Grow up, already. These are not mutually exclusive. He showed class in calling the new home run king in America's pastime and congratulating him. Geez...
Nowadays, I cringe almost every time somebody like Bonds is held up as a "hero" and treated like royalty when they really do nothing more than excel (either fairly or by cheating) at a game that is no longer the same game that Mantle and Gehrig played.
My real point here is that this country's priorities are really screwed up, perhaps hopelessly, by its obsession with celebrities and sports stars.