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(Bonds rookie playing card.)
Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's career home run record last night and the silence is deafening.
What a strange event. Most claim that the career home run mark is the "ultimate" sports record. They may be right. I remember as a kid sitting in front of the television set to watch Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's record (in 1974). It was magical. I was fascinated by all the hype (and the two fans that ran out of the stands to slap Aaron on the back between second and third base.)
But no care about Bonds tying Aaron's record even though 33 years have passed since the home run record was tied. Why? Two reasons. Everyone believes Bonds has used steroids - the closest proof was leaked grand jury testimony that Bond believes he unknowingly used steroids. Secondly, the guy is a world class jerk. Several years back he made an appearance at the Ballpark in Arlington and The Ticket's Corby Davidson tried to interview him before the game. Bonds response was, "You must not be familiar with my policy." Davidson inquired "What policy." Bonds replied, "You must not be familiar with my policy." (The "policy" was that he wouldn't speak to the press before games.)
Most believe that Alex Rodriguez will be the next person to break Bonds records. I hope so.
7 comments:
What a sick rookie card.
I loves baseball but, pee on Bonds and A-Rod
Bonds may be a jerk, and he may be on steroids, but he's being treated like a stepchild by MLB. If Bud Selig and the League have proof that he's taking illegal (by their rules) drugs, they should kick him out. If they don't have proof, they should honor him properly for his achievement. This limbo they've creaed for him is more cruel than simply punishing him appropriately for any alleged infractions.
As it is, on the field Bond has performed better at his job than every other person who ever played, except for one -- and where Aaron was properly hailed as a hero, Bonds is treated with contempt.
Major League Baseball itself has acted more shamefully than anything Bonds was ever accused of doing.
Leave it to those Negro fellows to do something off color.
I hope so, too. I hate Barry Bonds. I'm in the camp that he cheated to get there. I don't find any creedence in the comment that, "Well, the pitchers use sterroids, too, so he's just leveling the playing field." BS. He is a cheat. I hope Rodriguez beats him in a few years.
Remember when Barry Bonds used to steal bases? All the time? Now, he's so inflated, he can barely make it to first on a grounder.
Just another example of the present state of professional sports--which is why I watch almost no professional sports nowadays.
Baseball has its steroids problem and is addressing it (very slowly). But football probably has a bigger problem from Jr. High thru pros and is doing very little. International cycling is imploding due to drugging. And now we hear that there may well be more than one NBA ref who's in the pocket of gamblers. Pro sports are really in danger of self-destructing.
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