Barry Bonds never won a World Series. Here's what left him empty-handed.

Barry Bonds was difficult, and he was controversial ... but he was also better at hitting baseballs than almost anyone who ever lived. An MLB team could not ask for better production from a hitter, and yet none of Bonds' teams -- including some very good ones -- ever won a World Series.
So why not? What happened? You may be inclined to give simple answers to those questions, but we're here to dig deeper into the actual deciding factors that kept Bonds short of a ring. Sometimes he struggled in the postseason, sometimes his teammates did. Sometimes he came through in the clutch, sometimes he very notably didn't. Sometimes bad luck, bad managerial decisions, and bad timing interfered.
This episode of Untitled investigates each of those seasons Bonds approached glory -- including the year his Giants came just a few outs away -- and figures out precisely what went wrong.
Written and produced by Seth Rosenthal
Directed and edited by Ryan Simmons
Motion graphics and additional editing by Michael Das
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[@-EJ-]

He wasn’t a cheater, he just ate all the flintstones vitamins at once.

[@JWex-jy7sk]

Wait that helps you hit 45-50 home runs a year? Big leagues here I come!

[@saracin]

And washed it down with some Flaxseed Oil.

[@vikelhombre3107]

No he just ate the Flinstones

[@ericsilver9401]

@@shatteryib than how am I still alive?

[@windedfish609]

EJ all of them meaning all that had ever been produced up to that point?

[@oscarbercian2925]

2035: Mike Trout never won a World Series. Here's what left him empty-handed.

[@jimmcgee7594]

please no and i'm not even an angels fan

[@jpesicka999]

Angels left Barry empty handed when they WON They will win again.

[@Rao665]

@@jpesicka999 they WILL win again for sure. Just after Trout retires. That's not to say Trout will never win one, he'll win one with the Yankees or something.

[@brianquinn8570]

Joseph Gordon-levitt quitting on his Angel lookout job

[@jpesicka999]

@@Rao665 but Trout signed a 10 year extension. He is effectively an Angel for life. Just stop.

[@MightyMattTM]

Man: “Barry, you’re 37, but you’re hitting like you’re 24. What’s your secret?” Barry: “I do a lot of pushups and sit-ups. And I drink plenty of juice.”

[@luisramirez2099]

Vegeta!!!

[@vladiator8120]

Vegeta reference???

[@bakedtortilla3338]

No, he started eating a well-balanced breakfast.

[@williammurphy8293]

Vegeta juice. Must be a Saiyan deep down lol

[@ryukami404]

I wanna be Home Run King! I WANNA! I WANNA! I WANNA! - Barry Bonds 2000 something probably

[@roadtodawn8088]

Sadly, Larry Fitzgerald is probably gonna need one of these when he retires

[@Tazer183]

Too much loyalty to Arizona after Warner went

[@williambaugus927]

What a guy. What a player. As someone from a small sports market i love seeing that loyalty to a team and to a fan base

[@kennethbryant5819]

well, that one goes to the Cardinal management themselves.

[@trippy5519]

MANCHESTER UNITED Soccer is a gay womens' sport that nobody in the US cares about

[@JB-423]

Fitz still has a funny stat. More tackles than drops

[@NicholasSaliva]

He wasn't a cheater: he just did 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats, and a 10K run everyday.

[@mecube9148]

One Punch!!!

[@stevemakoskijr8074]

Before breakfast.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Well, he definitely broke *some* limiter...

[@juniorlovell2833]

@zeroinfinityzero a ton that head grew a full size lol

[@KvnDWr]

This deserves more likes, but alas, most baseball fans don't fw anime I guess. 10/10

[@t-mansports3048]

But what if *and hear me out here if might sound crazy at first* he played baseball without a bat?

[@yaboicash6666]

He would be Pretty Good.

[@cantbeatthebay4765]

ha-ha.. you've seen the video. Are 351 people really that dumb?

[@JumboFig24]

Can't Beat The BAY! r/woosh

[@codeecomah5920]

Awesome video.

[@dannyphantom47]

*cue the music*

[@thescott7539]

The Game 6 collapse...or as we call it in Anaheim, the greatest comeback of all time.

[@alexvratsanos5227]

That game also effectively ended closer Robb Nen’s career.

[@jacobmartin8559]

2035: Mike Trout never won a World Series. Here's what left him empty-handed.

[@kyulightning5178]

Like why would you hand him the game ball the games not over stupid

[@NJGuy1973]

The 2011 Cardinals: Are we a joke to you?

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@ he put in that scrub Felix Rodriguez lmao

[@jeffmusgrave6467]

I have watch Barry Bonds his whole career in San Francisco I sat in section 127 row 14 seats 1 and 2 at the new ballpark and candlestick section 14 Row 2 seats 1 and 2 couldn't take my eyes off this man this is what I went to the ballpark for as far as personal life and what he did to his body was his own doing he did it so he could amuse fans everywhere I stand behind Berry and I will never forget all the memories he gave me seen all his records the man was a legend don't hate he love to play baseball

[@Xrayballer88]

The incredible thing about Barry Bonds is that if you slice his 22-year career in half, each 11-year half is its own separate hall of fame career.

[@DoubleDash28]

Just like Tom Brady

[@benhaney9629]

Hall of Fame? Brady and Bonds each have two separate top 5 player of all time careers. At least top ten.

[@lorenzodawkins7500]

Kobesque

[@oinkypiggy7754]

@@benhaney9629 Sorry but thats just laughable

[@AlbertoFlores-rz8bo]

Yet, none of those is in the actual Hall of Fame

[@Sharkfin7777]

Ichiro Suzuki never won a ring despite being a part of Seattle's 116 win season :(

[@donaldmacisaac8479]

The mariners have never MADE a World Series.

[@mr.sports8671]

Wait they won 116 games?

[@donaldmacisaac8479]

@@mr.sports8671 yes, 2001, tied with Chicago Cubs for most wins in a season.

[@mr.sports8671]

I had no idea🤓sad stuff😢

[@Karmy.]

@@donaldmacisaac8479 and without ARod, Griffey, or Johnson who carried the Ms in the 90s

[@tonyfknb3896]

I remember watching that game 6 collapse as a kid. So heartbreaking. Hey atleast for a fan we got 3 rings later. But for Bonds, Kent, Benito Santiago, Rich Aurelia, David Bell, Kenny Lofton, J.T Snow, Ortiz, Schmitt and so on. Those guys all deserved a championship. And Dusty Baker. Sad how it happened. Never should of took Russ Ortiz out.

[@carlfrye1566]

Dusty, blew it with a great Nationals team too.

[@tonyfknb3896]

@@carlfrye1566 and the Reds back in 2010

[@johnhenry2903]

@@carlfrye1566 Lol Yea blame the skipper for big league players booting balls like little leaguers. & Anyone that followed NL ball knows the strength of the Giants that year was their bullpen, not starting pitching. The whole darn season they get the lead & in comes Felix Rodriguez throwing 100 at the knees, then Tim Worrell & Rob Nen with the close. You don't get to a WS clinching game and toss everything out the window. Rodriguez just mucked up an outing at the wrong darn time.

[@carlfrye1566]

@@johnhenry2903 I was speaking about the Nationals, he was brought here to win a WS and lost like previous managers. Maybe a little rough but hey, that's the game. .

[@furretwalky]

Dusty finally did it with the Astros! 😁

[@patrickcarrillo714]

In 2002 a team full of role players denied Bonds a World series ring that 2002 Angels team is nothing short of amazing

[@ahogg5960]

Lots of PEDs on that '02 Angels team...

[@Crispy44652]

@@ahogg5960who wasn’t on juice in the lates 90s and early 2000s? Bonds himself would’ve melted a cup with his piss.

[@captaincurt396]

“Everybody’s on steroids” - Nate Diaz

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@Crispy44652Funny line but the whattaboutism in these comments is pretty sad. The truth about Post-juice Bonds is that all that extra mass he put on made him a major liability on as a defender and base-runner. Before he bulked out Bonds was a very good defensive left-fielder & an elite baserunner. Juiced Barry was a defensive black hole who rapidly devolved into a station to station baserunner. One of the things that made him so dangerous when he was young was his combination of elite plate discipline, speed & base-running. He would regularly draw 120+ walks a year with very few intentional because he was a menace on the base paths & would almost always take the extra bad if you gave him the opportunity. Juiced Barry…not so much. You don’t intentionally walk a guy 120 times in a season if you’re pitcher is worried about what he’s gonna do once he’s on first.

[@erichvonmanstein6876]

​@@grahamstrouse1165right because plenty of 35+ year ilds steal a s#itton of bases huh🙄 he needed lin up protection fool.

[@joeyd5166]

Its amazing what you can do when youre “passed your prime” if you just eat right, & believe in yourself.

[@tcomben]

Eat clen, tren hard.

[@TheTrainFan9]

Bonds said his prayers and took his vitamins, brother.

[@jpmnky]

Plus every 38 year old man knows you’ve gotta get new shoes every so often because your feet outgrow your old ones. Hats too.

[@gabriele9455]

jason m. *Especially* hats. Just went through 2 this past year.

[@TheTrainFan9]

@@jpmnky How does he do it? Must be the shoes!

[@chrishollister80]

Crazy that as soon as he retired the Giants built a dynasty winning 3 titles in 5 years. 🤷

[@jonathand.9555]

Christian Hollister The Giants finally decided to play to the ballpark’s strengths and built a lineup that was light on hitting, but strong on pitching-also, it helped that they finally had a strong manager in Bruce Bochy and there was not a single major fight between teammates like Bonds/Kent.

[@Edwardsjm]

Bonds = Cancer

[@chrishollister80]

@@jonathand.9555 I would agree. I wish the Giants were still great.

[@jonathand.9555]

Christian Hollister When the Giants are great again, they will do so with the formula of the early 2010s teams combined with better hitting-in other words a better version of the 2012 squad! And this time, they will make the playoffs in consecutive seasons, something that those teams strangely didn’t do.

[@rodneystice7771]

Hope the giants can bring about another run like ‘10, ‘12, ‘14. Not a fan but my best friend live that team. GO Snakes 🐍🌵

[@collinmichael4307]

"It's amazing what you can do when you're past your prime if you just eat right and just believe in yourself." LMAFO!!!

[@bradclifford295]

Thank you Barry for helping create one of the greatest moments in Braves history. That play is replayed at almost every Braves game and even has its own bobblehead. Most of my friends have stories about where they were when that play happened. Thanks for the memories Barry.

[@erichvonmanstein6876]

They must have won the series that year then too huh........oh , wait🤣😂😅🤭👉

[@ryangarvey8142]

Barry Bonds, a man misunderstood because of his balanced breakfast diet...

[@jacksonwakeley5652]

No, just steroids💉💉

[@AHMAD-2324]

@@jacksonwakeley5652 Although as many times as MLB tested him for it they we're never able to pin that on him, Only speculations an innuendos I know what your gonna say but look how big his head was... I get all that but the FACTS say otherwise. According to MLB they NEVER found steroids in his system an also according to MLB they randomly tested him a lot.

[@jdhelfrich]

@@jacksonwakeley5652 Nah , Frank Thomas just passed him a free bottle of Nugenix

[@90210bribri]

Jackson Wakeley he never tested positive for roids

[@notsauer]

@@AHMAD-2324 take a chemistry class and you’d understand. It’s a constant game of cat and mouse between anti-doping agencies and PED users.

[@foocw]

i'd love to see the untitled for Suzuki Ichiro, one of the greatest baseball players to never have won a world series AND was the model athlete throughout his incredible and incredibly long career.

[@easfgman4687]

Got that right. Great role model for kids. I think his arm was one of the best and of course he had a great eye at the plate.

[@furioussherman7265]

@Mike Stefan Ichiro hit for contact and bases instead of power and put a big focus on speed and defense because that's how the game is played in Japan. Remember that Ichiro spent some time in the Nippon league before coming over to the MLB.

[@Rockhound6165]

Had his chance with the Yankees but Joe Girardi happened.

[@SeaTimeless]

Seth touched on it at the end, but as a Bay Area native (born and raised in Bond's hometown) Barry's home run hitting was truly amazing to watch. I would've been 6-ish in 2001 when he broke that single season HR record, so that period of his (ah, enhanced*) home run years represents all of my early memories of the Giants. Of course they never got a ring in those years, but turn on the TV or drive up to PacBell/AT&T Park and odds were you would get to see him send a ball into the stratosphere (or, on a good day, to the waiting kayakers in the river that runs by the stadium). The anticipation that went through the stadium whenever he stepped up to the plate was electric, even before he was closing in on the all-time record. The team might not win this game or the World Series, but watching him absolutely clobber a ball and send it high into the stands was awe-inspiring. I think that might be why Barry gets a bit of a pass out here regarding the steroids. Jon's Mariners videos had a quote from Barry about how frustrated he was by how obviously guys like McGwire were juicing and how he wanted a few more good years before he retired, and the pressures to succeed in pro sports are hard to fathom. But more over, for the Giants fans who felt like the team was coming up just short of cinching the ring year after year, there was a cheerful comfort in watching Barry chip away at the record game after game. He was a legend when we needed one, and I think fans will forgive a lot from someone who gave them that.

[@mncalapati415]

Bonds once said he wished to play in a World Series. After the loss to the Angels, he said he should’ve wished to win a World Series

[@KINGOFBASSREVOLUTION]

Gotta admit though that was a tough world series though and great to watch nevertheless

[@vinewood8295]

Hard to believe Barry's single season homerun record breaking 2001 season was already damn near 20 years ago...

[@sportstalkwithzo3707]

Crazy how time flies bro

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Asterisk

[@trevmac8362]

If Maris did *ROIDS* and had the modern day workout equipment that Bonds had he would have hit 100 HR's

[@vogeltron9816]

At AT&T Park which is so big all the Snowflake players now want to move the fences in! Sadly with the juiced balls and fences being moved in all the steroid guys gave baseball exactly what they wanted. But that is the snowflake generation which knows nothing but participation trophies.

[@kennethwright8081]

Trev Mac didn’t maris do a lot of cocain before games 😂

[@GuavaConQueso]

The idea of the San Francisco giants moving to Tampa Bay is hilarious

[@moch770]

The idea of a New Yorker moving to Florida in its later years seems appriopriate.

[@GuavaConQueso]

moch770 i live in fla. nothing but new yorkers moving here regardless of age

[@bayarea510]

Victor Perez what city?

[@GuavaConQueso]

Jimmy Bonez i used to live in Lehigh acres but reside in Hendry County as of now

[@jonathand.9555]

It sounds hilarious now, but it nearly happened-Candlestick Park was considered one of the worst ballparks to play in and watch a game because of the cold and its intense wind factor, and it is HARD to build any sports stadium in San Francisco or anywhere in the Bay Area (if that stadium idea is publicly funded, the proposal will simply go up in smoke)-the Giants also tried to build a stadium in San Jose and couldn’t get a deal done there. A lot of people don’t realize that the Giants nearly moved to Toronto in the late 1970s and were only saved by the same owner who nearly moved the team to Tampa Bay in the late 1990s! This was the first major move from the new (and current) Giants ownership and it provided a recognizable franchise face for 15 years!

[@dahljeffrey61]

All you guys series you make are phenomenal. Binge watching them. Keep it up

[@codekhalil6437]

The editing in these are amazing. Props to you. Bonds was an enigma. One of the best ever

[@sexagesimalian]

As a lifelong Giants fan, that WS with the Angels broke me. At least when they got swept by the As in 89, it was to the As. When 2010 finally came, my greatest emotion was relief.

[@WiggleBabies]

Yeah the A's did a tremendous job. The Angels WS, well... Giants blew that 1. Reminds me of the Rangers blowing it against the Cardinals, but even worse.

[@jimithingjames]

Same. Although, "The BASH Bros." were such monumental JUICERS; that whole '89 Oakland squad will 'forever' be suspect - IMO. [Speaking of 'KARMA'.]

[@morganjacob1195]

With you all the way. It was a great moment. The first world series for the Giants in my life. Barry was the best I ever saw play the game.

[@impassable]

I remember game three..Runners on first and third, one out and Bonds to the plate..Intentional walk which is risky in a World Series game..A ground ball that finds a hole now scores two runs, but no, Santiago grounds into a double play. And that's why Barry couldn't win a World Series. Sabean wouldn't get any protection for Bonds.

[@CT-1255]

I'm happy you've won unfortunately my brewers are close but never close enough

[@Senrabekim]

Untitled Baseball: Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Ken Griffey Jr. Basketball: Stockton/Malone, Iverson Football: Barry Sanders, Jim Kelly Hockey: Pavel Bure, Peter Statsny, Eric Lindros

[@XxJayCakesFrenZyXx]

J Michael Barnes joe thornton, patty marleau?

[@macogod]

For lindros' vid, make it 10 seconds and just say his attitude lol

[@darienhale]

J Michael Barnes Could even throw Yastrzemski in there with Williams for the sox

[@Xrayballer88]

There's a whole lot more you could add to the basketball list from the 90s alone just because of Jordan.

[@Xrayballer88]

@@XxJayCakesFrenZyXx As a Sharks fan this makes me sad, but that's the way their existence has been: always competitive but never the best in any given year.

[@mikeb8674]

I always wondered why Bonds was even in the field in the AL games in 2002 with the DH rule active. Shawon Dunston had been nearly a full-time outfielder for years at this point and San Fran even used him in leftfield often.

[@tripsbacks]

I agree with Terry. Everyone has had a major over reaction about the sign stealing. MLB is not about fair competition, it's just entertainment and boy is it delivering at the moment. We are all talking about baseball during the NFL playoffs. Good stuff man.

[@EricSmyth4Christ]

Striking out Bonds swinging has got to be the best feeling ever

[@Snuckster2]

he used to tease the young guys by half swinging at low n outside breaking stuff with one strike. trying to get a young guy to bring a pitch or miss a bit closer to the plate. he was so masterful at the plate. Nobody....not even Mike Trout has that kind of plate presence. dude got walked with the bases loaded and two outs. absolute fear and that was years before muh cream n clear

[@zacharypeery4082]

@@Snuckster2 dudes legacy is tarnished...good thing he made millions

[@Snuckster2]

@@zacharypeery4082 most of the stars from that era were using supplements. Bagwell gets a pass for some reason. Bonds doesnt because he was too good and he didnt have friends in the media. it's stupid

[@zacharypeery4082]

@@Snuckster2 your hero is a cheat sorry 😞

[@Snuckster2]

@@zacharypeery4082 everyone cheated back then. He was the best player on the planet in an absurd time..never my favorite player though.

[@eliteethereal0909]

We finally reached baseball? Could we get an Untitled on Tony Gwynn?

[@gianlucalogan1941]

Elite Ethereal Griffey first

[@KnightMc3]

I'd say it's deserved and likely expected if A) SB Nation didn't seem to inexplicably hate the Padres and B) The video couldn't be summed up by just showing the team logo for 30 minutes straight.

[@frankortizii4067]

How about Frank Thomas? The monster that could hit for average and also volunteered to be drug tested while the cheaters hogged the headlines.

[@gianlucalogan1941]

Frank Ortiz ll Frank Thomas won a ring but he didn’t play in the World Series cause he was injured but he still got a ring in 2005

[@Schizukai]

@@frankortizii4067 thomas won a ring in 05

[@andymimmo1844]

2040: James Harden never won an NBA finals. Here’s why

[@joaopicaify]

First of all lets take it back to march 14th, 1988. Wardell Stephen Curry II is born.

[@sheldonmontgomery9767]

Here's why your not funny or original

[@andymimmo1844]

Sheldon Montgomery gonna cry salty rockets fan?

[@johnanders571]

James is not on no juice,hes just the smartest guy out there on the court.He takes a rule and uses it to his advantage.Then he following the rules makes the opposing player look bad. To insinuate he juices like Bonds is wrong.He just bends the rules so much he has turn it into a art form.

[@lebozojamessimp1610]

@@andymimmo1844 Rockets?

[@armstrong2008]

This video is so much well made!!! Thank you for this great piece of work!!!

[@ChannelMan434]

It is certainly true that he’d be a hall of famer if people didn’t think of him as a cheater, but he’d also be a hall of famer already if he just hadn’t cheated

[@ShooterSanoff]

He had a HOF career before 1998.. Dont forget that he should be in the HOF

[@chrisjoslet4383]

Agreed. The fact he already had HOF stats with the Pirates and Giants before the HGH, thats why Bonds deserves to go in.

[@jordanfry5138]

No, he should have been, if he had not made choices that ruined that chance. He made himself impossible to put in the HOF by virtue of his actions.

[@MrTheWanz]

Cheaters dont make it to the hall, no matter how good they are, they still cheated

[@rushrush1209]

Could've.. Would've.. It doesn't matter now. He cheated, so he shouldn't be in regardless.

[@MrKABANGkabang]

guess he didn't have enough balanced breakfasts

[@badgerden7080]

Henry Aaron will always be the all time leader in home runs to me. He did it honestly. R.I.P. Hank!

[@jorgeescalante8275]

Didn’t know taking speed was honest

[@luisfermin608]

If believing that makes you feel better then sure thing pal 😂 BONDS KING

[@missybarbour6885]

They should give him back the official record. Asterisks aren't enough, I want deletion.

[@jorgeescalante8275]

@@missybarbour6885 well that’s too damn bad😂😂

[@derricklavoie6509]

Bonds would only be pitched to once a game a lot of times and take that one opportunity to hit a homerun. That's talent. Not to mention Bonds, McGwire and Sosa brought fans back to the game. 1994 strike did a lot of damage to MLBs reputation

[@brandtdowney6819]

Ive been bingeing your content. Amazing

[@mohit4679]

They are way too many great baseball players without rings, ted williams, ty cobb, ken griffey,tony gwynn etc. One great player in the sport can only have so much of an impact.

[@youngmedi8447]

But this is Barry

[@jonathand.9555]

Baseball is a sport built on pitching first and foremost-if a team doesn’t have enough of it, they really have no chance to win a World Series 99% of the time. Look at the early 2010s Giants teams...they weren’t great hitting teams, they were considered underdogs in every single World Series they played in but they were able to win in all three of their appearances because of their starting rotation and bullpen in addition to having a great catcher framing pitches (Buster Posey).

[@Xrayballer88]

Imagine a 90s Barry Bonds on those 90s Braves teams. They go from underachieving to flat out being unfair. What Bonds needed throughout his career that was often missing was: 1) a team with a legit ace (or two or three), and/or 2) a team with multiple legit threats behind him in the lineup. The Braves had all of those.

[@jonjohnson1978.]

But would they not have had 2 give some up in a trade

[@dantehaskell5688]

@@jonjohnson1978. the trade was for prospects no one important

[@jonjohnson1978.]

@@dantehaskell5688 fair enough though prospects sometimes turn in elite players 👍

[@dantehaskell5688]

@@jonjohnson1978. that is true but that braves team would of been a huge dynasty so it would of worked out

[@jonjohnson1978.]

@@dantehaskell5688 that I agree with 👊

[@alexshirley6096]

His cheating would’ve been overlooked had he been a nice guy

[@Snuckster2]

nice guy to the media but otherwise yes

[@charlescruz2180]

@@Snuckster2 He wasn't a nice guy to ANYBODY!

[@Snuckster2]

@@charlescruz2180 he paid for Bryan Stows kids to go to college without telling anyone. He actually asked the family to not say anything but they did anyway. If you are a long time Giants fan there are a lot of stories like this. Randomly showing up to see sick kids in hospitals etc. always without cameras I had an old timer tell me that Willie Mays was ...less than nice to him on multiple occasions when he was a kid and that he and his friends never understood where his reputation came from because he wasn't very pleasant with them. Look up F.P Santangelo Jr. he has stories about Barry when nobody was looking

[@CSDonohue11]

Yup

[@CSDonohue11]

Snuckster Yea Bonds was real and they always end up being the Bad Guy. People say they want the truth but once they get it then you’re an A Hole and everyone hates you but all the while it’s really them who’s phony baloney’s & has the real issues. Punks

[@aaronluna4779]

can you guys please do one on Tony Gwynn? He was always considered the Wade Boggs of the National League. He had 15 all-star appearances, seven silver sluggers, five gold gloves, and tied Honus Wagner for the most NL batting titles, including his legendary season in 1994, in which he would have become the first player since Ted Williams in 1941 to achieve a .400 batting average. He also loved the city of San Diego so much, that he was willing to take less money just to stay in his adopted hometown. Despite all of this, he never won the world series, league MVP, and only appeared twice. With all the power and experience the Padres had during this time, I would like to know once and for all, what made Tony Gwynn "Untitled?"

[@aaronluna4779]

@Lighthouse in the Storm you’re a dodger fan, aren’t you?

[@calennon3]

How many times did his teams lose to the eventual World Series winner? Seems like every time he made the playoffs

[@Xrayballer88]

90 Reds, 97 Marlins, 02 Angels, 03 Marlins So 4/7 postseason appearances.

[@Abraham16ish]

Raymond But 6 of the teams he lost to were against the eventual National League Champions.

[@MetFanMac]

Not saying much when the first three times were directly for the league championship.

[@EmpireRamzes]

people always discount loosing to the eventual champions

[@RiceBerg]

The Marlins twice were the ones that hurt most... i mean come on... Marlins who blew up their team both times after winning it

[@KIDTV-qe2dm]

Untitled: Stockton and Malone, Reggie Miller, Patrick Ewing, AI, Tracy McGrady.

[@ennuiii]

@Eric Elsinger it makes a bit more sense, you can hold individual basketball players way more accountable for title contention than any other sport that isn't individual

[@whalelegs7593]

AI

[@psuley1977]

@f wam Came to say the same. T Mac would be a 4 minute video. Malone though... that's a must

[@Naz-qy3sn]

Carter Mutumbo Wilkins Baylor and soon to be Melo

[@DaComebakKid]

@Eric Elsinger you may not like basketball, but face it, it's the second biggest sport in North America, and probably second in team sports in the world only to Association Football. More. Basketball.

[@AlexSmith-tz2lf]

I mean if you're a 2 time MVP tremendously skilled at every facet of the game, still end up losing multiple years in a row with tons of pressure for every twitch you make, you're probably going to do anything to improve too. People love to hike up their britches and shout "I would never!" while cheating out time at work, skipping out on responsibilities, treating people horribly for their own personal reasons, so on. People like to make everybody else a villain and ignore their own flaws.

[@jonnythegreek1]

An excellent documentary. Well done!

[@fyukfy2366]

Untitled: Dan Marino has to he a thing

[@BlazeSLK]

Yeah I’m a fins fan. This series was made for him

[@geebee6010]

If only we drafted him instead

[@kaminsod4077]

@Harry Engel Steelers. They had the opportunity, but rumors of Marino being coked up in college made them pass on him.

[@RockinRobb01]

Untitled: Jim Kelly/the 90's Bills

[@jeffreynowak8866]

Painful...T. born live in B.lo

[@MrInterVention149]

Exactly.

[@wesleyhunt7599]

The Four Falls of Buffalo

[@jeremyfuller7730]

Please...... No 😭

[@investbo]

Great video, you guys do a great job.

[@Tiberuon]

My two kids and I met Barry Bonds at a am/pm in Escondido,Ca. while he was filling up his Porsche. He saw we notice him waved us over and took a few moments to chat andgive my kids an me each an autograph . I've been around my buddies who'll bad mouth him and then I tell them my story and it makes them think . He may have been a hard ass but on the day we met him he was kind and chatted up my kids like he was interested. Say what you want about him but to me he is one of the greatest ball players of all time.

[@HereForAStorm]

I wish I could ask Barry Bonds in 1986 if he would want to be in the Hall of Fame or the all-time HR leader. You can only choose one; I wonder what a young & bewildered Bonds would choose...

[@Rockhound6165]

Whatever gave him the greatest personal glory. Bonds was about Bonds.

[@JasonLawrenceJones]

Awesome hypothetical!!

[@ryanpotts9163]

Imagine if Bonds had been traded to the Braves

[@ralphwiggum1982]

Ryan Potts as a braves fan the thought of that is better the sex

[@jackofbee]

i don't know if he would've lasted.. bobby and John wouldn't have kept him if he was causing disruption

[@JohnnyLoveseat]

Pamela Wiles You could give Jason Hayward a truckload of steroids and he still wouldn’t hit like Bonds. That man was insanely gifted either way.

[@joaopicaify]

@Pamela Wiles if you had got him and kept that dominance in the NL to give him more shots to a ring maybe he would never had taken drugs

[@dopeascopebrother60]

@MUFC yeah sure.

[@ChanceOnYouTube]

This is a great video! Thanks @SBNation

[@thegreatcalvinio]

He didn’t have cameras and garbage can technology at the time...

[@triplexbeatswomen6344]

good thing the steroids improved his hand eye coordination

[@nicholasbrown4109]

@@triplexbeatswomen6344 steroids dont do that. Greenies like the ones Hank Aaron took do

[@triplexbeatswomen6344]

@@nicholasbrown4109 thanks for proving my point, you cant kepe Bonds out of the HOF

[@nicholasbrown4109]

​@@triplexbeatswomen6344 I have met people who actually think steroids help hand-eye so forgive me for thinking you werent being ironic. Anyway, yeah Bonds should be in the HOF

[@turdferguson6620]

Nicholas Brown Steroids improves the brain’s processing speed, which does affect your hand eye coordination, jabroni

[@16ktsgamma]

San Francisco Giants: Never won a WS in Candlestick. Then they moved somewhere where they would win a ring without Bonds. Pittsburgh Pirates:We're in the middle of a rebuild.

[@michaelsamuel9841]

He was playing at pnc park when it open

[@SebastianTheGreat]

Pittsburgh should just change their logo to be a construction hat 👷‍♂️

[@codeecomah5920]

Bonds was a bad teammate he looked at him self as the best and no one could tell him different. But he choked alot as well in SF... anyway.. Look at the stats. Having a super slugger doesnt guarantee a title. Harper getting traded allowed the Nats to flourish and win the best year. The 2010 giants won with Misfist against a Texas Rangers slugging team. And the same happened in 2012 for SF. Miguel Cabrera couldn't help and he had the bat in his hands for the final out. And the Tigers got swept. And then u can total up all the super teams that have failed recently during the 2010's - 2019s. like the Dodgers, Blue Jays, and the Nationals . Once a team doesnt give up that insane contract for one player u have better odds to pick up multiple all stars to boost ur shot in the Postseason. and I love just trashing the Dodgers! Oh man!!!! Its so sweet. Even though now the Astros basically screwed em in 2017 which no matter the hate I have for the Dodgers nothing trumps a team not playing straight up. Well never know. But oh man watching the Nats knock the Dodgers out in the NLDS was sweet.

[@geebee6010]

The Pirates haven’t been right ever since he left

[@ptypaco]

excellent report,

[@wieldwords]

This series is fascinating to me. And A+ using the radio call for Bream’s slide this time around.

[@bizarrerideii832]

NFL: Barry Sanders/Dan Marino/Tomlinson NBA: Stockton and Malone/ Ewing MLB: Ken Griffey Jr/ Tony Gwynn/ Ichiro NHL: Eric Lindros/ Pavel Biore/ Marcel Dionne

[@bryanttisdale2446]

Larry Fitzgerald. Add to your NFL list. Professional. No scandal. Production every year. No ring.

[@March_for_Aries]

@@bryanttisdale2446 Fitzgerald did have a somewhat scandal a decade ago. He had a girlfriend excuse him of domestic violence and an order of protection against him.

[@bryanttisdale2446]

@@March_for_Aries oh I didn't see that. 😶

[@muzikdude1188]

Stockton, Malone, and Ewing had the bad luck of playing at the same time Michael Jordan did.

[@mjwatts1983]

Barry Sanders: Lions management ineptness, Brett Favre leading Packers revival in the 1990s Dan Marino: 1984 49ers, losing to the Patriots in the 1985 AFC Championship, USFL collapse freeing Jim Kelly to join the Bills & start of 4 straight AFC crowns, 1993 injury that caused him to miss the season & collapse (their last win that season: at Dallas, on Thanksgiving... yup Leon Lett), Elway going back-to-back to end his career, 62-7 Tomlinson: MartyBall, Chargers kickers, 14-2 in 2006, upset Colts in 2007 AFC Divisional only to lose to the Patriots, went to the Jets who were good... just not good enough to get past Colts & Steelers Stockton & Malone: very talented West in the 1990s, Rockets, Sonics.... and of course once they arrived in the Finals Jordan, Malone goes ring chasing with the Lakers Ewing: Celtics, Jordan, Reggie Miller, John Starks, Pat Reilly joins the Heat, injuries, “Ewing Theory” during run to 1999 Finals, The Trade that didn’t happen which soured his relation with the Knicks Ken Griffey & Ichiro: They played for the Mariners who haven’t been to the postseason since the 2001 ALCS. The following has happened to Seattle They start strong, then collapse They collapse at the start of the season, but finish strong only to miss the playoffs by 5 games or less They have a good enough season and if it was any other, they are postseason bound... but another team was hotter at a key point of the season... Oakland 2002 20-game Moneyball win streak comes to mind Eric Lindros: injuries specifically concussions, the cruelty that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs

[@360TryHard]

crazy, he was a future hall of famer even before the performance enhancing drugs...

[@MiamiMarkYT]

I bet his shortcomings as a pirate drove him towards PEDs. He was probably starting to get desperate given his age and consecutive failures in the NLCS, and felt that he had to do whatever it took to get a ring. Ironically this along with his belligerent personality made him unsignable after his Giants tenure that could’ve sent him back to SF or somewhere else to chase a championship.

[@nickbrevitz6747]

Jess W Sosa is 9th all time in home runs... 609 is a LOT. Clean, he’d make it just based on that alone.... Palmeiro has 569 HRs and over 3000 hits. A .289 career average, over 20 years, for a power hitter in the modern era, is extremely high. A clean guy with those numbers is a first ballot HoF guy...

[@wvu05]

@@MiamiMarkYT No, what did it was having a career year in 1998 that got completely overshadowed by McGwire and Sosa, so he decided that if they were doing that, he'd show what he was capable of.

[@marcpell133]

@@nickbrevitz6747 bro thank you for the looking up these numbers. I knew they both juiced but that guy was so quick to dismiss their numbers as trash.

[@ekscalybur]

@ He's a first ballot HOFer with a legacy that gets him talked about generations after he stopped playing. He was an all time great. He was THAT greedy.

[@igoogle87]

Watching the beginning part covering the Pirates playoff losses still hurts. We never truly recovered from those losses...

[@robminmonaca]

igoogle87 and our ownership don’t want to spend when they are profitable and on in severe debt.

[@Legault397]

Great video, one of my friends who is just starting to get into baseball was telling me about how good it is

[@michaelh9656]

early 90s Barry: I'm gonna get to the world series the Atlanta Braves: I am inevitable, Barry

[@Xrayballer88]

American League: That's cute, Braves.

[@yankees2864]

Raymond 1995: am I a joke to you?

[@Xrayballer88]

@@yankees2864 Haha

[@Thelegacy2426]

@@Xrayballer88 jajajajajajajajajajja

[@RobbyGAMEZ]

Steroids: You couldn't live with your own failure, Barry. Where did that bring you? Back to me

[@dutsu89]

Tim Salmon to Mike Trout, Something Fishy is going on in Anaheim

[@DrunkenSlob]

Mario it’s shapeshifting you can see a little bit of Salmons face in Trout

[@rocknrallsoul94rockero4]

Angels sure love having starts named after fish

[@AndrewVaughanOfficial]

Mario who’s next? Derek Fisher?

[@timmoney1988]

John Whale Shark.

[@f0otball41]

I’m surprised Mike Carp never played for them

[@thethinblueline2444]

Thanks that was a great video!

[@joaquinnieto4237]

David Wright is a good topic to choose. As well as Ken Griffy Jr., Ichiro, Tony Gwynn, Roy Halladay (rip 🙏), Cliff Lee?, Joe Mauer, and Omar Vizquel. Maybe Andre Ethier?

[@taylorrichardson4566]

For basketball: Patrick Ewing For football: Dan Marino

[@djbeezy]

But those guys didn't cheat. It's a shame those two never got a ring.

[@PanzehVideos]

@@djbeezy you're telling me ewing never pushed off a defender or dropped his shoulder into a defender in a legal guarding position? of course he cheated, Marino probably took a dive or two to draw a roughing the passer call, too. pushing is part of sports

[@jjhood6155]

@@PanzehVideos those are minor every once in a while offenses, Bonds used PEDs for many seasons

[@jamesgordon1984]

@@PanzehVideos - QB's were tougher back then. Nobody was "diving" because they wouldn't get the call anyway. The rules have changed and now the game sucks. "Defenseless receiver" -- what the hell is that?

[@sgtsoap7910]

He never got onto the box of the balanced breakfast cereal he started eating, pretty sad.

[@mjwatts1983]

8:38 Bonds goes to the NL West.... Waitasecond?! What are the Braves doing there?! A different era indeed

[@rocknrallsoul94rockero4]

They were realigned to the NL East in 1994

[@SmoothCriminal12]

Never understood why Atlanta was in the West. Could've easily swapped them with St. Louis.

[@mjwatts1983]

@@SmoothCriminal12 And break up their rivalry with the Cubs?

[@firstlast446]

One of the few untitled where you couldn't be happier lol

[@cpfalcon51]

As an A's fan growing up in the Bay Area, I hated the Giants and their wimpy cream-colored home unis with the Halloween-ish accents (and their pretentious, mostly non-diehard fans)... but I always respected Bonds. He stood out, despite playing in an era that *already* stood out with unprecedented, inflated offensive numbers. He had the most dominant four-year stretch of hitting from 2001 to 2004 in baseball history, bar none. Even Ruth never matched what he did. SB Nation does a good job underscoring Bonds' ridiculousness during those years in their videos, but I'm still not sure if people truly appreciate how absurd his numbers were. He had *more homers (45) than strikeouts (41)* in 2004. At age 40. I don't care how many steroids you pump into your body; that's pretty dang amazing.

[@TeamB4UEnterprises]

As a Detroit Lions fan for life, I'm begging you to do one for Barry Sanders.

[@juliuskurtz8143]

The 91 Detroit lions team was Barry Sanders best chance

[@picklenik9658]

16:14 On that day, that game 4 World Series day, hundreds of kilometres north, in a small town in Canada, a baby was born. And that baby, was me. That’s pretty cool, and I never would’ve found that out without this video, so thanks SB Nation, keep up the awesome work.

[@erichvonmanstein6876]

🤷so

[@jjb33083]

Really chill video. 😎

[@mrphelpsjr]

barry bonds is the best baseball player i’ve ever seen idc if he cheated

[@paysonfox88]

Say what you want about bonds not being clutch in the postseason. the fact remains that in his only world series run the man went total beast mode. 2002 he unloaded.

[@alwillk]

Too bad he was garbage in his other 6 playoff appearances l. 90,91,92,97,2000, and 03.

[@teal2913]

@@alwillk Difference is he had 3 series worth of at bats in 2002 buddy. All those other years he only played a few games in the postseason. Thats not much time to get into a rhythm for the playoffs.

[@paysonfox88]

@@teal2913 yeah, the problem with the playoffs is small sample size a lot. He only have one series in those years that he stunk it up. And it's not like he totally sucked, it's just that he wasn't producing the level that he was used to. One of the more extreme examples I've seen of that was David freese in the 2011 playoffs. He destroyed the Texas rangers, but you didn't really hear about David after that series did you? He was a slightly above average player who had a very hot streak. It just so happens that very bonds was the complete opposite of that. A superstar player who went ice cold.

[@DoubleDash28]

@@paysonfox88 ya he couldn’t do it when it mattered the most lol. That’s the definition of an I guy. Only cared about what was good for himself and not the team.

[@dmoney7784]

@@DoubleDash28 nobody else on the team could hit is that bonds fault as well?

[@ryanvandenhul802]

Great video. Y’all should do more baseball videos!!

[@oak71]

Very well done. He was so polarizing. Yet I loved watching him play. Nothing was better than Bonds vs Clemens. Totally countered one another.

[@Redmenace96]

Both on the Juice. I get you.

[@weissvids]

Anaheim Angels baby!

[@deondavis05712]

Untitled: andruw jones. Dude was a beast with the Atlanta Braves.

[@BroadswordMedia]

I'm glad to see you guys do an Untitled for Barry Bonds. That was literally the next episode I was thinking you guys should do. It's sad because he still really was a damn good player even though he did take steroids. He's still the only player to be in the 500 500 Club. That's quite an incredible feet! Barry Bonds may actually be one of the greatest players ever to play the game, but that asterisk and the steroids are always going to overshadow him. This is coming from an A's fan

[@hanfordreach6849]

lovely vid, finally some credit for barry. he was fun to watch

[@AmericasComic]

Jon Bois is great at what he does, but I also get really excited about what Seth brings to SB Nation as well.

[@stephen2773]

Not looking forward to 2033 when y’all drop Mike Trout’s untitled.

[@ZacharyE2014]

Ichiro Suzuki deserves an Untitled video

[@tythegolfer6279]

Ty Cobb. Cheers great vid.

[@angc214]

I'm a Giants fan. I remember in `02 I was a long haul truck driver and was listening to game 6 on the radio. I wanted so badly to see them win. I pulled off at the next truck stop and ran inside just in time to see that 3 run homer. Devastating.

[@simondaughtry4619]

If karma ever existed it might have followed Barry like a bad habit.

[@Snuckster2]

tbf if Bochy was in charge instead of Dusty they would have won in 2002. Dustys playoff managing completely changed the franchise playoff style of play. Since that time it's been pedal to the metal baseball

[@FrostytheWicked]

@@Snuckster2 stfu

[@CSDonohue11]

Snuckster Dusty is a great coach. He Wins everywhere he coached , just not the whole thing but he’s no joke. Bruce Bochy has definitely had a nice run with SF in 10’s but before that he hadn’t Won anything. It’s more so Buster Posey than Bruce Bochy. it obviously takes everything coming together and that’s where Dusty can Win even when everything doesn’t come together but if it did & when it does he’ll get that ring which will likely finally be in Houston with a great team on a mission to prove to people they can still Win

[@qfmarsh64]

It does and it did.

[@mattnorris7124]

What I learned from this video is that the reason Barry Bonds doesn't have a ring are the following: 1) Barry Bonds in the postseason 2) Those pesky Marlins

[@jgoodrich06]

Love sam I hope he finishes the yr with back to back wins!

[@eewee12]

This video is great. More like this please.

[@UHOH_415]

Game 6 of 02 World Series still gives me bad vibes man. At least this decade of success erased that nightmare.

[@Xrayballer88]

As a more bitter Giants fan, I'm happy the 2010s teams won three but I'm still irritated by 2002.

[@Austin_Schulz]

As an Angels fan, I'd trade one ring for three in a decade any day.

[@PatrickAyotte]

When you eat right and just believe in yourself.

[@edwinrr19]

2030: Kenta Maeda never won a world series heres what left him empty-handed

[@SuperTinyco]

2022 twins win it all, but trade maeda this off-season for joc, book it

[@dialmstyle]

Watching this still breaks my heart for the 2002 Giants 💔🧡🖤

[@peterlacasciamusic1175]

ya'll won three rings in five years... eight years after that World Series. My heart wouldn't be broken if I were you lol

[@sure2fckitupguy]

@Dial M Style Bahahahaha!! Does it hurt?🤣😂🤣 hahaha haha!!!!🤣😂🤣

[@bmac4]

@@peterlacasciamusic1175 None of the players from that squad were a part of the 2010 squad. There were plenty of all time greats and beloved players on that 2002 squad and not just Bonds and Kent. Like yeah the Giants won later, but to a fan, the players to do it arent entirely replaceable cogs in the machine. You root for the guys in the sweaters just as much as the logo on their backs. So it still stings.

[@IAmAlpharius20]

Not me.

[@willypupo89]

Greg Anderson is the greatest friend ever.

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

He wouldn't lie!

[@charliemartinez4786]

Coming Soon on 'UnTITLEd' The Lighting Bolt that never Struck "Phillip Rivers" A tragic story of a one 14-2 season only to lose cause of injuries Why so serious!? 🍿😈

[@DarkKnight-px7rg]

Matt Ryan is better!!

[@nepdyse]

Hey bro I like your voice, and the way you narrate/talk. I only just discovered this channel but can you do all the videos. I can’t watch the other ones because someone else is narrating. And they’re just not good at it, anyways thanks for doing these.

[@JC-mb1jm]

I've always been a red Sox fan but I always loved Barry he's the reason I started playing baseball at age 6

[@harveyboy7019]

The 1990 post season was something special. As a lifelong Reds fan, I still maintain that the WS sweep of Oakland was an easier feat than the NLCS win over Pittsburgh. Once they had the Pirates out of the way, it was all over. The Reds were simply destined for a title that year.

[@teen_laqueefa]

Wire to wire Nasty Boys bullpen BILLY HATCHER ERIC DAVIS PAUL O'NEIL JOSE RIJO CHRIS SABO BARRY LARKIN JOE OLIVER

[@juliuskurtz8143]

The reds change ownersship I forget the female owner of the reds back in the day she was was a good owner the reds was pretty good teams in the 80s it was harder to get in Post Season back in them days

[@jimrockford4309]

The A's had a roster full of Egomaniac superstar's. The Red's had a TEAM. It's hard to buy a team that wins championships.

[@danielwhite9581]

He didn’t go to the braves. That’s why he didn’t win a title

[@jonathand.9555]

Daniel White Those Braves lineups with Bonds would have been downright unfair!

[@Memeposting]

It would've destroyed the team with the culture they had

[@big8dog887]

Of course, if the Braves had signed Bonds, they wouldn't have had the money to sign Maddux, so there's an intriguing what-if.

[@Clay3613]

The Braves were a pack of cheaters too.

[@dontrellmayfieldjr2868]

Bonds will not join the Braves because it's a weakest move to him.

[@callmefreeze]

I remember watching him and sosa slug it out for the HR title. For me it was what kind of saved baseball, it gave people who usually never paid attention to the sport to actually watch and get excited.

[@deemz312]

That was Mark McGwire and Sosa

[@antonioramirez8213]

It was such a great series and to celebrate the Angels victory after several set backs I still get goosebumps when watching reruns. Unfortunately if Trout stays with the Angels were gonna be seeing Untitled Mike Trout in the future ☹️.

[@hulk6785]

Also, it still blows my mind that they had Atlanta's team in WEST Division. I mean, did no one own a map in MLB back then?

[@trevmac8362]

It had nothing to do with geographical location. It was all about how to make the schedule work with expansion .Within each division, the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates (90 games), and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division (72 games), totaling 162 games. Montreal was also in the West division

[@goomni72]

@@trevmac8362 Montreal was not in the West. The Braves and Reds were because the Cubs insisted in being in the east division and the Cardinals wanted to stay in the same division as the Cubs.

[@tedfaas3962]

The NFL didn’t own a map before 2002. The Saints, Falcons and Panthers were in the NFC West. The Cardinals and Cowboys were NFC East rivals. The Buccaneers were in the NFC Central with the four current north teams. Then you had Indianapolis in the AFC East and Jacksonville in the central.

[@78758nate]

@@tedfaas3962 the NFL's map is still screwed up. Indianapolis should be in the AFC North, Baltimore in the AFC East, Dallas in the NFC South, Carolina in the NFC East and Miami in the AFC South.