It's 756 HR's, One Steal: Bonds Forever Tarnishes Record

Boston Herald ^ | Wednesday, August 8, 2007 | Gerry Callahan

[Borges]

Go A-Rod.

[yldstrk]

Congratulations to Barry Bonds! You did it! You set your eyes on the prize and through all the criticism, naysaying, grousing and backbiting you fought on and you accomplished an awesome goal!!!

Three cheers, Barry!! You soldiered on and got ‘er done!! I am proud of you!!

[Lexington Green]

Listen up, children - Cheaters DO win.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Hank Aaron is STILL the home run champ!

[RightWhale]

Author does not acknowledge the function of professional sports in society.

[Paul8148]

but Cansco is about to out A-Rod in his new book. I put my money on Rob Howard.

[Huck]

This writer needs to chill out a bit. Has he never read Ball Four? Back in the 50s and 60s, ballplayers popped more pills than Johnny Cash. They were all benny-popping speed freaks. It’s not as if athletes suddenly became evil. And it’s not just Barry that’s tainted. It’s this whole era.

My favorite thing about Barry is that all his awards and accomplishments are individual accomplishments. He never won a championship. It’s a team sport. Chuck Knoblauch has more rings than Barry. I like that.

As for 1998, it was great if you were a Yankee fan.

[VA_Gentleman]

Bonds was the best all-around player in baseball back then...

No, Ken Griffey Jr. WAS the best all-around player in baseball back then (before his injury problems).

Go A-Rod indeed.

I knew it would never happen, but I think the best thing that could have happened would be for whomever caught the ball to throw it back on the field like they do in Wrigley Field. That would have been sweet justice.

[hardback]

Isn’t that federal perjury grand jury on Bonds still meeting in San Francisco?

[Don Corleone]

A record always supplemented with an “*”.

[VA_Gentleman]

I think you mean Ryan Howard.

[misterrob]

A-Rod was hitting 40 plus homers when we was in his early 20’s. He could play tight end in the NFL if had wanted to. I don’t care for him but I recognize the talent that he has.

[Carry_Okie]

He saw all the love and adoration that was heaped upon Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa nine years ago, and he reacted in typical Barry Bonds fashion.

Like a petty, selfish, spoiled child.

I call BS. I am no fan of Bonds and agree that his accomplishment is tainted, but if you heard the interview last night, it was a reasonably class act and not that of "a petty, selfish, spoiled child."

[misterrob]

In this story he doesn’t but Gerry Callahan has covered the Red Sox for years so he knows what sports teams mean for fans.

[RC2]

Pro-Baseball and Football are not sports. They are a business. As in business, everything goes....just about.

[hardback]

[bigjoesaddle]

Perhaps the only legitimate record set last night was: most eyewitnesses to a crime in human history.

Classic.

[kinoxi]

We’ve probably all been scammed once in our lives. If you were a baseball fan, you got scammed in the summer of ’98

I haven't watched a whole baseball game since the '94 strike. These events just reinforce my feelings towards the sport, don't miss it.

[Mikey_1962]

If Roger Maris can go for years with an asterisk next to his name, Bonds should have a syringe next to his.