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How good was Barry Bonds in his prime?

On par with Mike Trout?
pontificating regret pit
  04/14/18
The best ever.
Alcoholic Excitant Immigrant
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Yapping mad-dog skullcap
  04/15/18
Had more intentional walks than entire teams combined
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  04/14/18
he is #2 in career WAR behind Babe Ruth
light blood rage area
  04/14/18
So good it was boring
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  04/14/18
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Sticky Bawdyhouse
  04/15/18
The best ever and it's not close. His IBB total in 2004 is a...
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  04/15/18
1.422 OPS
Lilac Lascivious Center Kitty Cat
  04/15/18
He was as good as Mike Trout before the steroids. After ster...
Trip brunch
  04/15/18
He was better than Trout before the roids.
idiotic mood property
  04/15/18
tbf, Bonds's peak came later. Trout's first 6 seasons > ...
Salmon hospital pocket flask
  04/15/18
he was incredible, best guy in any sport ever
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  04/15/18
Some more crazy stats. No one other than Bonds since Ted...
Trip brunch
  04/15/18
I saw an away game with bonds in his prime and it was fuckin...
indecent dark heaven
  04/15/18
Before he became a robot on roids he was awesome.
Pale comical becky
  04/15/18
At his roid peak, managers would rather intentionally walk h...
cracking spot
  04/15/18
That happened once.
crystalline scourge upon the earth
  04/15/18
Thank you for confirming my poast.
cracking spot
  04/15/18
It's happened one other time in the modern era to Josh Hamil...
crystalline scourge upon the earth
  04/15/18
Better bat speed, hand-eye coordination and visual perceptio...
Yapping mad-dog skullcap
  04/15/18
2017 NL MVP: .954 OPS Barry Bonds 22 year career: 1.051 OPS
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as good as lance "rafa" nadal on clay in his prime...
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  04/15/18
A 12 year old struck him out. He wasn’t that great
Glassy Macaca
  04/15/18
Don't even care about the roids. You think anyone could slam...
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  04/15/18
180, bonds is a legend and the best thing to ever happen in ...
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  04/15/18
Threads like these make me sad I didn't watch MLB just so I ...
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  04/15/18
by the early 2000s you could sense opposing pitchers shittin...
house-broken obsidian place of business persian
  04/15/18
GOAT, no real question about it. Best streak of hitting the...
Glittery fuchsia rigpig
  04/15/18
He doesn't get enough credit for his early career too - peop...
Salmon hospital pocket flask
  04/15/18
jfc, Griffey Jr with 9.7 WAR losing out to Juan Gonzalez on ...
house-broken obsidian place of business persian
  04/15/18
ARod was the credited choice at the time, though in hindsigh...
Stimulating Potus
  04/15/18
also lmao at that 96 mariners team barely being above averag...
house-broken obsidian place of business persian
  04/15/18
I think their starting pitching outside of Big Unit was SPS
Stimulating Potus
  04/15/18
looked it up -- big unit was just ok . the rest of their sta...
house-broken obsidian place of business persian
  04/15/18
cue insane shitboomer faggots rambling about rbith
talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency
  04/15/18
40 HR/40 SB is absurd
Lilac Lascivious Center Kitty Cat
  04/15/18
(Alfonso Soriano)
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  04/15/18
there are eight members of the 300/300 club only one in the...
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  04/15/18
...
Yapping mad-dog skullcap
  08/18/18
ran here to say that his "prime" was 90-92 with pi...
swashbuckling ticket booth associate
  04/15/18
No they don’t. He would have been an all time great but peop...
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  08/18/18
i am a SF giants fan and followed them closely from 2002 (mi...
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  04/15/18
So u were a bandwagon fan that hopped on after they went to ...
Big chartreuse yarmulke
  08/18/18
He was basically God coming down to earth to play baseball
Passionate At-the-ready Messiness
  04/15/18
Is there anything to the hot_take that his armor elbow, rath...
Plum public bath
  08/18/18
i think it's a cr take. you couldn't back him off the plate....
talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency
  08/18/18
He had babe Ruth type seasons when he was 38 years old
racy shivering theater stage famous landscape painting
  08/18/18
Roided up, Bonds was the best hitter in baseball history.
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  08/18/18


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Date: April 14th, 2018 3:51 PM
Author: pontificating regret pit

On par with Mike Trout?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840529)



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Date: April 14th, 2018 3:53 PM
Author: Alcoholic Excitant Immigrant

The best ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840540)



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Date: April 14th, 2018 4:02 PM
Author: green adventurous bbw garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840578)



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Date: April 14th, 2018 4:03 PM
Author: Exhilarant institution haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840585)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 3:49 AM
Author: Yapping mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843758)



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Date: April 14th, 2018 4:02 PM
Author: green adventurous bbw garrison

Had more intentional walks than entire teams combined

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840580)



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Date: April 14th, 2018 4:03 PM
Author: light blood rage area

he is #2 in career WAR behind Babe Ruth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840583)



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Date: April 14th, 2018 4:09 PM
Author: crystalline scourge upon the earth

So good it was boring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35840604)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 1:55 AM
Author: Sticky Bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843586)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 1:59 AM
Author: titillating khaki whorehouse people who are hurt

The best ever and it's not close. His IBB total in 2004 is almost triple the highest season ever for somebody not named Barry Bonds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843591)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:00 AM
Author: Lilac Lascivious Center Kitty Cat

1.422 OPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843592)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:17 AM
Author: Trip brunch

He was as good as Mike Trout before the steroids. After steroids he was a hitting freak such that it looked like he was playing a different game than anyone else.

For reference, here is a typical Trout statline

.310 BA, 33 home runs, .440 OBP, .570 slugging

Here is Bonds at his peak:

.350 BA, 50 home runs, .560 OBP, .800 slugging

--So the difference between peak Bonds and Trout is the difference between Trout and an average MLBer



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843622)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:51 AM
Author: idiotic mood property

He was better than Trout before the roids.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844208)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:10 AM
Author: Salmon hospital pocket flask

tbf, Bonds's peak came later. Trout's first 6 seasons > Bonds's first 6 seasons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844281)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:20 AM
Author: house-broken obsidian place of business persian

he was incredible, best guy in any sport ever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843625)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:23 AM
Author: Trip brunch

Some more crazy stats.

No one other than Bonds since Ted Williams (50+ years). has had an OBP of greater than .500. Bonds did it 4 times, and had 1 time above 0.600.

Bonds has the 5 highest slugging percentages in a season. He leads with .8634. Babe Ruth is 6th with .7722. For reference, Mike Trout is number 163.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843631)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 3:48 AM
Author: indecent dark heaven

I saw an away game with bonds in his prime and it was fucking exhilarating. like nothing else i've experienced as a sports spectator. the crowd went fucking insane every time he was up to bat. people screamed their lungs out and threw fake syringes and shit. Bonds hit 2 dingers that day. people killed each other to try and catch the hr balls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843755)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 3:54 AM
Author: Pale comical becky

Before he became a robot on roids he was awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843761)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 3:55 AM
Author: cracking spot

At his roid peak, managers would rather intentionally walk him with the bases loaded, walking in a run, rather than risk him hitting a hr. Which he pretty much would do in that situation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843765)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 8:38 AM
Author: crystalline scourge upon the earth

That happened once.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844049)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 8:40 AM
Author: cracking spot

Thank you for confirming my poast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844051)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: crystalline scourge upon the earth

It's happened one other time in the modern era to Josh Hamilton and is very situation specific, i.e., late in the game, up by two.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844128)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 4:00 AM
Author: Yapping mad-dog skullcap

Better bat speed, hand-eye coordination and visual perception than anyone who has ever played the game. When he added steroids to the mix he was literally unstoppable. Anything that wasn't six inches out of the strike zone would go out of the park.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843771)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 4:00 AM
Author: Lilac Lascivious Center Kitty Cat

2017 NL MVP: .954 OPS

Barry Bonds 22 year career: 1.051 OPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843772)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 8:45 AM
Author: startled white space trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844054)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:38 PM
Author: green adventurous bbw garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845610)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 4:04 AM
Author: Exciting Indirect Expression Chad

as good as lance "rafa" nadal on clay in his prime. odd case!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843775)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:39 AM
Author: cerebral purple gaping mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844408)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: Exciting Indirect Expression Chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844749)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845619)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 4:04 AM
Author: Glassy Macaca

A 12 year old struck him out. He wasn’t that great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35843776)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 8:46 AM
Author: Stimulating Potus

Don't even care about the roids. You think anyone could slam tren and start ripping 500 footers in their late 30s? LJL

Huge joke he's not in the HOF yet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844055)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 8:49 AM
Author: house-broken obsidian place of business persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844060)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845618)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: impressive location

180, bonds is a legend and the best thing to ever happen in the sport of baseball

who cares how much steroids he used. if he can't be in the hall of fame, why do we even have a hall of fame?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845633)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 3:07 PM
Author: Passionate At-the-ready Messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845786)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:17 AM
Author: laughsome gold cumskin

Threads like these make me sad I didn't watch MLB just so I could see Bonds play.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844114)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 9:18 AM
Author: house-broken obsidian place of business persian

by the early 2000s you could sense opposing pitchers shitting their pants every time bonds came to the plate, it was unreal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844120)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:01 AM
Author: Glittery fuchsia rigpig

GOAT, no real question about it. Best streak of hitting there will ever be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844250)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:06 AM
Author: Salmon hospital pocket flask

He doesn't get enough credit for his early career too - people forget how good he was before all the roids stuff.

LOL at him losing to Ken Caminiti and four other inferior players for MVP in 1996 while rocking a 9.7 WAR:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1996.shtml#all_NL_MVP_voting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844268)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:15 AM
Author: house-broken obsidian place of business persian

jfc, Griffey Jr with 9.7 WAR losing out to Juan Gonzalez on 3.8 WAR in the AL is even worse that year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844307)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: Stimulating Potus

ARod was the credited choice at the time, though in hindsight it was prob Griffey. LJL at Juan Gone taking it though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844311)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:36 AM
Author: house-broken obsidian place of business persian

also lmao at that 96 mariners team barely being above average, and missing the playoffs, despite almost 20 WAR between Griffey and ARod

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844392)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: Stimulating Potus

I think their starting pitching outside of Big Unit was SPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844410)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 10:43 AM
Author: house-broken obsidian place of business persian

looked it up -- big unit was just ok . the rest of their starting pitching was laughably bad. only sterling hitchcock and bob wolcott were consistently starting throughout the year, and even they were terrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35844425)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:40 PM
Author: talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency

cue insane shitboomer faggots rambling about rbith

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845628)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: Lilac Lascivious Center Kitty Cat

40 HR/40 SB is absurd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845634)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: submissive crawly gay wizard

(Alfonso Soriano)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845637)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:44 PM
Author: talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency

there are eight members of the 300/300 club

only one in the 400/400 club

bonds is also in the 500/500 club



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845652)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:20 PM
Author: Yapping mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640705)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: swashbuckling ticket booth associate

ran here to say that his "prime" was 90-92 with pittsburgh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845638)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:37 PM
Author: racy shivering theater stage famous landscape painting

No they don’t. He would have been an all time great but people don’t underrate that period. If anything they overrate it because he wouldn’t be in the conversation for top 10 player of all time without his age 35-40 seasons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640768)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 2:42 PM
Author: green adventurous bbw garrison

i am a SF giants fan and followed them closely from 2002 (missed his 70 hr season) to 2014ish

it was incredible. he was heads and shoulders better than any other hitter. teams were terrified of him and intentionally walked him more than entire teams combined. he was basically the only good hitter in the giants lineup (kent was ok for a while) and fans would talk about how he would need to be "protected" so they coudlnt just walk him

every time he came up y ou knew he was gonna do something. almost a done deal if he came up in a game winning situation (runners on base, score tied/close)

watch bonds vs gagne for a fun ass face off when gagne was the best reliever in the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkdgJeqeCxM

bonds pulls 2 100 mph fastballs foul, then homers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845641)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:32 PM
Author: Big chartreuse yarmulke

So u were a bandwagon fan that hopped on after they went to the World Series

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640751)



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Date: April 15th, 2018 3:06 PM
Author: Passionate At-the-ready Messiness

He was basically God coming down to earth to play baseball

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#35845776)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:25 PM
Author: Plum public bath

Is there anything to the hot_take that his armor elbow, rather than the steroids, made him the machine that he was because it ensured a consistent, perfect swing plane?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640727)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:28 PM
Author: talented unhinged community account international law enforcement agency

i think it's a cr take. you couldn't back him off the plate. putting the fear of being hit into a batter is one of a pitchers main defenses. bonds had nothing to fear with his plate of armor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640740)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:35 PM
Author: racy shivering theater stage famous landscape painting

He had babe Ruth type seasons when he was 38 years old

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640763)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:43 PM
Author: Appetizing knife parlor

Roided up, Bonds was the best hitter in baseball history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3949294&forum_id=2#36640781)