06-19-2020, 05:34 PM
Bonds had more raw talent than Rose did, by far. Rose was determined and worked his ass off. Rose was probably up there with Williams on baseball knowledge. I hate what Bonds did because he had Griffey Jr. type talent. He took the short cuts and didn’t have to worry about any injury or tiredness recovery time. Plus, if you add 60 pounds of muscle, you’re gonna hit the ball further. That’s silly to say that physical strength doesn’t aid in hitting a ball harder. What’s more impressive is what Williams done while missing those prime years. Then you have Mantle who was the opposite of Bonds and used drugs that zapped his power and coordination. Think of him without the booze and on steroids instead... man oh man.. and as a switch hitter... he and josh Hamilton were two huge what could have been. I’d guess that Hamilton used steroids too though. Pete was so versatile with the 5 positions and being a switch hitter. Pete was good in the playoffs too and Bonds had one good playoff season out of about 8 while Pete had one bad year out of as many playoff years. Bonds probably would’ve hit 500-600 HRs without steroids. I’m more of a fan of Hank Aaron than of Bonds.
