It’s no surprise that everyone in MLB knows who Barry Bonds is, between the broken balls and the records from the Balco investigation, the name is now synonymous with baseball. However, if he asked Barry Bonds to name some players in the league, he may be waiting a while. There is one name that stands out in Bonds’ mind when he thinks about baseball, and that name is Albert Pujols.
This young player is setting records of his own, and is on pace this season to hit 80 out of the park. This is too much jubilation for Giant Barry Bonds, with all the controversy surrounding this major league slugger, he’s only too happy to throw some attention on someone who deserves it.
Pojols not only hit 19 home runs in the shortest span of time, but he seems to be not slowing down any time soon. This definitely caught the eye of power slugger Barry Bonds. Where most of the controversy lies is that Bonds is accused of taking supplements for his power, or in other words, steroids.
This has really outraged the young Pujols as he feels that the man he truly admires is not and has not been enhanced on steroids. He claims it couldn’t be the steroids helping Bonds achieve such run hits, since he still needs to see the ball to hit it. In any case, Pujols is the only person at this point that Barry Bonds believes will break his record along with many others.
Bonds has gone public by stating that he hopes the boy really breaks records and is proud of him. He’s great for the sport, as well as taking some of the heat off of the steroid accusations, as Pujols has never tested positive for the drug.
