re: Barry Bonds not being in the HOF is absurd.

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Why even bring Bagwell into the convo? He was never linked to ‘roids.

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Common sense links Bagwell to roids. But he avoided the spotlight/ witch hunt.

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Bonds is a cheater. And shouldnt even be recognized as a mlb player. Everything he did is irrelevant

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Isn't Hank Aaron an admitted amphetamine user?

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Did he juice? Yes, of course he did.

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Barry Bonds is the greatest player of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s

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Bonds wasn’t drafted from ASU until 1985. How the hell do you think he was the greatest player of the 1970s you moron?

I know Barry wasn’t a likable guy from what I understand, but he should be a lock to the Hall Of Fame. So should Pete Rose, Roger Clemens, McGwire, and guys like that. Most everyone in that era used steroids, hence the “Steroid Era”. MLB HOF voters are a joke.

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Barry Bonds not being in the HOF is absurd.

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It is, dude was the Willie Mays of his generation but baseball HOF voters are sanctimonious douches who pick and choose what standards to apply when it comes to players they don't like. Barry didn't have a great relationship with the media and the controversy surrounding BALCO just exacerbated everything. I think the reasons for keeping him out are all bullshite, baseball's "ban" on steroids during Bonds' era was symbolic, had no legal bite to it (wasn't collectively bargained for), and thus tons of great players did it. Extended Barry's career along with a bunch of other dinosaurs but we all know what Barry represented in terms of athleticism. Barry still smoked all the fools who did steroids bc that's what greatness entails. Dude had IT and IT made for a legend, my first true baseball hero for my generation.

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Stats don't mean as much if you got to play before minorities could play

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You mean black guys could have caught those homers before they went out of the park?

Barry Bonds was still one of the best without steroids. I guess you could say he was like Willie Mays on steroids.

No shite, name a player better than Bonds from the last 50 years.

We know he took PED’s. But it’s not impossible to gain quite a bit of good weight from your early 20’s to late 30’s.

I have never taken PED’s and was a collegiate decathlete. When I competed I was 6’3” 185#, I’m now 39 and weigh 225-230 depending on how much I’ve had to drink that week and I’m still in the same pant size. It’s not impossible to gain weight as you get older.

But he did juice.