Bonds exposed: Shadows details superstar slugger's steroid use

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Gil,

Bonds was a good hitter before the juice. I don't think that great players in their mid-30s "all of a sudden" have an epiphany of sorts and figure out how to hit a baseball harder. He already had the basic skills (obviously above average). Time is the true test of a ball player. Look at the great ones with longevity (I'm not saying every player) the one thing that they had was consistency. Bonds had consistency at a great level then all of a sudden he so vastly improved that the level of play was immeasurable amongst his peers or players from the past. That improvement along with his absolutely incredible growth in MUSCLE MASS can have a few conclusions. The exclusion of steroid or growth hormones from that conclusion would be pretty naive.

Add to this his admission to using the clear and cream (although he indicates he didn't know what they really were.... that's really naive) would help come to the right conclusion.

I can't say it enough. Bonds has been really fun to watch these past five years. He fills the seats because fans like to see his power output and watch his every at bat because the potential for something big to happen is always there.