“Doesn’t Matter If The Pitch Is At A 100 Or 120 Mph” – Barry Bonds Reveals The ‘Sweet Spot’ Of A Baseball Bat That He Practiced On

Barry Bonds is statistically one of the most superior hitters in all of baseball. The former San Francisco Giant has dispatched pitches in the Bay Area past the boundary wall for years and is clearly one of the best sluggers the game has seen. His Hall of Fame snub that came earlier this year caused a bit of a furor on baseball Twitter and while the actions surrounding him seem to have calmed down a bit, his hitting ability is discussed even to this date.

So what was it that made Bonds such a superlative power hitter? How was he able to see every pitch and dispatch it past outfielders with impunity? A new video circulating online might just have the answer.

Barry Bonds was perhaps one of the few whose reputation got to home plate before he did. So feared were his abilities that he was once walked with the bases loaded just to avoid a grand slam. Despite his Hall of Fame snub in 2022, pitchers around the majors feared him and his contact zone was a matter of legend; and that is perhaps why people want his advice so. In a clip that has emerged online, we can see Bonds as the coach of the Miami Marlins speak about his batting attitude. And more specifically the contact zone on his barrel.

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The greatest of anything in a generation usually have an attitude that sets them apart from the rest. And it seems as though Bonds was no different either. He can be seen in the video explaining his take on the subject quite clearly.

Starting off the video it’s clear that Bonds is special right from his take on how to hit a baseball. He speaks about how the pace of the pitch is irrelevant to him. “It doesn’t matter if the pitch is at a 100 miles an hour or a 120 miles an hour,” Bonds says, “There’s a catcher behind home plate catching every pitch.”

“All I did was change the object from a glove to a bat”, he added. Simple, but effective. But Bonds didn’t just hit. He hit with power. And the secret to that is the contact off the bat’s barrel. Pointing out to the interviewer how exactly he managed to lose so many baseballs past the boundary, Bonds spoke about his ideal contact point on the bat. “Where’s the sweet spot?”, asks the interviewer.

Pointing to the center of the barrel, we see Bonds smile and indicate, “It’s right here, it’s always right here.” Bonds makes it clear that the impact point on the bat is quite important as he points to the other portions of the bat to tell us which parts he doesn’t enjoy the ball hitting. A matter of sheer work and discipline, Bonds spoke about his routine to perfect his hits too. “And I practice that everyday in the cage and if those marks are anywhere here,” he says, pointing out the bottom of the barrel and areas closer to the handle, “then my technique is off.”

Guess talent needs practice too. Bonds is clearly one of the top hitters that the game has seen and is up there on one of the ablest stat sheets that baseball can see. But could Bonds have hit as well as he did in today’s era too? Let us know your thoughts.

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