Bonds kicks Aramis off the #1 play on sportscenter...

[jjgman21]

EDIT: And mods, I apologize if this was out of line in any way but I had to get it off my chest. This will be my one and only response to him in regards to this matter.

 

mods, I caught this on while scrolling down. don't know what he is rambling about, but I think the meaning of his statements are evident when reading the two exchanges.

[BigbadB]

Hey, knock it off.

 

The Cubs won today. Don't worry, be happy!

[forbez18]

Yes I was..sorry for the confussion.

[BigbadB]

So I'm browsing the scores page of ESPN, and while I'm checking out a few box scores, I get this scrolling banner that is informing me that Barry Bonds just hit #751. It's a big banner (or whatever you call it) and it's scrolling right in the way of what I'm trying to read. I have to try to hit the moving "X" with my cursor to get it off my screen.

 

How cool is that? Everyone asks why we have :roll: in our smiley directory. Now you know. As long as ESPN continues their torrid love affair with Barry Bonds, the eye roll will have a place here.

[forbez18]

Since I am sitting at home with nothing going on, I am trying to watch Sports Center, but instead I have to flip stations because Shawn (sp) Marrion (sp) is taking us through the day and life of being himself. So maybe it is not just Barry that they love, but all users.

[NewUserName]

Back to Bonds...

 

I hate the guy as much as the next guy, but I still can not believe that he is picked out as if he is the only one who was using steroids. I was watching ESPN today and saw a preview for the day in the life of Shawn Marrion. Correct me if I am wrong, but he was found to be using steriods last year, but yet he is still celebrated. There is also a wide beliefe that at least 40 percent of the league at one point was using something illegal (including the pitchers).

 

What he has managed to do is very impressive no matter how he did it. There were a lot of other players out there using that did not break the record because they were not talented, which Bonds hate to say it was. I understand people not wanting him to break the recrod. Hell I would like him to fall 1 HR shy. However, I do not think you can say it does not matter because he was a cheater.

 

 

There is an large number of players in baseball right now doing some incredible stuff at ages that would be considered over less than 10 years ago. I am not naive enough to believe all of them are clean. I just think that there is more to this than performance enhancing drugs. Its not just baseball either. Chris Chelios is 45 and is playing a very effective defense for the Red Wings. Evander Holyfield looks pretty sharp(I know not as good as he did 15 yrs ago).

 

I couple this with the fact that pitchers have been caught more than position players so far. I dont like Bonds, I just dont get that bent out of shape that he is going to overtake the HR record.

 

Also I am not saying that Aaron took anything, but it is not like baseball was pure up until 1998. Sandy Koufax took a pain killer that is illegal to prescribe now. Speed has been prevelant in the game for years.

 

I think 2 things that are not as discussed as much that should be are these. Bonds is playing in a era that the pitching has been watered way down by expansion. Also I dont know how big of a bat that Aaron used but I am guessing it had to be at least 34 ounces. Today they have bats that are as light as 26 ounces.

 

Again I dont think that Bonds is clean. I just think that there is more to this than we want to admit. Also baseball turned a blind eye back in 98 and got burned. Now they are going overboard to take save some face on this.

[Alfonso Soriano]

The fact that Bonds supposedly did steroids is not the main reason everyone rags on him. It is the way he treats the media and you can't treat the media bad in this day in age.