Barry Bonds hits
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- For the longest time, this particular telecast did not exist on the Internet, and only those living in the Washington DC/Baltimore area were able to see it as it happened, while the rest of the country could see it nationally on ESPN or on the local Giants telecast. This is the full at-bat of the event, as well as the ensuing ceremony, all with commentary from those working the Nationals' broadcast, which, while congratulatory, had somewhat of a cynical mood in some places. Bob Carpenter and Don Sutton have the call. (Coincidentally, Carpenter also called St. Louis Cardinals games during Mark McGwire's record-breaking 1998 season.)
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Alright everyone. After about a year, I'll admit that I didn't expect this video of an event that happened almost 17 years ago to still get this many hits, even as other videos that were uploaded when it happened didn't get this much attention. I'm just glad I managed to capture when MASN replayed this game a few offseasons ago because waiting at the mercy of whatever Nationals Classics games were chosen to air was the only possibility of being able to see and capture this (obviously after it happened live). Either way I thank you for stopping by. That said...
Look. I get that Bonds was a very controversial figure in sports, and the legitimacy of this record has been compromised in the eyes of many. But from this point forward, if all you have to add to the discussion is "steroids," "cheater," asterisks, syringe emojis, or similar vapid remarks, I'm not approving your comment. You're not the first or the only person to say what you're thinking about posting. I'm just tired of getting notifications of everyone saying the same thing but thinking that they're offering some original thought.
Do better.
Imagine being a pitcher and someone hits a home run off of you and the whole game stops and turns into an awards show.
NBA did it for LeBron
Have to be humble and appreciate greatness.
Lol if you search up the pitchers name on google his wiki page says “known for giving up Bonds’ 756” 😭
You'd expect it for that moment going into the game. You'd just be hoping it wasn't you or maybe you'd want to be part of history.
Imagine describing an historic event.
Bacsik knew the moment he threw that pitch that he would become a trivia question lol
Lift weights WITHOUT STEROIDS and let's see how "big" & "strong" you REALLY are!
Stay natural buddy!
@@steroidsR4losers stfu. barry bonds is the best hitter of all time, only other man arguable is ted williams. deal with it, salty pants.
That’s a good one lol 😂
ROIDERS are FAKE & UNHEALTHY!
NATURALS are LEGIT & HEALTHIER!
Stay natural buddy!
Cost alot of money in anabolics for that fraud
Fun fact:
Bacsik's father also faced Hank Aaron when Aaron was sitting on 755 home runs.
Haha that actually is a crazy stay. Wierd
Is this true?? That’s frickin crazy
I don’t believe it.
I did a little digging and it turns out Baslick's father did face Aaron the season he hit no. 755. Though, Aaron wasn't sitting at 755 when Baslik faced him, rather, he faced him when he was sitting at 753, eleven days before Aaron hit no. 755.
@@brother-calm Nope. Bacsik faced him on August 23, 1976. Aaron hit 755, and the last of his career, on July 20.
Nothing like watching Barry swing the bat in the early 2000s.
I agree.
Now the closest thing we got is judge
Bascik has parlayed that pitch into a long sports talk radio career in Dallas/Ft Worth
103 The Fan
I don't know tho. He does not look happy at all in this video LOL
105.3@@kornwhiskey95
@@Chuckclc ooh yeah, that’s it. Thanks
Jeff, that is a fact that I did not know.
That little kid who snuck in at 9:22 definitely talks about how he shook Bonds' hand there.
i would love to know who that is ... or the dude in the blazer.
I think thats Peter Magowan (GM) and his kid
I bet he has this video on his phone to show everyone whenever the opportunity arises
that’s the face a white man who barry made a lot of money for lmao
I once got to tell mr bonds he was greatest ballplayer ive ever seen and ive seen a few. He showed some appreciation for the comment by smiling at me. Then knocking 1 out of chase field in phx
I was the MLB Authenticator that worked with Barry Bonds. I authenticated 756 and a few more after. Trick was a invisible blue die I applied to four spots on the red thread holding the ball together. The serial number I stamped on the ball was a distraction. You needed a black light pen to verify it. I did and I felt pretty dam special to be able to do that. We authenticated everything Barry wore, the umpires wore and everything the Giants wanted. Bases, home plate, pitcher's mound - you name it - I authenticated it that night. Very blessed to have done that.
Cool we didn’t ask . Also you’re a bit late to this video .
@@BIllBurdBaseball1992bro shut up u mad 🤡
That’s very cool!
@@BIllBurdBaseball1992He made his account 17 years ago. Real.
Don’t listen to the other guy, thats very awesome, thanks for sharing!
I saw Barry hit one out in Dodger Stadium. I'll never forget the power of his swing and his follow through. The ball hit the stands like a bullet, a line drive. You knew instantly it was a HR as
soon as you heard the crack of the bat.
Hank Aaron, Willie Mayes, Barry Bonds. Wow! I witnessed history. I remember that evening. I'm in Arizona. A DBacks fan. They cut that game just to show that Barry Bonds did it. My respect in this game I love.
Well, I was born in the 90's, so I didn't know the game as well.
maybee we can talk about baseball when we get together in arazona?
But which one will never make the Hall of Fame?😅
That Journeyman pitcher can say "
you know Bond's 756? That was me!"
He can say I gave up a HR to ROID Man
I miss the days of camera flashes in the crowds in sports
Yes, from all the cameras that weren’t supposed to be using flash photography in the first place
An interesting fact: Between Bonds and Aaron, they combined to only have 1 season with 50+ home runs (Bonds' 73 in 2001...). Aaron's career high was 47 and Bonds' next best season was 49. They both accumulated their massive totals through longevity and consistency (and in Bonds' case, some supplemental help). And another little fact: Bonds' gap of 24 home runs between his best season and 2nd best season (73, 49) is not even the largest gap in baseball history for a player... it's 3rd. Both Brady Anderson (50, 24) and Luis Gonzalez (57, 31) have a 26 home run gap between their best season and 2nd best season.
@@Trumpismyprez - Cool comment, lady.
@johnpalmer3559 Well for Aarons's part it was without Steroids.
@gatroy13 - He did use amphetamines (greenies), though... which are now banned in today's game because they produce unnatural levels of energy, alertness, focus, and reaction time.
I met Barry Bonds at the Venice Pier.
Nice guy.
he's that way 3 days a year
@@wolfie71231 No because he was nice to me and then 5 minutes later he was a dick to a lady who wanted his autograph
OMG, I wish I met him as well.
that's not what most people who actually know him say
@@joeg5414 I don't care what they say. He was cool than me. He probably wouldn't be cool to you.
When Brady Anderson hit 50 home runs, we should have known we were in trouble.
Good looking dude, though
Brady was never accused and was never part of any accusations. He was never part of the Mitchell report or any other. He just had a career year and was on a stacked orioles team and benefited from pitchers throwing him a lot of fastballs.
@@warrenkemmer1307 and he was built.
@@warrenkemmer1307 Right.
@@warrenkemmer1307 I’m an oriole fan theu and theu ..bra he went from garbagio for years and just went wild
There will never be another moment like this in baseball.
Never!
I was a kid and I remember sitting on my coach every night with my uncle and papaw watching to see if he does it. Man. What a time!
All time best player ever. Thank you berry for everything. Baseball is so boring without you
If you say so. 🙄🤣
“In a city where anything goes…” true that.
You mean a soft west coast city that rarely has good sporting moments? Yes sir!
@@nova3752 in which this “soft west coast city” probably has more chips than entire sports franchises for the city you support so sit down 🤡
@@nova3752clearly ya dumb as fuck and don't know shit about sports. 😂😂😂😂
@@nova3752warriors were pretty good for awhile lol
@@nova3752 the town that has 5 super bowls, 4 nba championships in the last ten years, 3 World Series in the last 15
This is how I watched it. Thank you for posting.
There's one record that Barry bonds will hold forever... The record of intentional walks in a season.
I think he got intentionally walked like a hundred times or something back in 2004.
His on-base percentage was like something out of a comic book.
They said something like if bonds just didn’t even hit and just got walked like he had he still would be one of the best players ever lmao
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Analytics+the universal dh have phased intentional walks almost entirely out of the game. Judge last year arguably had one of the 5 greatest offensive seasons in the history of baseball and only got intentionally walked 19 times. That’s not even 10% of the total number of times bonds got intentionally walked in 04.
@@TheShachattack13 Barry bonds is probably the only guy to get intentionally walked with the bases loaded. The opposing team's and managers just feared him that much.
The only player that I ever saw get that kind of treatment was Josh Hamilton. Hamilton, in the 2010 ALCS, was intentionally walked I think , about eight times in six games. However, Josh Hamilton was coming off a season where he hid over 30 home runs, drove in 100, and had a batting average of 360. The New York Yankees were very determined to that he was not going to be the guy who beat them.
@@paysonfox88He was the ALCS MVP 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Man the times where no one was on their phones just straight up digital cameras! What a beautiful moment. I wish I was there at that game. The crowd went crazy.
You wrote this on a phone
@@dadbot8480no he didn’t liar
This was straight up AWESOME! Will never forget it as long as I’m alive
Aaron will always be KING, no gloves, no protectors, no wrist bands, and no juice. RIP Hank Aaron!! The true King.
No! barry bonds will always be the king forever.
Bonds was still insane without the juice
Barry was good but Hank was better
Barry was better all around. People can hate him, idk. He's the goat
@@addamtate1230 Sure, but does he beat the record without juice? Probable not.
thank you for posting this!
Aaron will always be the TRUE Homerun King.
Still can't believe I was there to see it live. Absolutely insane seeing all of the cameras go off. One of the best days ever. After his first 2 ABs, you knew it was coming. His AB before, he hit one off the center field wall on almost a line drive.
I couldn't count how many Bonds HRs I saw in person growing up.
Must've been awesome, he was my favorite player growing up.
@@elielpakkala3882 it was really awesome. He was my favorite as well. I was 17 when this game happened
Lots of fraud to endure. Sorry.
@@DAD0123nobody cares roids are cool
You weren’t there weirdo
I remember I was watching something else and then I thought about Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron's record. Once I turned it to the station he hit the homerun.
I've seen the stats and watched the grainy black and white footage or washed-out color videos of Mays, Aaron, Ruth and all the greats but Bonds was the best ballplayer I've seen with my own eyes, either tv or in person many times. Top 10 of all time by any metric and he'd have been as good in the 1940's as he was in the 90's and would be in the 2100's. He could do it all. The ultimate 5 tool player. If he was a bit friendlier with the media, he'd probably be viewed much differently.
Bonds led the NL and MLB in HRs in a season twice: in 1993 when he hit 46 and in 2001 when he hit 73. That's it. If you take out the 2001 season, an anomaly, he averaged 39 HRs for every 162 games played, just a bit higher than Aaron's 37 HR per 162 game average.
Bonds averaged 41 for his career, per Baseball Reference. Why would you exclude 1 season?
@@BigOleNuttSak It's common practice when looking at statistics to exclude an outlier. My point was that Bonds was consistently good over a long period of time and that his career HR total was the result of that long-term consistency, not just the product of a few gaudy seasons.
@@nickcurran3105 then why not exclude his 5 HR season also?would that be considered a statistical anomaly as well?
@@BigOleNuttSak It wasn't five home runs over a 162 game season. It was five home runs over 14 games. I compared his and Aaron's numbers over a 162 game average. That's how statistical analysis works. I am sorry if you don't understand it.
@@nickcurran3105 But outliers are not taken out on a whim, either. There are statistical methods (such as the 1.5 IQR rule) to determine whether a data point can be considered an outlier. There are also other qualitative factors to consider before removing outliers.
2:34 the pitcher was PISSED lol
he knew his name was cooked for eternity
It’s very interesting that just three years prior they were the Montreal Expos.
Thank you for sharing..that is indeed fascinating info!
I forgot Don Sutton was a Nats announcer for a while. Grew up listening to him on TBS.
I'm just now realizing that Mike Bacsik from 105.3 The Fan was the pitcher when he broke the record 😂😂😂😂
Would they call a pitch-clock violation on the next batter in 2023?
Yes because the Giants forgot to request approval for a standing ovation 24 hours in advance 😂
And Bonds would get suspended for P.E.D. as well.
Go listen to eminem little soft boi
@@nova3752 watch some comedy pal, you'll understand a joke a won't be so aggressive..
The next 2 batters would have struck out without seeing a pitch in today's game.
What's great about this is that the pitcher also pitched really well. He was down 2-0 on pitches many batters would have chased and gave him some good ones the fouled off on a full count. Barry was just determined to get a hit that at bat.
I remember watching this in my parents living room.
Barry and McGuire were the reasons I actually watched baseball. Haven’t watched a game since that era
Both cheaters..
I watched this happen live in a Circuit City in Bellingham, WA. It was on every TV being sold in the store. It wasn't that crowded, but I remember every guy in that area of the store stopping what they were doing to watch when he sent that ball flying.
It is so funny because when he hit that ball all of the people in the stands from far away were trying to get that ball
There will always be debate but for me Barry bonds is the greatest player all time.
"THIS BALL IS HISTORY!!"
If you do dope
Too bad it’s not hall bound
Bob Carpenter is the GOAT! He and the late Don Sutton on the call here. Carp was only in his second season calling Nationals game at this time and has called every single Nationals except their inaugural year. I'll never forget this game. As a die hard nationals fan, the only thing I cared about was that the nationals won this game when all was said and done and I remember Carp saying "The Giants got their history but the Nationals get the win here tonight". Seems like it was just yesterday but realisitcally it was nearly a life time ago...
The Goat Baseball Barry bonds
This man was a beast as a player and the home runs that he hit were out of this world and you can say what you want about him he belongs in the Hall Of Fame and he had a great career. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
Barry Bonds deserves to be in The MLB Hall Of Fame
NO he does not. No one deserves anything. The pitchers who threw against him deserved to play against drug free batters. GFY. If people are deserving of things then...
PETE ROSE deserves to be in the HOF.
@@thinkbeforyouvotemuscles don't matter unless you have the talent and the hand and eye coordination! I seen bonds hit two very deep home runs way back when he played for the pirates in 3 river stadium. That's how long ago it was and he probably didn't even weigh 180 lbs
@@WesthelockpickerHe still cheated.
@@WillCamx I never said he didn't
@@thinkbeforyouvotethose same pitchers were juicing
Barry knew he was going deep as soon as that second pitch went by.
Back when pitchers could make it to the MLB throwing 84 mph 😭
Guess with movement anyone can still make it
Fr
@baseballbatbros do you dudes just not give a fuck about baseball outside of home runs and little league bats ? smh
Cream or not, the way Bonds drops the bat after every HR is kind of funny .. he just knows .. LOL
The umpire gave the catcher the same ball back.
That used special marked balls when Barry bats. Probably the only one he had left
Most walked man in History....He should be in the Hall of fame for that
Mike Bacsik does radio in Dallas now
I was taking a dump at a Buffalo Wild Wings when this happened.
I loved how his walk up song was Phantom of the Opera
love the nats broadcast
S#it was WEAK! One of the most garbage calls of an event/record/milestone in baseball...........ever.
Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame 👍
Needed juice to do it! Hank is the real champ!
Babe Ruth the GOAT. Would be over 900 if the first 6 years he wasn't a pitcher. Barry was truly an amazing hitter, but many HR's would have been flyouts without the juice.
Bud, Juice doesnt make you hit a baseball... Bonds was hitting 40-50 HR's long before he took Juice, and was already one of the best Baseball players before he got big...
You are correct. He still needs to hit the ball. Bonds was an amazing talent. You must ask yourself how many HR's would have been flyouts if he didn't use the juice?
I used to be stupid enough to believe this too . Bonds is the greatest hitter history. If you look at what might have been , Griffy would have broke the record too without injuries
@@sennaha you must also ask yourself, how many more years would he have played without packing on all that muscle and extra weight and ruining his legs and back? Pointless to ask these questions... Bonds was facing juice pitchers all day... A large portion of the league was on juice back then... Just a fact.. Bonds would have broken the record either way.. He was just that good.
Look at his rookie card and him here. His head even grew
Do you have the full game?
Yes, I do.
I always enjoyed watching Bonds tanking one into MCovey cove and the fans in the boats in the cove fishing out the HR ball.
El mejor de la historia ❤❤❤
How if he was always roided out? Como? Sienpre anda Lleno de steriodes
@@Thehor35 USTED NUNCA JUGÓ BÉISBOL EN SU VIDA Y USTED NUNCA VIÓ A BOND JUGAR ASÍ QUE NO OPINE!!!
Excellent Day!!! R.I.P. Willie!!!
I didn’t find this video. IT FOUND ME.
If Babe Ruth had as many at bats as Hank Aaron and all of his career during the live ball Era, he would have had over 900 home runs. Possibly over 1000
He also spent the first four years of his career as a full time pitcher.
But he didn't. Get over it.
Bond should be a hitting coach, he has a lot of knowledge of the game
Get this man in the hall of fame
I was 13 watching this live on tv.
Idc what he did outside of baseball…BONDS was a BEAST
@yayarearaidernation4512 it took steroids to do it.
2:46 Hes thinking "sh!t now im history"
I grew up watching this guy
Hard to explain how good he was
Bacsik was a mid tier pitcher. Wouldn’t exactly call him good. Better than the average joe and decent enough to make the big leagues. But, “good” is a stretch.
@@The-CoffeeManHe’s talking about Barry Bonds…
@@TYreLL0416 yeah. I know. I was being funny.
A cheat is a cheat, liked him in his early days, but then lost all respect for him later. He should never ever be in the hall of fame. Hall of shame maybe
I would have loved to be that pitcher. I would have given Bonds BP pitches
absolute pussy mentality
GREATEST MLB player ever...Barry Bonds
for all you people arguing roids, think about all the pitchers he hit HR's off of that were using roids themselves, i.e., Kevin Brown, Gagne, etc. . . .
…and?
@@stevemc75 . . .and level playing field
Bill James Analyzed Some New Sabermetrics And Algorithms ANd Came To The Conclusion That Bonds Career Home Runs Should Be Reduced By 37% Because Of Taking Roids So In My History Class We Teach That Bonds Only Hit 480 Official Home Runs, If Democrats Can Make Up Things That Go Against Science And Claim There Are 762 Genders, Then I Can Do The Same, But At Least This Is Backed Up By Bill James Analysis And Advanced Statistics..
Doesn’t matter…his career is still tarnished because of it.
He hit 300 home runs after turning 35. Lmfao. Bonds is a fraud and cheater.
Bonds is the greatest mlb player of all-time period!
I was at this game. Let me tell you. There were way more than 43,000 people at that stadium.
Yes we all love him my dad like him too
Fun fact my first MLB game was the day before this one😊
No bro you never played, you are are 10 year old wannabe gaming UA-camr
@@DrinkGatorade oh you're adorable
What player were you then
@@DrinkGatorade Barry bonds
Barry bonds seriod king. So much for baseball
We just gonna ignore McGwire, Sosa, ARod, Canseco, etc.?
Steroids for mlb players is like what chewing gum was to kids in the 80's.
Exactly!!! Congress made too big a deal and killed it for all the rising youth of the time …
🙄
And i think Barry Bonds lost his BBC status from using that crap too lol
GOOD
Really just a surreal moment in time for baseball. All these years later and no one gives a shit about Bonds, McGwire, Sosa. It's both a black stain and a crying shame. Bonds and McGwire both were obviously HOF material early in their careers and it turned into asterisks and question marks. Sosa was a forgettable, mid player who was in the right place at the right time, I don't think many are lamenting his slide into obscurity. But it's a bit sad to see a guy like Bonds, who may have had 600+ HR's and a ton of SB's, a guaranteed, sure-fire hall of famer - in limbo after breaking the record for the most career HR's. It's crazy. If he had never juiced and never broken the record, he probably would be one of the most revered players ever, but because he literally overachieved it's a tarnished legacy.
Should be in the hall for fame
Him and Pete Rose should have their own Hall of Fame.
Special Hall of fame for cheats.
You know there are grandfathers who are telling their grandsons about what a magical time it was to be a SF Giants fan when you could walk to the stadium without stepping in poop and tripping over homeless drug addicts. Ah, the good ol' days.
they paused the whole game in the 5th inning but wont make him a hall of famer
Well we all know why that is don't we.
Imagine if this happened today.. everyone would be on their phones instead of enjoying the moment
Hank Aaron did it without steroids
Props to the Nats Catcher at the time for applauding Bonds
One of the Nats biggest moments
I dont care what other people think, for me he is a hall of famer.
The best baseball player. EVER. Even before the roids Barry was a multiple MVP its a shame the hes not in the HOF.
Top 3 players to not make the HOF:
Barry
Schilling
Rose
bah - Joseph Jefferson Jackson - is, after Bonds, the greatest player not in the HoF. That's Shoeless Joe if ya don't know.
Pete rose broke the cardinal sin to baseball players. Him being banned is definitely worthy, joe jackson, bonds, clemens should be in the hof.
The same writers who wouldn't vote bonds and clemens into the hof were the same writers voting them for MVP and cy young
@@chickenfkeryay rose should be in the HOF period , gambling is not murder , today gambling in sports is par for the course so times have changed so he should be in it by now I can’t watch a game without a FanDuel commercial u think players aren’t betting ? Your naive
@@chickenfkeryay what?!? Jackson THREW THE WORLD SERIES if that isnt the worst you can do then he'll ALL of em should be in🤷
I agree. Can't believe Rose isn't in there what a great player he was.
Remember when you used to see camera flashes in the stands 🥲
Yet the Nationals still won the game.
Did they?
best slugger of all time its not even close
Hammerin Hank still the leader, no steroids. I watched Hank do it while Milo Hamilton called it. My opinion Aaron is still the leader!
💯
Hammerin Hank 🙏
yup hammerin hank hopped up on meth🙏🙏🙏
Please enlighten us with all the instances when, to support your opinion, Bonds tested positive for steroids. We’ll wait…….
You got that right the Hammer still the Home Run Leader.
Consider the fact that Barry began in MLB in mid-80s....this took a very long time.....
Go get them Barry Juice
Barry was enormous. Went from a skinny guy to the biggest guy on the field
Allegedly he had a little help to do that.
Just ignore it, like you probably ignore racism.
@@Its.Corey. I’m half Eskimo and Ethiopian, so I’m likely a bigger victim than you. Very racist to assume that when you look white in your picture
@@Its.Corey.it’s not a race thing, it’s a steroid thing, and yet Bonds STILL destroyed the league without the juice
Barry just happens to be in a family of baseball royalty
Put this man in the HOF!
HELL NO. Put him in the Hall of Shame. Totally classless person, and a total cheater. He will NEVER get into the HOF, unless he walks through it as a guest. Thank GOD the voters, never allowed this SOB anywhere near the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose deserves it 100 times more.
nope
I still listen to mike basik on 105.3 the fan in Dallas all the time lmao home of the 2023 Texas rangers world champions radio
Greatest player of all time. With or without roids. Im so sick of the "cheater" allogations. That was the Era. Everyone was doing it. Mlb did nothing about it. They knew about it. They put profits first. So how can you blame someone when the MLB allowed it. Yall tuned in, watched, and went to games, like everyone else. You knew about roids back then and still chose to tune in. So don't act like it's tainted or a problem now. No player before or since will have the impact he had. He must see TV in a sport that was near the bottom in the big 4 sports. Programs cut into see his at bats. You will never see that again. You watched. You enjoyed it. Give this man his Due.
No. He was arrogant about it. And had not a single friend. #asterisk
@@davissae almost ever pro athlete is arrogant. And maybe he had an attitude because he saw and grew up with the racism that his dad Bobby, willie, and cousin Reggie jackson experienced. So that made him bitter and not trusting of the media
Obviously no one’s doubting he’s a great player. But he doesn’t deserve to be atop of history. So no, I will not give him his due. He cheated (my boy Jeter didn’t), so he deserves all the hate the same way everyone else that cheated deserves it. The MLB had coward management in that era, but that doesn’t excuse cheating. Griffey, Big Hurt, and many other players did it the right way. Your SF didn’t, just own that. No one takes his records seriously.
Judge is the HR leader, no asterisk. No questions.
They're not allegations if everyone knows you did it
not everyone in the steroid era did steroids - incorrect assumption