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Originally Posted by Blade  Ortiz nailed it in this statement. Exactly what I've been trying to say for years. ""To hit the ball, the guy makes it look easy, but it ain't. I don't know how you can have that swing, consistently. I don't know how steroids can do that," Ortiz told the Boston Herald. "There are supposed to be guys using steroids in the game, and there's nobody close to Barry Bonds. What's that mean? He was using the best [stuff]? Know what I'm saying?"
Here's the whole article. ESPN.com - MLB - Big Papi skeptical steroids helped Bonds in chase |
Nobody is saying that you can just be some schmo off the street, take steroids, and then hit 73 home runs. But what steroids can do, is take a guy who for 15 years had 30-40 home run power, and then make him the absolute most dangerous hitter in the game.
In Bonds' first 14 years in the majors he only topped 45 home runds once, then he did it 5 straight years, beginning at age 35. In those first 14 years, his slugging % never topped .677, and then he put up SLG %s of .688, .863, .799, .749, and .812. You mean to tell me he was always this good, and it just took him 15 years to "figure it out"?
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Respect Bonds people. He's the best we've ever seen.
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I will give you two players side-by-side...tell me who you would rather have:
Player A: .286 BA, .397 OBP, .543 slugging %, 292 home runs, 864 RBI, 340 stolen bases, 103 caught stealings (76.7% success rate), 999 runs scored
Player B: .306 batting average, .387 OBP, .577 slugging %, 464 home runs, 1347 RBIs, 243 stolen bases, 60 caught stealings (80.2% success rate), 1358 runs scored
Player B plays a "premium" defensive position, while player A plays one of the easiest positions on the field.
Player A is Barry Bonds, through A-Rod's current age. Player B is A-Rod.
I'll take A-Rod over non-steroid Barry any day of the week