The greatness of Shohei Ohtani cannot be exaggerated, but another great batter of all time in baseball believes that the game is a bit easier for the star of the Los Angeles Dodgers compared to their time in MLB.
Barry Bonds, possibly the best hitter of all time, appeared in the “All The Smoke” podcast where he shared his belief that ball players make it easier in the batting box compared to his time in the 1986-2007 League.
“The game has just changed,” Bonds said. “The game is very different from what it was when I played. In the same way as Michael (Jordan) talks about it or anyone does. Ohtani is not going to hit two homers without seeing one go (for his ear) in my generation. I don’t care what he does. He will not steal two bases without someone decapitating his kneecap to reduce speed. It is a different game at that time.”
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The former MLB player, Barry Bonds, observes the skills challenge during the All-Star on Saturday night before the NBA stars game of 2025 at the Chase Center. (Kyle Terada-Imagn images)
Bonds has a point with respect to the intentional releases thrown and in the batters to give them a scare: the game has backed away in that aspect in the pitcher’s mound.
However, Bonds is not trying to remove what Ohtani has been able to achieve since Ohtani arrived in the United States from Japan.
“The launch and coup have been outstanding for what it has done,” Bonds said about Ohtani. “Baserunning. He is a complete player. There is no doubt about the type of player who is and what he has achieved in his career.”
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But the point is still in the eyes of Bonds: in a game where you are encouraged to celebrate homers now instead of tight, Ohtani does not have to worry about reprisals, at least not as he would have done in the past.
“They should be better than us hitting us, because they can hit a home run, throw their bat in the air, run, get a taco, go down again and make a limousine drive them,” Bonds said, joking. “All these mischief that we were not allowed to do.
“If I did something like that, I’m going to see a star. I’m going to see a hospital, but I won’t see baseball that day.”
The Los Angeles Dodgers appointed the hitter Shhehei Ohtani celebrates while leading the foundations for his solitary home run during the ninth entry of a baseball game against Washington Nationals in Nationals Park, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Washington. The Dodgers won 4-1. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Bonds, of course, is a former polarizing star within the baseball game, has the greatest amount of homers, breaking Hank Aaron’s record with his own 762 about his illustrious career.
Despite being possibly considered the best batter of all time, Bonds remains outside the Baseball Hall in Cooperstown, New York, due to a central figure in the MLB steroid scandal.
Bonds was accused in 2007 for charges for Perjury, as well as the obstruction of justice for allegedly lying in front of a large jury during government investigation into Balco, a main manufacturer of an undetectable steroid that was exhausted in the league.
Perjury charges were finally removed, but the bonds were convicted of obstruction of justice in 2011. He had to fight until he was exonerated in appeal in 2015.
During that time, the 10 years of eligibility of Bonds in the vote of the Hall of Fame did not see the voters who gave him the 75% acceptance rate to be a member of the service, some of whom claim that they would not vote for him due to the belief that Ped used.
The legend of the San Francisco Barry Bonds smiles before the MLB game between San Diego’s parents and the San Francisco giants in Oracle Park. (Bob Kupbens-Imagn images)
Ohtani was caught in his own scandal this low season, although he was the victim instead of the culprit.
It was discovered that former Ohtani performer, Ipei Mizuhara, was stealing millions of the Dodgers Star bank account to cover game losses. Federal prosecutors requested a 57 -month prison sentence and at the same time asked Mizuhara to pay $ 16.9 million restitution to Ohtani and another $ 1.1 million to the IRS.
