Barry Bonds' BEST moments with the Pittsburgh Pirates!

[@basehead617]

He was a HoF level player even before he left the Pirates. 2 MVPs and power/speed beyond comprehension!

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Amen

[@DACFalloutRanger]

It's crazy to me that people forget how good Barry was on the Pirates

[@Robert_J528]

As a lifelong Bucs fan couldn't stand that Leyland batted Bonds leadoff until 1990. Look at his stats, in 1988 he had 24 HR and only 58 RBI for a 2nd place team that could've used those extra possible 40-50 runs while chasing the Mets. When he wised up and put him in the 5-spot his RBI jumped to 114 and the Pirates started winning divisions.

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Leland made a lot of weird decisions in his career. Especially as the tigers skipper.

[@lovedavantlamour301]

Their second best hitter was andy van slyke , who in their right mind would put Bonilla and andy in the 3 and 4 hole when you’ve got a guy that can be counted on every year for 30 taters with 100 walks and 100 rbi ? Having him hit leadoff seems preferable to 5th unless you can do a better job explaining things than you did in your original comment

[@9teenhundred85]

Best baseball player I ever saw in my 37 years on this earth.

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

I’m about to be 36 and I second that

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Let’s see he could run like the wind hit to all fields had the second nicest swing I ever saw (Griffey jr). Oh and he had 30 plus power as a skinny dog. He could effortlessly hit. He had the most god given natural baseball ability you or anyone you ever know got to see and that’s a fact. You can call him a mean prick. But you can’t doubt his ability

[@steroidsR4losers]

Steroid users are like little kids wearing a costume and wanting you to believe it's really them! If you don't go along with it, they throw a tantrum! Stay natural buddy!

[@scottb3034]

@@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904 Personally I would pick Griffey from the standpoint he had all the tools Bonds did (although maybe not quite as fast) but he was a MUCH better fielder and I prize defense over stealing bases. Griffey is the most talented position player to play in the last 50 years. Had Tony Gwynn kept the weight off and his stolen bases up (or sacrificed some of his average for power) he'd be up there with both of them too.

[@potentially__9445]

I’m nearly 44, he’s ABSOLUTELY the GOAT!

[@81silvermj]

At the 0:37 mark, there’s a Pirates finger souvenir i had from my childhood until my mid twenties hanging on a wall in my room. Brought a tear to my eye.

[@truewilliams7118]

He was incredible during these years, he was a speedster too

[@Blakerzzzz4]

Bonds only added like 5-10 HR a year from his Pittsburg stats. He only had the one year with a huge HR total. He just consistently hit 35-50 HR a year his entire career. He probably added a total of 5-10 HR a year for the 15 years in SF. He wouldve ended up right around Willy Mays stats without the juice.

[@thedude3065]

Little Barry could still do Big Barry things

[@thomasdennis4782]

He could run like a scalded dog . When he was lil Barry

[@jaimep3432]

Little Barry is still a cheat. You cant split a person in half.

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

He was fast af boiiiii lmao

[@BeastMode-gv3ng]

​@@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904😂😂

[@brianzambotti4510]

What a swing

[@9fivejedi548]

The snap on that swing is insane

[@Brybote19]

Such a beautiful swing

[@f_zed4068]

Many people often forgot he was one of the best when he wasn’t using roids

[@jaimep3432]

Too bad he used them that pos.

[@sfgox10]

@@jaimep3432 I'm sure you say the same thing about every single person in the NFL.

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Right lol. Remember adaleus Thomas from the ravens? He was like 270 running a 4.5 lmao Cuz I’m sure the human body evolved that much that in the 70s guys just couldn’t do that at that size but now every football player does lol. Silly fools

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Jj watt is loaded. Brian Cushing jumping outta pools man lol But they ain’t on nothing lol

[@potentially__9445]

@@jaimep3432you HATE Barry Bonds, but I bet you fangirl over McGwire who cheated for years. FOH!

[@Cue-pv3jg]

I’m from Chicago, loved it when Barry Bonds and Mike Schmidt would come to Wrigley and just show out!

[@dullsearake]

Pirates Barry is the best version

[@str8beest12]

Dude already had a hall of fame career, before San fran

[@JohnnyHads]

He was such a great lead off hitter for the Buccos!

[@SeanDavis-l2d]

Barry should be in the Hall of Fame whatever dude is easily in top five greatest players of all time and could even be the best to ever play. Allstar both offense and defense 14 all stars, 8 gold gloves 7 time NL mvp.

[@bigplaystanly]

1:16-1:02 /4 = 3.5 seconds around each bag.

[@michaelmccartanjr.7223]

Got to see him play with both teams I know bonds

[@HBKStyles]

You did not and no you don't know Bonds. Stop lying

[@michaelmccartanjr.7223]

@@HBKStyles yes I do

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Trainer Greg is that you? Lmao

[@lexlewis550]

He was awesome as a pirate 🏴‍☠️ yeah he was cold as hell yo 🥶😎

[@brianmasters8575]

So awesome his shitty throw to home on the slowest runner sid bream is why we didnt play in a world series.

[@markrago7217]

@@brianmasters8575 LMAO so true

[@markrago7217]

@@brianmasters8575 Van Slyke even hollered over and told Bonds he was playing the guy way too deep, he better.move in a few steps to be able to mow down the runner on second if he decides to go for it, Bonds shrugged off Van Slyke, overconfident Bonds stayed put and Cabrera singled clean to left , catching the unassumingly presumptuous Bonds out of position , at a moment when he definitely needed his head in the game. It was no secret that the only thing Barry Bonds wasn't good at was throwing his throwing armt was actually mediocre at best, fortunately he had Van Slyke in center and Bonilla in right, so he was just lucky to have been part of that dynamic with a gold. Glove centerfielder with a pretty strong arm and a right fielder in Bonilla, who actually made up for his weak glove with a cannon of a throwing arm.that nailed dozens of outfield assists

[@markrago7217]

@@brianmasters8575 Bottom line is we messed up royally by calling Bonds greedy and choosing to take our chances without him and letting San Francisco scoop him home to the west coast for something like 8-10millon per season long term.

[@mlee81]

​@markrago7217 yeah especially with baseball. You pay the franchise player that's going to ultimately sell tickets. Doesn't take a brain surgeon. The Pirates have been a joke ever since.

[@demontiakpinkney5881]

He didn't even need steroids but that has nothing to do with you seeing the ball.

[@lowkeyfallasleep9511]

The goat!

[@JosephPerrotta-db9xp]

Swing was butter

[@Canuck204]

Bonds' would've won 4 straight MVP's in the early 90's if it wasn't for Terry Pendleton's 1991 win.

[@RICHNEWSANDSPORTS]

THE GREATEST

[@29mailliw]

I hate when people say he did steroids like bro what career was you watching yeah he had a huge head but bro was a launching pad in Pittsburgh its why they made the nlcs in the 90s they just went up against top notch pitching in atlanta period

[@mlee81]

What sucks is he didn't need the drugs

[@sethtaylor4706]

Super glad most of those stadiums are no longer in existence.

[@Eric-w3y]

Hopefully the game s icon

[@MajesticOne559]

Bonds is the Greatest

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Those who saw me as a kid know exactly what it looked like, Acevedo was hard to hit that dam screwball

[@1Fasterblade]

Such an easy swing

[@smokesgtp]

It was pretty ugly and got violent later in his career lol. Best hitter I've ever seen in person.

[@1Fasterblade]

@@smokesgtp didn't really think it was the prettiest but level with coverage.He somehow choked up later on with the same plate coverage. He was choked up later and even set traps.Fantastic eye though. He could hit almost any pitch with authority.

[@BTeeper]

Yea for some reason, his swing looks pretty “stiff” during his younger days with the pirates. It just seemed with age he got more comfortable in the box, and like the person above me said, his swing was short and violent. Beautiful swing during those prime years with the giants.

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

I disagree he had a great swing. I thought it was pretty. Not sure where you see prettier swings besides Griffey? And even those where show off moon shot swings! Not level short to the ball swings. Barry was a waaaaayyyyy better hitter than Griffey and it wasn’t really close at all

[@scottb3034]

@@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904 Was he though? Griffey would have had him in basically every hitting metric but raw average and OBP had he stayed healthy on the back half of his career. And even with his back half slide he finished like .010 batting pts off Bonds in average. Bonds also had the luxury of 2500 walks to inflate his OBP compared to 1300 for Griff and a .440 OBP vs .370. It at the very least is a LOT closer than you think. Especially if you take into account Bonds natural decline the last 6-7 years of his career had he remained natural his entire career.

[@anthemmakersmusic]

I swore I was Bobby Bonds smiling

[@michaelmccartanjr.7223]

I never wanted to see bonds leave the bucs best team in baseball not now

[@crowtservo]

If Ben Cherington was running the Pirates in the late 80’s, they would have traded Bonds in 1989.

[@bigplaystanly]

When I watch Bonds I see a lot of JR

[@nicholasehrhart8916]

Best calls for Barry bonds Going going gone Go ball get out of here

[@lowkeyfallasleep9511]

Imagine how much more fun Jordan would have been if he took roids, he might be able to dunk from the 3pt line, but with or without that what was his career?

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

No matter what happens Bonds will be in Cooperstown!

[@josecarranza7555]

If barry bonds is inducted into the baseball hall of fame, it will be a sad day for baseball.

[@briank2502]

I wouldn’t say no matter what happens, there’s always the possibility of something happening that would make him never getting inducted. But I’d imagine he’ll be inducted eventually.

[@Mr.Buttermaker]

@@josecarranza7555 what about Jeff Bagwell and the countless others that took steroids who are already in? Hypocritical. BTW F the cowboys 🤣

[@josecarranza7555]

@@Mr.Buttermaker Tell your mom I said thanks for going down on me.

[@ericsigersmith2831]

Yes and I know you from NFL throwback channel

[@thomasw3285]

Where is the clip where Andy Van Slyke politely told him to move up a few feet in Atlanta.

[@Voiceguy66]

Notice there is only one postseason highlight? Because he was terrible in postseason as a Pirate

[@YeysonFeliz]

Me gusta ese uniforme de los piratas de Pittsburgh⚾️🇺🇸

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Yeah I copied everything but not from Barry Bonds. I copied Bobby Bonds smiling!

[@lightingbolt8148]

Look how skinny he was lol

[@steroidsR4losers]

Steroid users are like little kids wearing a costume and wanting you to believe it's really them! If you don't go along with it, they throw a tantrum! Stay natural buddy!

[@zackmcclintock8480]

Man he sucked in the playoffs till the last season 92'.. and then he hit. Just couldn't throw (anyone out)

[@scottegbert9575]

But then he became a Giant and took roids

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

Only started taking roids in the second to last season the Giants played at Candlestick

[@thomasdennis4782]

He saw what McGuire was doing when he broke that single season hr record. It took him I 🤔 3 yrs to beat McGuire's record.He got big n strong but he never failed drug test that know of. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying he didn't . Damn head n feet grew

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

Why would he give up the advantage to lesser players? Brandy Anderson for example…. Never even hit 30’hone runs. All of a sudden he broke out on 50 and looked like a Greek god? Lmao please! Barry said oh yeah Brady? You ain’t nothing! Watch this! And rightfully so. Gtfoh

[@j.yumuraj2880]

Beware of “Skinny Bonds”

[@jaimep3432]

Barry Bonds will never be good enough to be a Hall of famer.

[@caseyjones4287]

Barry Bonds a hall of famer Whether he's in hall of fame or not 🤣

[@BTeeper]

Lol he is plenty good enough, just too controversial. The perfect 5 tool player in this video, well before the juice.

[@thereisnosuchthingasanativ904]

I agree dolmar It’s not about the drugs. Big pop up David fatty Ortiz failed a test and they couldn’t vote him in quick enough. Why? Because they loved him and he was a media darling! Barry treated the media like the scumbag dog poop that they are. That’s why! This whole morals issue thing cracks me up. Same with curt schilling. I loved mike mussina but in no world does he get in over curt schilling dog lol just stop I can keep listing examples of hall of fame bs to further counter your false narrative if you’d like

[@steroidsR4losers]

STEROIDER

[@potentially__9445]

Barry was a Hall of Famer years before steroids. IDIOTIC comment!