@@theslickrips5904 wrong, look for context, bonds was the most walked player in mlb history, the only good pitches he got to hit were on mistakes by pitchers. Those other two guys struck out more than they walked. Not to mention homers is just a small part of who bonds was as a ball player. 40/40 club, 8x gold glove, 2x batting champ. Those guys weren’t half as good as bonds.
Biggest overlooked fact: Bonds would only get 1 maybe 2 pitches over the plate(they just didn't throw strikes at him) and he was disciplined and patient enough to wait on those 1 or 2 strikes to swing and still connected .
that's not really a fact because it can't be proven. That said, the reason they didn't throw to him all that often is that he literally crowded and leaned over the plate forcing pitchers to either hit him or throw outside to the barrel of his bat. It isn't rocket science why he was so good during his roid era.
@@scottb3034 ha ha ha .....literally every bat he ever had(including all the years in Pittsburgh) was filmed live so there goes your lame argument. Also it is well known and has been talked about many times by announcers/former players/analysts. Maybe you shoulda picked someone who played before TV. Total facts about Bonds only getting 1 or 2 strikes during any game on average. Thanks for playing......next
@@alanoranday4448 Uh....yeah. Because pitchers are unwilling to pitch batters inside and don't want/can't brush hitters off the plate anymore. So Bonds controls the strike zone/where pitchers will pitch. They either throw it in the outside half of zone to the barrel or they pitch out of the zone where he can't square it up (not that he will swing at it). If he didn't consciously seek to control the strikezone by cutting off the inside half and getting fat barrel plate coverage on the outside half then pitchers would have attacked him more aggressively. That willingness to control the zone and dare pitchers to throw inside is a hallmark of dominant hitters (and a hallmark of dominant pitchers is their willingness to retake the inside and regain command of the zone from the hitter). Ownership of the plate is rule number 1 to being a good hitter or a crap hitter, and the difference between pitchers pitching to you or not.
People always forget that Bonds had a HOF caliber career with Pitssburgh BEFORE he went to SF... he had already won 2 MVP, was a 30/30/.300 hitter with 100 walks every year BEFORE he went to SF
Barry Bonds even demostrated what he was talking about once. Made so much sense. He starts with a glove on and gets in his batting stance, then the pitcher pitches he catches it with a swing of his arm. Then he replaces the glove with a bat.
He did, the greatest eye of any batter was Ted Williams, his eye was so good, he said he was able to see the seems on the baseballs coming out of the pitchers hand! It got to the point, if Ted didn't swing, the umpires called it a ball
@@whoneedstoknowPEDs do not enhance hand to eye coordination nor does it increase the ability to track a pitch. Plus, of all the accusations, there has never been a positive test linked to Bonds nor has there been an admission. So save the rhetorical speculation
He had a professional hitter as a father. Great genetics, grew up in MLB clubhouses, and s tremendous work ethic. He was on pace to Cooperstown long before the cream and clear. Hell of a fielder too.
My Dad was on track to be a great father and husband until he started banging the neighbor's wife. Once he did that it nullified everything he did before. Same thing as what happened once Bonds started using "the clear"
But he cheated so none of it matters truly. The babe and Hank just needed a bat and some dirt. Them are what ya call true legends this dude shoulda just stayed off the juice and it woulda been a easy Cooperstown trip but in a world full of what ifs I’d definitely wanna be Barry bonds lol
@@derrickkorstick8984 Yes. They have it as in being born with it or working really hard to attain that skill. Just like those who have "it" to succeed in the real world. Some have that innate ability to move up the ladder while others have to continuously practice honing the skills of networking or ingratiating themselves.
Leftys have a natural upswing! One of my boys was a lefty and he was a hitting machine in little league, but he was powered by too many hotdogs and ice cream cones! Not steroids🤣
People will forget that Barry was a legit hall of famer before steroids. One of the best ever before steroids. So what he rounded up a little as he got older. He’s still an all time great
His hand-eye coordination, anticipation, and spatial awareness word probably some of the best we’ve ever seen in major league baseball. That’s why he not only hit so many home runs, but walked so much.
I once saw a picture of every ball Bond's hit for a homerun the season he hit 72 homeruns. In every single picture the pitch was in his sweet spot within the strike zone. Pitchers so feared him they made mistakes and he was a master at hitting their mistakes. He didn't miss when given a pitch to hit.
People forget he also set the MLB record for walks that year too. He really did make the most out of how little he was given. I’m so glad I was able to watch most of his games during that stretch. It’s hard to explain how amazing it was to watch live.
Well, I could agree with the HOF with Baroid, but, if he goes in, & there's a great argument he should, then if he goes- Pete Rose & 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson 1000% have to go!!!
excellent hand eye coordination, his swing was always perfect when making contact. You need to have that in order to hit for power and for base hits and only swing at strikes.
I'm 38. Played a good amount of organized baseball. Never once heard that. I always heard of cutting the ball in half. Like if the bat was a samurai sword and I was chopping the ball in half. For some reason that makes way more sense than catching the ball. That implies to me that you're not hitting it hard. Just making sure the barrel touches the ball. All that being said... I've said stuff my 7 year old but he is still having issues so I'm going to try to see if the catching thing works for him.
@@donaldcatlett5850 how do you know? And David Ortiz was accused so who cares. It's either you got talent or not. Roids isn't a super drug to make you a Hof player if you suck ass. Dee Gordon got caught and he hit what 2 home runs with .250avg. Roids don't give you super powers. I think you're lacking what some people call common sense. Or knowledge about the game. If I was a terrible baseball player coming up in minors and decided to take roids is that a guarantee I'ma yoke 40+ hr a year win gold gloves and MVPs while accumulating the best eye in all of baseball? Lmao kick rocks dork
They kept him out of the HOF because the media hated him. He dissed the media because all they asked him about was his father and his divorce in the 90s. Absolute injustice in my book. He was a five tool player for the longest time and he continued to do it when everyone else was juicing as well. I talked to him at a gas station once and all he was ever concerned about was getting a ring. Actually a very cool dude. I wish he could’ve got his ring. #BarryBonds . I was there for #756 🙌🏼
Bonds spent his career making enemies, including the people who vote on HOF'ers. He was intensely disliked by his teammates, the press, his exes, fans, etc.
I still remember when he hit 756 man that night was incredible, me, my dad and sister watched it together screaming our lungs off lol stayed home from church that night, one of my favorite ball players ever
Greatest hitter of all time. You guys honestly forget (or were too young) to know what he did. He was so good, he was intentionally walked 2-3x a game sometimes and hit a HR on the one pitch he got in his 4th AB.
I always heard he had very fast hands so he could swing fractionally later than most batters which allowed him that much longer to see what a pitch was gonna do
Not only was he great at 'bat meets ball', but he also had the best eye of all time. He could recognize where the pitch was going faster than any hitter I've ever seen. So he picked the right pitches to swing at.
True. He did and you are correct on many other hitters using heavy bats but Bat speed is only part of the equation. Without sufficient mass the ball won’t travel as fast. This is kinda geeky, but 83 mph exit velocity from the bat at +25 degrees launch angle will go over the fence. Without sufficient mass behind the ball it won’t go as far because of bat deflection.
@bone-snypa I don’t completely disagree think you’re confusing timing with bat speed. Without sufficient bat speed you have less power. Granted. Contact style hitters need less but they still need sufficient bat speed to clear the IF.
Wish I would have heard this advice 20 years ago lol. Definitely going to be giving this advice to my son early on. Such simple advice but it makes so much sense.
I think the most overlooked secret to his success was the plate of armor he wore on his right elbow that allowed him to crowd the plate and not be worried that much about getting plunked.
@@rodneysmith247 Pete Rose is probably number 1. As bad as taking steroids is nothing is worse than messing with white people's money. Even being white won't save you.
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I remember reading something at one point about them writing words and numbers on balls during practice and Barry could read them as they were going by him at the plate...that vision, if true, was a major contributing factor.
@@thisisisabella3634 162.8 WAR, 762 Homeruns, career 1.051 OPS, 688 IBB, 7 MVPS. Everyone was on something back then, Including pitchers. He's the GOAT
@@thisisisabella3634 Steroids cannot make you hit the ball, dumbass. It doesn't matter how much you juice a guy like me up. I still would lack the coordination, reaction time, eye, etc.
Catchers know what pitch and where it's gonna go. If the catcher had no idea what was coming they would miss a lot more balls. There is a reason why it is usually pretty apparent when the catcher and pitcher have a mix up.
Met him once in LA at a sporting goods store. He was in the Golf area. I heard the sound of golf balls being CRUSHED. I walk around the corner. Barry Bonds. It was just a different level. Amazing and awesome.
Steroids increases everything----power, strength, speed and reaction time. Bonds cheated and he has zero eligibility left for the HOF. Aaron is the real HR king.
@@kylerey09 After the 98 season when McGwire and Sosa had their historic seasons. There's a story of how Griffey and Bonds were having dinner discussing their careers after that season and Bonds was saying they should do it too. Obviously one chose to do it and one did not.
It just made the ball go farther.. Dumbass. He used excellent eye coordination and made contact with the ball and roids didn’t help with either of those. Roids just made the ball go farther that’s all
@@amirmartin5026 Yeah, he had pop early on but his elite power developed gradually. He didn't hit a crazy amount of HRs in his Pirates days, but that was the 1980s and early 1990s and HRs were generally down (except the spike in 1987). I can't imagine many people in 1990, when Bonds won his first MVP, figured he'd eclipse 600 HRs, let alone break Aaron's mark.
I used to employ mind games like that as a skater. It totally worked. It’s good for helping you work past bad habits that hold you back. I mainly used it to make sure my body positioning and mechanics were correct to do the trick right. It’s easy to see how that would translate into batting where posture, positioning, and mechanics are crucial.
BS! 3% of MLB pitchers juiced. All records were beaten by Juicers. Bonds, Sosa, Mcquire, Canceco, Clemons & a few more. Not! 97% of the heros who were clean.
Guys he already mentioned the steroids we get it. BUT he also mentioned that you still need to hit the damn ball. Steroids don’t improve your hand eye coordination
Mentioning the steroids doesn't absolve the fact he and that forehead turn a bunch of doubles and flyouts into moonshot home runs by sticking Roids up his butt
Dude had a career batting average of .298, steroids can't do that for you. People wave off all his accomplishments because of roids, but you can't take away the fact that at least half of his success is because of is because of the man himself, not the stuff he put inside him.
I’ll never understand why people are so quick to say “such a shame he took steroids. He was a great ball player.” Bonds is the greatest hitter of all time, pure and simple. I can take steroids and it won’t do a dang thing in my ability to hit a baseball.
He ain’t hitting half those dingers if he wasn’t juicing… and take a look when he came into the league and when he left… he was triple the size. Cheating is cheating
he isn't the greatest hitter of all-time roids or not. Williams, Ruth, Gehrig, Mays and Aaron all have great claims. Heck tony gwynn does and he willingly chose to not be a power hitter.
Catching a ball with a glove is easy because your glove is in front of you and you have instant and continuous feedback about where the glove is in relation to the ball coming in. When hitting though, the bat us behind you, it’s totally different. The only way to hit and “catch” the ball with the bat as you do with the glove is by bunting. Bonds ability to catch the ball with the bat in a full swing as with a glove was an amazing feat. Ted Williams might have been the only other person ever to relate to this and have it be more than just an idea.
You hold a glove in front of the ball and can wait for the ball to come to it. Slight movement to make it work. Timing a swing adds another huge variable. Plus, it essentially adds another axis. Catching a pitch is essentially X (left and right) and Y (up and down) axis. Hitting adds the Z (fore and aft) axis since bay angle relative to the plate is also a thing. If anything, bunting is like catching. Hitting the ball with a swing is more like throwing your glove at the ball.
I hate when people say steroids make you hot the ball farther😂 It is about recovering from injury faster and staying healthy longer so you can maximize the amount of games you play in. Strength is a bi-product of taking steroids and lifting regularly, but you still have to have the bat speed and hand-eye coordination to hit a home run or even hit a ball at all.
Heres the thing. When you know you got power, you dont really have to focus on adjusting your stength to get a home run. He just needs to focus on the ball and bam! Home run!
Bonds steroid use wasn't broken because it made him strong. It let him combine a decade of professional experience, with the body of a man a decade younger.
@@cheyenne11114 yeah his speed declined but not to a degree any greater than typical power speed guys as they get older. The thing is Barry was a master of having a good eye at the plate. It doesn't matter if every time you make contact its a 600ft swamp donkey. If you only connect with 1/10 you aren't gonna make a baseball team. Bonds took years of experience and practice and gave himself the kind of body that just wasn't usual to develop into. I'm not saying the strength boost wasn't helping. I'm saying it gave him the ability to turn a late in their career wily veteran with great discipline and eyes into a guy with the body of a much younger man without losing the brains he developed.
@@ladybuzzkillington2072 first of all, he went from stealing 50 bases, to stealing seven bases. He went from being an elite outfielder to a semi-liability in left field. These were a direct result of extended steroid use. And I'm not arguing that he didn't have a great eye. He hit for great contact and damn good power early in his career. I am saying that the Barry bonds we are talkin about, the complete freak show that managers would intentionally walk even with the bases loaded, is an absolute and undeniable product of cheating. He was a major league baseball player that had great bat speed and hit over 300 multiple times prior 2 going on the juice. The roids turned him into the guy that some call an all-time great though. He couldn't live with just being a run-of-the-mill excellent hall-of-famer. And I use the term "run of the mill" as respectfully as I can because just reaching that status is glory in baseball. He's part of the reason that the aura of this game disappeared. For that reason I will never ever be a fan and will never stop pointing out the cheating. We shouldn't be acting like it was no big deal
It's his swing trajectory, like a windmill instead of horizontal...he never push swings and his hand speed is crazy. Torque in his back leg with most of his bodyweight mixed with a stretch of his lats, back creates a natural fast swing which allows him to "catch" the ball later than a push swinger
I was disappointed when I was like 11 and 12 when I was getting into baseball though looking back I don’t think “cheating” came to all to them. I feel like they should let them all in the hall of fame roids or not there’s players who are not well know who took roids and some that sucked I don’t think it would of made a difference
2001 -late 00s ichiro he actually would hit all homeruns in batting practice he chooses to be a more contact hitter. Both him and bonds are among the best hitters not only is bonds a good home run he’s got a pretty good batting average for a power hitter throughout his career better then most power hitters who just only strikeout and hit homeruns lol
That is why I believe he belongs in the Hall of Fame. There have been other cheaters that didn’t do even half as well in hitting home runs. His talent is unbelievable. Sure it wasn’t right to cheat. I admit I was a fan since before he came to the Giants and I loved seeing the numbers change every time he hit it into the bay. Or every time they put a chicken up when he walked. That made it more amazing because he didn’t even see many pitches to hit. I’m a Barry Bonds fan for life.
Yeah that’s not how juice works lol. He was an all star before the steroids. Hall of fame worthy. So what he took steroids. They all were at that time. He’s the best hitter ever just get over it
@@craftgarrett1 😂😂😂 someone needs to stop 🐓ridin juice head Bonds . Roger, Mark, Sammy, and all those guys should be banned for life for juicing because that was the only reason they can even play in there 30’s
@@rppoker8541 every player right now is using something not on the list but they're still PEDS. Just like every person that said they got their muscles naturally and not using gear. Lol! What a joke!
I knew someone would say steroids lol. Roids only takes affect when you make contact with the ball. Bonds had some of the best hand eye coordination in the game
The biggest thing is in an era where everyone was juicing, there was only 1 Barry Bonds
There was a sosa and McGwire too. They’re all pretty much equals at the end of the day as far as homers
@@theslickrips5904bonds was way better (and more valuable) than both, and had a longer peak than both
Mark and sosa didn’t get the walks Or fear bonds did. Imagine if he was actually pitched to
@@theslickrips5904 you obviously don’t know shit if you think those 3 are all equals 😂 barry was on a different level than everyone
@@theslickrips5904 wrong, look for context, bonds was the most walked player in mlb history, the only good pitches he got to hit were on mistakes by pitchers. Those other two guys struck out more than they walked. Not to mention homers is just a small part of who bonds was as a ball player. 40/40 club, 8x gold glove, 2x batting champ. Those guys weren’t half as good as bonds.
Biggest overlooked fact: Bonds would only get 1 maybe 2 pitches over the plate(they just didn't throw strikes at him) and he was disciplined and patient enough to wait on those 1 or 2 strikes to swing and still connected .
that's not really a fact because it can't be proven. That said, the reason they didn't throw to him all that often is that he literally crowded and leaned over the plate forcing pitchers to either hit him or throw outside to the barrel of his bat. It isn't rocket science why he was so good during his roid era.
@@scottb3034 ha ha ha .....literally every bat he ever had(including all the years in Pittsburgh) was filmed live so there goes your lame argument.
Also it is well known and has been talked about many times by announcers/former players/analysts.
Maybe you shoulda picked someone who played before TV.
Total facts about Bonds only getting 1 or 2 strikes during any game on average.
Thanks for playing......next
@@scottb3034Do you honestly think the only reason Barry Bonds wasn't pitched at, was because he crowded the plate?
@@alanoranday4448 Uh....yeah. Because pitchers are unwilling to pitch batters inside and don't want/can't brush hitters off the plate anymore. So Bonds controls the strike zone/where pitchers will pitch. They either throw it in the outside half of zone to the barrel or they pitch out of the zone where he can't square it up (not that he will swing at it).
If he didn't consciously seek to control the strikezone by cutting off the inside half and getting fat barrel plate coverage on the outside half then pitchers would have attacked him more aggressively.
That willingness to control the zone and dare pitchers to throw inside is a hallmark of dominant hitters (and a hallmark of dominant pitchers is their willingness to retake the inside and regain command of the zone from the hitter). Ownership of the plate is rule number 1 to being a good hitter or a crap hitter, and the difference between pitchers pitching to you or not.
@@scottb3034I guess the question is why don’t other hitters take the same approach since u seem like u can’t admit how great a hitter he was
People always forget that Bonds had a HOF caliber career with Pitssburgh BEFORE he went to SF... he had already won 2 MVP, was a 30/30/.300 hitter with 100 walks every year BEFORE he went to SF
Barry Bonds even demostrated what he was talking about once. Made so much sense. He starts with a glove on and gets in his batting stance, then the pitcher pitches he catches it with a swing of his arm. Then he replaces the glove with a bat.
Yeah BEFORE steroids
So why cheat? Steroids are illegal. People go to prison for them but not these privileged athletes.
@@Weeman80 let's not pretend like all of MLB and the government didn't know about players juicing prior to the hearings.
Facts
Barry had the greatest eye for the strike zone ever...he don't swing at balls
He did, the greatest eye of any batter was Ted Williams, his eye was so good, he said he was able to see the seems on the baseballs coming out of the pitchers hand! It got to the point, if Ted didn't swing, the umpires called it a ball
Bonds’ hips were so far ahead of his ridiculously fast hands. Hips don’t lie
Why do people gotta make gay comments like this smh
@@rolandofoster6996Why you gotta make it gay?
@@rolandofoster6996tell us you like dudes, without telling us you like dudes.
i like youuuuu @@edgarstadanski
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His plate discipline, bat speed and hand eye coordination is the greatest I’ve ever seen. It’ll never be matched
Are u on PEDs
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@@whoneedstoknowPEDs do not enhance hand to eye coordination nor does it increase the ability to track a pitch.
Plus, of all the accusations, there has never been a positive test linked to Bonds nor has there been an admission. So save the rhetorical speculation
@@janconner2087 You got the point. I totally agree with you. Why is so hard for people understand that?
Who gives a 💩 about hand speed. He was juiced. He cheated the game, and cheated himself. Let's talk about Pete Rose. Bonds was far worse
He had a .609 obp one year. .609!!!
So it wasnt just the HR's - he is in the mount rushmore of baseball. Live with it!
So why cheat? Steroids are illegal. People go to prison for them but not these privileged athletes
@@Weeman80 clown
@@Weeman80every1 else cheated..
He had a professional hitter as a father. Great genetics, grew up in MLB clubhouses, and s tremendous work ethic. He was on pace to Cooperstown long before the cream and clear. Hell of a fielder too.
My Dad was on track to be a great father and husband until he started banging the neighbor's wife. Once he did that it nullified everything he did before. Same thing as what happened once Bonds started using "the clear"
Legend has it his throw for Sid Bream is still on its way home.
Best player I've ever seen. Watched him with the Pirates when Pitt came to St Louis for a double header in '91
Did you ever wonder how stupid you are? Wonder no more. You are!
But he cheated so none of it matters truly. The babe and Hank just needed a bat and some dirt. Them are what ya call true legends this dude shoulda just stayed off the juice and it woulda been a easy Cooperstown trip but in a world full of what ifs I’d definitely wanna be Barry bonds lol
Great hand & eye coordination as well as dexterity. Some have it. Most don't. Bonds won't tell you that.
Bonds will tell you it was just the wheaties he ate that gave him that great performance
In other words just say timing
@@chicocheche4283 Timing is only a part of it. It isn't reliable as a talent or skill like hand eye coordination.
@@huenhuan2103 hand eye coordination is just as much earned as it is a natural gift
@@derrickkorstick8984 Yes. They have it as in being born with it or working really hard to attain that skill. Just like those who have "it" to succeed in the real world. Some have that innate ability to move up the ladder while others have to continuously practice honing the skills of networking or ingratiating themselves.
He had a very well balanced breakfast and ate his veggies
LOL Thanks.
And had his juice. ⚾
He listened to his parents and always went to bed at 8:30 to grow big and strong
Barry wake up your breakfast is ready your usual steroids and veggies
Don't forget his vitamins
Most people don’t realize exactly how hard it is to be successful in the major leagues yet alone home runs. Barry was incredible!!!
Barry had every pitcher shivering whenever he was at bat.
This is true, Barry bonds was so intellectually powerful that his head grew two inches in his mid 30s so he could think about hitting the ball better.
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Lol well put bud i said pretty much the same thing except alittle more insight lol
Fing hilarious
Underrated comment
Bruce Bochy’s head was just as big, and he didn’t start winning rings as a manager until after bonds left
Juice or not, he had the sweetest swing I've ever seen
Him and Jr.
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My goodness.. so true..... even better than Jim thome
Leftys have a natural upswing! One of my boys was a lefty and he was a hitting machine in little league, but he was powered by too many hotdogs and ice cream cones! Not steroids🤣
I agree. The weight gain allowed him to shorten his swing. He was able to get to the ball without the hitch to generate power
People will forget that Barry was a legit hall of famer before steroids. One of the best ever before steroids. So what he rounded up a little as he got older. He’s still an all time great
Before steroids? When did he use? Exact dates only. Thanks
His hand-eye coordination, anticipation, and spatial awareness word probably some of the best we’ve ever seen in major league baseball. That’s why he not only hit so many home runs, but walked so much.
Barry Bonds, Tony Gwinn and Pete Rose. Best hitters I’ve seen in my lifetime.
Pete rose doesn’t belong in that conversation
@@gregthegoatostertag8579I’ll be dang your right. Idk why I thought he hit over .400 for a season? I looked it up and he never did. I was wrong.
@@dustinmurphy82ableyou might be thinking of Ted Williams
Isharo would be the other in my top 3. As far as my life time goes.
@@Dayonetheone he is the best of all time. That’s for sure.
I once saw a picture of every ball Bond's hit for a homerun the season he hit 72 homeruns. In every single picture the pitch was in his sweet spot within the strike zone. Pitchers so feared him they made mistakes and he was a master at hitting their mistakes. He didn't miss when given a pitch to hit.
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Yea he did. If he didn't miss he wouldn't of had any strikeouts
People forget he also set the MLB record for walks that year too. He really did make the most out of how little he was given.
I’m so glad I was able to watch most of his games during that stretch. It’s hard to explain how amazing it was to watch live.
@@lowe_the_showe202I think you forgot about the “when given a pitch to hit”
@@crimson6663 negative. It's impossible to go 100% on a pitchers mistakes. Actually most are fouled off. So I didn't forget sh*t really
Because the catcher knows what pitch is coming 😂
The GOAT. Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame already!
I agree but it’s also sad when I hear him ask if I ever wondered why he was good at hitting I immediately said steroids
Well, I could agree with the HOF with Baroid, but, if he goes in, & there's a great argument he should, then if he goes- Pete Rose & 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson 1000% have to go!!!
@@BrayJGamingsteroids does not help you find the ball….
@@ChrisTisking12256 ok than your saying Ty Cobb is as good as Barry bonds
excellent hand eye coordination, his swing was always perfect when making contact. You need to have that in order to hit for power and for base hits and only swing at strikes.
I’m 36 years old and my dad used to say “catch the ball with the bat” to me all the time. It’s more of a mind set to your approach than anything.
I'm 38. Played a good amount of organized baseball. Never once heard that. I always heard of cutting the ball in half. Like if the bat was a samurai sword and I was chopping the ball in half.
For some reason that makes way more sense than catching the ball. That implies to me that you're not hitting it hard. Just making sure the barrel touches the ball.
All that being said... I've said stuff my 7 year old but he is still having issues so I'm going to try to see if the catching thing works for him.
He took his vitamins and said his prayers. Brother
Even before he juiced, Bonds was one of the best ever
he was juicing then, back when⚾
@@donaldcatlett5850 He only started juicing partway through his Giants stint.
@@donaldcatlett5850 how do you know? And David Ortiz was accused so who cares. It's either you got talent or not. Roids isn't a super drug to make you a Hof player if you suck ass. Dee Gordon got caught and he hit what 2 home runs with .250avg. Roids don't give you super powers. I think you're lacking what some people call common sense. Or knowledge about the game. If I was a terrible baseball player coming up in minors and decided to take roids is that a guarantee I'ma yoke 40+ hr a year win gold gloves and MVPs while accumulating the best eye in all of baseball? Lmao kick rocks dork
Yeah, but there's a lot of players with great all-time numbers. The juice bumped him up to a different level.
That's the saddest part. He could've been the greatest, no contest. But he'll never be looked at like Griffey Jr or Trout, nor should he be.
They kept him out of the HOF because the media hated him. He dissed the media because all they asked him about was his father and his divorce in the 90s. Absolute injustice in my book. He was a five tool player for the longest time and he continued to do it when everyone else was juicing as well. I talked to him at a gas station once and all he was ever concerned about was getting a ring. Actually a very cool dude. I wish he could’ve got his ring. #BarryBonds . I was there for #756 🙌🏼
Bonds spent his career making enemies, including the people who vote on HOF'ers. He was intensely disliked by his teammates, the press, his exes, fans, etc.
I met him out during spring training. He was a very nice and encouraging guy.
@@notmarealnameboi you're in the minority there are copious amounts of stories about Bonds being a piece of shit
To prove your point, David Ortiz got in easily
@@baileym4708ortiz dont belong or theres 10 that do..bonds is 1 of the 10
I still remember when he hit 756 man that night was incredible, me, my dad and sister watched it together screaming our lungs off lol stayed home from church that night, one of my favorite ball players ever
Greatest hitter of all time. You guys honestly forget (or were too young) to know what he did. He was so good, he was intentionally walked 2-3x a game sometimes and hit a HR on the one pitch he got in his 4th AB.
he was walked not intentionally 2-3x a game.
there’s a difference
It helps when you have the strength to swing the bat at that speed.
Imagine if Ichiro did that with Bond's "gift."
Agree but ichiro said he would rather be a contact hitter and even tho he was if he wanted to he could hit at least 30 or more HRs a year.
Ichiro mostly slapped the ball, he was a master in his own right, nobody put it were they wanted quite like ichiro did. Most versatile hitter ever imo
I always heard he had very fast hands so he could swing fractionally later than most batters which allowed him that much longer to see what a pitch was gonna do
Nobody talks about how most ELITE hitters have 20/10 vision.
@@pigs6486 fighter pilots out here playing baseball
Would have loved to have seen Griffey stay healthy. Grew up a Giants fan, but Griffey was my favorite player.
Not only was he great at 'bat meets ball', but he also had the best eye of all time. He could recognize where the pitch was going faster than any hitter I've ever seen. So he picked the right pitches to swing at.
Great contact and eating a balanced breakfast every day
He had a very fast bat. He swung a 32 29 which is a small bat even for some high schoolers. Bat speed is everything
True. He did and you are correct on many other hitters using heavy bats but Bat speed is only part of the equation. Without sufficient mass the ball won’t travel as fast. This is kinda geeky, but 83 mph exit velocity from the bat at +25 degrees launch angle will go over the fence. Without sufficient mass behind the ball it won’t go as far because of bat deflection.
Tell that to babe Ruth.
56 ounce bat if I recall.
Which like every story about him is likely massively exaggerated.
But even 46 ounces is crazy
@bone-snypa I don’t completely disagree think you’re confusing timing with bat speed. Without sufficient bat speed you have less power. Granted. Contact style hitters need less but they still need sufficient bat speed to clear the IF.
Not saying you can't be different just saying that's what made bonds great
Wish I would have heard this advice 20 years ago lol. Definitely going to be giving this advice to my son early on. Such simple advice but it makes so much sense.
I think the most overlooked secret to his success was the plate of armor he wore on his right elbow that allowed him to crowd the plate and not be worried that much about getting plunked.
I don't know shit about baseball and even I knew how insane Barry Bond's bat speed was
Well here's some news for ya he will always be number 1 in the hall of shame. 😢
@@rodneysmith247 Pete Rose is probably number 1. As bad as taking steroids is nothing is worse than messing with white people's money. Even being white won't save you.
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The juice he was on. Also helped your hand and eye coordination made you focus more
A father once managed to mimic bonds swing in his basement, and ended up helping his kids hit bombs.
You make it sound like the father you’re talking about didn’t become Aaron Judge’s hitting coach lol
Barry is the GOAT 🐐
Steroids is a hell of a drug 😂
The catcher knows where the pitch is going.
pitchers have perfect placement apparently
Even if the pitcher misses his mark by 2 feet, the catcher wouod have little issue adjusting
@@Fermion. Ya thats the same for the batter bro
Too many video games son
Best hand eye coordination ever and a lot of rotational power with simple mechanics!
I remember reading something at one point about them writing words and numbers on balls during practice and Barry could read them as they were going by him at the plate...that vision, if true, was a major contributing factor.
Greatest offensive weapon in the history of the game
Steroids?
@@thisisisabella3634 162.8 WAR, 762 Homeruns, career 1.051 OPS, 688 IBB, 7 MVPS. Everyone was on something back then, Including pitchers. He's the GOAT
@@tannerrienbolt3143 So if everyone is on steroids isn't steroids the greatest offensive weapon?
@@thisisisabella3634 Steroids cannot make you hit the ball, dumbass.
It doesn't matter how much you juice a guy like me up. I still would lack the coordination, reaction time, eye, etc.
@tannerrienbolt3143 you can get off your knees now 😂😂😂
Catchers know what pitch and where it's gonna go. If the catcher had no idea what was coming they would miss a lot more balls. There is a reason why it is usually pretty apparent when the catcher and pitcher have a mix up.
Just look at some old knuckleball tape, cause it'd kinda unpredictable how the ball might move you'll see a lot of catchers fumble them
@@perc_nowitzki4735 from my own personal experience.. it's a wild time lol
Met him once in LA at a sporting goods store. He was in the Golf area. I heard the sound of golf balls being CRUSHED. I walk around the corner. Barry Bonds. It was just a different level. Amazing and awesome.
I caught the ball with my face when i was younger! ...
I play a lot of golf now 😂
His deep/elongated hip/ torso twist is driving all the power....besides the juice ofc
I gotta know what that background music is, it’s a vibe.
Vanilla ice having a roni
@@Jeff-sp7bg
That is one of the best comments ever.
😂😂😂😂😂
Regardless of juice, you have to hit a round ball with a round bat, SQUARE!! And it's bat speed that hits homer's, not strength. Enough said.
It's almost like you can take something to keep that bat speed up into your late 30s and 40s 🤔
Steroids increases everything----power, strength, speed and reaction time. Bonds cheated and he has zero eligibility left for the HOF. Aaron is the real HR king.
He followed the Hulk Hogan workout plan.
Thank you Mr. Bonds for being the Greatest Baseball player ever!!! Thank you sir 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Very unfortunate he took the roids. Would have been a great ball player regardless.
I was a fan of his before the roids. He should have taken the Griffey approach. He ruined his great legacy.
💯 his numbers on the Pirates over a full career is 1st ballot material. When would you say he started using?
@@kylerey09 After the 98 season when McGwire and Sosa had their historic seasons. There's a story of how Griffey and Bonds were having dinner discussing their careers after that season and Bonds was saying they should do it too. Obviously one chose to do it and one did not.
He was one of the best before roids. He wasn't juicing his whole career. You can look at his career in 2 acts. Both are amazing.
@@kylerey09roids made it best baseball of all time. He sacrifices for us
He had amazing mechanics hand eye coordination and patience.
All the steroids did was add maybe 100 hrs. He was just flat out gifted
It just made the ball go farther.. Dumbass. He used excellent eye coordination and made contact with the ball and roids didn’t help with either of those. Roids just made the ball go farther that’s all
People forget before he started juicing he still had around a .370 OBP and .310 average
@@brandond3574 no they don’t. He’s known for his power hitting and he didn’t hit for the amazing power he did later runtil he juiced
@@theslickrips5904 wrong again, led the majors in homers in 93 and competed in the home run derby. Power was always apart of his game.
@@amirmartin5026 Yeah, he had pop early on but his elite power developed gradually. He didn't hit a crazy amount of HRs in his Pirates days, but that was the 1980s and early 1990s and HRs were generally down (except the spike in 1987).
I can't imagine many people in 1990, when Bonds won his first MVP, figured he'd eclipse 600 HRs, let alone break Aaron's mark.
Favorite MLB player ever #Bonds the fact that they avoided pitching him for so long to still be able dominate as he did incredible do!!!
I used to employ mind games like that as a skater. It totally worked. It’s good for helping you work past bad habits that hold you back. I mainly used it to make sure my body positioning and mechanics were correct to do the trick right. It’s easy to see how that would translate into batting where posture, positioning, and mechanics are crucial.
But if you catch the ball slightly off center in the mit, the ball will foul off, pop up, or ground out.
Good point 🤔
He didn't hit a home run every time he got up. Just a lot more than anybody else. Guess he caught with his bat better than everybody else
He hit of pitchers who were juicing all his contemporaries were juicing and he was on another level. Hes underrated by history how great he was.
BS! 3% of MLB pitchers juiced. All records were beaten by Juicers. Bonds, Sosa, Mcquire, Canceco, Clemons & a few more. Not! 97% of the heros who were clean.
Barry wasn’t hitting 60-70 homer’s a season pre steroids
Facts. There are still a considerable amount of people juicing. Drug testing in professional sports is shady. I say let them all juice.
@@lilbaby8783 ☝️
They pitched around this dude for a decade. Greatest hitter of all time. He didn’t lick writers feet and that’s why he’s not in the hall
Bonds had amazing acute vision. He could see better than most....his hand eye coordination was off the charts!
But the catcher knows where the ball is *supposed* to go
Astros: We do the same thing, yet it’s bad. It’s not fair
Juice, or no juice, Barry’s bat speed and hand/eye coordination are unmatched.
Best description I’ve ever heard, I had to think about it for a minute and so why not use that instruction!
_Flax seed oil and arthritis cream_ doing wonders to bat speed. 😅
Guys he already mentioned the steroids we get it. BUT he also mentioned that you still need to hit the damn ball. Steroids don’t improve your hand eye coordination
Ummm. They do sharpen vision. It’s called cheating
@@edwarddeatley1117 - No they don't
Stop the CAP
Mentioning the steroids doesn't absolve the fact he and that forehead turn a bunch of doubles and flyouts into moonshot home runs by sticking Roids up his butt
@Edward DeAtley if roids clear the vision why doesn't my eye doctor get me some.
"At first glance, that seems oversimplified."
Yeah, at third and 80th glance too. Honestly just described bunting...
He wasn’t drinking apple juice I can tell you that brother.
If it only took jucie to do this, why wasn't everyone also hitting like this during the steroid era
so was everyone else & he was still the king
By loading up onto that back leg, snapping the wrists, and letting that momentum carry through
The momentum of the injection as the fluid entered his buttocks LOL
@@cheyenne11114 He has that V8 hemi ass with a 5.6L fuel injection, baby
Like Aaron Rowand
The hardest action in sports, hitting a major league fastball.
THANK YOU!!! Been saying this for years
That's fine. He's a professional hitter. But the steroids turned a bunch of doubles and fly outs into moonshot Homers.
HE HAS A PERFECTLY BALANCED BREAKFAST AND THAT'S IT
cheeroids
They really named a whole ass person after a Kanye song.
Dude had a career batting average of .298, steroids can't do that for you. People wave off all his accomplishments because of roids, but you can't take away the fact that at least half of his success is because of is because of the man himself, not the stuff he put inside him.
They forget he had 100 WAR and 400 HRs before going on the juice in his FOURTEENTH SEASON
And the 3 mvp,s and the this and the that. Dude was a stud and hall of fame long before he juiced
He has three mvps 4 years before he took roids
@John Ford nope. 90, 92 and 93 he wasn't juicing. (Most likely) 3 mvps before
Yea that’s exactly what I said guy. he started juicin in 97-98.
I’ll never understand why people are so quick to say “such a shame he took steroids. He was a great ball player.” Bonds is the greatest hitter of all time, pure and simple. I can take steroids and it won’t do a dang thing in my ability to hit a baseball.
He ain’t hitting half those dingers if he wasn’t juicing… and take a look when he came into the league and when he left… he was triple the size. Cheating is cheating
he isn't the greatest hitter of all-time roids or not. Williams, Ruth, Gehrig, Mays and Aaron all have great claims. Heck tony gwynn does and he willingly chose to not be a power hitter.
Catching a ball with a glove is easy because your glove is in front of you and you have instant and continuous feedback about where the glove is in relation to the ball coming in. When hitting though, the bat us behind you, it’s totally different. The only way to hit and “catch” the ball with the bat as you do with the glove is by bunting. Bonds ability to catch the ball with the bat in a full swing as with a glove was an amazing feat. Ted Williams might have been the only other person ever to relate to this and have it be more than just an idea.
You hold a glove in front of the ball and can wait for the ball to come to it. Slight movement to make it work. Timing a swing adds another huge variable.
Plus, it essentially adds another axis. Catching a pitch is essentially X (left and right) and Y (up and down) axis. Hitting adds the Z (fore and aft) axis since bay angle relative to the plate is also a thing.
If anything, bunting is like catching. Hitting the ball with a swing is more like throwing your glove at the ball.
JUICED UP
By eating a well balanced breakfast, became a good hitter
Chicken and rice!
Pitchers in close games used to walk this guy with the bases loaded. Let that sink in
I hate when people say steroids make you hot the ball farther😂 It is about recovering from injury faster and staying healthy longer so you can maximize the amount of games you play in. Strength is a bi-product of taking steroids and lifting regularly, but you still have to have the bat speed and hand-eye coordination to hit a home run or even hit a ball at all.
Barry Bonds = MLB GOAT...👑👑⚾️⚾️
Agreed
George Herman Ruth
Wheaties are one helluva PED
Heres the thing. When you know you got power, you dont really have to focus on adjusting your stength to get a home run. He just needs to focus on the ball and bam! Home run!
Winners don't cheat.
Still gotta have the skill to hit ball...
Got 3 MVPs before he started juicing... And thats bullshit look at tom brady deflate gate..
Right
@@Trill_Trehe should be ashamed for passing Hank Aaron in HRs, sure you still gotta have skill to hit the ball but the steroids still helped
First
Aw man the creator of this video beat me
It just makes so much sense!
The🐐#25🧡🖤Bonds
He had better eyesight than most scientists studied him
@santinolesane6599 ... Was there supposed to be a period after the word "most" ?
Bonds steroid use wasn't broken because it made him strong.
It let him combine a decade of professional experience, with the body of a man a decade younger.
So that massive forehead that came out of nowhere and the guy who ate the Barry bonds who used to steal bases has nothing to do with it LOL
@@cheyenne11114 yeah his speed declined but not to a degree any greater than typical power speed guys as they get older.
The thing is Barry was a master of having a good eye at the plate.
It doesn't matter if every time you make contact its a 600ft swamp donkey. If you only connect with 1/10 you aren't gonna make a baseball team.
Bonds took years of experience and practice and gave himself the kind of body that just wasn't usual to develop into.
I'm not saying the strength boost wasn't helping.
I'm saying it gave him the ability to turn a late in their career wily veteran with great discipline and eyes into a guy with the body of a much younger man without losing the brains he developed.
@@ladybuzzkillington2072 first of all, he went from stealing 50 bases, to stealing seven bases. He went from being an elite outfielder to a semi-liability in left field. These were a direct result of extended steroid use. And I'm not arguing that he didn't have a great eye. He hit for great contact and damn good power early in his career. I am saying that the Barry bonds we are talkin about, the complete freak show that managers would intentionally walk even with the bases loaded, is an absolute and undeniable product of cheating. He was a major league baseball player that had great bat speed and hit over 300 multiple times prior 2 going on the juice. The roids turned him into the guy that some call an all-time great though. He couldn't live with just being a run-of-the-mill excellent hall-of-famer. And I use the term "run of the mill" as respectfully as I can because just reaching that status is glory in baseball. He's part of the reason that the aura of this game disappeared. For that reason I will never ever be a fan and will never stop pointing out the cheating. We shouldn't be acting like it was no big deal
It's his swing trajectory, like a windmill instead of horizontal...he never push swings and his hand speed is crazy. Torque in his back leg with most of his bodyweight mixed with a stretch of his lats, back creates a natural fast swing which allows him to "catch" the ball later than a push swinger
His secret was JUICING!
“Have you every wondered why Barry bonds hit so many home runs?” Steroids. The answer is steroids.
The whole league was juicing. He was still one of the best hitters in history.
I was disappointed when I was like 11 and 12 when I was getting into baseball though looking back I don’t think “cheating” came to all to them. I feel like they should let them all in the hall of fame roids or not there’s players who are not well know who took roids and some that sucked I don’t think it would of made a difference
He's simply the best hitter of all time. Who is better at hitting than this guy?
2001 -late 00s ichiro he actually would hit all homeruns in batting practice he chooses to be a more contact hitter. Both him and bonds are among the best hitters not only is bonds a good home run he’s got a pretty good batting average for a power hitter throughout his career better then most power hitters who just only strikeout and hit homeruns lol
That is why I believe he belongs in the Hall of Fame. There have been other cheaters that didn’t do even half as well in hitting home runs. His talent is unbelievable. Sure it wasn’t right to cheat. I admit I was a fan since before he came to the Giants and I loved seeing the numbers change every time he hit it into the bay. Or every time they put a chicken up when he walked. That made it more amazing because he didn’t even see many pitches to hit. I’m a Barry Bonds fan for life.
Barry: there is no spoon 🥄😮😂
The answer is juice, lots of fucking juice
That swing, patience, eye, and hand/eye coordination.
Yeah he was so great he never got more than like what 39 home runs then the next year hit 73. That’s talent
It’s called juice
Yeah that’s not how juice works lol. He was an all star before the steroids. Hall of fame worthy. So what he took steroids. They all were at that time. He’s the best hitter ever just get over it
@@craftgarrett1 😂😂😂 someone needs to stop 🐓ridin juice head Bonds . Roger, Mark, Sammy, and all those guys should be banned for life for juicing because that was the only reason they can even play in there 30’s
@@rppoker8541 you are such a sissy. Get over it. He’s good. You’re so mad
@@rppoker8541 why don’t you take steroids and hit 100 home runs instead of bitching
@@rppoker8541 every player right now is using something not on the list but they're still PEDS. Just like every person that said they got their muscles naturally and not using gear. Lol! What a joke!
I’ll simplify into one word. Steriods.
sadly he was a great player before steroids, dunno why he felt he needed to go that route, maybe injuries and healing late in his career
Steriods wont make you a good hitter. Talent does that.
I knew someone would say steroids lol. Roids only takes affect when you make contact with the ball. Bonds had some of the best hand eye coordination in the game
@@puppethound No, he was a very good player. Only became a great player after the roids.