Barry Bonds ranks second only to Babe Ruth in career wins above replacement, yet his legacy is defined as much by federal courtrooms as by his staggering statistics. This deep dive traces one of the most mind-bending and polarizing careers in sports history, from baseball royalty in the Giants clubhouse to the all-time home run record and the BALCO scandal.

Godson of Willie Mays and son of Bobby Bonds, he kept a choked-up grip his entire life, a mechanical edge that let him wait a fraction longer on every pitch. The episode impartially reports the legal record of the BALCO case and his Hall of Fame voting without endorsing any viewpoint on performance-enhancing drugs.

• He is the sole member of the 500 home run, 500 stolen base club and set records of 73 homers in 2001 and 762 in his career
• His 2,558 career walks included m ...