[Alberta's Child]

That's a good point, but I can see why that wouldn't be terribly relevant. Among people who are involved in Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds would probably lose a popularity contest to Osama bin Laden.

[mrbillxx]

I think the relevent point here is that baseball players know who can play baseball. Are they nice guys?..who cares.

I think ball players would make it a lot less of a popularity contest than sportswriters.