Dr. Giganto

All valid points (well, except for the playoffs thing, but that's another argument for another time), but do you REALLY think that being on steroids doesn't have any bearing on baseball talent at all?

The more you use steroids, the stronger you become, and that has two major effects on a baseball player's abilities.

First off, you hit the ball harder, so fly balls to the warning track become home runs, lazy fly balls become line drives, gound balls that infielders would normally reach get through the infield more quickly, etc.

Secondly, you can swing the bat faster, so you can sit back and wait on a pitch longer than you normally would be able to. So, Barry was able to take his patience at the plate (which was already awesome), and it became even BETTER, since he has more time to recognize where the pitch is going.

And to clarify, I'm not saying A-Rod would have better swing selection, but I'm just saying that Bonds was able to make this talent of his even better, to the point where it reached a freakish, unnatural level.