Barry Bonds 2001 Home Runs (73)

[@theodorerooseveltsantlers270]

Luis Gonzalez hit 57 homeruns in 2001 and finished 3rd in the NL. Man I miss this era of baseball.

[@croixR]

Your Really the 🐐 for Finding these old Sports-center/ESPN Videos of Barry Bonds 73 HomeRun Season

[@rodprops]

You're*

[@TheShowTimePape3]

Ahhh this is the espn and sportcenter I grew up with

[@JRill-s1j]

Miss it so much 😢

[@themadhatter312]

Those calls were so refreshing

[@PantherCoupe]

I really miss the 90s- early 2000s baseball era!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Me too, it was entertaining and better.

[@fullmetal1766]

This guy walked 219 times this season and hit 73 home runs how can someone be this great

[@epetrie9459]

He actually only walked 177 times. He walked 232 a different season. Still unbelievable

[@TheMW2informer]

I think we know how….

[@andohish27]

​@TheMW2informer Roids don't improve accuracy or mechanics or eye for the ball so he was just a great hitter also

[@TheMW2informer]

@@andohish27 ofc not, and he was a great hitter to begin with, but it no doubt enchanced his strength and power when making contact.

[@seanpryan15]

@@andohish27 they 100 percent do though. If a wiffleball bat was given to an MLB player during a game, it would be infinitely easier to make good contact with a baseball. Only problem is that a wiffleball bat would snap in half and the ball would go nowhere. Point is, the stronger you are, the less the bat weighs. The less the bat weighs, the easier it is to get the bat around after deciding on what/when to swing. Its obviously not as drastic as a drop from a wooden barrel to a wiffleball bat but at that level and being already elite, he essentially got to use a crazy light bat while getting the same results upon connect. The easier the bat is to swing, the easier it is take a few extra milliseconds to make your decision (if you already have great accuracy, you now have way more opportunities to execute your mechanics on what you are "seeing") on your swing path while generating power. He would have been all timer regardless but he basically was same player with a much lighter bat due to the strength gains.

[@Dee34thGaming]

The GOAT, no debate.

[@Neurotik51]

Oh no there's plenty to debate about that lol

[@Jmurda1983]

This man walked 177 times this season and intentional walk 35 times….. and I think this wasn’t even his best season 2004 was his best season dude is the GOAT

[@Rlucas198823]

Your probably right. Bonds struck out only 40 times in his 2004 season. That is insane. He is definitely the Goat 🔥.

[@dustin6528]

@@Rlucas198823 enhanced goat

[@reboot1988]

Avg. .362 *título de bateo* Hr. 45 Rbi. 110 Bb: 232 *record* Bbi: 120 *record* Obp: .609 *record* Slug: .812 Ops: 1.412 *record*

[@NyklosKopernikus]

Barry Bonds is the first and only player to hit 500 HR and steal 500 SB.

[@mrthorn9046]

He made it look Effortless 🔥⚾️

[@teller1290]

30-lbs of extra muscle in one off-season can do that.

[@azdickgrayson]

9:18. Bonds won the battle against Joe Beimel, but throughout the rest of their careers Beimel won the war and never gave up a hit against him…. Anyways I’ve been looking for the bonds home run off of Joe Beimel for the longest time being that was Barry’s only career hit off of him. You, my friend are a real mvp for this.

[@LeafararrabiDos09]

0:49 2-0 count slider on the toes and he hits it into the bay…wasn’t going to get a pitch to hit but he wanted to hit a homer so bad that he hit it off the dirt because his family was there 🐐

[@dontrellmayfieldjr2868]

Legendary 🔥🐐 Bonds 2001

[@Martyrenderos]

0:48 announcer says his hall of fame career. Unfortunately spoke to soon

[@shannonhall7513]

Truly a shame he’s not in there

[@kokkari37]

46 out of 73 home runs with the bases empty. That’s obviously because they didn’t pitch to him with runners on. He would have easily had 200 RBIs that year!

[@Will-iv9lw]

I'm willing to bet another 15 or 20 were 2 run dingers .. it's what smart money says I'm guessing

[@keltonscott734]

I remember the Year Bonds Hit the 73 Home Runs, He had a Record 177 Walks, .683 Batting PCT, and a ratio at a Average of less than 7 AB/HR.

[@HototoManyGoats]

That could have been 25 more home runs if he weren't walked 177 times. I miss Bonds

[@jasonwyman1873]

I do too. It minimized the amazing year Sosa and McGwire chased down the home run record. No year of baseball was that exciting to me as the race to 61. But Bonds looked like a machine at the plate. His eye for the strike zone and his contact percentage. He was always going to be on the short list of goats, so I guess he figured he might as well dope.

[@mattrecords571]

Barry said his approach to connecting with a baseball was to "catch the ball with my bat as I would my glove." Only if i had that mindset in high school i think it would have helped me more. Still did alright though. Fun to watch, but better to play. Love this game! Oh and for the Steroid era, it was badass!

[@el_dank_sinatra]

This videos is over 19 minutes long. That speaks volumes to the insanity of this record.

[@leecowell8165]

AND he had 35 intentional walks as well. WTF woulda happened had they pitched this guy, huh? He also had over 600 INTENTIONAL walks in his career! Now YOU wanna talk about the most feared hitter of all time, or what? Well no one and I mean NO ONE has even come remotely close to that many intentionals. there ain't no replacing Barry Bonds.

[@EdgarLeon-tq3uj]

35 intentional and 177 walks overall. Still hit 73 home runs when nobody wanted to pitch to him.

[@mitch5944]

He would have been the one best hitters in the game in 2004 with just the walks alone. Literally without swinging the bat

[@EdsterIII]

You know there are so many haters who call these years the "performance enhanced years", and yes some players did use some type of enhancements, however it still takes a LOT of skill to be able to hit as consistently as these players did back then. There were games where they literally tore the hide off of the ball. I understand the ⚾️🧢MLB⚾️Baseball🧢⚾️ purists who want the ( * ) by the players accomplishments, since yes they did technically alter their 💪strengths💪, but again you can't deny that those years were incredibly exciting, and made Baseball, or brought Baseball back to being one of the most entertaining sports to watch. Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and other players made those games exciting as hell. When they were battling for the Home Run 👑Crown👑, those last few weeks people were glued to the Television, wondering did McGwire crack a HR? Did Sosa? Bonds? Who hit #60, then #61, #62, etc. People may cry for the *asterisk*, but again you can't deny the excitement those players brought back to ⚾️🧢Baseball🧢⚾️ during that year and the previous and subsequent years.

[@Ninjafangs7]

Man i honestly don’t pay attention to the dudes who call these PED years. Bonds was putting up insane numbers before the PEDS and every player damn near was using PEDs back then. A-rod was amazing but he still used. Tbh what made them so good was their talent. People act like they were bums before PED😭

[@lavellhall7650]

I agree with you one trillion percent. My friend, people have a misunderstanding about steroids. I'm not saying I know everything about them, but I know one thing, they don't give you super powers. You still have to have I. Ball contact and those skills you obtain when you're young

[@jnaiden2519]

Lol the steroid era killed baseball. I hate how people excuse this just so they don’t have to cope with cheating.

[@unclezero7639]

This is true. I didn’t even follow baseball in 98 but wanted to hear updates on the radio. Yes radio.

[@Chris-k9k9c]

My favorite home run is 72. Because it was not the record breaker, nor the record setter, but it held the record for 1 day. Like a boss.

[@dustinhuiting]

I'm I Giants fans so a bit bias but steroids or not this was the most exciting era of baseball. Every era is different but I'm glad I was here for this one

[@jasonwyman1873]

The whole country was following Sosa & McGwire's quest for 61. I'm a Cardinals "fan" but I'm kinda bored with baseball these days.

[@um52]

Great vid bro 🙏 At least you accept he’s the goat

[@nikes6600]

He was a hall of famer on the pirates way before he started using steroids. Definitely the GOAT. Miss these days 😢

[@teller1290]

Being hof doesn't make you the goat. He gained 30-lbs in one off-season in his late 30's and suddenly is hitting routine 500-footers into the bay. No way. He was a .300 hitter who avg about 33 hr's a yr and was HOF - bound. But that wasn't enough for him. He ruined his career and, along with some other greedy jerks, ruined baseball - at least for this 62-yr old MLB fan. I haven't watched since 2004, even I lived in SF then only 1 1/2 miles from the stadium. Thanks, Barry.

[@AHMAD-2324]

Best to ever do it Barry Lamar Bonds.

[@teller1290]

Bs

[@anthonyvo1963]

Awesome video bro!

[@AtlantaSamurai]

The GOAT channel

[@TwimsFan]

“In his hall of fame career”

[@lucidxchrist2133]

I get tired of seeing people complain about Peds. What is done is done. You can’t change it, appreciate the entertainment that came along with baseball during these times. And move on. Simple

[@RayMagic12192]

Bonds 04 please

[@TrentMRobertson]

At 17:50, I love seeing the home plate umpire checking to make sure Barry touches home, while he's engulfed in teammates after breaking the homerun record.

[@SupplementalSense]

I had to click on this being that Barry was my favorite player and Green Day was my favorite band as a kid.

[@Gildhattie]

Sheesh .. You really couldn't pitch to this guy at this time ... If the pitcher made just one mistake..... It was gone be a souvenir!

[@williamhunter5549]

GOAT at his PEAK

[@laisaechao7289]

They were serving him homeruns it looked like

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Rigged

[@igbsmf]

nice

[@HototoManyGoats]

The best

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

How

[@UnicornOfDepression]

Steroids or not, this season was more exciting to watch than 1998. While 1998 had 'The Chase', 2001 had Bonds *AND* the NYY/ARI WS. (Side note: Padres fan here. '98 WS still hurts)

[@dingers5days]

Where’d you get the ESPN footage?

[@greendayrock]

Clip Credits are in each of my videos descriptions.

[@seanbretherick5517]

Man alot of these homers are on late swings.

[@stevenwilhelm4548]

This makes no sense lol

[@PurdyGood]

I think about zero of them are opposite field HRs

[@williamshultz4620]

​@@PurdyGoodyou weren't watching the video then

[@paly3868]

They are homers though. And they are outside pitches.

[@Hyperious_in_the_air]

The worst thing that the MLB ever did was to get rid of steroids. The game is boring as hell now. I want to see a league where steroids and HGH are a requirement😂

[@PurdyGood]

I love how accommodating the opposing teams were 😂 Dodger fans cheering him in LA. Astros and Montreal owners inviting his family to sit in their owner seats.

[@MarcrloMeza-Rivas-me3de]

gone... the wiff...Dan Patrick is my ESPN tokayo!

[@dustinhuiting]

Baseball has lost views since this era trying to win back fans with new rules and shorter game times. It doesn't matter what you do this era won views. Whether it was McGuire, Sosa, griffey or bonds they made the game exciting. I would say McGuire was actually convicted of peds and Sosa as well but also a corked bat. Bonds was never charged and griffey was just a beast. But much like othee eras of baseball things are not the same. I guarantee babe Ruth couldn't hit a Chapman fastball

[@FVine]

Saying one of the greatest hitters ever couldn't hit a Chapman fastball is just stupid. If Ruth had played in this era he would have been accustomed to the velocity, just like every modern player.

[@xJMAN92x]

I shook his hand two days ago! 🫡

[@rorynell4962]

HE DID THIS IN THE NL WEST WITH 3 MAAAASSIVE PITCHERS BALLPARKS WTH.

[@KevinBarry-j8w]

Scary Bonds😮

[@philb.1502]

Bonds hit 73 homers at age 37? Really? Can we say obvious steroid use!! 🤣

[@keniodejesusabad364]

Super bonds mlb

[@Jiltedin2007]

Looks like his ego was as big as his overinflated head! After Mark McGwire hit 70 Home Runs in 1998, Barry Bonds felt like he had to do one better. But in this case, Bonds did 3 better in 2001.

[@Jiltedin2007]

That record should be stricken from Major League Baseball!

[@gabrielwendell8382]

AS a die hard Mcgwire fan back this was hard to watch. Bonds was the better player i admit but I still feel mcgwire was the kinder person in general bonds was full of himself that was turn off.

[@Fony_turgeson]

Everyone is on steroids; roe jogan

[@TruthPrevails89]

Most fraudulent season of all time.

[@swishdipper4362]

Cry harder 🤣. There are people who took enhancements who weren’t as good as Bonds.