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If Barry Bonds would have retired in 1998.. HOF?

Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:16 pm
Posted by goldenbadger08
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:16 pm
If he would have said, "I'm done" rather than, "hand me the steroids."

3 MVP's, 8 All-Star games, 8 Gold Gloves, 411 HR, 445 Stolen Bases, .290 BA

Would he be in the Hall?

If so, why not vacate every season, 1999 and after, and then elect him on merit?
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 12:21 pm
Posted by Goldrush25
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:20 pm to
Yes, easily.

There are people already in with lesser accolades.
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 12:21 pm
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:28 pm to
yes
Posted by ZZTIGERS
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:33 pm to
Of course. Bonds, along with Clemens were HOFers before steroids.
Posted by lsu480
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:48 pm to
Probably not
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 1:04 pm to
Easily
Posted by Bench McElroy
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 1:05 pm to
What kind of question is this? Bonds was named best player of the decade for the '90s by Sporting News Magazine. He is one of only nine players to win three MVPs. He is the first and only player to ever hit 400 home runs and steal 400 bases for his career. Bonds was easily a top 20 player of all-time and the best player of his generation before any of the steroid shenanigans.
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 1:09 pm to
Yes.

It does not work that way.

That being said, Barry Bonds will be the best baseball player I will ever see in my entire life. I want to put him in the Hall.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 1:24 pm to
i think he started juicing way before 1998
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 3:25 pm to
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 3:34 pm to
Stupid question.
Posted by Korin
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 3:37 pm to
How big was his head?
Posted by montanagator
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 7:47 pm to
Yes, his pre-steroid stats are already good enough to put him in the top 2 or 3 position players of the last 30 years, seriously this is a guy who without steroids would've still been the first and only member of the 500/500 club and already was the only 400/400 guy. Prior to steroids he's basically a better baserunning slightly less power Willie Mays (and he'd have ended up just short of Mays in Homers in all likelihood).
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