If every one thinks it's his baseball skills then why dosent just stop taking Steriods then we would know the truth.

his record shouldn't count - it is tainted, Whethr or not steroids actually affected his hitting ability, is not he issue because he clearly thought they would help. Sort of cheating and not a very good example of what an athlete stands for.

Bonds is a tank, whether he is on steroids or not he's still going to hit those homers. Sure if he is on steroids it gives him the advantage for distance but he still has to be able to pick his pitches and he can do that no problem thats why he's at where he's at.

What year was steroids and muscle enhancing drugs made illegal in baseball??? Has it ever been determined that Barry took steroids, let alone after steroids were deemed illegal in Baseball??? Barry has an amazing swing and form... that is why he hits home runs. Tainted, I think NOT..

How can you say The Babe did it on Beer and Hot Dogs... The Babe took every possible drug out there during his time in Baseball. Different times, different game, different drugs... You can not say Babe or Hank did it on pure baseball skills while saying Barry did not. No one can say what The Babe or Hank took or did not take while playing the game of Baseball.

If and when Barry passes Hank for the Home Run Title... It is truly an amazing feat that should be recognized for what it is... not with an asterisk or anything else...

Steroids does not put everyone on the same level! It helps an individual peform better at what they are already good at. Humans were not cteated equal! If they were, then everyone would have been hitting the same amount of homeruns,with the same batting average, and pitchers would all have the same amount of victories with the same earned run average or as stats post as era. If you want to know about steroids, don't ask the baseball players. I would ask someone in the weightlifting field. No basball player would ever admit to using them, even if they did. I have a lot of respect for Jose Canseco for bringing this out in the open. When Sammy Sosa broke his corked bat during the game, he could not lie about it, because everyone seen it including the umpire. If that had not happened, we would not have known that he used a cork bat during the game.
It's time for the baseball players to come clean. And as for Barry Bonds. He would most likely have had a great career, but no record breakers. During the last decade, STEROIDS have definately been a major factor in statistics of many players.

ALL STATISTICS IN THE LAST DECADE SHOULD BE IN ****.

Like Barry Bonds, Neil Armstrong, was accused of using performance enhancing drugs. Like Bonds, Armstrong denied this and passed tests that he was subjected to. Unlike Bonds however we do not hear all and sundry call for Armstrong's acheivements to be dismissed. Nor do we see the American public calling Armstrong a cheat. Hmm, I wonder why?

For 1 people that are saying "ruth did it on beer" beer was illegal in ruths time due to prohibiton so we might as well scratch all his records right?? People always say "look at him in his 1st year and look at him now ,hes so much bigger" GUESS WHAT that was 20 freakin years ago, 20 years ago i was 4 ft tall now im 6'2" i didnt take steroids, he did not suddenly blow up it was quite gradual over the years try working out for 15 yrs then lets see if u get bigger or not....

Steroids would help him heal faster. The older you get the longer it takes to recuperate. If you play back to back games include travel time, your sleep suffers. Your body heals and grows only when you sleep. The Meds/Roids help make up the difference. They can only play Pro for a limited amount of years and the body sooner or later gives out. Roids are not the magic potion everyone makes them out to be. They work but only shave a few years off you training, You look like a ten year builder only after seven years. You still have to lift the same amount of weight as the ten year builder you just heal a little faster between workouts so you can squeeze 4 workouts instead of 3 per week. Multiply that by 7 years and you bigger. No magic just simple math and lots of hard work. Even with roids most don't make it. As for Mr. Bonds good work. Now you can retire and give those bones a well earned rest.

All of yall that say taking steroids helped Barry Bonds to hit home runs are idiots!! Take some steroids and try to hit a 90-100 mile per hour fastball 400 ft. Do any of you guys even know that you still have to work out to build muscle on steroids. I mean America cant be this stupid. Ya'll are all racist and don't want to see the black man rise twice over the beloved Babe. I tell you what all of ya'll old people that don't like him because of steroids stop watching baseball baby because before Barry Bonds started getting close to Babe this was a boring game. Matter of fact I bet all the critics of Bonds don't even bring up the fact that Mark Mcguire was doing the same thing. This country celebrated that record. "Baseball is back" was being chanted by all. But shame on the black man for working hard and hitting home runs. Barry crushed Marks whimpy home run record. Just truly use the little common sense that America has now-a-days and tell me this is not one hell of a feat. Quit being some damn Iraqi terrorists and watch baseball. Leave Barry Bonds alone.

Bonds is a low life cheater, plain and simple. Read the book. Yea, right. A player in the last days of his career goes from a previous high of 46 home runs in one season to 73. Yea, that's right, just a few more reps in the weight room. And what of the recovery time from injuries? He is a complete joke. He has sullied what would have been a brilliant career. He just couldn't stand the fact that that Sosa and MacGwire, both cheaters, were getting more attention than him. While I'm at it, there is simply no power hitter like the Babe. He hit a fungo 447' for Christs' sake. He hit the old dead ball 425' as an eighteen year old school boy. And don't forget that Aaron had nearly 4,000 more at bats than Ruth, Bonds over a thousand more. Babe can be measured only against his peers, but what a comparison. One year, he alone hit more home runs than any other team in the American League! He is unquestionably the greatest player in history. No doubt you all remember Walter Johnson, a.k.a. "The Big Train", the King of the shutout (110 in his career). As a pitcher for Boston, Ruth went up against Johnson nine times. He won six of the nine and three of his victories were shutouts!
Trivia: Who hit the first home run in an All Star game? Who stole home a total of nine times, which is more than Lou Brock in that department? Who hit the the first home run in Yankee Stadium? Who was the first player to hit 30 home runs? 40? 50? 60? Who was the first player to hit three home runs in a world series game, twice? Who was the first player to hit one out of the Polo Grounds? Who hit one completely out of Forbes Field in his final year of play? Who was the first player to hit four home runs in a world series game? Which pitcher's record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched in the world series lasted for over forty years? Who hit .625 in a four game series?
I think you all know the answer. It was the Colossus of Clout. The Prince of Pounders. The Behemoth of Bust. The Sultan of Swat. The Maharajah of Mash. The Wali of Wallop. The Rajah of Rap. The Caliph of Clout. The Wazir of Wham. The one and only, the Bambino. The Big Bam. THE BABE!

i say that bonds is a cheater but there shouldnt be an asteric. he would still have at least 500 hrs w/o steroids.

its all in his head taking steriods gives him a physcological edge

If they don't help why is nobody hitting 65 or 70 home runs anymore?

While it is true that you must be a great hitter to hit a major league homerun, people forget that almost every hitter in major league is a great hitter. Bonds, with or without steriods, has always had a quick bat and been a great hitter, maybe one of the best. For someone to state that steriods doesn't help you hit homeruns is foregoing this fact. Steriods wouldn't help me hit homeruns, because I would never even make contact with a major league fastball. However, for major league hitters, steriods could add 50 to 100 extra feet of ball flight. Take an average 30 homerun hitter, and add 50 to 100 feet onto everyone of his hits. How many of those pop-flies and long-liners turn into homeruns? (20-35) But to be fair, who is the bigger cheater? Maguire looks like he was taking steriods or HGH for most of his career. Bonds looks like he started in 1999 to even the playing field. It is a documented fact that he scoffed at Maguire's record by saying, "I am ten times the hitter he is!" In my opinion, Bonds has been a much better hitter than Maguire in their careers. Once they were both on the juice, it was evident that the better hitter has more homeruns.
What is sad to me is not that Bonds passed Ruth, but if he passes Hank Aaron. Aaron had to go through so many issues and ignorance when he established the record. I think it would be disrespectgul to Aaron, who did it the right way and with class, to be replaced by a cheater, who acts like a jerk!

Im writing a paper about do steroids enhance performance?
I have read some comm