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Wed Jan 26, 2022, 12:41 PM Jan 2022

Here's Why Barry Bonds Still Would Have Been One Of The Best Players In Baseball

If He Played Without a Bat.

Pretty interesting view of what Barry Bond's incredible 2004 season meant statistically. The caveat here is that the pitcher would not know that Bond's didn't have a bat. What if he decided to just show up at home plate with the intent to never swing at a pitch?


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Here's Why Barry Bonds Still Would Have Been One Of The Best Players In Baseball (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 OP
BS Crazyleftie Jan 2022 #1
LOL OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #2
It helped he was playing in a new ball park with a right field wall..... Brother Buzz Jan 2022 #3
F Bonds ...he was bad for the game. Capt. America Feb 2022 #4

Brother Buzz

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3. It helped he was playing in a new ball park with a right field wall.....
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 03:57 PM
Jan 2022

designed for southpaw sluggers.

I regret Willie McCovey never got to rack up some impressive numbers in it, but they did put up a cool bronze statue across McCovey Cove of him (Upper left in the photo)

309 ft to the right field foul pole!

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