Posted on 08/08/2007 10:03:28 AM PDT by doug from upland
yawn
Jamie is still pitching well, here in Philly 21 Years later!
Now can we all ignore Barry Bonds?
The next big event in his career will be five years after he retires, when he is eligible for the Hall of Fame. By then we’ll know if he ever was indicted for lying to the grand jury investigating steroids, whether that George Mitchell report said anything damning about Barry, or whether he had any further legal troubles. And the baseball writers who vote for membership in the Hall of Fame will have the five more years of perspective on the steroid era in baseball.
The criteria used to elect members to the Hall of Fame include sportsmanship and character, and what impacts a player has had on the sport, not simply statistical achievements. So it’s possible that Bonds will not be elected to the Hall of Fame.
756 - AUG. 7, 2007 - WASHINGTON - Mike Bacsik - 5th inning
That is a long time for a pitcher.
show those pitchers who looked like skinny dweebs then had their heads balloon up like bonds....
besides, as i said in another thread....
the juiced bonds, the juiced ball, his special hardwood bat, smaller ball parks, watered down pitching.....many, many, many more abats than ruth or aaron....
yeah, no issues there.....
I think the most salient points of the critics are that
1. the man whose record was just (putatively) broken, pretty clearly did NOT use steroids. (For that matter, he endured far worse racism than Bonds, a child of privilege, did, although Bonds complains constantly of racism.)
2. Bonds would not have hit as many homers “clean.” At the very least, steroids make what you call an amazing accomplishment MUCH less amazing.
Followed shortly by his Lyle Alzado-like death resulting from the premature shut down of his internal organs from steroid damage and chemotherapy. No amount of cheating and whitey baiting is going to get him past that one.
I will bet that he and Roger Maris (if still alive) would agree that a world series championship is a far greater thing than a record.
You’re right. He’s risked very serious health issues simply to set records and prolong his career.
I might respectfully disagree over watered-down pitching. In the past, pitchers threw many more complete games. Today, there is always a fresh pitcher coming in to relieve. In the later innings, I think that makes a difference and the pitching is actually stronger than it used to be.
Uhh, where's the obligatory YouTube mocking?
That's why I clicked on this thread.
Lots of Baseball players have used steroids and they didn’t do this.
Every time Ruth’s single season home run record has been bettered, with the exception of Roger Maris, its been due to steriods.
Look up Lyle Alzado to see what the fates have in store for them all.
Followed shortly by his Lyle Alzado-like death resulting from the premature shut down of his internal organs from steroid damage and chemotherapy. No amount of cheating and whitey baiting is going to get him past that one.
Yep.
Go A-Rod!!!!
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