Does Barry Bonds belong in the hall of fame?

Question

im really torn on this one, tell me what u think, spill your hearts out to me. lol

steroids may make u stronger, but the way bonds makes perfect contact with the ball almost everytime, that is something great.

also remember he didnt admit to using steroids, nor has he been caught, he admitted to using a mscle cream, that is not as strong as roids, no where near. i believe it was an anphetamine

Answer 1

Barry Bonds?

He WILL be in the Hall-of Fame.
7 MVP awards!
The ONLY player to hit 500 Home Runs and steal 500 bases! 756+ Home Runs.
MLB ALL TIME walks leader.
3rd in runs scored.
5th all time in RBI.
3rd all time on base percentage
5th in slugging
2nd in MLB history extra base hits.
13 time All-Star
12 time silver slugger award winner.
8 gold gloves

Many people may not like him.

He might have been "rude" to reporters, but that is no reason to keep the guy with numbers OUT of the Hall-of-Fame.

As Ty Cobb proved, you don't have to be a good guy or well liked to make the H.o.F.

Bonds IS a future Hall-of-Famer.

Answer 2

Definitely. no question about it. He has never been caught through all the testing-you know they test him a lot. It's all speculation at this point. He admitted to the cremes, how much would that help, really?
Plus, how many pitchers did he face that used steroids? Let's say he did use roids, 756 is still amazing! He would have hit about 550-600 without roids, which is worthy of the Hall. If he is caught for sure, ask this question again.

Answer 3

Pete Rose is the best ever also with the MLB all-time record for most hits. He will never be in the Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds is a great player. Why he wanted to become a super great player, I don't know. He will never make the Hall of Fame. The irony is he would have made it anyway.

Nobody's numbers go through the roof starting in their late 30's and early 40's. Except Barry and his puffed up human growth hormone body.

Anybody who has ever been around sports knows he's on HGH. MLB does not even test for the stuff. What a joke. Bonds is not the only one using the stuff either.

As for having hand-eye coordination....that will put the bat on the ball but it will not drive it into the outfield seats.

Answer 4

yes of course in the books it now says that his the new home run king.people may still see hank aaron as the real home run king.but hey thats not what the books say now.unless mlb actually finds out that bonds did use steroids and lied to the grand jury then he can be stripped off the homerun record and the rest of his other records.but right now the guy is still innocent.i know people dont like him but they just gotta deal with it.(its not that am supporting him am just saying the truth here)lets say some years from now bonds is retired and he still wasnt actually guilty of using steroids,of course he,ll be voted into the hall of fame.if a-rod hasnt broken the record yet and bonds is still the homerun king,how will it look on mlb if their all-time homerun leader isnt in the hall of fame,(not good at all).ok heres my ppoint if bonds is caught guilty of using steroids and goes to jail then hes totally not a hall of famer but if time comes and the guy is still innocent then he does belong in the hall of fame of course.

Answer 5

hell no cheaters are cheaters bonds is king of cheaters he's a bad influence on kids everywhere, who the **** cares about hand and eye coordination, steroids are steroids, he is a disgrace he is not the best baseball player of all time. ruth, aaron, williams, and a load of others are better, bonds is ruining baseball, he's a fat lard. i hate everyone saying how bonds is still the best. HE IS NOT!!!!! AND IF YOU DONT THINK HE IS ON STEROIDS, YOU DONT FOLLOW BASEBALL. HERE'S SOME PROOF FOR YOU MORONS.

His trainer, Greg Anderson, charged in the BALCO scandal admitted on a secret recording provided to the San Francisco Chronicle that Barry Bonds was using an illegal steroid.

Greg Anderson also said the reason why Bonds never failed a steroid test was because the steroid he was using was untraceable and also that Bonds was tipped off at least two weeks in advance.

Steve Hoskins, Bonds former best friend told investigators that Bonds used steroids and would periodically go into "roid rages."

Bonds himself admitted to using a substance called "the clear" that he believed was not a steroid.

Patrick Arnold, the inventor of "the clear" says that Bonds knew he was taking an illegal steroid.

Equipment managers for the San Francisco Giants have said that his helmet size has changed over the years.

Kimberly Bell, Bonds former mistress says that Bonds told her that he used steroids and that she also noted the affects the illegal drug had on him physically.

In the book Game of Shadows, Bonds is to allegedly having started to take steroids after he saw the publicity that McGwire was getting after his home run chase in 1998. Bonds long suspected that McGwire used steroids and was outraged at the publicity he was receiving.

Lister: ListAfterList Wiki Contributors
Source: San Francisco Chronicle and other sources

Answer 6

750 + homers
nearly 3000 hits
nearly 2000 rbi
more BB than anyone in history.
career average of .298.
awesome fielding percentage and many gold gloves
only man with 500 homers and 500 SB

never tested positive for steroids or HGH, nor were they banned by baseball until the 2002 season.
it's the steroids era. juiced hitters againsts juiced pitchers and fielders. it is what it is. bud selig let it go for too long and all of this his fault. but barry and lose bud selig who let steroids run rampant for the first 10 years of his tenure.

plus, you can't cheat when there is no rule against what you are doing.

Answer 7

definite yes. he never failed a drug test and even if he did cheat, bonds aint the only one who cheated and there are HOFers who cheated too. doc ellis was on LSD, amphetamines were used by tons of players in the 60s 70s. gaylord perry and other HOF pitchers cheated by scuffing the ball. bottom line even with steroids how many players can do what bonds can? maybe pujols and arod thats it. steroids dont help with hand eye coordination or plate discipline which are more important in hitting HRs than power. and bonds plays in SF, the hardest park to hit HRs in statistically. bonds is a 8 time gold glover, 7 time mvp, 13 time silver slugger award winner and is the only guy in the 500-500(HRs and stolen bases) club, and has hit consistently. it would be a shame if he werent in the hall. if you take bonds out of the hall, you might as well take everyone else out because at one time or another they probably did something to help their game. and should ruths and gerhigs record count because they never played against black players? people hate bonds because he is a dick to the media and people think he is rude, well wouldnt you be if you were being asked about steroids and greg andereson 10 thousand times and were receiving death threats?
and lastly, people who say hank aaron did it with class are wrong because he used amphetamines too. dont believe me? check the last paragraph
http://legalball.com/MLB_News_2005_Steroids_Policy

Answer 8

he was headed for the hall back in 98. if he used steroids i dont know why it just ruined his legacy. he could have ended up with 600 HR and been on the first ballot. now he might have to wait. all because he was supposedly jealous of mcgwire and sosa. either way he is and was an all time great.

Answer 9

He's definitely a first ballot inductee! Thanks to Bud Selig, he made HGH and steroids illegal right after Barry and others took them! Now, he's kicking himself for not doing so.

All of the Barry Bonds haters should hate Bud Selig for not banning drugs during all the HR chases. That makes all the players that took drugs innocent!

Anyways, steroids and HGH will not help you hit HR's or throw over 105 mph..... Tight muscles, poor eyesight and emotional problems are symptoms and ball players cannot function or play baseball while suffering like that.

Answer 10

Absolutely, without a doubt, YES!

Has he ever tested positive for steroids?

Can't we just enjoy such a fantastic feat?

I personally think he is a jerk allotta times, but to each his own. He is one of, if not the greatest player in MLB history. He can hit (HR King), run (over 500 SB), and field (8 Gold Gloves).