ESPN did their usual "alternate universe" liberalism, trying not to show anyone booing Bonds tonight. The folks still got their signs up before the camera could cut away and one guy leaned over the dugout with a thumbs down, after Bonds homered, while lying Joe Morgan insisted the fans in Philly gave him a standing ovation. There was no curtain call, no sustained applause, nothing that would accompany a standing ovation. ESPN just outright lied. Typical lib media.
Bonds is a cheating jerk that is despised by a large percentage of baseball fans as an affront to the game. I went to a Diamondback game recently and even the laid back, unemotional Phoenix fans booed every appearance of Bonds.
I was down at the game last night (Saturday) and believe me, the crowd was booing real loud every time Bonds went up to bat, trotted out to left field, or caught a fly ball. There were some very loud and ugly chants that started in the left field stands and they grew louder as adjoining sections piled on.
The people who were sitting around me were saying some really mean things about Bonds. Ninety-five percent of the people in the stands were thoroughly disgusted with Bonds. The place went nuts every time Bonds made an out at the plate.
Yet I looked around and the stands were full. The game was a sellout because of Bonds. Weird.
Joe Morgan was a great player but not a good analyst or commentator. He also claimed that Aaron had "way" more RBIs than the #2 guy on the list. The #2 guy is the Babe (which Joe never mentioned). Aaron has 2297, Ruth has 2217. That's not a big difference, especially when you consider that Aaron played 795 more games than Ruth. And if Gehrig hadn't gotten sick, he would easily have held a virtually unbreakable record (he retired with 1995 and many more years of playing time ahead of him).