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Bonds Likes His Numbers Better Than Babe Ruth
BREITBART.com ^ | May 08, 2006 | AFP

Posted on 05/08/2006 1:59:10 PM PDT by PerConPat

Bonds likes his numbers better than Babe Ruth May 08 10:53 AM US/Eastern.

A boastful Barry Bonds said if he passes Babe Ruth that his place in history would be secure.

Asked if he would consider himself better than Ruth if he vaults ahead of the New York Yankees legend for second place on the all-time home run list, Bonds said: "I don't know yet, but the numbers speak for themselves."

The embattled Bonds moved within one home run of Ruth for the No 2 spot, but it was in a losing cause as San Francisco lost 9-5 to Philadelphia on Sunday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: asterisk; banhimnow; cheater; fraud; jerk; juice; roidtaintedrecord; steroids
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To: NC28203
I believe that he is referring to the fact that pool of great pitchers was limited by segregation. Some of the best pitchers of the day were not allowed to compete in MLB, but instead were restricted to the Negro Leagues. Had they been allowed to play in the MLB, then some of the White pitchers would have undoubtedly been replaced by some of the Blacks and overall pitching quality would have improved. Better quality pitching would probably have resulted in fewer home runs for Babe Ruth.

In order for this to be true, a higher percentage of black pitchers would have to be considered "great" than would white pitchers. Which would make it fall into the racist category. Which makes it all so much horse hockey.

61 posted on 05/08/2006 2:26:51 PM PDT by brewcrew
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To: PerConPat

To compare Barry Bonds with Babe Ruth - wait, I can't believe I would even put them in the same sentence. Bonds couldn't carry Babe's golf clubs.


62 posted on 05/08/2006 2:27:16 PM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: MortMan
Does beer count?? - LOL I remember an announcer saying: well, it looks like LaSorda has been hitting the pasta steroids again.
63 posted on 05/08/2006 2:27:45 PM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Cyber Liberty

Guess your point wasn't all the obvious...I'm not usually a slow learner.

Perhaps in San Francisco he is seen as a possibly flawed person who is being used as the whipping boy for all of baseball. Perhaps at home he can get a break from wearing the Scarlet S that the rest of baseball requires. All I know, is that every thread that so much as mentions Barry Bonds, immediately becomes a cheap imitation of a DU thread.

It doesn't mean that we looney left coasters you all like to demean admire him or put him on a pedastal. Maybe it just means we feel that a person who has never failed a league sanctioned drug test should not be treated as a pariah because the league shirked it's responsibility to set proper guidelines and get a tougher policy when the rest of the sports world did.

Bonds may very well have used enhancers, but I'm sure he isn't alone. People have been skirting the system for years, like the old spit ball pitchers, the ones with vaseline on their caps, the ones with sandpaper hidden in them. A generation of baseball players used uppers and other drugs.

Excuse me if I don't think that justifies taking one man, and harassing him non stop. Despite what many like to say, he has not single handedly destroyed baseball. Booing him, like any other player on the other team is baseball tradition, and that's okay. Much of the other venom is not.


64 posted on 05/08/2006 2:28:30 PM PDT by Primetimedonna (Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Well, if a guy like Josh Gibson had been allowed to play, the Babe might not have even retired the home run king. Records from the segregation era are different, because the best competition wasn't allowed.

So what if a roid user is going to pass segragation's greatest? It's fitting, in a way, actually. Big deal, big yawn, in my opinion.


65 posted on 05/08/2006 2:28:36 PM PDT by goodolemr
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To: NC28203

Yeah Right. And if my Aunt had a penis she would be my Uncle.

Barry Bonds wouldnt make a pimple on Babe Ruth's arse.


66 posted on 05/08/2006 2:29:32 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: PerConPat
The only hall for the egotistical Bonds is the "Hall of Shame." Bonds should shut his mouth, it defames his father who was a excellent ball player, but obviously not much of a parent.

The left field banners in Philadelphia yesterday said it well.

67 posted on 05/08/2006 2:30:01 PM PDT by im4eagles (and the eagles shall soar above)
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To: Primetimedonna
...we looney left coasters...

Don't ever accuse me of name-calling again.

68 posted on 05/08/2006 2:30:52 PM PDT by brewcrew
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The great black Pitchers like Satchel Page never had to face the best of the White batters either.

It just keeps going on and on.


69 posted on 05/08/2006 2:31:28 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: brewcrew

I don't think it's namecalling when you are using it about yourself to make a point.


70 posted on 05/08/2006 2:32:03 PM PDT by Primetimedonna (Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
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To: Primetimedonna
Excuse me if I don't think that justifies taking one man, and harassing him non stop.

He brought it on himself by his arrogance.

71 posted on 05/08/2006 2:32:27 PM PDT by brewcrew
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To: goodolemr
Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

True, but it was also during an era before the talent pool was diluted through expansion. So the depth-of-talent thing cuts both ways.

Starting pitching during Ruth's era was probably better. OTOH, Relief Pitching hadn't been invented yet (not really).

Ball parks were generally much bigger, but some had short fences or tight sidelines that offset the depth to straightaway center.

And how does one account for the variation in the 'hardness' of the ball or bat technology? I remember many stories over the years about the ball changing.

72 posted on 05/08/2006 2:32:45 PM PDT by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
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To: Alberta's Child

>>>I figured that was his/her point, but then how many black pitchers has Bonds faced in his career? And how many of them were so good that they had even a minor impact on any modern player's home run totals?

Don't know how many he faced, but everyone that he did face was forced to compete in the open market for their position. An individual pitcher will not have a large impact on an individual player's number, but if the overall quality of pitching in the league goes up, then overall batting statistics are going to go down.
If we were to ban all of the Latina Americans from playing today, don't you think the quality of pitching would decline and batting stats improve?


73 posted on 05/08/2006 2:33:03 PM PDT by NC28203
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To: Dilbert San Diego
\I dont' support Bonds at all, however, I think if he never used steroids, he would be at about 625-650 career homers, he just woulnd't be threatening all time records.

That's one of the tragedies of the whole Bonds situation. If Bonds hadn't done steroids, he still would have been one of the all time greats. Instead, he will be known as a cheater and a doper.

Bonds sold his soul in order to break some records, which he won't get credit for breaking because most people think he cheated in order to break the records.
74 posted on 05/08/2006 2:33:27 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: Alberta's Child
Ruth didn't juice, but he did play during the segregation era.

What does that have to do with the number of home runs he hit during his career?

I think that means he didn't play against the best players of his time.

You would argue that he did?

I love the Babe, but the previous poster makes an excellent point.

75 posted on 05/08/2006 2:33:48 PM PDT by vikzilla
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To: Primetimedonna
I don't think it's namecalling when you are using it about yourself to make a point.

Of course - not guilty again. Per usual.

If you can use it to make a point, so can others.

76 posted on 05/08/2006 2:34:01 PM PDT by brewcrew
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To: brewcrew

We've already had this debate on a previous thread. Nothing is to be gained by rehashing it, so I'll be going to another thread and another topic. You are more than welcome to continue to surround yourself with those who agree with you, and tear him to shreds. Enjoy.


77 posted on 05/08/2006 2:34:31 PM PDT by Primetimedonna (Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
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To: PerConPat
I'm in Hank's corner too. He was right when he said that a pill might not make it easier to see a fastball...

I have read that the Roids actually will help with vision and reaction time, not to mention increased strength.

78 posted on 05/08/2006 2:34:35 PM PDT by Ditto (People who fail to secure jobs as fence posts go into journalism.)
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To: zarf

hey he had to have something to do on thoses long train rides!!!


79 posted on 05/08/2006 2:34:43 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: brewcrew

>>>In order for this to be true, a higher percentage of black pitchers would have to be considered "great" than would white pitchers. Which would make it fall into the racist category. Which makes it all so much horse hockey.

No, it just means that there were some pitchers in the Negro Leagues that were better than those in MLB. With a limited number of roster spots, replacing a poor pitcher with a better pitcher would imrpove overall pitching in the league.


80 posted on 05/08/2006 2:35:06 PM PDT by NC28203
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