As someone who is old enough to have seen Mays, Aaron and Bonds play (I've even seen his dad, Bobby, play), I can tell you that I am biased and I've watched Bonds since his days at Arizona State.
As a hitter, the man is the best of all time.
In my opinion, it is an embarrassment to the game of baseball that they allow so many "intentional" walks to Bonds. Pitchers in the big leagues with such "pin-point" control should pitch to Bonds.
The fact that the don't, proves my point. He is the best and they are afraid to pitch to him. These are major league pitchers making millions of dollars!
Congrats to Barry on his 700th.
To those of you who think it is so easy, try doing anything that you used to do at 20 now that you are 40!