HR Record

[Troutipoo27]

Few things

1. What Is the HR record in your mind 61 or 73? I'm watchin something on ESPN right now and they are having that debate. Since all the steroid alligattions.

2. If it is 61 will Chris Davis break the 61 mark?

[Amazing Larry]

It's still 61 for me.

[Mudville]

[nando714]

73 Barry Bonds

[Second Base]

As I said on Twitter, if you count Maris' cheap 315 foot HR's to RF in Old Yankee Stadium against predominantly white competition with a few African American and Latin Americans mixed in, then you have to count Bonds' chemically enhanced 450 foot shots against considerably better competition.    

 

Like it or not, Barry Bonds is the single season HR record holder.  

[Jay]

the record is 73

[Angelsjunky]

Bonds

[Angel Oracle]

Manny Machado is also on pace to break a long standing MLB season record for doubles (currently 67 by Earl Webb in 1931).

And all the while just arriving at the legal age 2 days ago to purchase alcohol.

[Tank]

Bonds, like McGwire, wasn't a guy with warning track power that suddenly started hitting homers. I'll go with 73, but I sure wish someone would legitimately hit 74.

[bloodbrother]

It's 73. We don't even know if Chris Davis is clean, either. Reminds me of when people were hoping for A-rod to break Bond's career HR record before he was ultimately outed as a roider too

[ELEVEN]

Manny Machado is also on pace to break a long standing MLB season record for doubles (currently 67 by Earl Webb in 1931).

And all the while just arriving at the legal age 2 days ago to purchase alcohol.

Well that should slow him down

[Mudville]

As I said on Twitter, if you count Maris' cheap 315 foot HR's to RF in Old Yankee Stadium against predominantly white competition with a few African American and Latin Americans mixed in, then you have to count Bonds' chemically enhanced 450 foot shots against considerably better competition.    

 

Like it or not, Barry Bonds is the single season HR record holder.  

 

This is so wrong and you must look like an idiot on twitter pulling the race card from 1961.

 

Barry Bonds is the single season cheating bastard followed by Mark McGwire then Sammy Sosa. So you have three different races all cheating to beat a skinny white guy from 1961 that was getting death threats from his own fans for challenging Ruth's record.

[xboom28x]

If MLB recognizes the record as being 73, then so do I

[Ray McKigney]

Bonds sucks.

[Angel Oracle]

I personally love what Willie Mays did in 1965 and George Foster also did in 1977, hitting 52 HRs each despite playing in hitting neutral parks in seasons where the pitching was pretty solid.  

 

No one else hit at least 50 HRs from 1962 through the early 1990s.

[stevestevens]

Chris Davis looks like a roid freak. Guys eyes are always just crazy. Having said that, I could care less anymore.

[fan_since79]

I remember reading an article that detailed Bonds' home runs in 2001. Many of them were much longer than his previous average distance, as I recall.

[Inside Pitch]

AL record is still 61,

 

Go go, Davis!

[DEATHRACERCHEVY]

I hate when people throw in the color aspect of baseball to nullify all achievements of the past or to somehow devalue them. 61 is where it will stay for me.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

This is so wrong and you must look like an idiot on twitter pulling the race card from 1961.

Barry Bonds is the single season cheating bastard followed by Mark McGwire then Sammy Sosa. So you have three different races all cheating to beat a skinny white guy from 1961 that was getting death threats from his own fans for challenging Ruth's record.

I'm more with 61 than 73. That said, scotty makes a good point (about competition). People seem to gloss over the fact bonds and company got caught....many more were doing it bit didn't...and they still couldn't keep up.

And sure, we can throw out the rave card. But what about the pitchers who were geared up? I imagine the stamina provided through a needle probably added some bite in the second half of the season, not to mention the velocity over the entire 6 months.

I hate bonds. But he wasn't some anomoly. The whole league was juicing. It sucks for the historic players, its not fair. But again, its an absolute fact that the modern era is far more competitive, a big part of it being the integration of races.

[CaliAngel]

Someone clean will beat 73. Not mentioning any names. 

 

That is why I have no problem saying 73 is the record.

[Mudville]

I'm more with 61 than 73. That said, scotty makes a good point (about competition). People seem to gloss over the fact bonds and company got caught....many more were doing it bit didn't...and they still couldn't keep up.

And sure, we can throw out the rave card. But what about the pitchers who were geared up? I imagine the stamina provided through a needle probably added some bite in the second half of the season, not to mention the velocity over the entire 6 months.

I hate bonds. But he wasn't some anomoly. The whole league was juicing. It sucks for the historic players, its not fair. But again, its an absolute fact that the modern era is far more competitive, a big part of it being the integration of races.

 

Horsecrap again about competition level. The race barrier went down over a decade before and you had Hank Aaron playing in 1954 who would eventually beat Ruth's record competing the majority of his career through the dead ball era. Some of the best pitchers all time were spawned in the mid 50's through 60's and they were from all walks of life.  

[stormngt]

Record is 73.

 

Everyone looks like cry babies when they suggest it isn't.

[halobob]

I was at 71, 72, 73 and 700 for Bonds.  Bonds in my biased opinion.

[sneaky_flute]

barry bonds was on steroids for several years and had only one year that was an outlier in terms of home runs.