Countdown to opening day 2011

[pvfan]

Killed the A's dynasty when they let Catfish go to the Yankees.

[Biggin]

Ill do it for you;

the greatest left handed hitter any person on this board has ever seen swing a baseball bat.

[pvfan]

I saw Bonds play two to three times during the height of his steroid days and he was a freak. It was one of those deals when you saw him you just knew it wasn't legit.

[Biggin]

whats not legit??
(bold led MLB)

129 runs, 46 home runs, 123 RBIs, 29 stolen bases, 126 walks, .336 (THREE THIRTY SIX) batting average, .667 slug % , 1.136 OPS, 365 total bases, 10.6 WAR (wins over replacement)













































































in 1993!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Biggin]

what bout this one:

104 R, 33 HR, 114 RBI, 52 SB (FIFTY TWO!!!), 93 walks, .301 BA, .970 OPS (led MLB), 295 TB, 9.7 WAR



in Pittsburgh in 1990.

Baseball writes are morons. Barry Bonds should be right smack dab in the middle of Cooperstown, a first ballot HOFer who is only denied because guys like McGuire had to use roids to be good. Bonds DID NOT have to roid to be great.

Bonds is a first ballot HOFer



Bonds had ONE YEAR that did not reflect his career averages, the 73 HR year. Thats the only year he hit any more than his career average of HRs and RBIs. ROIDS DID NOT MAKE BONDS GREAT.

Career averages:
121 R, 41 HR, 108 RBI, 28 SB, 139 BB, 1.051 OPS (holy sh1t, that is incredible), 329 TB, career WAR around 8.
and its not as if Bonds was a terrible fielder, career fielding % of .984, average of 256 putouts and almost 8 putouts per year.


If Bonds is not a HOFer, they outta just tear the sumb*tch down and not let anybody in.

[Biggin]

some career stats and rankings:
(bold = career MLB leader)

Wins Above Replacement (WAR):
171.8 (2nd all-time)

Defensive WAR:
20.4 (6th all-time)

OBP%:
.444 (6th all-time)

On-base plus slugging (OPS):
1.051 (4th all-time)

Runs scored:
2227 (3rd all-time)

Total Bases:
5976 (4th all-time)

Home Runs:
762 (1st all-time)

Runs Batted In:
1996 (4th all-time)

Stolen Bases (this is the stat that owns the Bonds haters):
514 (33rd ALL TIME)

Runs Created:
2892 (1st all-time)

Adj. Batting Runs:
1301 (2nd all-time)

Adj. Batting Wins:
122.3 (2nd all-time)

Times on Base:
5599 (2nd all time)

Offensive Win %:
.815 (3rd all-time)

Intentional Walks:
688 (1st all-time by a boatload)

At bats per Home Run:
12.9 (4th all-time)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24):
1332.41 (1st all-time)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI):
131.4 (1st all-time)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW):
127.4 (1st all-time)

Putouts as a Left Fielder:
5224 (1st all-time) (another stat that counters Bonds was roids only)

Assists as a LF:
160 (2nd all-time)

Total Zone Runs as LF (a fielding stat):
179 (1st all-time)

Barry Bonds Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com


When your comparable players are Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth, you know you are one of the best to ever play.

Hank Aaron had over 2,500 more at-bats than Bonds and Bonds still had more HR

[Biggin]

Bonds should have played one more year to get his 3,000th hit, he was only 65 hits away and he easily gets that.

Theres little doubt in my mind we will never see another Barry Bonds. He was an egomanical arrogant jerk with no sense of reality, but he was the best **** hitter we have ever seen, and one of the greatest (if not THE GOAT) to ever step foot on a baseball diamond

[Biggin]

one more thought and ill leave this baseball thread alone;

Alex Rodriguez might go down as the greatest IF hitter ever, would you vote him into the Hall of Fame on his first ballot?

[pvfan]

What's not legit? I said I watched him during the height of his steroid days. He was a hall of fame player he ruined it by cheating.

[pvfan]

one more thought and ill leave this baseball thread alone;

Alex Rodriguez might go down as the greatest IF hitter ever, would you vote him into the Hall of Fame on his first ballot?

I wouldn't vote for him period.