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been watching the game for 30 years and Bonds is still BY FAR the best hitter. almost a 500% on base percentage. very few pitches in the strike zone, but capitalized when it was. He almost never swung at a ball
He should not be in Cooperstown and you probably can credit substance use for maybe half his HRs. However, steroids don’t have an impact on a player’s ability to see the ball and make solid contact.
This is arod at his best New show idea arod- interview former players n get them to show their mechanics Roberto alomar Tony fernandez Rey ordoñez Barry bonds Ken griffey jr That would b dope I definitely would watch
The best of all time. We we will never see another player like Barry Bonds again. Everyone forgets his 500 plus stolen bases. 700 plus homeruns and 500 plus stolen bases. Besides Bonds no player has reached 400 HR and 400 SB.
If anybody somehow also gets to the 400-400 club, Bonds wouldn’t sweat it, as he’s also the only member of the 500-500 club. Simply the greatest of all time. And there’s no bigger Ruth fan than me.
@@TheVigorousWolf Im sure that there are thousands of bigger Ruth fans, and trying to qualify your argument by saying you like the other guy is a moronic thing to do.
@@oinkypiggy7754 It’s obviously just a figure of speech, don’t take things so literally. Btw, there was no argument to try and qualify, I was just stating that statistically bonds is in a league of his own, which just means that you’re just reaching to begin with.
If you think because they use steroids they don't now what they doing my man that guy talking true the phone is one of the best hitters in baseball history. Learn how to encourage a kid how to hit the ball correctly. This is baseball 1on1.
Bro out of all the mlb players u brought Barry bonds ? A guy that did steroids and basically cheated through out his whole baseball career ? Ik he’s the home run king and all but he did it by cheating
Damn A rod charge the phone!! Lol!!A man with 762 home runs mentor was Tony Gwynn a man with nine batting titles! So combined the two and you have the best the baseball player ever!! A rod said” I have watched you for ten years and you never checked swing”
Amazing! I've never seen Barry talking about hitting with such enthusiasm. When Ichiro played in Marlins with Bonds as hitting coach, Ichiro mentioned Bonds ``He is the first man spoke to me about the secret reason of my hitting routine.'' Ichiro showed the respect and dignity as ''Barry Bonds a genius''.
How are you getting on plane early and staying on plane if you swinging down? . And I don’t see neither Bonds or Alex hitting down on the ball in the game swing videos !!!. This is totally the opposite of what Ted Williams says in his book The (science of hitting) Barrel below the hands when one gets in contact with the ball. There’s more to this and I’ll love to hear what both of them have to say and other people hear about what I said. Ans Bonds is my all time Favorite player ever I agree with his swing ,but I would need more probe to support what he thinks he was doing with his swing mechanic when he was playing .
He just told you he swung down and clipped the ball. Did you watch the video? All coaches today are teaching is how to be a selfish non team player. Who cares if you strike out, swing for the moon...Barry Bonds hit more homers than he struke out. Think about that, name any hitters today that do that. And I love the shot he took at Bryce Harper, if I could strike out 200 times and hit 30 homers and make $300 million I'd do it too. Priceless
P.E.D’s have absolutely no effect on plate discipline. As a rod said, he never saw Barry check his swing and rarely swung out of the zone. There is no drug for that, that’s called pure talent.
Today's players can't put up those RBI's because every player in the modern day lineup rarely gets on base when they either K, FO or occasionally HR.... the game has gotten boring for people that know the game, I want to see guys knocking the ball around the park again playing line to line and the sluggers bringing them home like the game is supposed to be played.
Joe wdym. They got caught. U how many people are probably on steroids in the league right now? Probably 50 percent. A rod and bonds would’ve still been the best hitters of all time without steroids. Everyone thinks steroids make u 10 times better. If u stick an 11 year old in the majors on steroids, there not gonna be babe Ruth. Stop hating on everyone’s comments u fucking pussy
Great video, I’ve always kept the belief science can’t replace skill... sure it can be an additional tool but don’t force that shit on us. Another point I might get killed on this but we just saw a video with IMO two of the greatest players in history and all the “allegations” and crap people try to drag there great careers down but tell me this... enhancers didn’t give bonds the talent to be one of the most disciplined and skilled hitters of all time. And this video just proved that. Get him into the HOF already it’s a joke that he’s not in it and you got a racist and murderer in there
Whenever I watch a game from a different era like the 80's, the early 90's, u see a significant difference in the game, the hitters, their approach at the plate. Significantly more balls in play, and hitting in all directions back then vs now. More action on the bases, it was a more exciting brand of ball personally.
This video proves that these guys deserve to be in the hall of fame. Regardless of what they say, these two perfected the art of the swing. Small guys like Jose Altuve can hit bombs thanks to the evolution of the swing that these guys introduced. PERIOD. PED’s or not, these guys are the best hitters ever.
Joe babe Ruth is the considered the goat better war , avg , obp , played less season then Aaron and first was a pitcher and good one too ... numbers don’t lie what is there avg season by season.. Ruth the goat 🐐 and that’s why almost every baseball expert have him number 1
This is very cool... I can care less about the controversies surrounding these two! They by are two of the best to ever play the game.... They both belong in HOF but they probably will have to wait twenty years so MLB will see if anybody comes close to HR record again.... There's no denying that the Sauce rekindles your youth and that's the problem.... This was actually fantastic... Thank you....
I feel worst for Barry. He only used 2-4 years of his entire career. And get this. Steroids weren’t even banned from the game and everyone else was using them too. No one talks about this. Only because Bonds did so well, it was all cheating. No, Bonds only started using because everybody else was. Dude had 40 hr and 40 stolen bases in 98 and no one cared. Barry definitely got screwed way harder then everyone else. And Dusty Baker took his only WS ring away from him on top of it all. The only reason people say Bonds cheated was because the FBI conducted an illegal investigation that was actually thrown out by a judge. But before it was thrown out they said Bonds lied(with no proof). That’s why Bonds was lynched by baseball. MLB never investigated Bonds. Especially because steroids weren’t illegal in MLB until later 2000’s after FBI went on a morality parade with millions of tax dollars they could have used to feed homeless people or who even knows. Now they just fixed the balls to make the game more exciting. The whole system is a joke and Bonds and other steroid era players got the shit end of the stick. They have made roids banned forever ago and not let players use them and even promote the use through glorifying Conseco and Big Mac during 98. Then when a black player breaks records the baseball racists/purest hate it. Hank used meth. They hated when he broke the record too. Hank certainly wasn’t clean when playing ball. He used greenies his entire career. That’s a lot worse then Bonds using a few years of his career imo and it’s even close.
There’s a big potential for a media niche you could corner with low overhead production costs with high ROI. That mid 90s - mid 2000’s nostalgia. Yourself, combined with any star from that era has the potential for high views per mile. Merch relating to that era, Jomboy style breakdowns of big moments from that era, and basically an entire media/merch apparatus relating to it. Make the fans feel involved (even though they might not be).
This has to be one of the best videos on UA-cam!! Great instruction for any father trying to teach his son!!! #respect 🤝 you guys are in my hall of fame two of the beat to ever do it
Alex here is my problem with these videos, I understand what your trying to say and a lot of makes sense however, when you watch your swing from your playing days in slow motion, you don’t see this down to the ball action, you see much more of a turn of the barrel behind you so the bat can get on plane early and impact the ball squarely.
I totally agree with you on getting on plane early and staying on plane as long as possible. And I don’t see neither Bonds or Alex hitting down in the ball in their swing videos !!!. This is totally the opposite of what Tim Williams says in his book The (science of hitting) Barrel below the hands when one gets in contact with the ball. There’s more to this and I’ll love to hear what both of them have to say and other people hear about what I said. Ans Bonds is my all time Favorite player ever I agree with his swing ,but I would need more probe to support what he thinks he was doing with swing mechanic when he was playing .
TheSpeedingLazer true bc when they swing down to the ball they have a natural lift that will automatically give them that lift so technically if they’re thinking down through the ball it will work every time bc they will still have the natural lift through the ball instead of having to try to create that lift and being super long and getting around the baseball instead of through it
U put Barry bonds in 100 ab vs the best pitcher in the game right now and I guarantee u he'll go at least 70 out of 100 and these people still don't think he's a hof
Imagine the audacity of UA-cam commenters critiquing Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds on their approaches to hitting, and saying that those two guys are WRONG!? The absolute best hitter of ALL-TIME said he's a down angle swinger and explains what he means by that (1:50).
If you think steroids helps that much than check the Canseco Bros. and Giambi bros. One brother amazing while the other is ok. Giambi is one of the best hitters I ever saw. Ever. He’s in the Joey Votto bracket.
Wow! Two great players in one video Awesome! 😁❤ A-rod one question even if I'm not an expert in baseball but I do like the game these swings Aren't they used to get players to home? Or are they swings necesarry to win? 😉 Love you keep on with videos like these 👌👍😘 Thanks and God bless.
One of the executives of the Florida Marlins said Barry bonds was a terrible hitting coach, because he was so good at hitting other players couldn’t catch up lol
Hunter Volcan that year the Florida Marlins led the National league in Batting Average! At one time 7 out 9 players were batting 300! Christian Yelich is now a machine from one year of working with Barry Bonds!
Who cares about peds? His form is textbook. You can take as much steroids as you want but if your not squaring up a baseball, there’s no way to get hits. Edit: just remembered who was the hitting coach for Giancarlo Stanton on the Marlins? Yup.
Chris Millhouse Here you go folks!! Heard it from Pujols, Cabrera, now ARod and Bonds. Gotta get to the ball short, quick, compact and explosive. This is one of the best instructional videos ever out there and every kid should see and learn from this.
I cannot be less interested in baseball, but I love to listen to Alex. All these principles can be applied to any and all areas of life. He teaches how to be a champ! 🏆
First off to me these are two best baseball players of my generation and EVER! Barry Bonds is best but Alex has done things Barry has done 40 Hr 40 SB! Won batting Titles 300 hr 300 stolen bases! Alex also done things Barry Bonds did not do! 13 straight Seasons 30 HR 100 rbi (mlb record) won mvp at two different positions! 28 grand slams mlb record! 3000 hits 2000 runs 2000 rbi! Let’s disrespect Alex!!!
great video and i think it is important to hear what barry said. He is talking about how you prepare to be a great hitter. i do think it is a difference in practice swings and game swings just because of the angle of the pitches coming at you and also how to keep yourself from getting into bad habits.
Love it!!! This is how I swung and my philosophy when I played… I never even played High school baseball walked on a D3 team, got scholarship to a D1 school… so in 4 years I had a combined 500 abs with. .372 BA, hit 55 doubles 10 homers 11 triples, and struck out 26 times! Was ranked 18th in the nation toughest to strike out in all of D1 baseball in the nation. I got to play 4 more years at the semi pro baseball where Batted low 400 each season.. then I quit baseball because I got a real job … 😢… I can’t stand the new technic and launch angle it is ruining the game of Baseball. Great video
I just only have seen this older video and yes Barry Bonds is the best MLB player that I’ve ever seen. He belongs in the HOF 100%! Incredible clutch hitter and gets walked when the bases are loaded! Come on people! Insane but it’s true!👍⚾️
Barry is the greatest of all time, I don’t care at all that he took roids, in that era that was the norm not the exception. His eye was still unbelievable regardless of roids and before roids he won multiple mvps and was clearly the best or one or the top 3 players in baseball every year. Truly the most unbelievably great hitter I’ve ever seen
When you and Barry re-do this video in person. It would be a dream to be there. Cmon Alex.. Make this amazing fantasy come true for this old guy. Por favor .. and Please and thank you. Always a big fan.
Love how people who have never played the game at a high level try to tell A-Rod he is wrong about the swing. Look at the guys stats,. I think he knows a thing or two. Keep our kids playing the game for a long time and teach consistency. Not a 1 in 100 moon shot.
Almost similar to a golf swing. You don't hit good golf shots hanging back on your back leg. You have to transition to your front leg while keeping head and hands back until you start unwinding.
Barry had the best eye in hitting ever! He didn't even look at who he was about to face. I realize now it didn't matter. Barry knew if a ball was in his zone that he could hit didn't matter who or how fast
When you swing "down" at a base ball it causes you to keep the barrel of the bat in the strike zone longer. Launch angle isn't created by the batter it's created by a good swing and the ball off the bat is the launch angle. Keep trying that ferris wheel bs and the good pitchers are going to keep giving you the high cheese. But what the hell do I know about basebole 🤷
Put up a video of modern day sluggers and compare it to both of your swings. Neither of you swing the way you’re describing, and the modern day batters don’t make a move anywhere close to what a-rod is claiming they do. That was like a bizarre golf swing. Bonds turned the barrel back and got palm up faster than anyone. While he may have practiced hitting down on the ball, in a game that was not his swing path (and neither was it A-rod’s).
With A-rod, are you talking about his barrel path or his hand path. His hand path looks down until it comes back up to me. Heck, his whole bat/arm/hand path is down to the ball in his home run slo motion videos on UA-cam (after lifting his hands up) ua-cam.com/video/eMTpFEJC1dc/v-deo.html Bonds looks down to the ball also (after going down then up with his hitch) ua-cam.com/video/VUTW4FsMeNQ/v-deo.html
@@danielhoward4566That’s the whole point. Of course the knob and hands start working down. But then they quickly work up and through the zone. Anyone can watch a slow motion swing of either guy and trace the path of the knob and barrel. Both of them get the barrel behind the ball early and work slightly up through the zone. They may have needed the “swing down” thought to stay quick to the ball, but that’s not their path when they are at the plate. And it’s not the path of any great hitter.
@@macgruber21 Yes, especially with Arod, he needed the "swing down" thought to the ball and that is why his hands do that. You can't feel what the barrel is doing. I saw a Mexican video yesterday where Arod was in the cage, and he was actually swinging down at the ball and getting backspin and hitting line drives. In other cage videos he is swinging up. If you go watch Olerud where he hit for the cycle with the Mariners, I believe he was swinging down at the ball and getting backspin.
The one thing nobody says when teaching hitting is .... what muscles do you engage/use... when you figure that out, then you will be able to swing effectively and consistently
John Deagle I’ve been playing all my life and I’m a fairly good hitter. Staying flat over the strike zone is the way every hitter has been taught since the beginning of the game. And the best hitters to ever play are telling you the same thing. I’ll take their advice and my experience over some guy who wrote a book
Alex thanks for posting these videos. It's always cool to hear the masters talk shop about their craft. A lot little details into hitting an object square-on at 100 MPH
30 hrs 55 rbis a lot of players got their feelings hurt on that one. The analysis you get from true baseball guys is unlike any other sport. Awesome stuff.
Two of the greatest hitters ever talking about hitting. Gotta love it. And Barry Bonds is a great hitting instructor, not instructing guys to use steroids, so keep those jokes to yourself, doesn't add anything. Barry is the one who got into Christian Yelich's ear about hitting back in Miami. Look at the dude now. Great all around hitter with great power. Not just a one trick pony who really only hits homeruns.
Hi Alex! Hi Barry! I just subscribed. I know "zero" about baseball. With this you tube detail instructional video. I will, I can, I am learning :). May I ask if you can show motion with slight glow on the bat so I can easily follow what you do at the same time. I am shorter than yourself. Where how what do my arms end up. During a swing.
@Erich Von Manstein loved every second if it... I use to spend the weekends over tony jr. house... Friday after school went home with them for the weekend.... It was so much fun... Tony sr can play pingpong really good!! We use to have tournaments lol..
This a perfect example of feel vs real. This just proves that two of the best hitters of all time have no clue what actually happened in their swings. Don't listen to what the elite hitters think they did, study what they actually did and swing to duplicate.
Dogpisswilly I agree. It seems that they get that feeling of that front shoulder going down and staying on the ball as the swing. The hands go back and turn the barrel into the ball on a slightly up plane. At that point it’s about shoulder direction and how much tilt you have how many degrees you swing up. Go look at Tewks breakdown of Bonds
I was looking for this comment lol Ive watched Barry’s swing thousands of times since I was a kid. I am just astonished at how much of a difference there is between his actual swing, and his interpretation (feeling) of his swing. Especially in regards to weight shift, his weight stayed back until launch, it never shifted to the front side which is easy to see on video, that’s why he was never fooled on anything off speed, nobody could get in on his front foot, he stayed back over that back leg extremely well. Then of course his swing plane as he describes it is nothing like the footage, his swing is clearly a Farris wheel rather than a marry go round path, very interesting.
Unbelievable content right here. Two masters explaining and showing how it's done. I've lost interest in Baseball the past several years. The fundamentals and mechanics are all but gone. It's no longer the same game. Miss you guys.
The ball that Bonds hit off Troy Percival hasn't landed yet
MrBaddog7676 😆
Yes Baddog absoutely!!!
LMAO
“That’s the furthest ball I’ve ever seen hit”
🤣🤣🤣 I always talk about that... 🚀🚀🚀
Say what you want about Barry, but he has great insight on hitting mechanics.
The best hr hitter of all time
He’s the greatest hitter of all time
He also has a good insight on taking steroids
No, hank Aaron is the greatest hitter of all time because he didn’t take steroids
Joe the good ole days lol. The MLB should encourage steroid use.
been watching the game for 30 years and Bonds is still BY FAR the best hitter. almost a 500% on base percentage. very few pitches in the strike zone, but capitalized when it was. He almost never swung at a ball
Bonds' on base percentage was .444.
He did steroids
El Burro ur so stupid
connor johnson sure I’m stupid
connor johnson he did do steroids wtf u getting all sensitive for
Been watching baseball since 1967 Bonds is the best solid pure hitter I've seen!
uncontested
Pure at taking steroids
Danny Cardenas Period!! Barry had 1000 more walks than strikeouts!!
@@joetheastrosfan3460 So if you take it, you can be in the majors soon.
He should not be in Cooperstown and you probably can credit substance use for maybe half his HRs. However, steroids don’t have an impact on a player’s ability to see the ball and make solid contact.
Two of the greatest baseball players of all times.
Jose Matamoros pendeja
@@1kalambre El pendejo eres tu
Two of the greatest STEROID users of all time
Agreed
Jose Matamoros PERIOD!!!!!!!!
He has his iconic bat on standby, love it.
This is arod at his best
New show idea arod- interview former players n get them to show their mechanics
Roberto alomar
Tony fernandez
Rey ordoñez
Barry bonds
Ken griffey jr
That would b dope
I definitely would watch
Would be DOPE for sure. Probably alot of DOPE.
Kc is that a play on steroids? Ohhh
I can take all the steroids in the world n still not hit 10 homers
Relax
@@mrsmith3869 nah home run numbers would be through the roof if steroid use was as high as it use to be
RIP Tony Fernandez 😢
Barry is enough
This is some of the best baseball talk I’ve ever heard! Great to see Bonds give his insight. Great content Alex.
The best of all time. We we will never see another player like Barry Bonds again. Everyone forgets his 500 plus stolen bases. 700 plus homeruns and 500 plus stolen bases. Besides Bonds no player has reached 400 HR and 400 SB.
If anybody somehow also gets to the 400-400 club, Bonds wouldn’t sweat it, as he’s also the only member of the 500-500 club. Simply the greatest of all time. And there’s no bigger Ruth fan than me.
@@TheVigorousWolf Im sure that there are thousands of bigger Ruth fans, and trying to qualify your argument by saying you like the other guy is a moronic thing to do.
@@oinkypiggy7754 It’s obviously just a figure of speech, don’t take things so literally. Btw, there was no argument to try and qualify, I was just stating that statistically bonds is in a league of his own, which just means that you’re just reaching to begin with.
@@oinkypiggy7754 faggot virgin
Dude, you are knocking it out of the park, two of the greatest hitters of all time in one video..
MASS ADAPTION are you drunk or lacking in intelligence? Steroids & PED’s is never a good look.
@@1kalambre you're an idiot
If you think because they use steroids they don't now what they doing my man that guy talking true the phone is one of the best hitters in baseball history. Learn how to encourage a kid how to hit the ball correctly. This is baseball 1on1.
Guys don’t entertain this loser, he comes to watch a video about someone he clearly does not like just to project his negative life onto others..
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This is pure gold for any baseball guy. Love it.
Arod what a pleasure to view a video with u interviewing Barry Bond
Fuck u
Vivian Davis why are u so angry, lmao!
@@annstewart8881 Hey just saying lol
Bro out of all the mlb players u brought Barry bonds ? A guy that did steroids and basically cheated through out his whole baseball career ? Ik he’s the home run king and all but he did it by cheating
Kid Komet he was still great, and still knows a ton about the game either way
Wow Barry bonds taking hitting is like listening to Einstein’s
Einstein's what? Millennials.....🙄
@ Jew
Rodriguez *AND* Bonds?????
Bruhh
Please bring back coffee with arod!
Damn A rod charge the phone!! Lol!!A man with 762 home runs mentor was Tony Gwynn a man with nine batting titles! So combined the two and you have the best the baseball player ever!! A rod said” I have watched you for ten years and you never checked swing”
Great to see Barry doing well and talking baseball!
Never thought I’d agree with an astros fan, but yesss
Brandon Michael I bet you would kill an Astros fan now lol
_ŞаHLт _ bruh I found you randomly in the comment section on a baseball video again. Wtf
Togetic14 ha
Say what you want about these two, they are a couple of some the greatest hitters of all time
Amazing! I've never seen Barry talking about hitting with such enthusiasm. When Ichiro played in Marlins with Bonds as hitting coach, Ichiro mentioned Bonds ``He is the first man spoke to me about the secret reason of my hitting routine.'' Ichiro showed the respect and dignity as ''Barry Bonds a genius''.
How are you getting on plane early and staying on plane if you swinging down? . And I don’t see neither Bonds or Alex hitting down on the ball in the game swing videos !!!. This is totally the opposite of what Ted Williams says in his book The (science of hitting) Barrel below the hands when one gets in contact with the ball.
There’s more to this and I’ll love to hear what both of them have to say and other people hear about what I said.
Ans Bonds is my all time Favorite player ever I agree with his swing ,but I would need more probe to support what he thinks he was doing with his swing mechanic when he was playing .
He just told you he swung down and clipped the ball. Did you watch the video? All coaches today are teaching is how to be a selfish non team player. Who cares if you strike out, swing for the moon...Barry Bonds hit more homers than he struke out. Think about that, name any hitters today that do that. And I love the shot he took at Bryce Harper, if I could strike out 200 times and hit 30 homers and make $300 million I'd do it too. Priceless
P.E.D’s have absolutely no effect on plate discipline. As a rod said, he never saw Barry check his swing and rarely swung out of the zone. There is no drug for that, that’s called pure talent.
PEDs do effect your focus so it can have an effect on plate discipline
Niuway 1 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Sean Cannon then why so many strike outs?
Thanks for this i think Barry deserves more credit for his accomplishments
Get barry bonds live 1 v 1, and more talk more about hitting.
Today's players can't put up those RBI's because every player in the modern day lineup rarely gets on base when they either K, FO or occasionally HR.... the game has gotten boring for people that know the game, I want to see guys knocking the ball around the park again playing line to line and the sluggers bringing them home like the game is supposed to be played.
Because they used steroids stupid
Joe wdym. They got caught. U how many people are probably on steroids in the league right now? Probably 50 percent. A rod and bonds would’ve still been the best hitters of all time without steroids. Everyone thinks steroids make u 10 times better. If u stick an 11 year old in the majors on steroids, there not gonna be babe Ruth. Stop hating on everyone’s comments u fucking pussy
@@joetheastrosfan3460 i agree, they all use hcg. look at players pre steroid era compared to how players look nowadays... it's just not natural
Imagine Barry Bonds and ARod on the 2017 Houston Astros team. They will probably both hit .400 and 60 HR.
They don’t need to cheat
Great video, I’ve always kept the belief science can’t replace skill... sure it can be an additional tool but don’t force that shit on us.
Another point I might get killed on this but we just saw a video with IMO two of the greatest players in history and all the “allegations” and crap people try to drag there great careers down but tell me this... enhancers didn’t give bonds the talent to be one of the most disciplined and skilled hitters of all time. And this video just proved that. Get him into the HOF already it’s a joke that he’s not in it and you got a racist and murderer in there
Whenever I watch a game from a different era like the 80's, the early 90's, u see a significant difference in the game, the hitters, their approach at the plate. Significantly more balls in play, and hitting in all directions back then vs now. More action on the bases, it was a more exciting brand of ball personally.
This video proves that these guys deserve to be in the hall of fame. Regardless of what they say, these two perfected the art of the swing. Small guys like Jose Altuve can hit bombs thanks to the evolution of the swing that these guys introduced. PERIOD. PED’s or not, these guys are the best hitters ever.
still unfair to the ones that made it WITHOUT PEDS
King Ace what about the racist players ? Should they stay in the hall ? Would you rather have kids look up to a racist or someone that took peds ?
Barry is the greatest to ever play. Loved seeing him
No he isn’t, hank Arron is the greatest baseball player of all time
Markoos Egen Period!!!!
Joe you just talk because it’s free!! If you take Bonds last seven seasons he still had 500hrs 500 stolen bases and 4 MVPs and 9 gold gloves!!
Joe babe Ruth is the considered the goat better war , avg , obp , played less season then Aaron and first was a pitcher and good one too ... numbers don’t lie what is there avg season by season.. Ruth the goat 🐐 and that’s why almost every baseball expert have him number 1
K B he never played against any blacks lol. Doesn’t count for me
Imagine having Willie Mays, Bobby Bonds, and Tony Gwynn as your instructor/mentor. Barry Bonds the G.O.A.T
Quiere que el mundo explote verdad 😃😃
Call the Fine Bros we need “Josh Donaldson reacts to Aron and Bonds talking about the down swing”
This is very cool... I can care less about the controversies surrounding these two! They by are two of the best to ever play the game.... They both belong in HOF but they probably will have to wait twenty years so MLB will see if anybody comes close to HR record again.... There's no denying that the Sauce rekindles your youth and that's the problem.... This was actually fantastic... Thank you....
Awesome to hear the greatest player of all time saying in today's baseball shifts, he would bunt everytime and hit .400. Love it.
Imagine pete rose ..barry bonds.. and alex rodriguez in cooperstown .... the bests of.the bests
Raymond Calitri they should be there!!!!
Add Roger Clemens..
I love it
Y Marina Stfu
I feel worst for Barry. He only used 2-4 years of his entire career. And get this. Steroids weren’t even banned from the game and everyone else was using them too. No one talks about this. Only because Bonds did so well, it was all cheating. No, Bonds only started using because everybody else was. Dude had 40 hr and 40 stolen bases in 98 and no one cared. Barry definitely got screwed way harder then everyone else. And Dusty Baker took his only WS ring away from him on top of it all. The only reason people say Bonds cheated was because the FBI conducted an illegal investigation that was actually thrown out by a judge. But before it was thrown out they said Bonds lied(with no proof). That’s why Bonds was lynched by baseball. MLB never investigated Bonds. Especially because steroids weren’t illegal in MLB until later 2000’s after FBI went on a morality parade with millions of tax dollars they could have used to feed homeless people or who even knows. Now they just fixed the balls to make the game more exciting. The whole system is a joke and Bonds and other steroid era players got the shit end of the stick. They have made roids banned forever ago and not let players use them and even promote the use through glorifying Conseco and Big Mac during 98. Then when a black player breaks records the baseball racists/purest hate it. Hank used meth. They hated when he broke the record too. Hank certainly wasn’t clean when playing ball. He used greenies his entire career. That’s a lot worse then Bonds using a few years of his career imo and it’s even close.
Barry bonds is the 🐐 and the man knows the zone,much respect to Alex Rodriguez
Bonds is the 🐐 at taking steroids
@@joetheastrosfan3460 bonds was a 5 tool player,look that up and see what that means before you hit reply and send button
Joe can’t u do anything better with ur life. Like Jesus. I’ve seen u on everyone’s comments saying “oh he took steroids”. Ur such a fucking pussy kid
Thank you Alex I need it this God bless you this was a God send message for me
Ken Griffey Jr. should also be in this segment, he has a legendary downward swing.
And also he was the lounge angle King
Griffey had an uppercut swing...
Griffey had more of a slight loop swing not down.
Duke DeMatteo no he didn’t, his finish was up but is bat path was in the zone for as long as possible. He never had a uppercut swing
@@_shl_6103 fuk you talking about
Im a Barry fan again. Bring this man back to the game of baseball.
There’s a big potential for a media niche you could corner with low overhead production costs with high ROI. That mid 90s - mid 2000’s nostalgia. Yourself, combined with any star from that era has the potential for high views per mile. Merch relating to that era, Jomboy style breakdowns of big moments from that era, and basically an entire media/merch apparatus relating to it. Make the fans feel involved (even though they might not be).
This has to be one of the best videos on UA-cam!! Great instruction for any father trying to teach his son!!! #respect 🤝 you guys are in my hall of fame two of the beat to ever do it
Barry=GHOAT(Greatest Hitter Of All Time)
Alex here is my problem with these videos, I understand what your trying to say and a lot of makes sense however, when you watch your swing from your playing days in slow motion, you don’t see this down to the ball action, you see much more of a turn of the barrel behind you so the bat can get on plane early and impact the ball squarely.
I totally agree with you on getting on plane early and staying on plane as long as possible. And I don’t see neither Bonds or Alex hitting down in the ball in their swing videos !!!. This is totally the opposite of what Tim Williams says in his book The (science of hitting) Barrel below the hands when one gets in contact with the ball.
There’s more to this and I’ll love to hear what both of them have to say and other people hear about what I said.
Ans Bonds is my all time Favorite player ever I agree with his swing ,but I would need more probe to support what he thinks he was doing with swing mechanic when he was playing .
TheSpeedingLazer true bc when they swing down to the ball they have a natural lift that will automatically give them that lift so technically if they’re thinking down through the ball it will work every time bc they will still have the natural lift through the ball instead of having to try to create that lift and being super long and getting around the baseball instead of through it
U put Barry bonds in 100 ab vs the best pitcher in the game right now and I guarantee u he'll go at least 70 out of 100 and these people still don't think he's a hof
Yeah ok dumbass.
In his 1968 book, The Science of Hitting, Ted Williams wrote about “a slight upswing.”
@Y Marina True.
Imagine the audacity of UA-cam commenters critiquing Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds on their approaches to hitting, and saying that those two guys are WRONG!? The absolute best hitter of ALL-TIME said he's a down angle swinger and explains what he means by that (1:50).
Can anyone simplify that for me?
This video should have millions of views. PEDs don’t get you this level of skill and intellect in any sport…..period.
If you think steroids helps that much than check the Canseco Bros. and Giambi bros. One brother amazing while the other is ok.
Giambi is one of the best hitters I ever saw. Ever. He’s in the Joey Votto bracket.
Historic Interview, 2 of the best ever.... My kids must see it..
Wow! Two great players in one video Awesome! 😁❤ A-rod one question even if I'm not an expert in baseball but I do like the game these swings Aren't they used to get players to home? Or are they swings necesarry to win? 😉 Love you keep on with videos like these 👌👍😘 Thanks and God bless.
Glad to see you guys teaching the proper way to hit. That old guy teacher man has no clue
Alex im your fan directly from Puerto Rico
Great video
One of the executives of the Florida Marlins said Barry bonds was a terrible hitting coach, because he was so good at hitting other players couldn’t catch up lol
Hunter Volcan that year the Florida Marlins led the National league in Batting Average! At one time 7 out 9 players were batting 300! Christian Yelich is now a machine from one year of working with Barry Bonds!
Jamaal Horton Bullshit.
www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2016.shtml
I Am they were second!! What the fuck I was off by one team!
It’s batting average, look at runs scored.
Hell yea!!! The two greatest hitters of the early 90’s and early 2000’s!!
Who cares about peds? His form is textbook. You can take as much steroids as you want but if your not squaring up a baseball, there’s no way to get hits.
Edit: just remembered who was the hitting coach for Giancarlo Stanton on the Marlins? Yup.
SaltyLemon 27 Christian Yelich also! You 100 percent right! You still have to be able to hit the ball!
💞 FROM ITALY
Chris Millhouse
Here you go folks!! Heard it from Pujols, Cabrera, now ARod and Bonds. Gotta get to the ball short, quick, compact and explosive. This is one of the best instructional videos ever out there and every kid should see and learn from this.
I cannot be less interested in baseball, but I love to listen to Alex. All these principles can be applied to any and all areas of life. He teaches how to be a champ! 🏆
First off to me these are two best baseball players of my generation and EVER! Barry Bonds is best but Alex has done things Barry has done 40 Hr 40 SB! Won batting Titles 300 hr 300 stolen bases! Alex also done things Barry Bonds did not do! 13 straight Seasons 30 HR 100 rbi (mlb record) won mvp at two different positions! 28 grand slams mlb record! 3000 hits 2000 runs 2000 rbi! Let’s disrespect Alex!!!
Swing down is something that’s old school and it’s proven to help you swing.
Literally 8/10 players say swing down.
Lol AROD DEFINITELY from the Hood with this interview 😊…. This was a amazing I loved it got ALOT from it thst my son will benefit from
Two MLB rotten eggs in a video, whats coming next, McGwire?
A-Rod great video upload with your interview with Bonds!
great video and i think it is important to hear what barry said. He is talking about how you prepare to be a great hitter. i do think it is a difference in practice swings and game swings just because of the angle of the pitches coming at you and also how to keep yourself from getting into bad habits.
Bonds is the GOAT
Love it!!! This is how I swung and my philosophy when I played… I never even played High school baseball walked on a D3 team, got scholarship to a D1 school… so in 4 years I had a combined 500 abs with. .372 BA, hit 55 doubles 10 homers 11 triples, and struck out 26 times! Was ranked 18th in the nation toughest to strike out in all of D1 baseball in the nation. I got to play 4 more years at the semi pro baseball where Batted low 400 each season.. then I quit baseball because I got a real job … 😢… I can’t stand the new technic and launch angle it is ruining the game of Baseball. Great video
Omy two of the greatest players of all time such knowledge.. I truly cannot imagine questioning you..
Edit•Seeeeee ya 😂
No one ever had a better swing than Barry Bonds.
I just only have seen this older video and yes Barry Bonds is the best MLB player that I’ve ever seen. He belongs in the HOF 100%! Incredible clutch hitter and gets walked when the bases are loaded! Come on people! Insane but it’s true!👍⚾️
Barry is the greatest of all time, I don’t care at all that he took roids, in that era that was the norm not the exception. His eye was still unbelievable regardless of roids and before roids he won multiple mvps and was clearly the best or one or the top 3 players in baseball every year. Truly the most unbelievably great hitter I’ve ever seen
Steroids didn't give Bonds the ability to Hit a Baseball!!!,just like Betting on Baseball didn't help Pete Rose to get 4256 all time hits!
When you and Barry re-do this video in person. It would be a dream to be there. Cmon Alex.. Make this amazing fantasy come true for this old guy. Por favor .. and Please and thank you. Always a big fan.
So when we see these guys crazy IQ for baseball, why do we keep trying to attribute their success too…. Nevermind smh
Love how people who have never played the game at a high level try to tell A-Rod he is wrong about the swing. Look at the guys stats,. I think he knows a thing or two. Keep our kids playing the game for a long time and teach consistency. Not a 1 in 100 moon shot.
Almost similar to a golf swing. You don't hit good golf shots hanging back on your back leg. You have to transition to your front leg while keeping head and hands back until you start unwinding.
Pero está entrevista vale oro santo Dios Bonds hablando sobre su mecánica de bateo.excelente Alex
Barry had the best eye in hitting ever! He didn't even look at who he was about to face. I realize now it didn't matter. Barry knew if a ball was in his zone that he could hit didn't matter who or how fast
When you swing "down" at a base ball it causes you to keep the barrel of the bat in the strike zone longer. Launch angle isn't created by the batter it's created by a good swing and the ball off the bat is the launch angle. Keep trying that ferris wheel bs and the good pitchers are going to keep giving you the high cheese. But what the hell do I know about basebole 🤷
Put up a video of modern day sluggers and compare it to both of your swings. Neither of you swing the way you’re describing, and the modern day batters don’t make a move anywhere close to what a-rod is claiming they do. That was like a bizarre golf swing. Bonds turned the barrel back and got palm up faster than anyone. While he may have practiced hitting down on the ball, in a game that was not his swing path (and neither was it A-rod’s).
Yeah. Maybe he’s just lying about what he does or knows less than teacherman…..
With A-rod, are you talking about his barrel path or his hand path. His hand path looks down until it comes back up to me. Heck, his whole bat/arm/hand path is down to the ball in his home run slo motion videos on UA-cam (after lifting his hands up) ua-cam.com/video/eMTpFEJC1dc/v-deo.html
Bonds looks down to the ball also (after going down then up with his hitch) ua-cam.com/video/VUTW4FsMeNQ/v-deo.html
@@danielhoward4566That’s the whole point. Of course the knob and hands start working down. But then they quickly work up and through the zone. Anyone can watch a slow motion swing of either guy and trace the path of the knob and barrel. Both of them get the barrel behind the ball early and work slightly up through the zone. They may have needed the “swing down” thought to stay quick to the ball, but that’s not their path when they are at the plate. And it’s not the path of any great hitter.
@@macgruber21 Yes, especially with Arod, he needed the "swing down" thought to the ball and that is why his hands do that. You can't feel what the barrel is doing. I saw a Mexican video yesterday where Arod was in the cage, and he was actually swinging down at the ball and getting backspin and hitting line drives. In other cage videos he is swinging up. If you go watch Olerud where he hit for the cycle with the Mariners, I believe he was swinging down at the ball and getting backspin.
All the parents who send their kids to a baseball camp for thousands of dollars would have been better off just watching this for ten minutes.
The one thing nobody says when teaching hitting is .... what muscles do you engage/use... when you figure that out, then you will be able to swing effectively and consistently
I'm 47 years old. Started watching baseball in the 1980s. Barry is the best player I've ever seen.
Smart & insightful from two of the greats. Teaching my son the “old school” technique. Thanks Alex & Barry
UN SALUDO DESDE REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA.. Barry Bonds y Alex Rodríguez son mis peloteros favoritos de toda la vida..
Rodriguez and Bonds are two of the greatest hitters in baseball history and two of the worst baseball teachers I have ever seen.
LOL true
??? They’re right though
@@Warum.2439 Nope. Read about launch angle and exit velocity.
John Deagle I’ve been playing all my life and I’m a fairly good hitter. Staying flat over the strike zone is the way every hitter has been taught since the beginning of the game. And the best hitters to ever play are telling you the same thing. I’ll take their advice and my experience over some guy who wrote a book
How do you stay flat on a low and outside pitch? Impossible. I'd love to see you swing down at a low and outside pitch. That would look funny.
Call it what ever you want ,but to get the ball in the air you have to hit it with a upward trajectory .
Alex thanks for posting these videos. It's always cool to hear the masters talk shop about their craft. A lot little details into hitting an object square-on at 100 MPH
This just became my favorite UA-cam channel
Bonds can hit ball to the MOON
thanks for bringing Mr. Homer on the video
They were nasty to snowflake reporters... That's why they're not in hof....imo
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30 hrs 55 rbis a lot of players got their feelings hurt on that one.
The analysis you get from true baseball guys is unlike any other sport. Awesome stuff.
Two of the greatest hitters ever talking about hitting. Gotta love it. And Barry Bonds is a great hitting instructor, not instructing guys to use steroids, so keep those jokes to yourself, doesn't add anything. Barry is the one who got into Christian Yelich's ear about hitting back in Miami. Look at the dude now. Great all around hitter with great power. Not just a one trick pony who really only hits homeruns.
Hi Alex! Hi Barry! I just subscribed. I know "zero" about baseball. With this you tube detail instructional video. I will, I can, I am learning :). May I ask if you can show motion with slight glow on the bat so I can easily follow what you do at the same time. I am shorter than yourself. Where how what do my arms end up. During a swing.
Good video.... but I’d rather get hitting knowledge from Tony Gwynn
I had that experience, both barry and gwynn.. Same time... Went to school with tony jr. We were best friend back in the day...
@Erich Von Manstein loved every second if it... I use to spend the weekends over tony jr. house... Friday after school went home with them for the weekend.... It was so much fun... Tony sr can play pingpong really good!! We use to have tournaments lol..
This a perfect example of feel vs real. This just proves that two of the best hitters of all time have no clue what actually happened in their swings. Don't listen to what the elite hitters think they did, study what they actually did and swing to duplicate.
Dogpisswilly I agree. It seems that they get that feeling of that front shoulder going down and staying on the ball as the swing. The hands go back and turn the barrel into the ball on a slightly up plane. At that point it’s about shoulder direction and how much tilt you have how many degrees you swing up. Go look at Tewks breakdown of Bonds
I was looking for this comment lol Ive watched Barry’s swing thousands of times since I was a kid. I am just astonished at how much of a difference there is between his actual swing, and his interpretation (feeling) of his swing. Especially in regards to weight shift, his weight stayed back until launch, it never shifted to the front side which is easy to see on video, that’s why he was never fooled on anything off speed, nobody could get in on his front foot, he stayed back over that back leg extremely well. Then of course his swing plane as he describes it is nothing like the footage, his swing is clearly a Farris wheel rather than a marry go round path, very interesting.
Would love to see Barry to talk us through his actual game swing while watching his actual slow mo game swing.
Unbelievable content right here. Two masters explaining and showing how it's done. I've lost interest in Baseball the past several years. The fundamentals and mechanics are all but gone. It's no longer the same game. Miss you guys.
love him or hate him, barry bonds is probably the best hitter that ever lived
Great content. We miss baseball content!!!
This would be a badass LIVE interview!!!