Ken Griffey Jr, Cal Ripken Jr, Alex Rodriguez, Edgar Martinez, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, randy johnson, derek jeter, bernie williams, andy pettite, roger clemens, frank thomas...
I've gone to see Bonds play a couple but come game time they took him out the starting line up. I have seen Tom Glavine pitch, Chipper Jones, and few others can't think of them right now.
In baseball, you can be dominant with that winning pct. Its a team game and he has no control over his teams run production. All time leader in strikeouts and no hitters=most dominant pitcher EVER. Those two stats alone show that he dominated hitters, how is that overrated? He's not my favorit pitcher of all time, but I respect how great of a pither he was.
I remember 2003, when they were playing the Braves in the summer. This was back when the braves were the shit. One game, he hit the game winning home run. Another game, they walked him, he moved around the bags and scored the winning run. The last game, he hit another game winning homerun. The Giants swept them.
You can hate on Barry however much you want. Just remember his gold gloves, stolen bases, hitting in the most difficult park in baseball, and games when he was clutch. Also, remember how often folks walked him and how many more homers he would have hit if he was pitched to.
I saw Bo Jackson play about 4 times. I think he hit a homerun in every game except for one. I remember one game he had a homerun, double, and triple, and had the chance to hit for the cycle but came up with another double. Watching that guy take batting practice was the best part. He'd be knockin balls left and right into the upper deck. Too bad he played football and ruined his career.
clemens
papi
manny
pedro
mattingly
mcguire
canseco
rice
fisk
strawberry
gooden
griffey
frank thomas
randy johnson
curt shillinger
scott kazmir
wade boggs
afraud
jeter
petite
bo jackson
reggie jackson
and too damn many others.