Barry Bonds

Have you noticed the size of Barry Bonds’ entire body over the past couple years? His muscles grew big, and his endurance increased over time which allowed him to play baseball for as long as he had. Barry Bonds was a baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants for 21 years. He had to overcome some huge injuries, including a huge knee problem at the end of his career. The only way that he was able to lift so much while he still was recovering is a topic that has been discussed

“But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.” Barry Bonds was determined to be the best player in Major League Baseball, and with that mindset, he has smashed multiple records. Bonds did not spend much time in the Minor League before he was brought up, each season being a good season for the young Barry Bonds. He started out in the minors, was brought up to the majors by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and was sent back down again. He was brought

Racing back, Logan jumping up, and that ball is gone! (Four-second pause) No. 756. Barry Bonds stands alone. And on the night of August 7, 2007, in San Francisco, California, Barry Lamar Bonds has hit more home runs than any major leaguer in the history of baseball.” (Times Union, ESPN). Barry Bonds hold the record for the most homeruns in baseball. His legacy is very well known, but it is also tainted. Barry Bonds took performance enhancing drugs, to get to where he is today. Performance Enhancing

athleticism in the athlete. While the years went on changes started happening to Barry Bonds body and even fans noticed them too. Everything was changing to his body and was oddly huge, his arms, legs and even his head was getting bigger. During the season fans were starting to talk and of course it all was about Barry Bonds using steroids. In the year 2003, they began to get deeper into the investigation of Barry Bonds whether he used steroids or not. Two substances were brought up, the clear and

topic regarding performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is brought up, perhaps the most infamous case that comes to mind is that of the Barry Bonds doping scandal. For those who are unaware, heavy-hitter and San Francisco Giant left fielder Barry Bonds was indicted in 2007 for lying under oath about his use of steroids during his time playing Major League Baseball (MLB). Bonds is not alone, however, as the world of Major League Baseball has been laden with PED scandals for quite some time. A plethora of

neighborhood, and everybody is having a great timeThe majority of artificiality in strength derive from historical events that have taken place in major league sports. Barry Bonds, an all star left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, was a recent example of an athlete who paid the price for using performance enhancing drugs. Bonds began his career as a heralded hitter out of Arizona State University who broke records for steals, home runs, and total base count. His legacy was put in peril when he

records, they feel that they didn’t accomplish this himself and without the PEDs they wouldn't have accomplished what they did. One of the biggest examples and of this is Barry Bonds, although he was never found guilty of using PEDs, and which he still denies using them to this day, there was high suspicion that he was on them. Barry Bonds is the all time home run leader with 756 home runs(espn/barrybonds/stats). He also holds the single season home run record with 73 home runs(espn/barrybonds/stats).

With Barry Bonds being a dominant player and taking anabolic steroids it gives the fans that thought that any professional athlete that is dominant might be a suspicion to others. It gives the whole Major-League teams the okay for them to take them knowing that it took the Major-League Baseball a while to know that Barry Bonds was taking them until his 756th career homerun. So, by taking anabolic steroids as a professional athlete, you’re not only hurting yourself but the all-around Major League

there was speculation that he took steroids. He was questioned about it in Federal Court and at first, he denied it. Later on, he admitted using Andro, which is a form of anabolic steroids. Another baseball player had a very similar story. Barry Bonds played for the San Francisco Giants. He likewise had very notable achievements, such as beating McGuire for the homeroom record and he passed Hank Aaron as the career all-time home run hitter.

The Steroid Era of Baseball When people think of Barry Bonds, steroids and the homerun record holder should come to mind. There was a time when Bonds didn’t use steroids, when he was early in his career and he was considered a great already. So what drove Bonds to begin using steroids if he was already great and continuing to get better? If people look back into baseball prior to Bonds, they can see he wasn’t the one who set the rules. In the early 70’s is when steroids started to become prominent