THE REAL ALL-TIME HOME RUN RECORD?! Stephen A. weighs in on Aaron Judge’s No. 62 ⚾️ | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith talks through Aaron Judge setting the new American League single-season record after belting his 62nd homer of the season.
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[@bboo88]

Kudos to the Rangers for actually pitching to him to give him a chance to break the record.

[@dylanhayre1967]

Chris Russo: Barry Bonds is not the HR king Also Chris Russo: The 2017 Astros should keep their title

[@Shiny101]

I don't understand what your point is at all

[@elawson1991]

@@Shiny101 if you're going to say Bonds cheated the game and his record shouldn't count then the same goes for the Astros

[@darkvader4755]

@@Shiny101 His point is both of them cheated but Mad dog is only letting one of them reap the benefits..

[@word183rd2]

@@Shiny101 are u dumb or slow

[@soruyo210]

@@Shiny101 you must be an Astros fan

[@GraphicN]

Stephen A smith knows as much about baseball as I do about sportscasting

[@jordancarrier191]

What did he say that makes you think this?

[@GraphicN]

@@jordancarrier191 I’m just getting top comment homie

[@dougiesherwin9591]

So you know nothing? LOL but you're right. Smith is a moron.

[@dom12011]

@@GraphicN 😂😂😂😂

[@Ok-bv2kk]

@@jordancarrier191 he doesn’t know baseball or boxing

[@jsmith5442]

If Major League Baseball didn't want Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa to lead in the HR record list, they could've done something about it. They watched the money roll in and decided to do nothing about it. Like it or not, 73 is the record. Blame Major League Baseball for that.

[@HardenJID]

You think no one’s taking nothing now?

[@jsmith5442]

@@HardenJID Maybe they are. I don't know. I just know that if there are dirty players out there, it's the league's job to sniff them out.

[@Shiny101]

Okay moron then why didn't they let them in the HOF? 😂🤡

[@arthurau9231]

Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@jsmith5442]

@@arthurau9231 Yep. And that's the problem people run into trying to preach on sanctity of baseball. It's history is full of corruption and cheating. You can go back to Babe Ruth's records and nitpick that he did all of it in a segregated league against other white people.

[@brianrommel7110]

I remember watching Jeters 3000th hit when I was very young. It was incredible and I will never forget it. I also saw Mariano Rivera tie the save record in Toronto in person when I was very young and it was also incredible. My brother was younger than me and he fell asleep at the game when Rivera tied the save record lol. Those two moments, however were unforgettable and so is this one, especially because I remember judges first career homerun

[@yarapah]

I remember the last time I saw Mo pitch in 2013 at Yankee Stadium and it felt like every time you saw him pitch he set a record

[@rayjameson937]

Yeah i remember that day too braodie.. it was the baby bombers, back to back by tyler austin and aaron judge… i think he was batting 7th at that time.!

[@KingRey036]

I’m reading this thinking what do you mean very young that was a couple years ago what are you like 12. Then I looked it up and realized both events happened over a decade ago

[@ksx580]

if you were that young then you didnt watch them in their prime, what a shame

[@HynoDesignsvIII]

In order to play in Toronto in 2022 you must be fully injected and boosted. People like me were banned from places like NYC for refusing the Jim Jones Juice. Nobody really cares about the woke MLB, I kind of hope they go out of business.

[@yyyremix]

Stephen A : I'm from Queens, Queens is in the building! Also Stephen A: I'm a diehard New York Yankees fan

[@PyroMiniYak]

RIGHT??!!! God idk how you can be from Queens and be a Yankee fan. I like the Yankees and wish them success but Mets first always

[@JustAwesomee]

@@PyroMiniYak because the Mets are garbage. Who wants to cheer for a trash team?

[@atreus4277]

@@PyroMiniYak Uh probably because he grew up watching the Yankees dominate and the Mets suck.

[@jackiepage6120]

It’s because he’s not really a baseball fan.

[@PyroMiniYak]

@@atreus4277 so did I but if you’re a queens native why not root for the team in your borough? I might be bias because I live only a 15 minute walk from cities field but still.

[@andybiz4273]

Bonds and McGuire may have brought a lot of interest into MLB with their home runs, but you can't take away that they did it the wrong way, and MLB let them do it. Congrats to Judge!

[@SamuelClemente7718]

So how you feel about Tom Brady who was caught cheating 3 times!

[@80schild48]

And bonds wasn’t banned like McGwire… Hummm wonder why

[@itshiho]

All the records before were set before segregation so those weren't done the right way either.

[@SamuelClemente7718]

@@itshiho there were Jim crow laws in baseball???

[@augustaborn9034]

@@SamuelClemente7718 I hate Brady for that reason. Can't stand a player who feels the need to cheat. Bonds, Sosa, McGuire...F all 3 of them. Congrats to Judge. As a Braves fan, the Yankees need to make him the highest paid player in baseball...period. I've always liked him...great player

[@DadBot-_-]

Lmaoo mad dog got me rollin 😂🤣

[@jonathanoscategui2678]

Aaron Judge set the All Time American league record in home runs with 62 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 That's the First and Final Take. Good day

[@Fernando-fr5cu]

It's the all time record period! 62! All rise!

[@JV-NY987]

@@Fernando-fr5cu its not

[@JV-NY987]

Lets win the WS now....

[@SuperWhofan1]

@@JV-NY987 Yes it is.

[@amms0716]

@@SuperWhofan1 not according to Major League Baseball

[@mjwsecondable]

Josh Gibson is still telling everyone to have several seats...that is the Home Run King then and now

[@kmoney362]

Fax

[@yokaigypsy]

CAP!

[@demetriusbrown6229]

Love the weekly mad dog segment

[@KevinMichael2018]

Stephan A we all want a World Series. This is history! We gotta celebrate judge with #62

[@crini413]

Yeah dude only like 9 left! He's almost there!

[@langleyh8243]

@@crini413 He just broke the AL record lmao. Learn some baseball bro.

[@chuuuchify]

Barry is the KING!!! You still have to hit the ball reguardless of what he so call took.

[@multimidnight13]

His hit average would still be the same with or without roids. But his home runs would not be that high of a number. And you can tell as easily as telling McGuire that bonds was on roids. Stop being in denial.

[@kozmeetorez]

It gives you more power, simple.

[@chuuuchify]

I get that but it was a GANG of players on roids & were still terrible so how does one explain that???

[@multimidnight13]

@@chuuuchify roids affect your batting average by a small amount. They drastically affect your home runs and increases your speed through the bases. If your average sucked before roids, it won't improve that much after taking roids. In the end bonds used roids just like everyone else did, and therefore cheated, like everyone else on roids. Simple as that, and those other good players on roids aren't in the hall of fame either. The reason why bonds is talked about more is because of the records he set, he can blame him self for being too good on roids lol.

[@chuuuchify]

@@multimidnight13 😆

[@williamrubinstein3442]

Ruth hit 60 in a 154 game schedule. If he had had an extra 8 games like Maris etc. he might hace hit 3 or 4 more.

[@KingGeeKay]

Mad Dog reminds me soooo much of Skip! His beliefs are his beliefs and he stands on that!

[@RobertBalto]

I'm not really understanding Stephen A's points in favour of Bonds. Yeah, Bonds hit 49, 46 and 42 home runs before he cheated. Mark McGwire hit 49, 42 and 39 (and maybe 52 depending on when the cheating began). But we know neither of them were breaking any records without PEDs. They had an established pattern of performance that didn't include 50 home runs, let alone 70. And Barry Bonds was angry because he was way better than Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, so what? So were Ken Griffey, Frank Thomas, Chipper Jones, Tony Gwynn and a lot of other ball players who still didn't feel the need to cheat. So, congratulations Aaron Judge, you are the new single season home run champion. And congratulations Hank Aaron, you are still the all-time home run champion.

[@pedrada06]

I agree 100%

[@39830000]

I hate how the down play McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds now. When they knew they were taking steroids the media was eating up making money off it. Cold World!

[@HardenJID]

Wait you think they are clean now?

[@joseborjon1045]

You said it bro, cold world that’s why I love Barry he always treated the media like the scum they are

[@39830000]

@@HardenJID lol no. I’m saying when they were on the roids it was the biggest thing to talk about.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

@@HardenJID I think judges hands are clean until proven otherwise therefore we celebrate that record

[@alexmotts]

I agree. They allowed it. They cant pretend it didnt happen. No renigging. As far as im concerned bonds mcguire and sosa all have more. I dont wanna hear no BS about purist BS. They were watching when that era happened too. You made your bed now lay in it. You dont get to just pretend it didnt happen. Deal with it MLB. Take accountability.

[@dom2760]

nice seeing them talk about MLB and i don't even follow it until the Red Sox are in the playoffs lol

[@Jiren0420]

"So, there you go"😂

[@eddieroche8176]

Judge himself said he isn’t the Home Run King, so that’s the end of it imo

[@DamanLane1017]

They need to take about baseball more on first take

[@steveod2]

Holy double standard batman! if your out on Mcgwire and Sosa then double down with Bonds as well

[@kenyattaclay7666]

Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@mordsythe]

Cheaters = YOU OUTTA HERE. Simple as. No discussion needed. Caught using steroids. No records for you.

[@poocrayon4588]

Nah just Bonds, Mcguire and Sosa. Stop making lame excuses - the fact they hit those home runs all the same time tells the truth

[@crini413]

@@poocrayon4588 nah you wrong. Just take the L

[@nhu6791]

They cheated (if there’s proof) , then they should regards as cheaters. You just can’t defense the indefensibles.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

@@nhu6791 okay cool. Then you also cannot count records of everyone I said. It’s been proven that players in the 70’s & 80’s were using amphetamines. Guys have talked about how there was a bowl of them in the middle of the locker room & they would pop them like Pez candy. Phil Niekro is in video throwing a fingernail file out of his pocket yet he’s in the HOF. There are whole documentaries on how the Giants used the EXACT same sign stealing method as the Astros back in 1951 yet we celebrate them. Lastly, the fact that MLB was segregated before 1947 means that all record’s including Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak are tainted then because he didn’t have to face the best of the best solely for the reason that they didn’t allow black players. My point is if you are going to discredit Binds then fine, but you cannot pick & chose who you are going to discredit. You have to also discredit everything.

[@trendsports3136]

I can't believe Stephen a makes sense 🤣

[@JackRabbit-us9uk]

Fact (not opinion): the Official MLB Record Book lists 73 for Barry Bonds in 2001 with no asterisk (*) and there are no plans on vacating that statistic. Bonds never tested positive; never suspended

[@Shiny101]

Fact (not opinion): The Yankees trigger you so you'll never acknowledge Judge.

[@philthompson7318]

Let's not be naive Bonds, Mcguire and Sosa were dirty they all did steroids

[@NodeLedge]

Bonds holds the record. it is what it is but lets be real too. He did use steroids and only got to 73 because of it.

[@arthurau9231]

@@NodeLedge Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@kobeisthegoat332]

@@NodeLedge he didn’t DID HE GET CAUGHT???

[@SFGUNNER]

SF native and BONDS fan of course. Even though he's the same as Sammy and Big Mac - but HOF before '99... With that, those 3 including Judge and Pujlos still have to make contact and hit it over the fences. Bonds and Judge are HR Kings for their leagues and Barry Bonds is MLB GOAT. Otherwise Bud Selig HOF needs to be ripped from the wall and MLB should gives us our money back or make baseball free to attend for the next season.

[@darkphoenix4568]

Aaron Judge has the record. PERIOD!

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

Stephen A. bringing it W-E-A-K!

[@josejose2100]

Wonder what Stephen A’s take would be if McGwire had the 73 instead of bonds.

[@JohnS-gf4sz]

You really need to wonder?

[@jgs1703]

Stephen a smith is deeply racist and disturbing.

[@kmoney362]

Well McGwire admitted. Bonds was never found guilty (from what I can see online)

[@itzsombra10]

@@kmoney362 he admitted it tho

[@jacob45415]

Bc Stephen a is a racist everyone knows it

[@AbogadodelaVerdad]

MLB on ESPN and First Take. Good.

[@JDilla2285]

AMEN STEPHEN A SMITH. BONDS IS THE GOAT. PERIOD!!!! Everything Stephe A said waa spot on. We celebrated Mcguire and Sosa post 94 shutdown to celebrate 97 - 2001 to only critique and criticize em. Bonds is the true HR king. He is and will always be the best player of all time because there will be no other player like him EVER!!! Judge is THE AL HR KING. Mcguire, Sosa and Bonds should go in HOF by default because they saved baseball. This coming from a HUGE griffey jr fan

[@jetoneshuford5182]

I support bonds.. and I never agree with mad dog. But on this topic I agree with him %100 percen... 62 is the record

[@arthurau9231]

Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@jetoneshuford5182]

You have made some valid points. Hard to argue with your stance..

[@high-defRJ]

Let's talk more baseball and 😮and who knows, hockey might actually make it into the topic!

[@KMM210]

No, it’s Bonds but let Judge have his own greatness.

[@aaronshapiro9828]

If Stephen A is a fan of the Yankees I know he's gonna be hating on them. Just like his Steelers

[@jamesgallagher7059]

Stephen A's argument defending Bonds..."those guys got rich robbing a bank, that makes it okay for me to do it too!"

[@ramonmendoza1738]

Fresno state stand up… let’s go Aaron Judge

[@stephonaugustin1384]

Bruh what SAS is talking about?

[@MrNaturalSez]

He's a "native New Yorker" so... who cares???

[@stephonaugustin1384]

@@MrNaturalSez 😂😂😂

[@boris2997]

Aron Judge is the new home run King 🤴

[@hereef1]

Yeah of the AL. Correct

[@kobeisthegoat332]

Of AL

[@stereo-type1510]

for once I agree with SAS....I'm really happy for Judge and so glad I was able to witness it but I need that Chip....

[@robertarodecker2558]

Didn't the Yankees win enough world series. They still have the most. Yankee fans are spoiled. Still remember what meter said. If we don't win a world series. Its a loading season. Like I said their all spoiled.. Like their royalty. Smh

[@robertarodecker2558]

Correction jeter

[@h61625]

both guys should be ashamed of themselves this is about judge and what he did stop being up past players at this time and let judge have his moment

[@phillipsmith3077]

Stephen A Smith proves once again that basketball is the ONLY lane he should be driving in. My goodness, he brings up 40 home run seasons as if that justifies his position.. When it only proves the other.. Hitting more than 20 home runs better than your best ever... at a period when your body/career should be in decline PROVES the point.

[@stacystoltz8722]

Baseball good Happy inthe Usa Funny Good love you

[@bobjones289]

Facts judge is the single season king.

[@arthurau9231]

Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@The_king567]

No he’s not and he never will

[@kevincannon9564]

Yankees pitching coach is why they won this year

[@wonderemporium6094]

Barry never was pinched. Never tested positive. Never once admitted he did roids. 73 is the record, and I love the Yankees.

[@Jovaniel]

Bonds called the family and asked them to acknowledge the true new king

[@MJSPARTAN117]

Bonds is the record holder.

[@christidavis6182]

ESPN First Take

[@QuackMamba34]

Steroids don't help you hit a baseball. You still have to make contact with the ball.

[@poocrayon4588]

Steriods help you hit a baseball further and you know that's the point.

[@d4c_reznor470]

So by that sense Ichiro is the greatest hitter. 4300 hits across his professional career. Or you can argue Josh Gibson for his batting average

[@Matt-hl5vm]

Bonds. I know they say steroids can slow a pitch down and give you the power to hit a home run, but the talent still has to be there. If they gave you or me the same stuff they gave Barry, Mark and Sammy, we still couldn’t hit 70 home runs in 162 games. It requires the ability to read a pitch, make a split-second decision on where or whether to swing and connect. Are their records tainted, sure, but they still managed to hit those home runs.

[@jacob45415]

Are u condoning cheating ?

[@universe-ie2mk]

When mcgwire broke the record, i couldnt tell you who was the nl leader in home runs at the time, because they never mentioned it. Its like lebron being praised for scoring the most points in a season in eastern confrence history, but still being bottom 5 of the overall totals. Shoutout to judge for breaking a yankees record, but 61 has been passed on 6 occasions already. Thats just the truth i dont care how they did it. If the league recognizes it, then we should. Even if they didnt, we should because most of us rememer the summer of 98. Steroids were the last thing on our minds then it was just a blast to watch.

[@drexeldragon1723]

"Bonds never hit 50 other than the 73." Ok but he hit 40 eight times and 30 fourteen times. Maris only hit 30 three times. So I'm not seeing how this is relevant.

[@UnbreakableKDL]

I think the point being that if it wasn't for the juicing he'd never have been close to 73

[@drexeldragon1723]

@@UnbreakableKDL but we can't know that for sure because Maris was never close to 61 except for the one year he did it. That's why I brought him up.

[@anonymike8280]

You're lying with statistics. Pre-steroids, Bonds had more than 40 home run only three times in his career through age 34, though he lost a 40-plus HR season due to the 1994 labor action. Five of the eight 40-plus HR seasons you allude to were post-steroids and after age 35. Look at the record. You will see three phases to Bonds' career. When he came into the league, his game was get on bases and score runs. He developed into a power hitter and RBI guy in his mid 20s. He became the jolly green giant and steroid king only after he was 35. He may have been fun to watch if you were a Giants fans, but someone who take steroids no longer is a natural human being.

[@drexeldragon1723]

@@anonymike8280 I'm not lying. My point is that you can't discredit Bonds on a count of "his non-record years weren't nearly as good" when it's the exact same case with Maris. Other than 61, he never even hit 40. He hit 39 the year before in 136 games, which is a 46 homer pace over a full season. Other than that, not much. Averaged 30 homers per 162 games on his career, and that includes the season with 61. If you remove that season, it's under 27. So a guy that averages 27 homers over 162 games the rest of his career somehow got 61 one year. Bonds was a better power hitter than Maris without steroids. He led the league in slugging three times in the early 90s. You mentioned the strike-shortened season. He didn't just lose a 40 homer year, but potentially 50, as he was on pace for 53 over 162 games. In '99, he hit 34 in 102 games, or a 54 homer pace over 162. Was he using PEDs at that time? I don't know for sure. The story goes that he got jealous of McGuire and Sosa getting the limelight when he knew he was a better player. So if we assume he wasn't using in '98, we can trace back from that year to the beginning of his career. He averaged 35 homers per 162 games without steroids, and 40 per 162 games from '90 to '98. That's better than Maris. Would he have gotten the record without the juice? Probably not. That's your view, but you can't base it off of his other years because he was consistently better than Maris at hitting homers and yet Maris still found a way to have one outstanding season that stands as an outlier. You can put an asterisk on it, but you can't remove it from history. Those hits counted, the RBI's counted. They changed the scores of games and the standings at the time. The MLB did nothing to stop players from using because baseball was more popular than ever. Now they want to turn around and act like none of it happened after they exploited the entertainment value of players who used steroids. And the pitchers were also using, so that would also theoretically make it harder to hit off of them.

[@anonymike8280]

​@@drexeldragon1723 If you look at ballplayer records, you will find many that reach a peak for several years and then fall off. Maris is one of them. He was 27 years old when he hit 61. For three years, he was one of the best players in baseball. That was it for him, and it's not something rare. Ted Kluzewski had four years as the most feared power hitter in the game in the 1950s. Geroge Bell had five years as a prime power hitter in the 1980s. It's not as rare as you think By the way, I don't think it is a given that old time (pre-WWII and earlier) players were not using anything. They may have been naive about what they were doing, but that doesn't mean they weren't doing it. The salient symptom of PED use is enhanced performance. Any time you see enhanced performance, you have the right to at least consider. What constitutes enhanced performance is relative though. A fringe or journeyman player could be using too, just to be good enough to be in the game at all. Remember, Bonds turned 37 the year he hit 73 home runs. His record of 258 home runs between 36 and 40 was unnatural. By contrast, Aaron had 179 home runs and Ruth had 149 over the same age span. Jim Thome had 157. Darrell Evans had 149.

[@Field_Marshall]

Judge 62 asterisk batting leadoff

[@dorya.2189]

Just lost brain cells.

[@dantheman8152]

Baseball topic wow

[@GHO5TSTAR]

Whatever MLB recognizes is the real HR record..so if MLB recognizes Bonds HR record, then thats it. End of story

[@chriszenko3598]

If Judge used steroids he would have hit 80 this season. If Hank used them he would have hit over 800 HR easily over his career’. 62 is the new record

[@professor3778]

"This is not artificial"🥴😫😭

[@lovepeace_goodvibez]

Let's talk about Babe Ruth playing against inferior White baseball players. Talk about Maris breaking it more games than Ruth. Let's talk about Bonds breaking it with the entire MLB juiced. Finally let's talk about all the low ERA of pitchers in dead ball era. C'mon stop the CAP on Barry Bonds. His plate discipline is all time great

[@poocrayon4588]

He cheated stop crying. Everyone not making excuses know he would never have those home runs if he wasn't juiced to the eyeballs.

[@mrvargas2582]

Nobody’s questioning Barry Bonds as a baseball player he’s one of the greatest they’re questioning the home run record which should be questioned because everybody knows why. Even SAS saying at the end of this with basically saying that since Mark McGwire and Sosa did it then he should do it

[@JetfuelJoe]

Let's also admit juicing will boost your power and some shots that wouldn't be Homer's, were. If anything, make two records.

[@crini413]

@@poocrayon4588 you don't know that at all. What we do know is he did, and for all you know judge could be juiced right now. In a lot of peoples eyes he does not have the record

[@JetfuelJoe]

@@crini413 Judge has looked like this since HS, bonds was a slim dude with skill but he needed more power.

[@ezmodegaming6457]

Basically what Stephen A. is saying is that if you are a very good and competent CEO, earn a lot of money and you see a CEO that is more incompetent but is earning a lot more and is more respected because he was embezzling money. You have an excuse to do it too because you got jealous and wanted the same thing, also you were clearly better than that guy anyway so why not embezzle money too.

[@oof6520]

Judge now being AL season holder, until MLB erases roiders from the record books, Judge will have to hit 74 to break Bonds record. He has no shot breaking the all time record, unless he bombs 50 per year every year until he retires, he's already 30. I don't see that happening. Seems kinda unfair, but Pete Rose was banned from baseball and his records still stand.

[@jmcgee39]

Unless the MLB struck the 73 home runs from their record books, 73 is the MLB record and that's not up for debate

[@arnoldmayii3563]

That’s exactly what I was going to say.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

@@arnoldmayii3563 I think that should be struck n why not STRIP the Astros of both their world series titles since sign stealing laser pointers n drums are AGAINST THE RULES And why not every pitcher who JUICED TOO Let's clean up the sport

[@campbellmunn5326]

Nobody cares what the MLB record books say. Aaron Judge is the MLB record holder.

[@jmcgee39]

@@nautgamingnautgaming9949 🤣😂

[@eZaFJDUBB]

Chris Russo cracks me up, Everytime he talks I learn some sports history fact I never knew

[@hereef1]

SAS is waffling. Barry Bonds is the single season and major league HR leader. Period.

[@campbellmunn5326]

Nope. You can’t accept it. Aaron Judge is the MLB record holder.

[@Mattyice00]

Judge to the Seattle Mariners

[@jacob45415]

Lol

[@centerwarren]

Stop hating everyone. It’s not historic to be seventh!

[@kingpoodietv364]

BARRY BONDS IS THE HOME RUN KING

[@paulmann5328]

😂 That's like saying a TD record doesn't count because he didn't win the superbowl....and it's December 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Field_Marshall]

Bonds 73 Lord of the Home Runs

[@Christopher_-jp9ef]

Barry bonds was the most naturally gifted hitter I’ve ever seen and idc steroids or not he’s the record holder and deservingly so …. We have no clue what judge is taking, if people think that mlb drug testing is good enough to stop steroids and peds y’all are sadly mistaken.. People are still taking peds in all of our major sports

[@sylogazm6909]

You think Bonds is a better hitter than Pete Rose and Ichiro Suzuki?

[@campbellmunn5326]

Bonds is a cheater

[@Christopher_-jp9ef]

@@campbellmunn5326 ur moms a cheater just ask ur dad

[@Christopher_-jp9ef]

@@sylogazm6909 completely different styles as far as power yes bonds is the best power hitter that’s ever lived , his eye was among the best for his style of hitting … he hit for average while also sending the ball flying 73 times in one season …. Ichiro and rose were obviously better contact hitters it’s apples to oranges

[@nhu6791]

@@Christopher_-jp9ef with the roids it help leaf higher and farther, imagine Ichiro and Rose with roids😊

[@louispineda566]

Barry bonds is still HR king 🤴

[@superdopehiphop]

No way to know who is cheating and who isn’t. It’s not the record Bonds has it, PERIOD!

[@STAMPEDFRESH]

Barry Bonds is the home run king. That's just the facts

[@nneely613]

Did Bonds actually ever test positive for steroids? As far as I know he didn't but admitted to using the cream. Correct me if I'm wrong please.

[@pv25]

Multiple articles state he tested positive in November 2001 and again in 2003.

[@pv25]

*November 2000

[@vashthestampede11]

So Stephen A is okay with obliterating someone's name and reputation if they smoke pot, but will defend their integrity and accomplishments if they cheat to do so?

[@disco4255]

Even with the steroids what bonds put up was ridiculous. We try to brush it away and make it the norm that he took steroids but he is still a massive anomaly with those numbers. Idk who else could of put up numbers like bonds if they took peds

[@jacob45415]

David Ortiz Aaron judge Stanton did u see how scrawny bonds was with the pirates ?

[@disco4255]

@@jacob45415 they strike out way more often and can’t get on base like bonds.

[@WorldBeater123]

First of all, you don’t know that Judge isn’t taking steroids!! Most of these athletes are using performance enhancing drugs. So stop being naive. Also, as someone who had season tickets to the Giants during the Bonds area, I’ve never seen a baseball player as good as him. His hand eye coordination was next level. Bonds was also a hall of famer before the steroid accusations

[@justinheat1]

exceptional season SAS? Lmao, it's legendary. He leads just about every catagory and should have the triple crown but pressed for the Home Run record. SAS, learn from Chris please.

[@Fernando-fr5cu]

62 is the record! ALL RISE!

[@i.p.freely5974]

The record belongs to Barry Bonds. A BLACK man.

[@pimpnamedslickback7780]

@@i.p.freely5974 judge is also black fool

[@BusyWatchingYouTube]

The Astros` trash can-beating title was real too

[@maulsmith]

Bonds

[@jarronudy5936]

Bonds didn’t “cheat” anymore than Lance Armstrong “cheated”. It’s not cheating if the pitchers are juiced as well. Just making it fair

[@jacob45415]

It’s still cheating… both ways which is worse

[@benchwarmerss9165]

No way to cut it … it’s 73 .. coming from a yankee fan who lived in Texas but is from New York and would love for a yankee to have that record … judge just couldn’t hack it to 73 nor 74 and he had chances and if the Yankees were smart they could keep judge .. if I’m not mistake the Mets were able to get grandees on right after the Yankees had him and granderson was nice with it

[@phillybeccio2782]

If 73 is the record give Marion Jones back her Olympic medals.

[@thekerm15_]

And Lance Armstrong his 7 Tour de Frances

[@phillybeccio2782]

@@thekerm15_ good point

[@carlosg1941]

Stephen talked about everything else except about the answer to the question… SMH Focus on the question my guy

[@Alex-tm4th]

This dude is literally yelling just to yell.

[@Banana-wu6te]

Idc about Aaron I miss Sammy Sosa It was way more exciting back then and Sosa was hitting monster bombs. This Judge stuff is actually Boring. He doesn’t have the muscles and he doesn’t have the swag like Sammy did or Big Mac or Bonds

[@mrbonesaw90]

Swag the man used steroids and a corked bat. Sosa is literally the baseball equivalent of a Russian kid that calls you a #@& on an online game and is using an aimbot.

[@durango8882]

Judge is the HR champion. HOF voters agree that Bonds is NOT!

[@arthurau9231]

Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@durango8882]

That’s your right to think that. That’s why it’s fun commenting on them. However there are huge differences in cheaters and steroids are I think are way worse. But I understand your position too.

[@ParkinLotPimpin816]

Barry Bonds is the record holder 🤷🏽‍♂️ oh well. Nobody put caveats on Babe Ruth playing against only 7 teams during the season (let alone no persons of color) and seeing the same pitchers over and over. Media and the MLB itself ate that HR race up back in the 90s and early 2000s when baseball was essentially dead in the annals of American sports. Then want to try and wash their hands of it without touching the record books but by keeping them out of the HOF and with media narratives. FOH. Great season by Judge, but it's not the record.

[@nickcole1800]

There was 16 teams in 1927 and every batter faces some of the same pitchers in their division multiple times every season. In terms of the record holder it should be bonds.

[@jdkdx2]

nah theres no way you compared a guy facing the same competition… to bonds was literally cheating & taking roids

[@ParkinLotPimpin816]

@@jdkdx2 Bonds had multiple 40 HR seasons. Not like it came out of nowhere. Don't try and add sterisks unless you gonna do it for every era. Fake purists kill me

[@ParkinLotPimpin816]

@@nickcole1800 the first time he hit 59 or 60, there weren't. This was like early 20s. But in 1927, baseball still wasn't integrated and no interleague play. It's like come on. No asterisks then, no asterisks now. Can't pick and choose.

[@jdmagicmusic]

@@ParkinLotPimpin816 that's right! Barry IS the single season AND all time HR record holder, and the fact he's not in the HoF is a crime!

[@sean24833]

How can it be the record when someone hit 73 hr and that's in the record books

[@centerwarren]

Because they hate Berry Bonds

[@sean24833]

@@centerwarren it's all because bonds wasn't a nice guy. But these same guy that voted bonds mvp 4 years a row

[@abjustdoit1294]

Let’s just call it even because the pitchers bonds was facing was juicing to

[@kobeisthegoat332]

Yep

[@anonymike8280]

It's not even.

[@jamesferrell8220]

If it’s the record then scrap Bonds, Sosa and McGuire from the record books. If not, then no it’s not the record.

[@poocrayon4588]

Yeah scrap them

[@arthurau9231]

Listen, if we are going to open Pandora’s Box and start discounting records then damit let’s stop picking & choosing which ones we are going to count and which ones we aren’t. If Bonds record doesn’t count then let’s start removing known cheaters like Phil Neikro. Let’s start removing anything from the 70’s & 80’s when guys were on amphetamines which are performance enhancers. Let’s remove any references to the 1951 Giants who did the Astros thing almost 70 years before them. Then there’s the cru de gras, let’s remove every MLB record before 1947 which includes Williams .400 & DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Here’s the simple fact, Bonds has the most home runs, PERIOD. However if people are going to discount it I’m fine with it as long as you also discount EVERYTHING else where records were set by dubious means.

[@TotallyCompton2023]

Come on first take let's talk about the Mets. The Braves were clearly better.😂 Chop on!😎

[@nickcole1800]

As a Braves fan I wouldn’t say clearly better but we are the better team right now. I respect the Mets since they will win 100 games

[@TotallyCompton2023]

@@nickcole1800 I my reasoning is because we shut down the Mets offense for the most part. Then the Braves offense hit the Mets three best pitchers. Don't get me wrong, the Mets are a good team. Braves just a level above.

[@nickcole1800]

@@TotallyCompton2023 Ah okay I see what you mean now I agree 100%

[@SamuelClemente7718]

How come Barry Bonds doesn't get A PASS like Tom Brady? Who was caught cheating 3 TIMES? 🤔🤔 What could be the difference???????????

[@robertarodecker2558]

Easy its a different sport and different rules. But your right

[@stephendixon2365]

We want chips! Period

[@RobandDaveLPs]

What kind of chips yummy

[@stephendixon2365]

@@RobandDaveLPs championship chip 🤣 NYY flavored only distributed by MLB

[@anonymike8280]

Barry Bonds' downfall was Shakespearean. He was a man consumed by a sense of being slighted and ignored. Some would say, by envy and jealousy. He didn't have the patience to wait it out, to wait for McGwire, Sosa and some of the others to be exposed. If he had suffered a career-ending injury at the end of the 1998 season, he would have been elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. He didn't need to do what he did. Whether Bonds is to be thought the all-time home run leader is not something that can be settled by a debate among sports journalists. Sports journalist are only people with opinions. Just like us. In fact, I've been a sports journalist myself. I covered preps, not pros. Nevertheless, my opinion is no more informed than anyone else's. It is, however, that I do not consider the team, league and MLB records set by Bonds, Sosa and McGwire to be valid. McGwire, in fact, was close to out of the game when he started juicing. Sosa was a decent power hitter who might have finished his career with more than 400 home runs. Of three, I fault his motives the least, but the bottom line is, steroids don't just keep you alert and help you get stronger. They make you a better athlete than you ever could have been without them. By using them, you cease to be a natural human being.

[@sapien2291]

If you cheat .your 86

[@BBB17470]

Sosa hit 63, 64 and 66 stop it

[@robertarodecker2558]

Yea 3 times. Sosa the king

[@bigboi3512]

It is nice that Judge got 62 however, first, it is not a record. The AL plays the NL now, so an AL record doesn't make sense. Second, those three knuckleheads (plus others) tainted the stat. Until someone passes Bonds in the single season and all time totals the stat is irrelevant in terms of prestige.

[@mordsythe]

Bonds isn’t even in the conversation. Steroids = YOURE OUTTA HERE

[@poocrayon4588]

Not in public perception.

[@juliocastaneda5940]

It does count as an AL record because while they have interleague play, in the next season, they will play only 46 of 162 games against the other League which only accounts for 25% of the games. The other 116 games is against their own league. So it's legit to say it's an AL record. Just like the NFL has the two conferences and do make record books not just for the NFL as a whole, but have records for both the AFC and NFC. As long as there is two conferences or in this case leagues within MLB, then there will always be three sets of records, ofc the MLB which covers both, then the AL and NL records which will always be there regardless of your opinion of it.

[@crini413]

@@poocrayon4588 no, in public perception bonds has the record. Look at these comments. Even judge himself admitted bonds has the record

[@bigboi3512]

Bonds holds the record but its tainted. Look the top 5 single season home run season are all steroids or under suspicion of steroids. So who cares. As well MLB is moving toward no difference between AL and NL....Look pitchers are no longer batting for themselves in the NL. If the teams in the two different leagues never played each other ,like the old days , than it would makes sense