Barry Bonds’ Hall of Fame chances, playing in steroid era with Preston Wilson

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Balk Talk, Jessica Kleinschmidt is joined by former MLB player Preston Wilson to discuss a number of different topics, including the experience playing during the steroid era, if Barry Bonds should make the Hall of Fame and the diversity problem currently plaguing MLB. (2:07) Wilson reveals his favorite MLB memories (8:40) Wilson breaks down the reaction to the Astros' cheating scandal (14:45) Wilson discusses playing in the steroid era (23:30) Bonds’ Hall of Fame chances (26:09) Addressing MLB’s diversity issue

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Boc Talk podcast on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
0:11.0	Introducing your host, NBC Sports Bay Area's Jessica Kleinschmidt.
0:17.0	Welcome back to another episode of Bok Talk presented by Wendy's.
0:20.0	Anytime at the day is Baconator time.
0:22.1	Baconator in the AM with the Wendy's Breakfast Baconator. Yes, all that bacon. Now for breakfast.
0:27.3	Try this one a.m. free with any in-app purchase, always be baconating at participating U.S. Wendy's.
0:33.5	I'm joined by former big league outfielder Preston Wilson. Preston. Thanks so much for joining me today.
0:39.8	You know what? I'm glad I finally got the chance. I've been a big fan of yours on social media.
0:44.4	So this to me, this is fun for me. This is a great experience for me. I'm looking forward to this talk.
0:49.5	I can't wait to tell my mom that I have a fan. I'm so excited.
0:57.2	And like, I'm glad that you're here to you,
1:01.1	because I'm a big fan of yours as well. There's a lot that I wanted to talk to you about. Because I like that you're not a bullshit and that's the stuff that I love. But before we get into some of the
1:06.6	more controversial stuff, I want to talk about your time with the Marlins. Now, before we talk
1:11.5	about you specifically when you played with the Marlins, 2020 was an interesting season for them
1:16.0	specifically. You know, they made it to the playoffs. Don Mattingly did a really good job. And I have to
1:20.7	ask, just because covering the Giants, it was interesting, do you think the Marlins were actually good
1:26.3	or do you think they took advantage of a
1:28.4	2020 season? I mean, it could be both. You know, they don't have to be mutually,
1:33.8	mutually exclusive. It could be both. And I really think when you look at what the Marlins
1:38.1	had a few years ago, when they had St. And then Real Muto and Yelage and those guys,
1:45.2	they had guys that were, if they're on the field, they're a good team.
1:48.5	What Derek Jeter and his, you know, regime have done is they have made the Marlins viable
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