Barry Bonds

[JMilley]

I read this article in the last issue of "The Week". Here's an excerpt:

At some point in the immediate to near future, someone is going to throw Barry Bonds a strike when he should be seeing a ball, and he will rake it with extreme prejudice. His propulsive, compact swing will rock the sphere toward the roof of the troposphere; it will fall to earth roughly 440 feet from where Bonds is standing, and he will react as if he is: (a) unimpressed or (b) vaguely annoyed.

He will then jog 360 feet, and some people will cheer, and some people will have mixed feelings, and some people will have mixed feelings while they cheer. And that is because this particular raking will be the 715th home run of Bonds' career, meaning he will have surpassed the home run production of George Herman "Babe" Ruth.

This is a problem...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=klosterman/060411&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1

I also think it's all very sad.

 

[Haus]

i dont know why but that link redirects me to microsoft.com

 

[JMilley]

weird...works now

 

[Haus]

how many homeruns is he up to now.

but interesting article.

 

[JMilley]

his hit on tuesday almost made it...still 713

 

[Homer]

it's sad but yes i see him as a fake and thats how many will remember him.

 

[UncleBacon]

not a fake but a cheater

 

[OUZBnd]

it's unfortunate that bonds is going to hold any sort of record after cheating. What I do not understand is what all the hype is about being second in the record books, THIS IS NOT A RECORD, it is second place. No one remembers the second place team. Bond's is tarnishing something that was once prestigeous. I hope his elbow blows out and he remains at 713, or 714, whatever he is at now.

 

[UncleBacon]

what cracks me up is that babe ruth did it with over 3000 less at bats than barry bonds and not to mention ruth was a pitcher for 6 years

 

[Homer]

very good point .

 

[JMilley]

"Babe Ruth was a troubled man with a great idea. Barry Bonds is a troubled man with an empty idea. To believe in him is to believe in nothing."

 

[Blackwater_GT]

Barry Bonds will make it into the MLB hall of fame anyway because of his accomplishments. You can look at some of those and say he was using steroids but the stuff he was taking wasn't on the banned list until after 2004.

Baseball Achievements:
· 7 MVPs
· 13-time All Star
· 8 Gold Gloves
· 12 Silver Slugger Awards
· Third member of 700 Home Run Club *
· Only member in 500/500 Club *
· Single Season Home Run King (73) *
· Two-time N.L. Batting Champion (2002, 2004)
· Player of the Decade for the 1990's by The Sporting News
· All-time Major League walks leader
· Set single-season walks (232) and intentional walks (120) record
· Set single-season OBP record (.609)
· Holds Major League record for consecutive seasons with 30-or-more HR, accomplishing this 13 times

 

[OUZBnd]

he is a great baseball player, but everything he has done has been tarnished.