zepstrumentals Lol.. There’s really no argument.. The correct word is, “Farthest,” because it involves distance. It’s often misused by otherwise intelligent people. Just listen to Joe Buck butcher it here.
For those of you wondering why bonds looks pissed in the dugout after, it's because his teammates have a terrible approach. Especially Jeff Kent. Kent went up there with the intention to pull a ball deep, no matter what the pitcher was doing. You can see him trigger on every pitch; he even triggered on the slider that was 8 inches out of the zone! His hips started and he had to hold himself back. He was on time for the one in the middle of the zone and that's why he fouled it, but he was trying to pull it for power. He could have easily flared it for a single but he wasn't trying to get on base, he was trying to be the hero. With Bonds right behind him, are you kidding me? The announcers caught it. There's no excuse for that.
Exactly bonds was almost a guaranteed home run, why would you be not just try to be get on base and let Bonds do his thing. Especially at that junction of the game.
@@n1ck_kc1n Fair enough, but I don't think that should change the approach of his teammates. So they walk him again, that still brings the winning run to the plate. Kent should put the ball in play.
@@levisnyder6585 Most definitely agree! The stakes at the time, the lineup approaching, it all screams get on base above all else. BUT, selfishly, I would rather have this bomb of a HR by Bonds than a win by SF at the time :).
@@doc8013 bonds was one of the greatest players of all time before steroids. And in this era, there were people on roids the whole time taking credit away from him. Name one person who’s done what bonds did
I know how polarizing Barry Bonds was and is. However, as someone who has been watching baseball since the 1950's, I can say that Barry Bonds was the most disciplined and most dangerous hitter I have ever seen. I enjoyed seeing him play. What makes his story sad is that he didn't need to cheat to be a great player.
@@bigmacdaddy1234 that's fine. Just as long as you feel the same about steroids in other sports. Especially football. I hope you call football players who use steroids cheaters. That's my biggest complaint about this. Football players who use steroids are nowhere near vilified as much as baseball players are. And it's rare to hear someone say that a football player "cheated" when they're caught using steroids. I've never understood that
my pops and I concluded he was hands down the best hitter either of us had ever seen in like 1990 (he grew up in the 50s and 60s). Bonds' bat speed was absolutely unreal, even when he was a skinny guy stealing 40+ bases.
I was at the old Mile High Stadium in Denver for a game with the Giants during Bond's steroid rampage. He hit a line drive that never went higher than about 12 feet that hit high off the wall in right about 360 if I remember. Larry Walker who was in right field for the Rockies raced back and played it perfectly off the fence as the sound reverberated throughout the ballpark. Walker's great arm had the ball back to the infield before Bonds could get any farther than first base. I'm not sure that the ball had even reached it's zenith before hitting the fence. A millimeter higher on the bat and they'd still be looking for that one. Bonds wasn't even out of the batter's box when it hit the fence sounding like a car wreck. Hardest ball I've ever seen hit.
@@jibbymarket really bro? You couldn't just let us have that one? Man he hit that ball a mile! "Uhhh no nice try it was actually 630 ft but OK go on witcher delusions regarding distance I suppose wow"
@@jibbymarket Baseball is pathetic now. It's hot again but the delicate egos and babying the players and huge contracts and strikes during the pandemic. And the umpires? MLB is a joke. Lol and the 6,000 ALMOST fights per year. Everyone knows how good Bonds was. Gold glove winner all that but, Oh and fuck the hall of fame, tbh the best eye and plate discipline I've ever seen was Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez though Bonds was ahead. Steroids can't help you know when to swing and when to let it pass.
Seen him in person. When he swang and missed, I could feel the vibration of the air go through my chest. Scary, how fast and hard he could swing a bat. I thought, if he ever made connection that ball would be toast. This proves it.
Its a GARBAGE RECORD that needs to erased from the MLB archives. You can see the GUILT on his face as he rounds the bases and slithers shamefully into the dugout...
i followed Bonds in college and all thru his MLB career. Bonds is still the best hitter Ive seen in a 4 to 5 year stretch juice or not. He didnt miss often and had the best eye at the plate Ive ever seen during that stretch as well. He also had a HOF career pre juice era.
Yeah, I loved watching him hit before the juice...he was still "fast" on the bases then too. Sad he and the other juicers may never get in the HOF because of their stupid actions.
My God Mark, so it doesn’t matter to you to compare Barry Bonds Home Run Records to Hank Aaron’s? Barry, a known steroid abuser and Hank Aaron, never used roids and is squeaky clean? OMG! How screwed up is our Society anyway?
@Drew Where’s the proof? That’s your question? OMG! Where have you been that you don’t know about the BALCO case in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Mitchell Report that provided evidence of PED’S being used by both Bonds and Roger Clemens! The evidence is incontrovertible, PERIOD! Federal Investigators went on record to say that there was DNA evidence against Clemens and that Bonds definitely used PED’S that we’re outlawed by Major League Baseball! Drew, in the future, do your “Due Diligence” on the subject before you ask a DUMB QUESTION!
@@Karlifornication They probably were! However, that doesn’t change the fact that Bonds, Clemens, Canseco, McGwire, and many other “Stars” cheated with steroids, knew it was cheating, and did it anyway! How you can look at their stats against “Clean” players is an absolute mystery to me! Everyone of these “Cheaters” should have a huge asterisk* next to their names in the record books, PERIOD!
I worked at angel stadium at this time. I was up in the right field view level. I kid you not the ball went out of the stadium and landed where we lined for roll call before the game. I tell this story at least a few times a year. It was incredible.
The most feared hitter ever! This guy made a science out of it. Incredible hand/eye coordination with an eye that could see the zone better than the ump. I used to LOVE to watch this guy bat he was a MACHINE & it did not matter WHO was pitching. Like Greg Maddox stated... walk him do NOT challenge him. its only a matter of LUCK if you get this guy out because in order to do that you gotta throw STRIKES or he'll walk because he doesn't swing at balls. He rarely strikes out because of that eagle eye and his bat is so quick he can let the ball go deep into its traverse before he decides to swing. He's in his own league. Greatest hitter ever and his stats prove it.
Imagine how many home runs Barry would have if he wasn’t being walked every game. He’s the only player in league history who had the advantage over the pitcher unbelievable
Sure. He saw the zone better than the umps. To get this guy out you had to throw STRIKES. Throw balls and he walked because they're atta the zone he's not gonna swing. So you had no choice take your chances and throw a strike and hopefully it will stay in the field of play.
@@BenWillyums Please remember that he never flunked a drug test... Nobody liked this guy least of all opposing pitchers. And writers. And announcers. And journalists. He didn't give interviews and he didn't give advice he treated baseball as a business not entertainment.
@@alan30189 not like now. Look at the power numbers. There is a reason why Triple A is on pace to absolutely shatter the home run record... and this is the first year they are using the major league ball.
Just incredible to watch him play and to watch his swing! 🤣😂 Love when the ump almost instantly tosses another ball to Percival. Just CRUSHED!!! I’m so glad my young boys were able to see him play in person. I was living down in Southern California during this series… damn you Dusty! Russ would’ve finished that game… damn you Dusty. Then we got to see BB crush a ball up here in Seattle… I do not care what anyone says… This man is and was a Hall of Famer - beginning from his rookie year! I saw him when he was still with the Pirates at Candlestick Park, and he just crushed the ball at Candlestick Park during his rookie year… he is and was phenomenal! He is a bona fide Hall of Famer even though he dabbled with the clear. He is a Hall Of Famer!!!!
same here second deck just up from first base, it's the loudest i've ever heard someone hit a baseball and it just hung up there for what seemed like forever. i never cared for bonds as a person but im really glad i got to see him in in his prime especially in a moment like this.
I love how the announcer already knows it’s not the farthest homer that Barry ever hit lol. Don’t get me wrong that ball at Yankee stadium was unbelievable but I’ve watched this homer live at my house and in all replays I’ve never seen the balll land. You usually see movement in the stands when the ball is about to land but I see nothing. I don’t care what that announcer said find me a ball that went further and I’ll call you a liar. Griffey, A Rod, Ichiro, Trout all fantastic ball players but before or after steroids Barry Bonds was the greatest player in my lifetime and it’s not close!
@@daviddill6605 In actuality, Babe Ruth is nothing but a candy bar. Dude couldn’t hit jack squat off today’s pitchers. Bonds would crush the old days had he been alive and allowed to play. The latter being the key.
No babe Ruth was a much greater baseball player then Barry bonds you have to be joking about your statement on Ruth and what his abilities today would be he would crush the ball
I had Pirates season tickets when Bonds was there and, as a kid we would wait outside after games for him to sign. He was such a jerk. Years later, people claimed that he was a jerk because he took steroids. No. He was always a jerk, even when he was skinny, but probably the second greatest player in MLB history. A perfect swing.
I met him and he signed for me as he was with his family at the 2001 AS Game in Seattle at the Invitation only GALA the night of the HR Derby... He joked around a bit and signed a bunch for people before leaving...
There's also video on RUclips of a minor leaguer in CO bombing one 582 (Meyer) Barely even got it on camera. Too bad it wasn't in the majors so we'd have eight.differnet camera angles.
Pause at 3:42. Dude had 3 walks on the day and one ab. He probably didnt even have to swing in the plate appearances where he walked. Then in the 9th after Percival Has sat down 2 hitters with ease the first strike Barry sees is hit to the moon. That's amazing
@@evanwrenn402 How do you know he’s the greatest hitter of all time simple besides his fans when great coaches and players are asked “who do you think the greatest hitter in the history of the game was?” They generally all answer quick and with a smirk on their face “Barry Bonds, no question not even close, Bonds was the best hitter I’ve ever seen in my life” it’s sad that pitchers can do blow, guys can use all sorts of cheating ways going back to the beginning of baseball but somehow Bonds is so hated. He’s the best and outside of Griffey jr most beautiful swing to ever touch a baseball bat (also don’t forget all the gold gloves)
Just to clear up the confusion in the comments here, Salmon said “That’s the furthest ball I’ve ever seen hit”. The first announcer read his lips and said: “Salmon says that’s the furthest ball I’ve ever seen hit.” Then the other announcer says “that’s not the furthest ball WE’VE ever seen hit.”
Barry Bonds had two careers and both are Hall of Fame worthy! He deserves to be in the HoF!!! Top 3 if not the best of all time to lace them up. Might not like the guy or was a bad teammate...But, he was must watch TV everytime he took the field.
Bonds was the only player I’ve ever seen intentionally walked with the bases loaded. I’ve never seen that ever again... 4/15/22 Seager walked with the bases loaded
This guy had the craziest sports stat I've ever heard of. In Sept. '01 he hit a homerun every 8 SWINGS! Fouls, swings and misses, pop outs, ground outs, singles, doubles and triples combined. An unrealistic video game character.
Great stat. I think my fav swing stat with Bonds is that he had half a season where he had more HR than swings and misses -- which shows that Bonds benefited even more from great vision than from steroids!
@@lenvm3344 a great video to check out is from Jon Bois on "what if Barry Bonds didn't use a bat". He calculated what his OPS would've been. Hilarious yet troubling. Lol
@@brentbanks9121 I have yet to see a good refutation video on Jon Bois's work. He said "please somebody prove me wrong, tell me I'm full of crap!" Even he didn't believe it.
You have to consider Reggie Jackson's all-star home run in 1970, Josh Gibson (the only man to hit a ball clear out of Yankee Stadium, and finally Barry Bonds! 'Nuff said!
I wish Barry Bonds the very best of health and life, the rest of his life. Forecasting death on someone is the ultimate sin. Homegirl up above simply illustrates what's so fucked up with so many of you people in this country. Fucking hateful idiots. In the spirit of humanity, I wish Lyle Alzado could come back. There's just to much negative on this planet to comprehend. And that comment has 3 thumbs up. Disturbing to say the least.
Same. I’m an Angels, Pacers and Raiders fan. 2002 was easily my peak year of sports fandom. Angels won it all, raiders went to the Super Bowl and the pacers were very good, getting to the eastern conference finals at the end of that season. No year has come close for me before or since
Legend says that ball went into orbit, made a full pass around the planet, re entered the stratosphere and hit the “Barry who?” guy in the back of the head
In 1986 Bo Jackson hit one out of AA Chicks stadium in Memphis that traveled over a second American Legion baseball field onto Central Avenue. Had to be 550+'. It was a rocket.
The craziest part about this is that bonds was so good at this point that just knowing percival had to throw a strike was pretty much an automatic homerun for him. There’s almost no way bonds wasn’t going to hit a homerun in that at bat unless he was walked which wouldn’t have made sense. Probably the most helpless a pitcher has ever been while still being in control of the game
@@MrChrisjohnjay honestly, probably. he is arguably the best power hitter to ever play. The roids are a permanent stain, but I mean you still gotta hit the ball
@@MrChrisjohnjay probably one of the best hitters ever even without steroids. I mean he didn’t even have to be in tune with baseball to know a fastball in the strike zone was coming next. Point being he was such a good hitter that it’s pretty much impossible for him to not have hit a homerun in that situation.
@@MrToaster1123 big facts, the steroids may have helped him hit the ball a long way but roids don’t increase ur chances of seeing then hitting the ball
Growing up in the 60s, 70s, 80s etc., it was known that Mickey Mantle was the baseball player who hit a baseball over 600', considered the 'longest' home run in baseball history.
The hardest hit baseball that I witnessed live was a Barry Bonds line drive home run at Busch Stadium. It won't get points for distance because of the trajectory, but I had never seen a ball leave the yard that fast. I was left with the sense that I could hear the ball buzzing in the air. Amazing.
Legalize the juice. It's safe and the doctors well educated in the matter. It's a level playing field of the ban is lifted and the game is much more fun to see
A lot of guys did steroids. Only one hit 73 HR with a >.500 OBP. Bonds is what happens when you take a near-perfect baseball player and give him the best HGH and anabolics that science has to offer.
For whatever it is worth, the ball goes directly over the 370' mark on the wall. It lands in the tunnel, which is 20 rows back. Figure 4' per row, and it is a 450-470' homer, depending on where it landed in the tunnel. Watch a high-quality video where the ball doesn't disappear into fog.
@Lighthouse in the Storm same way you know Bonds was. Point is, many guys in the league were roiding during that era, pitchers, position players etc. Not just Bonds McGwire and Sosa.
@@cyanmendoza1234 They don't call it the "steroid era" for nothing. It is well known that steroid use in the 90's was widespread. Guys like Canseco and Caminiti (who BTW won the mvp in '96 while juiced) both admitted that PED's were used widespread throughout the league. It's not like there were just a few players using them.
ALL those MLB players had a second puberty spirt...I enjoyed it. I really don't care about steroids, if EVERYONE is doing it. And EVERYBODY was. That list was long...Sosa, McGuire, Bonds home run record chasing season was exciting to watch.
@@awfulwarlock91 Ken Griffey Jr had terrible hamstring issues amongst other injuries beause he never took care of his body, never stretched or warmed up his body pregame.
+Dylan Tesch so did sosa, canseco, clemens, palmeiro, ramirez, a-rod, MCGWIRE!!!! Your point??? Bonds is wayyyyyy better than all of them, drugs NOTWITHSTANDING.
Dylan, don't worry. Statcast would've taken steroids into account. It takes *everything* into account! Exit velocity, launch angle, hang time, dope time, injection angle, entrance velocity.
Joe Buck was that way for the first two Giants World Series wins. I loved that we knocked off his precious Cardinals. Third one he had to talk about them. Nothing like his Dad who was great.
Furthest ball ever hit was by Mickey Mantle, an estimated 510 feet. His muscles were all natural. Most home runs in a single season: Roger Maris with 61 Most home runs in a career: Hank Aaron with 755 It's sad that some fans would consider the records set during the 1995-2008 period as legitimate. That's like endorsing the idea that crime pays.
Steroids do nothing to enhance someone hitting the ball. Nothing will ever diminish the fact that putting bat on ball is the hardest thing to do in sports. It doesn't matter how strong you are. You still have to be able to hit the thing first.
Mark Schofield True about hand eye coordination. But bat speed (other than hand eye coordination) is the biggest part in hitting in general. Steroids DO in fact enhance your bat speed as well as any other psychical strength. Performance Enhancing Drugs are banned in Major League Baseball for a reason.
Mark Schofield Yes, you do have to make contact. But as Logan Mullins points out, bat speed (which allows you to have your bat in position to make said contact) is a big part of it, and a part of it that benefits from the use of PEDs. And the extra muscles also do one more important thing - they can be the difference between a hit ball being a home run and a very long, very loud fly ball that's caught on the warning track for an out.
Mark Schofield You obviously didn't play baseball. Do you watch the LLWS on ESPN where they talk about how a 70-MPH pitch at 46 feet is the equivalent of hitting an MLB plus fastball? Those kids have the coordination and the bat speed to hit better than 99.99% of the population. Why can't they hit the ball 450 feet? Because they're not strong enough. It takes coordination to hit a ball, yes. But, steroids can and do make the difference between the warning track and ten rows into the seats. If you think coordination is all it takes to hit home runs, then Wade Boggs and Tony Gwynn would have had 700 home runs each.
Josh gibson hit a 580 ft hr in yankee stadium, he played in the negro leagues for 16 years and people that witnessed what he was capable of felt he was a better power hitter then babe ruth or ted williams.
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Thank you all for the 6+ years of arguing Furthest vs Farthest. Scholars everywhere will need to look no further for the answer. ❤️
Tony Montana wth? Bonds is the GOAT! Deal with it, Cooperstown.
@@redwingsfan3621 Not hardly.
zepstrumentals Lol.. There’s really no argument.. The correct word is, “Farthest,” because it involves distance. It’s often misused by otherwise intelligent people. Just listen to Joe Buck butcher it here.
zepstrumentals how much money have you made off this video lol
AggroDev Not a single dime. MLB would have my balls in a tourture rack if I tried monetizing the video.
Barry Bonds: * hits a 600 foot bomb of a homerun out of the stadium *
Joe Buck: “And theres a nice hit out to right field, it’s now a 1 run ballgame”
😂🤣😂
Joe Buck is probably one of those "bUt StErOiDs" guys, so he didn't want to give him his due.
@@redwingsfan3621 Fuck, Buck sucks.
He’s the fucking worst dude
never understood the appeal of Buck
"Furthest ball ever hit" Announcer right after the run: "Not the furthest ball we've seen bonds hit"
He said that’s what Salmon was saying.
@@alwayzchillin0714 listen again. You’re wrong
Horrible commentating. He couldn't just live in the moment and be excited to see a ridiculous bomb in a tight game in the world series!!
@@tylerschroeder3722 thats tim mccarver for ya... ego maniac clownboy
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For those of you wondering why bonds looks pissed in the dugout after, it's because his teammates have a terrible approach. Especially Jeff Kent. Kent went up there with the intention to pull a ball deep, no matter what the pitcher was doing. You can see him trigger on every pitch; he even triggered on the slider that was 8 inches out of the zone! His hips started and he had to hold himself back. He was on time for the one in the middle of the zone and that's why he fouled it, but he was trying to pull it for power. He could have easily flared it for a single but he wasn't trying to get on base, he was trying to be the hero. With Bonds right behind him, are you kidding me? The announcers caught it. There's no excuse for that.
Exactly bonds was almost a guaranteed home run, why would you be not just try to be get on base and let Bonds do his thing. Especially at that junction of the game.
@@davidsmith-uw2ci I don't think Bond's gets a hittable pitch if someone is on base, tbf.
@@n1ck_kc1n Fair enough, but I don't think that should change the approach of his teammates. So they walk him again, that still brings the winning run to the plate. Kent should put the ball in play.
@@levisnyder6585 Most definitely agree! The stakes at the time, the lineup approaching, it all screams get on base above all else. BUT, selfishly, I would rather have this bomb of a HR by Bonds than a win by SF at the time :).
@@n1ck_kc1n For posterity, perhaps. For my twelve year old self bawling my eyes out as we lost the WS, I definitely wanted that win.
In 2004, Barry Bonds had 28 more intentional walks than swings and misses (120 IBB, 92 swings and misses.
During peak Bonds, I swear, I saw him swing at pitches out of the zone, like 8 times. But, really, though, that plate discipline was staggering.
That HGH he was on was staggering they were taking stuff that humans shouldn't be taking
@@desireewhite2379 be that as it may. You still have to hit the ball. #legend
@@BJJ_Jim um, yeah, and steroids absolutely GREATLY increases your ability to hit.
@@doc8013 bonds was one of the greatest players of all time before steroids. And in this era, there were people on roids the whole time taking credit away from him. Name one person who’s done what bonds did
You just know the guy with the “Barry Who?” Sign quickly folded it and put it away after that hit lol.
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I'm surprised he didn't consider eating it and shitting it out later just to be sure no one would see it.
Hahahhahaa
Loool 😭😭😂😂😂
Was probably scared he would come up there and roid rage on him.
God, Joe Buck makes an absolute bomb seem like a bloop single.
Tim McCarver ruined for me. Joe buck is solid as the come
They both suck but buck is the worst
J-Hood you’re joking right
@j-hood joe buck is a solid piece of shit announcer
Please dear lord let Buck get caught up hosting Jeopardy too much that he has to miss all sports broadcasts!
I know how polarizing Barry Bonds was and is. However, as someone who has been watching baseball since the 1950's, I can say that Barry Bonds was the most disciplined and most dangerous hitter I have ever seen. I enjoyed seeing him play. What makes his story sad is that he didn't need to cheat to be a great player.
Nobody gives a fuck about steroids
He was the greatest before steroids
@@jefflandreneau7027 I do.
@@bigmacdaddy1234 that's fine. Just as long as you feel the same about steroids in other sports. Especially football. I hope you call football players who use steroids cheaters. That's my biggest complaint about this. Football players who use steroids are nowhere near vilified as much as baseball players are. And it's rare to hear someone say that a football player "cheated" when they're caught using steroids. I've never understood that
my pops and I concluded he was hands down the best hitter either of us had ever seen in like 1990 (he grew up in the 50s and 60s). Bonds' bat speed was absolutely unreal, even when he was a skinny guy stealing 40+ bases.
I was at the old Mile High Stadium in Denver for a game with the Giants during Bond's steroid rampage. He hit a line drive that never went higher than about 12 feet that hit high off the wall in right about 360 if I remember. Larry Walker who was in right field for the Rockies raced back and played it perfectly off the fence as the sound reverberated throughout the ballpark. Walker's great arm had the ball back to the infield before Bonds could get any farther than first base. I'm not sure that the ball had even reached it's zenith before hitting the fence. A millimeter higher on the bat and they'd still be looking for that one. Bonds wasn't even out of the batter's box when it hit the fence sounding like a car wreck. Hardest ball I've ever seen hit.
Larry Walker never played at the old Mile High for the Rockies. He joined them when they move to Coors.
Dam those were the best times of baseball. America truly came together for about 5 years. That time from 97-02 was magical
They changed the scoreboard to 10 runs before the ball even landed. 😂
It never landed🤣
@@demetriusmiddleton1246 That ball's *still* in a low-earth orbit as we speak
@@deletdis6173 💯
No shit that’s common lol cmon now bro
@@deletdis6173 Ur wrong, I was on the moon when I caught it
You gotta give credit to Percival. He threw the pitch for the furthest ball ever hit.
Pretty good accomplishment if u ask me
*It's not the furthest hit baseball.*
@@superbrownbrown THEN WHAT IS?!?!?!?!?!?
@@BigMelvinHarrisSmoke I’m pretty sure babe Ruth hit it farther
@@wattleproductions8026 yeah
Thanks for keeping in the at bats leading up to Bonds. Builds the tension beautifully
Did it though? 2 run game, first two guys go down with bad at bats. Bonds at bat was all but meaningless to the situation.
It does. Barry was on such a level that all anyone could think about was "Don't give him a man on base."
Statcast has this at 726 feet and 174 mph exit velocity
I feel bad for the innocent bystander who got smoked in the head 3 blocks away from the baseball field
Yea naw thats the parking lot over ther bood
@@jibbymarket its a joke bud
@@jibbymarket really bro? You couldn't just let us have that one?
Man he hit that ball a mile!
"Uhhh no nice try it was actually 630 ft but OK go on witcher delusions regarding distance I suppose wow"
@@robertfan332 I mean it was originally a joke but ok. Barry Bonds fans are just upset he will never be in the hall of fame
@@jibbymarket Baseball is pathetic now. It's hot again but the delicate egos and babying the players and huge contracts and strikes during the pandemic. And the umpires? MLB is a joke. Lol and the 6,000 ALMOST fights per year.
Everyone knows how good Bonds was. Gold glove winner all that but, Oh and fuck the hall of fame, tbh the best eye and plate discipline I've ever seen was Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez though Bonds was ahead.
Steroids can't help you know when to swing and when to let it pass.
"Farthest ball ever hit".. Later commentary, "it's not the furthest ball we've seen Bonds hit, however"
Mantle holds this record and it isn't even close - Griffith Park in Washington - it left the place.
This video title is not claiming it’s the farthest home run ever hit or even the farthest by Bonds. No, it’s directly related to what Tim Salmon says.
Hallking78 Correct, in quotes. That is a direct quote of Tim Salmon, not an attempt to claim this is the farthest home run of all-time.
@@A.C31 I need to jump in the conversation..I'm looking at the video title..can't seem to find the quotes...
Darth Mercur By golly you’re right! Must be that Mandela Effect?! ha..
5:05 I love how the ump tosses the pitcher a new ball before it’s even left the park
Seen him in person. When he swang and missed, I could feel the vibration of the air go through my chest. Scary, how fast and hard he could swing a bat. I thought, if he ever made connection that ball would be toast. This proves it.
If he EVER made connection? THIS proves it? He’s the fucking home run king
Fan holds a sign saying “Barry who?”
Then Barry smashes that ball making it a record 😂
LOL!!
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Its a GARBAGE RECORD that needs to erased from the MLB archives. You can see the GUILT on his face as he rounds the bases and slithers shamefully into the dugout...
It landed through my bedroom window......5 minutes ago.
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Sorry to spoil it... But you said that 3 weeks ago and the video was made in 2012.
+Bryan Erdmann I guess some people dont realize how long it takes for a ball to bounce back from another planet.
Watching Bonds and Griffey Jr was good times. Favorite lefties at the plate. Now I gotta look for a Griffey Jr highlight 🤘
KG Jr had the most beautiful swing I've ever seen. Do you remember Will Clark? He was my favourite player and so underrated. Loved watching him play.
Jr was better than Bonds everyone knew it… even Bonds… that’s why he went on the juice…1999 all century team …jr was on it and Bonds wasn’t.
i followed Bonds in college and all thru his MLB career.
Bonds is still the best hitter Ive seen in a 4 to 5 year stretch juice or not. He didnt miss often and had the best eye at the plate Ive ever seen during that stretch as well.
He also had a HOF career pre juice era.
Yeah, I loved watching him hit before the juice...he was still "fast" on the bases then too. Sad he and the other juicers may never get in the HOF because of their stupid actions.
My God Mark, so it doesn’t matter to you to compare Barry Bonds Home Run Records to Hank Aaron’s? Barry, a known steroid abuser and Hank Aaron, never used roids and is squeaky clean? OMG! How screwed up is our Society anyway?
@Drew Where’s the proof? That’s your question? OMG! Where have you been that you don’t know about the BALCO case in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Mitchell Report that provided evidence of PED’S being used by both Bonds and Roger Clemens! The evidence is incontrovertible, PERIOD! Federal Investigators went on record to say that there was DNA evidence against Clemens and that Bonds definitely used PED’S that we’re outlawed by Major League Baseball! Drew, in the future, do your “Due Diligence” on the subject before you ask a DUMB QUESTION!
@@scottpollack5453the pitchers were juiced, too
@@Karlifornication They probably were! However, that doesn’t change the fact that Bonds, Clemens, Canseco, McGwire, and many other “Stars” cheated with steroids, knew it was cheating, and did it anyway! How you can look at their stats against “Clean” players is an absolute mystery to me! Everyone of these “Cheaters” should have a huge asterisk* next to their names in the record books, PERIOD!
As Bonds rounded third base, James Harden was fouled.
That is funny!
😂
Biffalo Bull i’m a Rockets fan but that is fucking funny man!
LMFAO!!!
BG2013 Don’t ruin a cool thread. You’re better than that.
I worked at angel stadium at this time. I was up in the right field view level. I kid you not the ball went out of the stadium and landed where we lined for roll call before the game. I tell this story at least a few times a year. It was incredible.
Oh. Ok. I don’t care.
@@LemurJackson We care
@@LemurJackson we don’t care that you don’t care
@@LemurJackson what a dumb comment. If you don't care, don't post and move on with your life. Fucking loser.
@@LemurJackson ok
The most feared hitter ever! This guy made a science out of it. Incredible hand/eye coordination with an eye that could see the zone better than the ump. I used to LOVE to watch this guy bat he was a MACHINE & it did not matter WHO was pitching. Like Greg Maddox stated... walk him do NOT challenge him. its only a matter of LUCK if you get this guy out because in order to do that you gotta throw STRIKES or he'll walk because he doesn't swing at balls. He rarely strikes out because of that eagle eye and his bat is so quick he can let the ball go deep into its traverse before he decides to swing. He's in his own league. Greatest hitter ever and his stats prove it.
Imagine how many home runs Barry would have if he wasn’t being walked every game. He’s the only player in league history who had the advantage over the pitcher unbelievable
Imagine how many he would have hit if he wasn't cheating
Imagine all the home runs he would have had here in Pittsburgh if he started taking steroids then lol
Absolutely. NOBODY wanted to pitch this guy and I mean nobody. I don't miss anybody out there more than I miss Bonds.
Sure. He saw the zone better than the umps. To get this guy out you had to throw STRIKES. Throw balls and he walked because they're atta the zone he's not gonna swing. So you had no choice take your chances and throw a strike and hopefully it will stay in the field of play.
@@BenWillyums Please remember that he never flunked a drug test... Nobody liked this guy least of all opposing pitchers. And writers. And announcers. And journalists. He didn't give interviews and he didn't give advice he treated baseball as a business not entertainment.
"That's the furthest ball I've ever seen" That's insane to have that said by the opposing team!
Yeah, I can read lips and read that too.
I definitely would have just been like “fuck”
@@loganknox7 naw he was nut riding Big Mac and Sammy soda when they both hit over 61 home run in the same season he called both game’s.
Tim Salmon is a big hitter, so he's seen his share of homers. For Salmon to say that, you just know that ball was SMOKED!
thats what I thought he said haha crazy
Why is this a 5 minute video? It should only be a minute long
Ikr
I agree
Little penguin productions Thanks for the insightful feedback.
Little penguin productions i so agree
Right
Bonds literally hit the ball out of sight.
Where did this land???
Loved this series. The Angels never backed down from Bonds and still won. Respect.
The part you want to see is at 4:10
thanks kind sir, I don't have to sit through all this bullshit
Agree
***** you're commenting on something that I said a week ago...
+AwesomeRobot15
But I didn't see it?
Thx Zoidberg looks like u are useful
Imagine Juiced up Bonds hitting the Juiced up balls that we have today
Yea... Imagine sitting on your porch in kansas n all of a sudden a ball comes out of nowhere like a missile n busts thru a window😂
Beau Nelson - The balls were were juiced when Bonds played.
@@alan30189 not like now. Look at the power numbers. There is a reason why Triple A is on pace to absolutely shatter the home run record... and this is the first year they are using the major league ball.
alan30189 Not even close to today.
He'd probably break his own single season HR record
Just incredible to watch him play and to watch his swing! 🤣😂 Love when the ump almost instantly tosses another ball to Percival. Just CRUSHED!!! I’m so glad my young boys were able to see him play in person. I was living down in Southern California during this series… damn you Dusty! Russ would’ve finished that game… damn you Dusty. Then we got to see BB crush a ball up here in Seattle… I do not care what anyone says… This man is and was a Hall of Famer - beginning from his rookie year! I saw him when he was still with the Pirates at Candlestick Park, and he just crushed the ball at Candlestick Park during his rookie year… he is and was phenomenal! He is a bona fide Hall of Famer even though he dabbled with the clear. He is a Hall Of Famer!!!!
with a 32” bat, choked up on 🤦🏽♂️
You know he smashed it when the scoreboard changes even before the ball hits the ground
I was at that game. Possibly the most awesome thing I ever witnessed in person at a sporting event. I doubt that ball has landed yet lol
same here second deck just up from first base, it's the loudest i've ever heard someone hit a baseball and it just hung up there for what seemed like forever. i never cared for bonds as a person but im really glad i got to see him in in his prime especially in a moment like this.
It’s orbiting Jupiter as we speak
Some kinda story to tell bro. I’m guessing it cleared leaving the stadium by a long shot?
I love how the announcer already knows it’s not the farthest homer that Barry ever hit lol. Don’t get me wrong that ball at Yankee stadium was unbelievable but I’ve watched this homer live at my house and in all replays I’ve never seen the balll land. You usually see movement in the stands when the ball is about to land but I see nothing. I don’t care what that announcer said find me a ball that went further and I’ll call you a liar. Griffey, A Rod, Ichiro, Trout all fantastic ball players but before or after steroids Barry Bonds was the greatest player in my lifetime and it’s not close!
wow very cool dude.
One of the most impressive homers ever hit in the history of baseball and Joe Buck falls asleep while the ball is in midair.
In actuality the longest baseball ever hit was by babe Ruth
@@daviddill6605 idiot
@@daviddill6605 In actuality, Babe Ruth is nothing but a candy bar. Dude couldn’t hit jack squat off today’s pitchers. Bonds would crush the old days had he been alive and allowed to play. The latter being the key.
No babe Ruth was a much greater baseball player then Barry bonds you have to be joking about your statement on Ruth and what his abilities today would be he would crush the ball
@@daviddill6605 lmfaoooooo
Bonds had incredible power there will never be any one that even comes close that had the bat speed Bonds had
I had Pirates season tickets when Bonds was there and, as a kid we would wait outside after games for him to sign. He was such a jerk.
Years later, people claimed that he was a jerk because he took steroids. No. He was always a jerk, even when he was skinny, but probably the second greatest player in MLB history. A perfect swing.
I met him and he signed for me as he was with his family at the 2001 AS Game in Seattle at the Invitation only GALA the night of the HR Derby... He joked around a bit and signed a bunch for people before leaving...
Second to shohei ohtani
You a Jerk for bringing this up ahole - enjoy the 600 ft home run -
I remember watching this on TV and everyone just having no clue where it landed.
Who says it landed?
@@renragged I don't. I think it went into orbit. Watching Bonds hit was a freaking event back then. Best baseball I've ever watched.
There's also video on RUclips of a minor leaguer in CO bombing one 582 (Meyer) Barely even got it on camera. Too bad it wasn't in the majors so we'd have eight.differnet camera angles.
It never landed. It went to orbit The Sun.
I swear to god it hasn’t landed lol
Pause at 3:42. Dude had 3 walks on the day and one ab. He probably didnt even have to swing in the plate appearances where he walked. Then in the 9th after Percival Has sat down 2 hitters with ease the first strike Barry sees is hit to the moon. That's amazing
BONDS is the most amazing baseball player ever. It was a treat to watch him play.
Couldn’t pitch a strike to him or it was a homer. If you pitched a strike to Barry bonds that year it was a home run almost every time, no hyperbole
👆 these are the most on point comments of the thread.
His stats that series were insane. 30 plate appearances and he walked 13 times and hit 4 HRs and 2 doubles. Incredible.
@@evanwrenn402 How do you know he’s the greatest hitter of all time simple besides his fans when great coaches and players are asked “who do you think the greatest hitter in the history of the game was?” They generally all answer quick and with a smirk on their face “Barry Bonds, no question not even close, Bonds was the best hitter I’ve ever seen in my life” it’s sad that pitchers can do blow, guys can use all sorts of cheating ways going back to the beginning of baseball but somehow Bonds is so hated. He’s the best and outside of Griffey jr most beautiful swing to ever touch a baseball bat (also don’t forget all the gold gloves)
Just to clear up the confusion in the comments here, Salmon said “That’s the furthest ball I’ve ever seen hit”. The first announcer read his lips and said: “Salmon says that’s the furthest ball I’ve ever seen hit.” Then the other announcer says “that’s not the furthest ball WE’VE ever seen hit.”
If the steroid era never happened bonds would still be one of the greatest home run hitters of all time.
Hell no, Bonds wasn't that great of a power hitter before the late 90's
He still is no one is gonna be like him no matter the s Mount of steroids they tske
Um no.
Helped that he was left-handed, and the right field wall at Candlestick was only 330 feet.
Camera cuts to the moon, as his ball soars past.
lmaooo
Lmao
those were the lights for the field
Corey Lynch Don't be daft.
LOL good observation!
14 years later, I'm still trying to figure out where the fuck that thing landed.
It hasent
We had to get a ladder to get it out of the sky, damn thing was stuck up there for days.
Ikr the fuck did it go?
The hubble telescope recorded it flying through Jupiter's orbit.
+SteezyB It broke my window in Chicago
It orbited so much and got so hot it turned into a fucking grilled cheese sandwich
I remember Barry either being intentionally walked or smashing homeruns. It felt like he never missed when he got a pitch to swing at
You know it is a bomb when the ump is seen immediately throwing a new ball to the pitcher.
Skip to the 4:00 mark and save some of your life.
Lol thanks bud
"Nobody likes Jeff Kent.
Not even Jeff Kent likes Jeff Kent."
Most classic Jim Rome line ever.
Legend has it, that ball entered lower earth orbit and still can be seen via a telescope on clear nights.
Barry Bonds had two careers and both are Hall of Fame worthy! He deserves to be in the HoF!!! Top 3 if not the best of all time to lace them up. Might not like the guy or was a bad teammate...But, he was must watch TV everytime he took the field.
Bonds was the only player I’ve ever seen intentionally walked with the bases loaded. I’ve never seen that ever again... 4/15/22 Seager walked with the bases loaded
Happened with Josh Hamilton in 2008. But yeah, pretty rare. I think there are only 6 documented instances in MLB history.
@@bauerj3398 oh ok. I missed that one then. Hamilton was a animal at one point for sure
Don't include stats 1998 onwards; still belongs in Hall.
@@bernieudo4399 facts.
@@matt8863 I would’ve rather tied the game up than have him hit a walk off grand slam lol
This guy had the craziest sports stat I've ever heard of. In Sept. '01 he hit a homerun every 8 SWINGS! Fouls, swings and misses, pop outs, ground outs, singles, doubles and triples combined. An unrealistic video game character.
Great stat. I think my fav swing stat with Bonds is that he had half a season where he had more HR than swings and misses -- which shows that Bonds benefited even more from great vision than from steroids!
@@lenvm3344 a great video to check out is from Jon Bois on "what if Barry Bonds didn't use a bat". He calculated what his OPS would've been. Hilarious yet troubling. Lol
@@lenvm3344 steroids improve your vision.
@@brentbanks9121 I have yet to see a good refutation video on Jon Bois's work. He said "please somebody prove me wrong, tell me I'm full of crap!" Even he didn't believe it.
the most lethal swing in baseball history
You have to consider Reggie Jackson's all-star home run in 1970, Josh Gibson (the only man to hit a ball clear out of Yankee Stadium, and finally Barry Bonds!
'Nuff said!
In the angels dugout - “That’s the farthest ball I’ve ever seen.”
Joe Buck - “That’s not even his farthest home run.”
That was Tim McCarver who said it, not Buck.
McCarver doesn’t know shit. I was at this game. It was still going up when it landed
Legend has it some of Barry Bonds' Home Run balls are still orbiting the Earth to this day.
Legend also has it that some of the steroids Barry Bonds' used are still in his bloodstream to this day...
PluckingsomeString
of course they are ,,,he will pay the price of a short life expectancy
I wish Barry Bonds the very best of health and life, the rest of his life. Forecasting death on someone is the ultimate sin. Homegirl up above simply illustrates what's so fucked up with so many of you people in this country. Fucking hateful idiots. In the spirit of humanity, I wish Lyle Alzado could come back. There's just to much negative on this planet to comprehend. And that comment has 3 thumbs up. Disturbing to say the least.
mcgwire hit farther than bonds lol ..
legend has it this is bullshit averyaugust
As a lifelong angels fan this brings such joy seeing our greatest year
Same. I’m an Angels, Pacers and Raiders fan. 2002 was easily my peak year of sports fandom. Angels won it all, raiders went to the Super Bowl and the pacers were very good, getting to the eastern conference finals at the end of that season. No year has come close for me before or since
Something you never see anymore at any sporting events are the flashes from cameras in the stands
Legend says that ball went into orbit, made a full pass around the planet, re entered the stratosphere and hit the “Barry who?” guy in the back of the head
Rumor has it the "Barry Who???" sign was never seen from again after that mammoth shot.
In 1986 Bo Jackson hit one out of AA Chicks stadium in Memphis that traveled over a second American Legion baseball field onto Central Avenue. Had to be 550+'. It was a rocket.
I remember all these old players. Crazy
The craziest part about this is that bonds was so good at this point that just knowing percival had to throw a strike was pretty much an automatic homerun for him. There’s almost no way bonds wasn’t going to hit a homerun in that at bat unless he was walked which wouldn’t have made sense. Probably the most helpless a pitcher has ever been while still being in control of the game
you think bonds was that in-tune with the game of baseball?
@@MrChrisjohnjay honestly, probably. he is arguably the best power hitter to ever play. The roids are a permanent stain, but I mean you still gotta hit the ball
@Tony G Yeah he knew how to slow the game down patient hitter, Hank Aaron considers bonds the best ever, that says a lot.
@@MrChrisjohnjay probably one of the best hitters ever even without steroids. I mean he didn’t even have to be in tune with baseball to know a fastball in the strike zone was coming next. Point being he was such a good hitter that it’s pretty much impossible for him to not have hit a homerun in that situation.
@@MrToaster1123 big facts, the steroids may have helped him hit the ball a long way but roids don’t increase ur chances of seeing then hitting the ball
The fact that the scoreboard change before it landed just blows my mind
How? It was a no doubter home run
Growing up in the 60s, 70s, 80s etc., it was known that Mickey Mantle was the baseball player who hit a baseball over 600', considered the
'longest' home run in baseball history.
Two of the best ever at their crafts.
haha the guy with the "BARRY WHO?" sign got told.
Camera man lost his job for losing eyes on where the ball was heading!
sammyg123100 till this day it hasn’t landed yet
That’s because he needed a telescope
Legend has it that the ball ended up in Disneyland up mickey mouse's ass.
Jason Holbrook Bahahahahaha!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@MANCHESTER UNITED Caught you
You know someone's good when other people in that profession get silently pissed off just watching.
Loved watching Bonds hit… you just knew they were coming.
So the Angels had a Salmon now they have a Trout
Forgot the Cod!
Wei Xian Ng lol
If only they had Catfish Hunter and Steve Lake.
Wei Xian Ng don’t let that distract you from knowing Trout won’t win a ring
Lmao
Angels had Kevin Bass....then Tim Salmon....and now Mike Trout. Staying true to fish
That ball is still orbiting Earth to this day.
When the ump throws you a new ball before the batter leaves the box u know it’s a bomb
The hardest hit baseball that I witnessed live was a Barry Bonds line drive home run at Busch Stadium. It won't get points for distance because of the trajectory, but I had never seen a ball leave the yard that fast. I was left with the sense that I could hear the ball buzzing in the air. Amazing.
Just like that steroid induce dink Mark Macquire. hit to break Roger Marius 61 home run record . That hit is a great example of steroids .
I saw willie STARGELL HIT A BALL AT CANDLESTICK PARK THAT KNOCKED DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD SCORE BOARD.AND THEN WILLIE MAC DIDTHE SAME
He hit that ball like it cussed at his momma!! I remember watching this game live..... God what a joy to have watched this man play baseball!
Legalize the juice. It's safe and the doctors well educated in the matter. It's a level playing field of the ban is lifted and the game is much more fun to see
Lucky man!
Im jealous
@@scottsolar5884 it’s cheating dumbfuck
@@scottsolar5884 why not just watch robots play
He was a joy to watch if you enjoyed cheating at it's best.
I have only met two MLB players, and they happen to be Percival and Bonds. They were both very nice towards me.
Legend has it, that ball still hasn’t landed.
We had seats in right field. That ball sailed over our head and into the tunnel faster than any ball I've ever seen.
Will never forget watching this mammoth home run...
Had a lot of "juice" behind it too.
Hank is STILL the all time homerun King.
Bonds was cold blooded. PEDs or not, he was elite level talent, HOF talent. All credit to the angels but the giants really blew this championship.
Roids help hand and eye coordination make you more focus 100% ... This is Proof ... see you in Cooperstown...
D peds or not? Thats what seperates HOF players or not. Smh
please site your source that told you steroids help your eyesight and hand eye coordination
A lot of guys did steroids. Only one hit 73 HR with a >.500 OBP. Bonds is what happens when you take a near-perfect baseball player and give him the best HGH and anabolics that science has to offer.
@@vegastjg ripper magoos help hand and eye coordination I've heard
I love how they added a run to the scoreboard before the ball even landed.
Thanks for hitting that ball on my birthday June 8 10 yrs ago
For whatever it is worth, the ball goes directly over the 370' mark on the wall. It lands in the tunnel, which is 20 rows back. Figure 4' per row, and it is a 450-470' homer, depending on where it landed in the tunnel. Watch a high-quality video where the ball doesn't disappear into fog.
Quickest bat speed ever. Nobody turned on an inside fastball like Bonds. All time favorite player.
@Lighthouse in the Storm pitcher was prob roided too
@Lighthouse in the Storm same way you know Bonds was. Point is, many guys in the league were roiding during that era, pitchers, position players etc. Not just Bonds McGwire and Sosa.
@@whowho8470 funny how you can only name 2 other guys if everyone was doing it why they ain’t get caught too
@@cyanmendoza1234 They don't call it the "steroid era" for nothing. It is well known that steroid use in the 90's was widespread. Guys like Canseco and Caminiti (who BTW won the mvp in '96 while juiced) both admitted that PED's were used widespread throughout the league. It's not like there were just a few players using them.
Steroids have been used in competitive sports since the early 50s .
The things you can do when you're in your 30's and still growing
ALL those MLB players had a second puberty spirt...I enjoyed it. I really don't care about steroids, if EVERYONE is doing it. And EVERYBODY was. That list was long...Sosa, McGuire, Bonds home run record chasing season was exciting to watch.
@@ernestespinosa1853 I noticed that Junior wasn't on your list, and rightly so. Some where still playing ball the right way.
@@evilsithlord8489 Junior did the opposite; completely neglected his body/conditioning. Waste of a huge talent.
@@blahblahmeowchow6383 I always thought it was that broken wrist from crashing into the wall.
Did he not take care of his conditioning?
@@awfulwarlock91 Ken Griffey Jr had terrible hamstring issues amongst other injuries beause he never took care of his body, never stretched or warmed up his body pregame.
Look how fast the umpire gave the pitcher a new ball 😂
Juice or not, that swing is simply amazing
For those of us with ADHD like me 4:08 .....You’re welcome!
You da best
Thanx
You are an adhd hero
Not all heros wear Capes
Metal Detecting NYC thankss 🤝
3:50 Mrs Doubtfire never missed a single game when Bonds was in town.
It's even funnier because I think that movie even took place in San Francisco...ha...
Lmao!!!
Hanging out on the McCovey Cove patio waiting for Barry to splash hit one out of the stadium was more fun than the actual game.
There's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
Legends don’t need roids
@@cyanmendoza1234 Was a legend even before the PED'S
Statcast was invented 13 years too late :-( I can't imagine the launch angle and projected distance
Bonds took drugs
+Dylan Tesch so did sosa, canseco, clemens, palmeiro, ramirez, a-rod, MCGWIRE!!!! Your point??? Bonds is wayyyyyy better than all of them, drugs NOTWITHSTANDING.
there have also longer homeruns
At least Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson are still crushing it.
Dylan, don't worry. Statcast would've taken steroids into account. It takes *everything* into account! Exit velocity, launch angle, hang time, dope time, injection angle, entrance velocity.
That was the most anticlimactic announcer i've ever heard. The dam thing went like 600 feet! Joe Buck sucks
WestCoastFishing agreed
WestCoastFishing I'm a cubs fan
Justin Henry me too we heard this year 2016 ws
WestCoastFishing Joe Suck
Joe Buck was that way for the first two Giants World Series wins. I loved that we knocked off his precious Cardinals. Third one he had to talk about them.
Nothing like his Dad who was great.
Even before steroids, he was the best hitter I've ever seen. Beautiful mechanics.
Yes!!! Just like Peter North
Gwynn was better
I think he's mouthing, "that's the furthest ball I've ever seen".
Furthest ball ever hit was by Mickey Mantle, an estimated 510 feet. His muscles were all natural. Most home runs in a single season: Roger Maris with 61
Most home runs in a career: Hank Aaron with 755
It's sad that some fans would consider the records set during the 1995-2008 period as legitimate. That's like endorsing the idea that crime pays.
Steroids do nothing to enhance someone hitting the ball. Nothing will ever diminish the fact that putting bat on ball is the hardest thing to do in sports. It doesn't matter how strong you are. You still have to be able to hit the thing first.
Mark Schofield
True about hand eye coordination. But bat speed (other than hand eye coordination) is the biggest part in hitting in general. Steroids DO in fact enhance your bat speed as well as any other psychical strength. Performance Enhancing Drugs are banned in Major League Baseball for a reason.
Mark Schofield
Yes, you do have to make contact. But as Logan Mullins points out, bat speed (which allows you to have your bat in position to make said contact) is a big part of it, and a part of it that benefits from the use of PEDs. And the extra muscles also do one more important thing - they can be the difference between a hit ball being a home run and a very long, very loud fly ball that's caught on the warning track for an out.
Mark Schofield You obviously didn't play baseball. Do you watch the LLWS on ESPN where they talk about how a 70-MPH pitch at 46 feet is the equivalent of hitting an MLB plus fastball? Those kids have the coordination and the bat speed to hit better than 99.99% of the population. Why can't they hit the ball 450 feet? Because they're not strong enough. It takes coordination to hit a ball, yes. But, steroids can and do make the difference between the warning track and ten rows into the seats. If you think coordination is all it takes to hit home runs, then Wade Boggs and Tony Gwynn would have had 700 home runs each.
Josh gibson hit a 580 ft hr in yankee stadium, he played in the negro leagues for 16 years and people that witnessed what he was capable of felt he was a better power hitter then babe ruth or ted williams.
Barry Bonds will never get the credit for being the greatest hitter in baseball.
Because he shouldn't
Mr. Apostle cause he didn’t get it legit
He was drugged
Mr. Apostle bitch he was on steroids
Greatest hitter in baseball on steroids*
It’s crazy how long ago these clips are
I like how the camera went up and then came back down like it was tracking the ball. Nobody ever saw where the ball actually landed!
Certainly not with the potato quality resolution in this video 😂
It never landed and is still in orbit.
Even the people who were inside the park at that moment didnt see where that ball landed xD