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Posted on 08/08/2007 4:58:54 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
Hell, if they had just picked a "disinterested" used car salesman off the streets, they would have been better off. Selig was and is a team owner and as such he has no business being commissioner. I thought it was BS back when he was named "acting" commissioner and MLB made no effort to look for a new commissioner. Then one day, the term "acting" just disappeared, Selig is like one of these third world dictators who puts off elections for thirty years because it isn't "safe" yet.
I just don’t care, anymore.
Same here.
You're not allowed to point that out. Or..
The fact is much of Bonds' work from 1999 to 2004 -- during a time many of us believe he was juiced -- can't be touched by an asterisk. Baseball had no policy against steroids during this time. You can't break a rule that wasn't there.
Bonds is for some reason held to a different standard. I for one congratulate him on his accomplishment and frankly think that video recording by Aaron was a slap in the face. No one from the Aaron family was there like the Maris family was for McGuire and Selig couldn't slink in either.
‘Aaron = great ballplayer but pretty much an ass-wipe in his own right.’
True enough, I recall his bitching about not being the ‘player of the decade’ in the 1970’s.
Then again, he was discriminated against for the first decade of his career, and that would make me a tad bitter as well.
If you compare Bonds HR production in his first five MLB careers (when he wasn’t juiced) to Aaron’s first five years, Bonds has more HR’s per at-bat.
Let me get this straight, on the one hand you say that Bond is the HR king, while on the other you acknowledge that overwhelming probability that he cheated?
“If Selig tries to wipe away Bonds’ accomplishments, then he’d better go after Mark McGwire and all of the other oversized stars of the Steroid Era.”
Works for me.
Full agreement.
"Is She Really Going Out With Him" is a great song and all that, but I don't think that warrants him getting into Cooperstown? ;)
There is one big similarity between Aaron and Bonds, neither of them really helped their teams. The Giants have gone out of their way to help get Bonds get the record and they have done this at the expense of the rest of the team and that is why they have one of the worst records in baseball.
This writer is an idiot. Of course there is no asterisk next to Pete's record—the number of hits he had was not unfairly improved by his gambling habit. Pete's gambling was an ill-advised attempt to make more money, not to cheat his way to a hits record.
I agree 100%. Bonds might have been one of the greatest players in the history of the game without the drugs.
I actually remember that one! Wow, that was a long time ago. 11 years...
That's right. The performance enhancing drugs are merely the difference between a pop-fly and a home run. Bonds is the asterisk king.
And what is with the gloating tone of this schmuck’s article? Is he Barry Bonds’ best friend?
That's fine by me.
And Bonds, like A-Rod, is clubhouse poison, and the reason why most likely neither will ever get a World Series ring.
Just to let you know, from those of us in Peoria, we don’t buy it either!
My 18 year old son, who used to love baseball, won't even watch a game anymore (except for the little league world series). He equates baseball with professional wrestling....
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Bonds will certainly never get a World Series ring, but A-Rod probably will especially if he stays with the Yankees (whether you like the Yankees or hate them, you know their due for another one in the next few years).
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