Barry Bonds: Cheating?
We all know that Bonds used steroids arthritic rubbing balm and flaxseed oil.
Now, take a look at this fascinating article exploring the giant protective gear that Bonds uses.
For years, sportswriters remarked that his massive “protective” gear – unequaled in all of baseball — permits Bonds to lean over the plate without fear of being hit by a pitch. Thus situated, Bonds can handle the outside pitch (where most pitchers live) unusually well. This is unfair advantage enough, but no longer controversial. However, it is only one of at least seven (largely unexplored) advantages conferred by the apparatus.
1) The apparatus is hinged at the elbow. It is a literal “hitting machine” that allows Bonds to release his front arm on the same plane during every swing. It largely accounts for the seemingly magical consistency of every Bonds stroke.
2) The apparatus locks at the elbow when the lead arm is fully elongated because of a small flap at the top of the bottom section that fits into a groove in the bottom of the top section. The locked arm forms a rigid front arm fulcrum that allows extraordinary, maximally efficient explosion of the levers of Bonds’ wrists. Bonds hands are quicker than those of average hitters because of his mechanical “assistant.”
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Baseball Prospectus totally debunks this article by talking to the manufacturer of the brace.
I don’t consider Bonds any better than Hank Aaron. I found nothing to celebrate during the recent events.
since tuesday night, i have been wondering where MLB found that uncanny henry aaron look-alike.