome video and I rarely look up baseball interview videos, but I'm glad I found this one haha.
Bonds was a HOF before roids so why he took them was due to his vane and ego. He was being 'stood up' by the likes of McGuire and Sosa and didnt like it. He didnt need to do roids but chose to. He threw away his own opportunity at the HOF and has no one to blame but himself because he would have been there otherwise.
Blame Bud Selig. The steroid era was under his watch. Had he listened to Canseco earlier it might not have gotten out of hand like it did. He could have nip it in bud with crazy penalties and lifetime bans using the best testing at the time.
Steroids may have lengthened his career, but they did nothing to give him the quickest swing and some of the highest hand eye coordination ever tested. He was a 40-40 guy in Pittsburgh. Best player before steroid era and best player during it.
Roids did EVERYTHING to give him HITS that wouldn't have been hits. Balls made it through the infield that would have been stopped, or made it to the wall that outfielders would have stopped, or OVER the wall that would have been caught. Roids increased his hits, his batting average, his slugging percentage, his on base percentage, his RBIs. Roids didn't help him MAKE contact, but they DID improve what the ball did when he DID make contact. And in an era of salary caps, he earned more money because of roids, thereby depriving otherwise worthy teammates of their deserved increases. During his time in San Francisco, had he hit HRs at the pace he did in Pittsburgh, he would have ended his career with about 537 HRs, a full 200+ fewer than he actually did. POSSIBLY! He also would not have secured as many MVP awards without roids, another accomplishment he deprived of other deserving players, like Pujols, etc. He is a lying, cheating bastard, who damaged the integrity of the game - he should NEVER be in the HOF.
Give Mad Dog credit for having a wicked sense of humor! LOL! Reminds me of Bob Uecker's advice on how to catch a knuckleball: "Wait for it to stop rolling, then pick it up."
Babe Ruth is the home run king imo. People forget he started off as a pitcher. He didn't have as many plate appearances as Hank Aaron. Fact. And he played drunk sometimes. He also did it during the dead ball era. One thing is if you don't want the majority of people to think you're a cheater, don't take anything that enhances your performance. His career will always be tarnished, and does not deserve to be in the hall of fame. It sends a bad message. He cheated. Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco, Sosa... none of them don't deserve to be in it.
And you gave up on spelling his name correctly? And the Cubs didn't let him go. Greg Maddux left via free agency because he was tired of losing with the Cubs. The Cubs offered as much money as Atlanta, but he had a chance to win championships with the Braves.
The Bonds Smoltz/Maddux stats are inevitable. Same division and those guys were basically the same age. Means a ton of at bats of course. But yeah, Maddux saying Bonds was light years ahead of everyone else really tells you all you need to know.
I can't give Bonds the title of scariest hitter, partly because - although he was on a HOF clip before juicing - he was never considered scary on that level before the PEDs. It's like me standing in the ring with Tyson in his prime and saying I'm the more scary fighter because I've got a gun. Equally important is the fact that Bonds' HR tear coincided with officiating changes. The umpires could no longer give pitchers the outside of the black (or beyond). Squeezing pitchers basically signaled the end of the Braves' rotation's dominance, and certainly helped guys who basically wore suits of armor and more or less crowded the plate fairly regularly.
Eight home runs in 157 plate appearances facing Bonds is actually quite good - fewer than 32 home runs per 600 PA. Probably not many pitchers did that well against Bonds.
I have noticed that when ball players retire, a lot get completely out of shape and put on 50-60 lbs. When a football player retires, they lose 50-60 lbs and are a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. I would think it would be the other way around given the physical differences between the two sports.
Living in Northern California i saw alot of Barry bonds games on TV growing up and he is the best baseball player i have ever seen and it's not even close.. he should have 2 more MVP's than he does.... GOAT
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I’m a long life Dodger fan (48 years) , I still wish I can see Bonds come up to bat. Steriods? Yup, but you know what? You gotta see the ball to crush the ball. Period! He was and is the greatest home run hitter EVER! I’m glad I was a part of history, even though he was a GIANT!
Bullshit. Greatest home run hitter ever?? Sorry. You don’t know much baseball history! 😂 Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter of all time. He hit HRs in parks that had 490ft to CF and in an era where they sometimes used only 1 baseball per game and that baseball was so brown and black and scuffed all over it cost a man his life!!... And even though in 1920 “wet balls” or spitballs or doctored balls were banned there was no policing and even most teams were still allowed to keep using doctored balls for another whole year allowed by MLB. The ball was made of rubber and not cork. Foul balls did not count as strikes. And the year he set the single season HR record he hit more HRs than 7 major league teams. And and he hit 714 HRs whilst having 3 very bad years where by todays standard he would be suspended for a whole season. Look youre allowed to have an opinion of course no problem but to say Barry Bonds is the greatest HR hitter ever is like saying The 2017 Astros were the greatest baseball team ever. Its baseball blasphemy! Sorry but no effing way in hell dude!😂
If Maddux says Bonds was ‘so much better’ hitting than anyone else...Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame...you could field a team of the best Hall of Famer’s versus the best team of non Hall of Famer’s and the ‘non’ might kick their asses.
Bonds is the best specimen to hold a bat. It's just not even close. Say what you want about Babe Ruth and a few others I can count on one hand. Nobody can hold a candle to Barry. I'm just glad I was alive to see the best 3 Athletes of all Time. Tiger Jordan Bonds Gretsgey maybe but they are the only ones who give off an aura like they were sent from the heavens.
Roid boy is not the all-time home run leader Henry Aaron is. Winners never cheat and CHEATERS NEVER WIN! That is why he will never be in the hall of fame!
@@Athon08 And that's why you will never manage in Big Leagues. Bonds made outs 70% of the time. You go with the stats and pitch to the guy. Juiced up or not Juiced up!!
Funny thing is he was intentionally walked with the bases loaded before he started the steroids lol. He gained 30+lbs in the 98'-99' offseason after remaining steady for many years(his power and already ridiculous hitting prowess took a huge spike once he got healthy in that run too). That's how good he was in his prime. In 1992 and 1993, the league already had a lot of guys juicing it up - and he still managed to tower above them all with OPS+s over 200 both seasons. I loved watching him hit on the juice. It was absurd, like a cheat code in a video game. But retrospectively, he was a first-ballot hall of famer before he touched the drugs, and with the way he already took care of himself - he could've ended up with 600+ home runs anyways and on that Mount Rushmore. Despite his surly attitude, he could've been baseball's unlikely hero of the steroid era, the arrogant prick who refused to take the drugs because he didn't need them to be better than anyone else in the game.
Dr.Beef im happy you mentioned that he was intentionally walked BEFORE the steroids in 96’ by buck showalter against Arizona! Take 1999-2007 away and hes still arguably the GOAT.
He had reconstructive shoulder surgery in 1998 and he lifted a lot of weights to strengthen his shoulder. He also changed his swing adding more of an uppercut. In 2000, the Giants moved into Pacbell Park, which had a short left porch so Bonds' tailored his swing to take advantage of that. NOBODY mentioned steroids until Bonds' had his breakout year of 2000. I was here those years and can tell you that 2001 was made inevitable because of the backlash Bonds' faced in the 2000 NLDS when he made 17 straight outs on the same high tight pitch kind of like the Dodgers in the last WS. Difference was Bonds' worked like a devil to change his stance and cheat up to catch up to that high tight itch. In the first half of 2000, Managers refused to believe it and kept throwing that same pick to him and he kept hammering it. By the time they figured out the new reality, he had 50 homers (he had 49 in 2000). Then 9/11 happened and baseball was the distraction for the public so the public embraced Bonds' and the historic chase. It was not until 2002 that the real hate started.
I was lucky to be a Braves fan and watch Greggy and John and Tom and Steve and the others pitch. Too bad they only won the one WS in 1995. Should have won 91 and 96 too. Oh, well, at least they won it again in 2021! Yay!
I think it was a "Ha ha only serious" line. Maddux, like any sane pitcher, knew Bonds could wallop anything thrown in the strike zone out of the park. So he wouldn't give Bonds that luxury; Maddux got his outs from the other 8 hitters.
Coming from a guy who threw a 76 pitch complete game...Heed his words "Pick your fights" Guarantee he threw 7-10 pitches every ab against bonds but the only ever person to completely own the professor.... Tony Gwynn 9 homers, 18 Rbi's, .429 avg, 0 strikeouts
I love Greg since his days with Cubs, I love how he respects Barry Bonds' talent....I love playing baseball on Playstation The Show, and I love playing with Ken Griffrey Jr and others legends (Will Clark/Babe Ruth/Willie Mays), but never getting to play as Barry Bonds just fkn sucks... growing I admire Griffrey and Bonds so much... just wish Bonds was on the Show
Batters on steroids hit balls thrown by pitchers on steriods into a defence of guys on steriods. It was the PED era. Anyone really think Ripken Jr. could play that many consecutive games without alittle something?
I hate that Bonds ruined his reputation with roids. I was a kid when the Braves almost got him, but the deal fell through at the last minute. I was gutted. But at least we got Maddux with the money!
And @ 0:08 Maddux looks like the most Daddest dad on the planet lol. Tho I think I've heard someone call someone else that before, if I'm not mistaken I think it's Holloway calling Daniel Cormier that lol, but if he saw freaking Greg there he wouldn't be able to argue. He looks like the most stereotypical version of a fad ever there, of only he were wearing a pair of those grass stained white and blue New Balances lol.
“You gotta get 27 outs you gotta know where they are... and they’re not with him” ok I cracked up at that point
Some guys are smart enough to not make things complicated.
Doggie is the best!!
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@@beegee22 That's Einsteins quote. "Genius is making the complicated simple."
I recently learned something incredibly interesting about Greg Maddux and how he actually signaled to Eddie Perez what pitch he wanted to throw. Perez has backed this story up, too. When Perez would give signs in his crouch, it was just in case someone was trying to steal signs. The position in which Maddux’s glove was when he caught the throw back from Eddie between pitches signaled what pitch he wanted to throw next. Then, Perez would touch a different piece of his equipment until Maddux stopped staring directly in and that would let Perez know where to set up for the location. For example, if Maddux caught the throw back up by his ear, it would signal a slider(for example). Then Perez would start by touching his mask, then his chest protector. If Maddux broke eye contact with Eddie after he touched his chest protector, it meant he wanted the pitch down and in(for example). Then Perez would throw down a couple of signs which Maddux would either nod approval at or shake him off, just to screw with the hitter as well as anyone who might’ve been trying to pull an Astros. If the hitter looked like he was expecting the fastball after Perez put down one finger and Doggy nodded “yes”, and looked foolish because he got the change or the slider, that’d let them know that someone was trying to steal signs so that a reliever and whomever happened to be the C later in the game could cycle the pitches called by the C with an indicator or just reverse the order of which fingers meant what. That blew my mind on all kinds of levels! He and Perez would actually have every situation mapped out the night before Maddux started as to when he wanted to throw which hitter which pitch. That’s why Perez was Maddux’s “personal catcher” for 90% of the starts when they were teammates. Damon Berryhill was in Doggy’s first season in ATL(1993) because they had been teammates in CHI for several seasons. Then, Charlie O’Brien was in 1995 and Perez made the club out of Spring Training in 1996. It also gave Javier Lopez much needed days off during those stupidly hot summers in Atlanta and on the road in Philly at The Vet or in St. Louis or Miami.
Great comment!
Where did you hear this? Would love to listen or read about it.
Not surprising. Maddux was a pitching genius.
@@sadbravesfan Perez talks about it some in this interview. I don’t have a time stamp but he talks about it somewhere between 15:00 to 24:00:
ua-cam.com/video/FZt6e2nbsb8/v-deo.html
Actually Greg did not like Javy as a catcher. Javy was a good hitter but he was one of the worst catchers in the league. So thats why Eddie was his man. Eddie was a great catcher. The same thing with Kershaw. Barnesy is his Eddie Perez.Austin Barnes is a very good game caller. Will Smith is a good hitter but he is a reliability behind the plate. In fact he is the WORST catcher in the league if you take away his hitting. The truly great pitchers all have “their man” behind the plate.
“You gotta pick on the other eight guys.”
Classic line!!!
One of my favorite players if all time
Maddux is humble... one the great pitchers who made very few mistakes and one of last pitchers who will ever win 300 games.
Tom Glavine was the last to get 300 wins. He got it less than a year after Maddux.
Maddux is an asshole. He IS NOT humble.
Step 1: Intentionally walk Bonds
Step 2: Strikeout everyone else
Step 3: Profit
With Maddux it wouldn't so much be "strikeout" as "induce a weak ground out"
Step 1: Intentionally walk Bonds
Step 2: Induce a 1st pitch inning ending double play from Jeff Kent
Step 3: Scoff at power pitchers piling up Ks on absurdly high pitch counts using arm-taxing velocity
Love the south park reference.
that was the blueprint when facing the giants. all pitchers went chicken.
Step 1: Steal Bonds underpants
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit
I used to tune in just to watch Greg Maddux. A true wizard.
Nobody talks about Bonds on ESPN. They have “GOAT” conversations every single day...but not baseball.
ESPN was never serious about baseball! I remember waiting for Baseball Tonight to come on so I could see the scores for the day and they filled the slot with a football talk show, in the middle of June!!!!
@J Bruce cool story
No matter how good, the question of how much effect steroids had, will always blur the end point. Players should have to last say in those conversations & HOF. They were out there playing along side each other.
You can’t really have a true GOAT conversation about baseball. The game is too old. Pro baseball goes back almost 150 years. Plus you can’t gauge the numbers properly without taking into consideration 1) the dead ball era 2) the greats who lost 3-5 seasons due to service from being drafted in WWII and Korea and 3) most importantly the fact that baseball didn’t integrate until 1947
Good. Because all "GOAT" conversations are stupid and have no validity
Lol. Gotta love Maddox. Genuinely one of the funniest ball players ever
Thanks Adam! Maddux was my favorite pitcher to watch. I could watch a game that he played in from beginning to end and not leave the TV. Typically they were short games because he was such a master.
And disgusting..
I went to the infamous 5/1/04 game where the Giants played the Marlins at (what the park was called back then) SBC Park. I was there with my 7-year-old son and as we watched the game (Giants won 6-3) and in which Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in one game, setting a major league record. Pavano walked him twice intentionally and Frank Gracesqui walked him once and Armando Benitez also IBB'd Bonds. It was bottom of the 8th inning when I saw the Marlin's catcher Ramon Castro hold up his left hand displaying 4 fingers with Bonds at the plate...(the entire stadium was on its feet) I leaned into my son and said to him, "My son, you are witnessing history right now." My boy wearing his Giants cap that was a little too big for him smiled and nodded as he understood that no player in major league history had EVER been walked intentionally 4 times in one game. Bonds was a god on the diamond surrounded by mere mortals.
Great insight!
While the IBB are very impressive, it speaks more to how shitty the rest of the team hit that they really did not concern themselves with putting a man on base intentionally.
For a power hitter to go 18 straight seasons with more walks than strike outs says it all
@Blue Jazz Dude could always rake and no substance can make somebody swing the bat better.
@@DK-ed7be PEDs can absolutely make your swing better. This "hand-eye coordination" excuse, or "steroids only help your recovery" lies are just that, nonsense.
There are countless various drugs that can improve your explosivity, reaction's time, coordination, confidence, speed and everything else. They can absolutely make your technique better.
PEDs don't improve your strenght or stamina alone. Having said that, it's obvious that freaks like Bonds, McGwire, Canseco, Sosa and such were already talented athletes to begin with.
@@livingbeing1113 yea. I don't buy the argument that these guys would've been just as good without the juice
Bonds was in a league of his own
Irony of Bonds career was he was already a HOFer until he decided to get juiced to stat pad HRs.
Similar to when the Dodgers pitching staff got together and tried to think of how to pitch to Henry Aaron - Koufax said just never let anyone get on base before Aaron came to bat.
I remember the relief pitcher Hernandez through Bonds a hard 90 MPH slider and Bonds was looking for a fastball. Bonds literally adjusted his swing in mid stroke and blasted a tremendous home run. Whatever Bonds was taking didn't improve his hand eye coordination, but his reflexes appeared almost superhuman. That is why he scared every one.
I remember Bonds saying steroids don’t improve eye-hand coordination. Well of course not. Steroids take warning track outs, and turn them into HR’s. They turn line drive doubles into HR’s, and turn HR’s into longer HR’s. The league used steroids for a reason, they worked. I believe he’s the best hitter ever before he used them. I wish he never took them
@@Johnny-xj5qu what’s wrong with taking them? They make you better. It should be celebrated when a player is willing to take something that makes them better, not frowned upon
@@dannyflexx2529 #1. They’re illegal. #2. For many they were the sole reason they could make an MLB roster and have a career. #3. For those who were already
All star level players, it made them super human.
#4. It’s cheating. Why celebrate somebody cheating their way to better success? We should celebrate doing it the right way, not the other way around
@@Johnny-xj5qu ok.. so 1. You’re ignoring that the league allowed everyone to do this even with knowledge of this and you know why they did.. it’s because of what happened before the steroid era - a lockout which meant the mlb had to have a way to regain lots of viewers so they allowed players to use steroids.
@@cantripleplays I totally get Selig knew the league was juiced, and as long as it was creating an amazing show, he didn’t care. Viewers were coming in record numbers. He only “cared” once the feds got involved. The whole thing sucked. I do understand the dynamics of it being illegal, while encouraged at the same time
As a life-long SF Giants fan, Greg Maddux was an institution. Everytime we saw the Braves, there was Maddux... with that unimpressed look on his face lol. I miss that guy.
I was watching that game where he was walked with the bases loaded. Watched it with my dad, and as he walked to the plate we both felt the intentional walk was the only thing to do. It wasn't even a decision.
Maddux was just on a whole different level. He was the Einstein of pitching.
My eye doctor was Bonds doctor also. His eyesight was 85% better than somebody with 20/20 vision. He could literally see the ball better than anybody. And that helped give him that extra split second to see and hit the ball. It also didn't hurt that he had his Godfather, Willie Mays, to help him develop his hitting skills.
I mean it also helped that he juiced his way to 500 HRs and beyond!! 💉 The Astros got caught redhanded cheated their way to a WS and no asterisks given. The black socks. Never 100% confirmed they threw the WS and still got kicked out of the league. No asterisks given. Shoeless Joe one of the greatest hitters of all time. No hall of fame no asterisks given. Pete Rose bet on baseball now anyone can bet on baseball in fact they encourage you to every f***ing comercial for MLB. No hall of fame no asterisks given. Barry Bonds has a f***ing asterisk next to his name. Period. End of discussion. If you are a Barry Binds fan still you’re a f***ing moron. And dumb**s’s like you talk about he can see the ball better. Get the f*** out of here with that s***! 😂😂😂 You probably think Joe Biden is the smartest person in the world!😂😂😂
Th85% better than 20/20 isn't real. The numbers do not add up.
That's a lethal combination. Steroids ain't doing all that.
Bonds also got access (Through his roid supplier) to the same top of the line stimulant drugs that f**king US fighter pilots were given. So… THAT HELPS TOO. Lol Bonds is a nasty racist POS Fraud who OFF steroids… wasn’t as good as Prime Mantle or Mike Trout. FACTS
Or, you know... his dad, who was also a great hitter.
Yeah, if you have a manager who trusts a HOF pitcher enough to walk him and get the next guy, then BB was the easiest for him to pitch to. The best pitchers know when to pick and choose their battles. Greg was among the very best.
im a pirate fan and i can say bonds best ever and maddux was definitely an awesome pitcher. his rep would often get him the borderline calls. braves had great pitchers
You must have missed the 90,91 and 92 playoffs then
But as a Pirates fan, your point of comparison is ... 🤣
Maddux has been very open about saying Tony Gwynn was his toughest hitter having struck him out . . . zero times!
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Bonds led the league in IBB 7 straight seasons in the 1990's
He lost to the Braves 3 straight seasons also
You mean in the playoffs? 91, 92. In 1993 Bonds was with the Giants, and although they won 103 games, they didn’t make the playoffs because of the Braves. The team not He lost. Bonds was on a team that lost three straight times 90, 91, 92 with the Pirates. The Braves eventually had 3 HoF pitchers, so that’s what suppose to happen. Most teams win with two hall of fame e pitchers.
He also led the league with the largest head (via 'roids).
Kind of Corny, I've never heard someone scream that before.
Chicks dig the long ball.
Oh ya! Do you fancy these other types of vlogs? Do you think they'll fly with my audience? I LOVE baseball and am interested in doing more of these. Let me know.
@HOOA Golf I don't mind seeing stories like this once in a while. EX- MLB pictures Rick Rhoden and John Smoltz are pretty decent golfers
Greg Maddux is a solid golfer, too.
Mark Garcia I prefer hitting singles.Hahaha
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To be honest, Greg Maddux is one of the greatest pitchers to ever live. Which I don't think anyone is denying that or anything lol, but I grew up a Braves fan thanks to my grandma who was the biggest braves fan and never missed a Braves game on tv. One of the only things I ever regret is never being able to go to a Braves game with her before she passed away! But anyway, yeah, it's crazy hearing him say that Bonds was the easiest to pitch to seeing who Barry was, but at the same time, coming from who its coming from you almost can't even like try to argue or say he is wrong cause he is freaking Greg Maddux lol. Tho I will admit I was always more of a John Smotlz fan, again mainly because that's who my Granny liked more and I also just liked everything about him as well haha. Anyway, this was an awesome video and I rarely look up baseball interview videos, but I'm glad I found this one haha.
Maddux was saying that Bonds was the easiest to pitch to because he was intentionally walking him...
Bonds was a HOF before roids so why he took them was due to his vane and ego. He was being 'stood up' by the likes of McGuire and Sosa and didnt like it. He didnt need to do roids but chose to. He threw away his own opportunity at the HOF and has no one to blame but himself because he would have been there otherwise.
Blame Bud Selig. The steroid era was under his watch. Had he listened to Canseco earlier it might not have gotten out of hand like it did. He could have nip it in bud with crazy penalties and lifetime bans using the best testing at the time.
Not the explanation I was expecting, but ya gotta respect this man's honesty!
1:30 for Maddux
the best , 73 hr , 3.72era ,record in walk and intencional walk and 800+ slugging all this in one season
Ladh 70 he was a 2x mvp tho rite?
It's not audacity. It's an intelligent, and logical point of view.
Maddox was that good with no roids, Bonds was only that feared because if roids.
Maddux made it look so easy. He was a GEM!!
One of a kind for sure
He was feared because umpires would not call obvious strikes.
Steroids may have lengthened his career, but they did nothing to give him the quickest swing and some of the highest hand eye coordination ever tested. He was a 40-40 guy in Pittsburgh. Best player before steroid era and best player during it.
Brian Connelly you a giants fan ?
yea he got the hand ey from his dad
Roids did EVERYTHING to give him HITS that wouldn't have been hits. Balls made it through the infield that would have been stopped, or made it to the wall that outfielders would have stopped, or OVER the wall that would have been caught. Roids increased his hits, his batting average, his slugging percentage, his on base percentage, his RBIs. Roids didn't help him MAKE contact, but they DID improve what the ball did when he DID make contact. And in an era of salary caps, he earned more money because of roids, thereby depriving otherwise worthy teammates of their deserved increases. During his time in San Francisco, had he hit HRs at the pace he did in Pittsburgh, he would have ended his career with about 537 HRs, a full 200+ fewer than he actually did. POSSIBLY! He also would not have secured as many MVP awards without roids, another accomplishment he deprived of other deserving players, like Pujols, etc. He is a lying, cheating bastard, who damaged the integrity of the game - he should NEVER be in the HOF.
i agree. he cheated partners, fans and himsel and earn money cus u were to the stadiums. not pofessional at all
Brandon Mills-No such thing as PEDs.
I like. I think it widens the market and its cool to hear these type of tid bit stories from other fields. I say keep it up.
Thanks brother!
Barry Bonds the most feared hitter in Major League Baseball history
No. That would be George Herman Ruth.
Give Mad Dog credit for having a wicked sense of humor! LOL! Reminds me of Bob Uecker's advice on how to catch a knuckleball: "Wait for it to stop rolling, then pick it up."
that's classic " Pick on the other 8 guys" 🤣🤣🤣
Babe Ruth is the home run king imo. People forget he started off as a pitcher. He didn't have as many plate appearances as Hank Aaron. Fact. And he played drunk sometimes. He also did it during the dead ball era. One thing is if you don't want the majority of people to think you're a cheater, don't take anything that enhances your performance. His career will always be tarnished, and does not deserve to be in the hall of fame. It sends a bad message. He cheated. Roger Clemens, Jose Canseco, Sosa... none of them don't deserve to be in it.
MLB HR "leader" remains Hank Aaron as far as I am concerned.
you sound like a cartoon character... (Not a insult)
Thanks brother! I just listened to it and you're right. I'm a voice actor. Thanks for tuning in.
HOOA Golf lol nice.
Did you do the Carmen san Diego cartoon?
No. That wasn't me.
I could not make it through a minute of your voice.
Maddox was great . I gave up on the cubs when they let him go
And you gave up on spelling his name correctly? And the Cubs didn't let him go. Greg Maddux left via free agency because he was tired of losing with the Cubs. The Cubs offered as much money as Atlanta, but he had a chance to win championships with the Braves.
Warren Spahn also said he walked Stan Musial intentionally with the bases loaded...
The Bonds Smoltz/Maddux stats are inevitable. Same division and those guys were basically the same age. Means a ton of at bats of course. But yeah, Maddux saying Bonds was light years ahead of everyone else really tells you all you need to know.
Corey seager was also walked with bases loaded... this year.
I can't give Bonds the title of scariest hitter, partly because - although he was on a HOF clip before juicing - he was never considered scary on that level before the PEDs. It's like me standing in the ring with Tyson in his prime and saying I'm the more scary fighter because I've got a gun.
Equally important is the fact that Bonds' HR tear coincided with officiating changes. The umpires could no longer give pitchers the outside of the black (or beyond).
Squeezing pitchers basically signaled the end of the Braves' rotation's dominance, and certainly helped guys who basically wore suits of armor and more or less crowded the plate fairly regularly.
Eight home runs in 157 plate appearances facing Bonds is actually quite good - fewer than 32 home runs per 600 PA. Probably not many pitchers did that well against Bonds.
I have noticed that when ball players retire, a lot get completely out of shape and put on 50-60 lbs. When a football player retires, they lose 50-60 lbs and are a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. I would think it would be the other way around given the physical differences between the two sports.
Looks like Greg’s enjoying retirement. Days of hitting the treadmill are long gone. lol. Good for him.
Living in Northern California i saw alot of Barry bonds games on TV growing up and he is the best baseball player i have ever seen and it's not even close.. he should have 2 more MVP's than he does.... GOAT
He's a roided cheater and his accomplishments will be forever tainted.
I'm a die-hard baseball fan, my amigo's! This story puts a huge smile on my face. I may begin doing more baseball stories. Let me know if this interests you.
I’m a long life Dodger fan (48 years) , I still wish I can see Bonds come up to bat. Steriods? Yup, but you know what? You gotta see the ball to crush the ball. Period! He was and is the greatest home run hitter EVER! I’m glad I was a part of history, even though he was a GIANT!
Barry Bonds was still a bad ass without steroids. Shit, go look at his 40/40 year.
Bullshit. Greatest home run hitter ever?? Sorry. You don’t know much baseball history! 😂 Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter of all time. He hit HRs in parks that had 490ft to CF and in an era where they sometimes used only 1 baseball per game and that baseball was so brown and black and scuffed all over it cost a man his life!!... And even though in 1920 “wet balls” or spitballs or doctored balls were banned there was no policing and even most teams were still allowed to keep using doctored balls for another whole year allowed by MLB. The ball was made of rubber and not cork. Foul balls did not count as strikes. And the year he set the single season HR record he hit more HRs than 7 major league teams. And and he hit 714 HRs whilst having 3 very bad years where by todays standard he would be suspended for a whole season. Look youre allowed to have an opinion of course no problem but to say Barry Bonds is the greatest HR hitter ever is like saying The 2017 Astros were the greatest baseball team ever. Its baseball blasphemy! Sorry but no effing way in hell dude!😂
You have a very enthusiastic voice, keep it up
Thanks Dylan! Welcome to the channel. I'm glad to have you.
If Maddux says Bonds was ‘so much better’ hitting than anyone else...Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame...you could field a team of the best Hall of Famer’s versus the best team of non Hall of Famer’s and the ‘non’ might kick their asses.
They didn't call him professor for nothing. Maddux was smart.
Bonds is the best specimen to hold a bat. It's just not even close. Say what you want about Babe Ruth and a few others I can count on one hand. Nobody can hold a candle to Barry. I'm just glad I was alive to see the best 3 Athletes of all Time. Tiger Jordan Bonds Gretsgey maybe but they are the only ones who give off an aura like they were sent from the heavens.
This guy’s voice is a menace
0:49 Mark McGwife?
Aiden G wtf are u talking about
Austin Oldfield on the intentional walks list it says Mark Mcwife
Aiden G hahhahahahahaha
That was his alter ego. He would slick his hair back and take your McGwife
Aiden G that's what they called his wife 😂
I agree with you. I got incorrect head to head
stats. Good job.
Josh Hamilton was walked with the bases loaded also.
But was it intentionally
terencecarr16 ya
Barry Bonds G.O.A.T! Barry Bonds HOF 2022!!!!
I hope Bonds never gets into the HOF. Look his body as a rookie and at the end of his career. His size doubled.
Damn, when they first showed Greg Maddux I thought he was gonna sing "Sloop John B". Like if you get it!
Yeah, he let himself go.
So in other words Smoltz and Maddux put their nuts on the tables more times than anyone against Bonds. He homered. They K'd him. LETS GOOO
People will say anything to get clicks.
That's called hustle! Try it. It'll put cash in your pocket.
Bonds is a free swinging lefty. Maddux threw one of the best 2 seamers in the game. I'd agree with that assessment, easy out.
Roid boy is not the all-time home run leader Henry Aaron is. Winners never cheat and CHEATERS NEVER WIN! That is why he will never be in the hall of fame!
Still ridiculous that he isn't in the HOF.
Bonds was a great hitter, but he has some baggage... And that will follow you, especially in baseball.
Maddux faced him 157 times but only struck him out 16 times and Barry hit 8 home runs off him??? That's an absolutely crazy statline
My favorite pitcher of all time
Maddux has packed it on. Wow.
Jrbr 549 happens he us over 50
I'm over 50. I've been fat my whole life. I don't have iguana neck.
Please explain why your feelings got hurt over this.
You had two months to come up with that gold?
Bases loaded, up by 1 run, you intentionally walk Barry Bonds to tie the game!!
It was 8-6 AZ. Bottom of the ninth. They walked bonds they are still up 8-7. With one out left.
Joey Grajeda wasn’t speaking of the Arizona game. I was saying in general. I’d rather walk in the tying run than to let Bonds swing the bat
@@Athon08 And that's why you will never manage in Big Leagues. Bonds made outs 70% of the time. You go with the stats and pitch to the guy. Juiced up or not Juiced up!!
Greg looks like he eats Estrogen Flakes for breakfast.
bwink23 a soy boy in the HOF...
An ACTUAL sign of steroid usage, yet everybody goes straight to bonds.
LOL
lmfao!
bwink23: This was a hilarious comment!!
Just like Deion was the easiest db to throw against.... you just didn't do it 😂
Funny thing is he was intentionally walked with the bases loaded before he started the steroids lol. He gained 30+lbs in the 98'-99' offseason after remaining steady for many years(his power and already ridiculous hitting prowess took a huge spike once he got healthy in that run too). That's how good he was in his prime. In 1992 and 1993, the league already had a lot of guys juicing it up - and he still managed to tower above them all with OPS+s over 200 both seasons.
I loved watching him hit on the juice. It was absurd, like a cheat code in a video game. But retrospectively, he was a first-ballot hall of famer before he touched the drugs, and with the way he already took care of himself - he could've ended up with 600+ home runs anyways and on that Mount Rushmore. Despite his surly attitude, he could've been baseball's unlikely hero of the steroid era, the arrogant prick who refused to take the drugs because he didn't need them to be better than anyone else in the game.
Dr.Beef im happy you mentioned that he was intentionally walked BEFORE the steroids in 96’ by buck showalter against Arizona! Take 1999-2007 away and hes still arguably the GOAT.
Farhan Khan never would've surpassed Ruth or Aaron in overall stats tho
Goyanks51 - probably true, but he did hit 46 homers in 1993
He had reconstructive shoulder surgery in 1998 and he lifted a lot of weights to strengthen his shoulder. He also changed his swing adding more of an uppercut. In 2000, the Giants moved into Pacbell Park, which had a short left porch so Bonds' tailored his swing to take advantage of that. NOBODY mentioned steroids until Bonds' had his breakout year of 2000. I was here those years and can tell you that 2001 was made inevitable because of the backlash Bonds' faced in the 2000 NLDS when he made 17 straight outs on the same high tight pitch kind of like the Dodgers in the last WS. Difference was Bonds' worked like a devil to change his stance and cheat up to catch up to that high tight itch. In the first half of 2000, Managers refused to believe it and kept throwing that same pick to him and he kept hammering it. By the time they figured out the new reality, he had 50 homers (he had 49 in 2000). Then 9/11 happened and baseball was the distraction for the public so the public embraced Bonds' and the historic chase. It was not until 2002 that the real hate started.
Blame baseball fans for hyping up McGuire and Sosa after 98, who couldnt carry Barry's luggage
*Me talking about a clip for excessively long before showing the clip*
I was lucky to be a Braves fan and watch Greggy and John and Tom and Steve and the others pitch. Too bad they only won the one WS in 1995. Should have won 91 and 96 too. Oh, well, at least they won it again in 2021! Yay!
Its like maddux was a magician out there that ball moved more than KK in bed
Maddog was joking around for Christ sake !
I think it was a "Ha ha only serious" line. Maddux, like any sane pitcher, knew Bonds could wallop anything thrown in the strike zone out of the park. So he wouldn't give Bonds that luxury; Maddux got his outs from the other 8 hitters.
Maddox was masterful and highly intelligent. He and Brady are very similar. They don’t have to completely dominate but control the game.
Maddux looks like the blob now gah damn man 👨
Is that the guy that ate Greg Maddux? Jesus. Turkey worble worble worble
his front door two seamer is still the.best regardless of velocity... just absolute magic.
Coming from a guy who threw a 76 pitch complete game...Heed his words "Pick your fights"
Guarantee he threw 7-10 pitches every ab against bonds but the only ever person to completely own the professor....
Tony Gwynn
9 homers, 18 Rbi's, .429 avg, 0 strikeouts
Maddux was great, but he got more off the plate strikes then any pitcher in history.
Ultimate respect
"All time home run leader" Asterix needed
No *
I love Greg since his days with Cubs, I love how he respects Barry Bonds' talent....I love playing baseball on Playstation The Show, and I love playing with Ken Griffrey Jr and others legends (Will Clark/Babe Ruth/Willie Mays), but never getting to play as Barry Bonds just fkn sucks... growing I admire Griffrey and Bonds so much... just wish Bonds was on the Show
No duh you walk him. Anyone on steroids I’d walk, they have a huge advantage.
Batters on steroids hit balls thrown by pitchers on steriods into a defence of guys on steriods. It was the PED era. Anyone really think Ripken Jr. could play that many consecutive games without alittle something?
Indeed! Even as a kid I always thought Ripken was extremely overrated! It use to piss me off.
Even Ivan Rodriguez? Think that guy had nothing in him lol
I hate that Bonds ruined his reputation with roids. I was a kid when the Braves almost got him, but the deal fell through at the last minute. I was gutted. But at least we got Maddux with the money!
And @ 0:08 Maddux looks like the most Daddest dad on the planet lol. Tho I think I've heard someone call someone else that before, if I'm not mistaken I think it's Holloway calling Daniel Cormier that lol, but if he saw freaking Greg there he wouldn't be able to argue. He looks like the most stereotypical version of a fad ever there, of only he were wearing a pair of those grass stained white and blue New Balances lol.
The heck with that juicer!
We just gonna ignore the MARK MCGWIFE?? LOL
Wasn’t this comment about Tony Gwynn
Maddux was never a lean guy. He always had that no chin chubby neck but he look horrible. Wow
Hank Aaron is the all-time HR leader.
who ate Maddux? Dude looks like Chewbaca now
One of my all time fav players...huge Bravos fan here, and damn, The Professor is rocking the shit out of that Kim Jong-un hair!
Hey, Brian Maddox did face Bonds.
So The players do not know??
And its a shame this guy isn't in the Hall of Fame. He was a Hall of Famer before he started on the juice.
You got 27 outs and you gotta know where they are. They’re not gonna be with him. Lmao