[Rodney Dangerfield]

Bonds will be a 1st ballot HOF'er

I'll wager anything on that.

Also, the Ground Rule Double rule wasn't introduced until the mid-1920's

How many of the Babe's HR's were actually balls that went over the fence on a bounce?

[sinkspur]

I'll bet you a C note that Bonds won't make the Hall at all.

We haven't heard the last of Bonds' steroid use.

[T. Jefferson]

How many of the Babe's HR's were actually balls that went over the fence on a bounce?

Yankee stadium from 1921-1937. Deep LC 498 ft, Center 463 ft, Deep RC, 488-502 ft. Outfielders played Ruth about 420-440 feet away. Today they play in little league parks by comparison. Bond's 400 ft posing HR's would have been embarrassingly short flyouts back then. Ruth probably had 500-750 flyouts that went 420 feet.

[T. Jefferson]

Bonds has been HR champ twice in 20 years. That's hardly dominating anything. He just happened to have enough chemicals in his body to stick around longer than most. Williams and Cobb were far more dominant than Bonds, and Ted missed 5 years of his prime in the war.

[SpringheelJack]

How many of the Babe's HR's were actually balls that went over the fence on a bounce?

None. People have researched this and found that all of his home runs were clean shots.