Bonds’ 715 embarrasses baseball

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

[MikefromOhio]

That and Griffey's injuries....

[Libloather]

Baseball is the only sport that is truly newsworthy...

You either throw a ball or hit a ball. Any physical contact (other than an open-handed smack on someone's butt) produces fines or ejections.

Time for you to check out the NFL, bubbaloo...

[Doogle]

..his baseball card just went up a nickle. Not quite the cost of a syringe.


Doogle

[Roberts]

True, Junior had a rash of injuries that took him out of elite status. He's a lock Hall of Famer also, as far as I'm concerned.

[Sometimes A River]

Baseball has a much richer history in this country than football, and far greater significance.

Baseball marks the time, football does not.

[MikefromOhio]

500 homers will do that for you....

[Roberts]

Yep, and he has always played a mean center field as well.

[phil1750]

What is a Bonds? He in baseball?

[Bernard]

BRAIN FART CORRECTION: When the schedule changed, baseball went from National Pastime to professional sport. No, that happened when the Dodgers moved out of Brooklyn. That began the chain reaction.

I didn't notice. I'm still working on the Germans invading Pearl Harbor.

[MikefromOhio]

he was probably the best defensive outfielder until Andruw Jones came along in 1996....

Andruw Jones might end up as the best defensive outfielder EVER. He might already be there.

[AmishDude]

Bonds makes more in a year than most people do in 30 lifetimes.Do you think he really cares what you think ?

As a matter of fact, I think he cares. I think he cares very much. I think it kills him that he isn't loved like Ruth was or revered like Aaron or Mays.

He seems to be very bitter that he doesn't get any respect.

[wagglebee]

The “Black” Sox scandal is still debated 87 years later. It has kept “Shoeless” Joe Jackson out of the Hall of Fame. Rose was never accused of throwing a game. He just gutted its integrity by betting and lying about it. The all-time hits leader was thrown out and isn’t in the Hall.

Joe Jackson had the best batting average in the Series and there has never been any proof that he was part of throwing it, he should be let in the Hall of Fame and his expulsion should be posthumously revoked.

Rose should be allowed an "up or down" vote.

Bonds should be stripped of his records from 1998 on and banned from the game.

Selig should resign as Commissioner because it is his indifference that allowed this.

[MikefromOhio]

That's what started it.

The love fest that McGwire and Sosa received in 1998 absolutely KILLED Barry, who was in the middle of a career year himself.

[italianquaker]

you have to respect how he sh-ts on the media though

[DPMD]

Ultimately, it seems that the rush to acquire gaudy individual numbers, whether it is in football, basketball, baseball, broomball or whatever, is motivated by the desire to make it to the Hall of Fame. Obviously we can't eliminate steroids from sport. We can't eliminate gambling. We can't eliminate cheating, or at least the attempts at cheating. There's only one solution left: Eliminate the Hall of Fame. What's it mean, anyway? If a player is truly great, (s)he'll know it, as will the contemporary fans, and future ones by word of mouth. What else is there?

[Libloather]

Baseball has a much richer history in this country than football, and far greater significance.

Ewwwww, bubbaloo. I disagree. The frozen Tundra? The Steeler's juggernaut? The Cowboy's domination? The 49er's Super Bowl wins? (And that's the SHORT list.)

What you got? A few good playoff games and someone that can hit a ball real far? It doesn't really compare...

[Revolting cat!]

What is a Bonds? He in baseball?

No, he in Twist.

[MikefromOhio]

Obviously we can't eliminate steroids from sport.

Like hell we can't. It's called growing a pair and testing for the damned things. Beyond that, eliminating the Hall of Fame only punishes the players who were clean and yes there are some out there.

[halfright]

Wasnt there a guy ahead of both of them?? Sadahura Oh or something....thinks its 855 IIRC....