World Series champ endorses Barry Bonds' Hall of Fame candidacy: 'Baddest dude of my generation'

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Barry Bonds, the all-time Major League Baseball leader in home runs, dropped off the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot after failing to be elected to Cooperstown over the course 10 years.

Bonds could still get into the Hall via the Contemporary Baseball Era committee but his links to performance-enhancing drugs during his career has seemed to hurt any possibility of him getting a plaque in the hallowed halls.

David Justice, a former All-Star outfielder who won World Series titles with the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees, endorsed Bonds for the Hall of Fame on Saturday.

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David Justice of the New York Yankees during the American League Division Series against the Oakland Athletics on Oct, 10, 2001, in the Bronx. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)

"They already let guys in already that have been – that have had tests done, that people know or have a pretty good circumstantial evidence that they've already let in," he told TMZ Sports.

"Barry Bonds is the baddest dude of my generation. The baddest dude of my generation. Bar none. Bar none."

Justice explained that the only place Bonds messed up was his relationship with the media. He said Bonds didn’t give the media "the love" they were expecting. Justice also said Pete Rose should be a Hall of Famer, "without a doubt."

The seven-time National League MVP said last week he believes he should be in the Hall.

"People have to understand something is that the fact is that I was vindicated," Bonds said on the first episode of BLeav's "Hollywood Swingin'" with Stephen Bishop and Jerry Hairston Jr. "I went to the court. I was