[ninergold3]

SoldierDad -

Barry is a great man. You are right - he plays with young kids, jokes with his teammates, etc. His mistrust of the media came about by the way they treated his dad. He learned very young that you can't trust the MSM. Go figure.

As for the steroid bruhaha:

The numbers do not back up what people say. From 1990 to 1998 Bonds had 327 HR's. From 1990 to 2007 the "steroid years" he's hit 345 HR's. That is only 18 more HR's over 9 seasons. That proves NOTHING.

Ninergold3 aka GiantsPrincess

[Junior_G]

That is only 18 more HR's over 9 seasons. That proves NOTHING.

So you actually believe that Bonds has not used steroids?

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

First 7 years with the Pirates 176 HR’s, less than 30 a season.

[SoldierDad]

Wow. Someone else who can use reason and think on a thread like this. Amazing. Thanks for the post.