Clarifying the obvious.
I imagine you probably didn't see Willie Mays, Ted Williams, or Mickey Mantle play, much less Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx.
Did you ever watch Sandy Koufax pitch? How about Nolan Ryan? Hell, how about Randy Johnson. Fear and intimidation for more than decade with those guys.
Sure, Bonds got a lot of free passes for a small stretch when he was riding the roid train. Yeah he hit a few monster bombs in the 2002 WS LOSS to the Angels.