"Who knows how Bonds was able to do what he did at his age."
Steroids. It's called steroids.
(That said, I fully believe that what Bonds did throughout his career, especially this decade, cannot be explained away simply by steroids. Same with A-Rod and Manny. Players who went from mediocre to the most feared hitter in their league? Guys who had total career years pretty much out of nowhere, at weird ages? Those are a little more suspicious. Guess who I'm referring to in those two questions!)