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Bonds is without a doubt the best player of his generation and arguably the best player of all time.
Did he possibly use steroids and disgrace himself and the game? Maybe so.
Do you put an asterisk next to the records? No. They are what they are.
If you want to get into technicalities, there were changes to the game in the 1920s that really made it easy for Ruth to change the game. For instance, they started using new balls throughout the game, keeping them white and easier to see. Pitchers generally went the whole game, rather than bringing in specialists all the time. The laces on the baseballs were sewn flat. That essentially meant that pitchers were trying to throw a cue ball, making it harder to throw curves.
You can make a lot of arguments either way, but the bottom line is the man can flat out hit a baseball like nobody else in the world.
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