Bonds’ 715 embarrasses baseball

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 05/28/06 | Jeff Schultz

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

sure it isn't.

Keep dreaming though Noob.

[MikefromOhio]

if it's the cover that I think it is (Camaniti is sitting against a motorcycle), I still have it.

[Sometimes A River]

Look dude, I don't have anything against football. In fact it's my favorite sport.

But an objective, historical view of both sports recognizes the greater significance baseball has had on the culture of this country.

Baseball is in it's third century in this country, and the history you cite begins in the 1970's.

[PISANO]

Barry was one of the 5 best position players EVER in the MLB.You are correct Bonds was a lock for the Hall of Fame no matter what.

Barry Bonds "HALL OF FAMER/CHEATER".

What is just as sad as a supreme talent like Bonds juicing, is that there are so damn many people that just don't see much wrong with the fact that he did CHEAT, only that, he was one of the BEST ANYWAY, so it really doesn't matter, or that the results of his cheating were BETTER than everyone else who CHEATED.

[jebeier]

I can go out into my garage and 'gin up a potato gun that will shoot a baseball a quarter mile. Watching baseballs fly is no great thrill. What is thrilling is watching a man hit a baseball and put it into the cheap seats.

But with Bonds, you are not watching a man. You are watching a freak of chemistry. You are watching a thing that owes more to his pharmacist than to his batting coach. It is of no great interest interest to watch such a thing hit baseballs out of the park. I could do better with my potato gun.

[csmusaret]

Lots of good info but was any of it cheating? That is the allegation.

[MikefromOhio]

for the NFL :)

Wouldn't THAT be something?

[csmusaret]

well said

[MikefromOhio]

Lots of good info but was any of it cheating? That is the allegation.

Not only was it cheating, it was also ILLEGAL. That trumps ANYTHING Gaylord Perry or Ty Cobb or any of the others did (besides Pete Rose but that's another matter entirely). And as a sidenote, Bonds possibly perjured himself in front of a Federal Grand Jury (that is currently being investigated).

[csmusaret]

Your proof?

[MikefromOhio]

What is just as sad as a supreme talent like Bonds juicing, is that there are so damn many people that just don't see much wrong with the fact that he did CHEAT, only that, he was one of the BEST ANYWAY, so it really doesn't matter, or that the results of his cheating were BETTER than everyone else who CHEATED.

He one upped every one else though. Barry went as far as to break a federal law. Ty Cobb didn't do that. Neither did Gaylord Perry. But yes, it is sad that someone like Barry, given all of the God given Talent that he possesses, still felt the need to cheat.

[MikefromOhio]

Your proof?

How does leaked Grand Jury testimony go for you as proof?

sfgate article on the BALCO grand jury

[Philistone]

Yeah.

All this anti-Bonds.

Where was the outrage against Sosa and McGwire?

What he did wasn't illegal at the time.

And unlike Ruth and Aaron, he faced pitchers that where HYPED on steroids.

If either Ruth or Aaron had had to face pitchers on steroids, that we wouldn't have hit 600.

Pitching evolves, hitting evolves.

Get over it.

Bonds is the second all-time home run hitter in the history of Major League Baseball.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

Look, ARod is a talented player, but he DOES disappear in clutch situations.

Sorry, that's the perception and it's generally the rule with him.

The clutch guy on the Yankees was and is Derek Jeter.

[Bob Eimiller]

Play6offs.... greatness happens in playoffs. Remember Mr. October? Barry was Mr. Invisible in October for Pittsburgh.

[Bob Eimiller]

Playoffs.... greatness happens in playoffs. Remember Mr. October? Barry was Mr. Invisible in October for Pittsburgh.

[csmusaret]

Where is your proof that Bonds did anything wrong? The operative word being proof.