Is Bonds one of the greatest baseball players ever?
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Bonds is one of the greats - no question about it, when it comes to on the filed performance ONLY, which is how I jugde baseball greatness.\n\nI agree that his hand-eye coordination, natural speed and discipline at the plate are all skills that came without steroids.\n\nHe is not, in my mind, a great HR hitter however, but merely a 500 HR hitter, as what he took helped him make a strong power serge at the end of his career.\n\nIn short, he is hall of famer, but top 20, not 1.\n\nHelper Guy
315702
With Bonds you have the biggest distraction in the game. He can't walk five feet without a reporter asking him and his teammates about steroids. The Giants can barely get through a game without something being thrown onto the field. He's 43 years old. It's painful to try to watch the guy run. He's a huge injury risk. \n\nWith A-Rod you have gold glove defense. You have a guy who says all the right things despite being hated where ever he goes. You have the best hitter in the AL. He has power, speed, defense, and leadership. By the end of his career he will be considered one of the top five players to ever play the game. \n\nBonds has had an excellent career and it's pretty easy to say that he's the best player to ever play the game besides Babe Ruth. But A-Rod is in his prime and by the time he's done he could have numbers that are even better than Bonds. You have to take A-Rod. It's not even remotely close. \n\nIf you would've asked A-Rod or Pujols....well, that's a question.
416001
Babe Ruth.  Saved the game single-handedly after the Black Sox scandal.  He hit more home runs himself than most of the other teams did in the early '20s.  To match Ruth's achievements today, Barry Bonds would have to hit 200 homers a year.  They haven't invented the steroid yet that can juice Barry up that much, but if they did, he'd take it for sure.  Ruth was one of the best pitchers in the league between 1915 and 1920.  Set a consecutive scoreless innings pitched record in the World Series that stood for about 50 years.  And for a so-called fat guy, he managed to steal 123 bases in his career.  Greatest player ever?  No contest.  The Babe.
286806
The SF Giants will win the NL West why you say well let me explain, we now have a player back what was his name o yeah the greatest player in MLB history Barry Bonds with some back up like Moises Alou, Randy Winn, Mike Matheny, and an addition Steve Finley but we also have pitching Jason Schm-idt he'll be better because last year he had injury problems, Matt Morris from the Cardinals what more can be said, Noah Lowry a future all-star, Matt Cain another future all-star but also some solid bullpen action Tim Worrell former Giant great and a closer who will have a better year then last he was also injured Armando Benitez.
613516
May be the best baseball player ever.  No telling how many homeruns he would have if he didn't spend all those years playing in Candlestick Park
284381
id guess about a million. bonds cant touch the babe, or any other one of the greats for that matter. Go 'Stros!
69148
Babe Ruth - he was a great pitcher and hitter. Otherwise, it would be Bonds, except for the steroids issue.
685741
Mantle, Williams, Dimaggio, Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mays, Rose, just to name a few. But these are considered the greatest of all time, so Pujols is right there with them, but he still has to prove it over his whole career. I hope he does, hes a great ball player.
238809
Bonds has reached superstar level ... of the superboobs!
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The answer is YES. Forget about the betting. \nHis Career Numbers are:\n\n4256 hits- Most All-Time\n3562 Games Played- Most All-Time\n2165 runs- 5th most All-Time\n746 doubles-2nd All Time\n5752 total bases- 6th All-Time\n.303 Career Average\nOnly had 160 Career Homeruns and \nOnly had 1314 Career Rbi.\nPlayed the game the way it was meant to be played. \n\nIf anyone belongs ... he does. Hasn't it been long enough?
550618
Babe Ruth! The Babe is a legend! the greatest baseball player of all times!
674398
Yeah um, he's definately the best player in baseball, but it might be better to compare a person who does something more relevant to the world than professionally play a leisure activity, to the son of god.
490559
For those of you who think that Barry Bonds is good for baseball keep in mind that he is a selfish jerk who only wants to break records and win a world series only so that he can finally claim that he is the best ever. And he accomplished all of this by taking steriods. Not only does he cheat, but he is an asshole as well. Why do you think Jeff Kent got out of SF? Kent won an MVP, Bonds was pissed about that and that Kent would stand up to Bonds when he would do outrageous stuff on a daily basis. Such as tell Dusty Baker that he wasn't going to play. If he ever passes Aaron, it will be a dark day in baseball history.
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The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat,BABE RUTH BY FAR!!!!!!!,barry bonds is a wannabe
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No, Bonds has 73.....\n\nBonds did not cheat technically.....it was not against baseball policy to use steroids until very recently.....so he technically did not break any rules.   Even if it is proven that he did knowingly take steroids his stats should not be erased......
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Right now probably. But it's close. I mean if it was bottom of the 9th bases loaded 2 outs I can't say for sure if I'd choose AP or Bonds. Steroids or not, good legs or not, Bonds is still the most dangerous hitter.
683333
Bonds had his "best" years during his steroid days and long after most players retire. So it's not just HR production, his Avg was affected as well. Steroids are not the only issue. Bonds is under huge scrutiny now as he approaches records. He also is suffering from the bad press because of his steroid usage. Coming off a year of not playing is hard, when your well past the age or retirement for most players it's more so. So for Bonds to kick the steroids, recover his timing and battle both age and the press it's likely a bit too much for him. If Bonds had any class he'd retired rather than come back this year. He was busted for steroids but hadn't passed any cherished marks that he wouldn't have passed without steroids yet. Bonds could have quietly been just another steroid user and gone to the hall of fame. His coming back this year threw his cheating in people's faces.\n\nAs for people coming to the park. The biggest and best fan draw is a winning team. HR hitters are fan draws for losing teams. If a team is winning the fans will come. The loyal fans come no matter who is on the roster. The folks who show up for a Bonds like player are rather few actually and don't come for long. Especailly today when everybody hits home runs. It's not like the days of Ruth when there were 3-5 people in all of baseball who could hit 30+ home runs. There are that many players on single teams today with HR totals like that. The HR is losing what draw power it had pretty quickly.