Bonds would have hit maybe 500 without the juice.
And he would still be the only person with 500 homeruns and 500 stolen bases!
I hate Bonds. He's on my home team, and I hate his attitude. Yes, it's his right to not speak to reporters, though he has been better over the last few years but not by much.
You could give him the entire CIBA plant, and no matter how well he responded to the gear, it still wouldn't help his ability to see a pitch like he does. That's a natural talent that you can train to some extent, but Bonds has a better eye than most players hence the low strikeout ratio- though the pitchers not pitching to him also helps him out in that regard.
It's true that Bonds doing sauce will turn a "normal pop fly" into a homerun (take a deep breath before you pop a cork fellas, it's a bit exaggerated, intentionally). But it's still his eye that helps him connect with the ball in the first place.
He's an asshole, yes. But one helluva playing asshole that can hit the ball.
Hank Aaron never hit over 47 home runs in his career. But it was his day in day out play and average that he was able to break Babe's record.
My final two cents on the matter- Hank is just as much of an asshole for not showing up. Not only is he an ass for not showing up, but he's a hypocrite too. He used to drink this shit called "Red Juice," which contained Benzadrine (sp?) aka as "Bennies." Women used to use the pill form to diet on....it's no longer produced, I don't think. However, a huge amount of players used to drink the stuff, and Hammerin' Hank was no different.
Bonds did/does gear. Hank did, at one time, was legal speed.
