[governsleastgovernsbest]

"I wiped out Babe Ruth. Don't talk about him no more."

Who said Barry Bonds isn't a class act?

[Puppage]

Wow, such a roll model.

[Puppage]

"I Wiped out Babe Ruth. Don't Talk About Him No More"

And an English major on top of it, too.

[HamiltonJay]

Bond's attitude and mouth is why he will never every replace Babe Ruth, even if he hits 2 times what Aaron did, he will never be in the same league.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Bonds will catch Ruth, but probably not Aaron. He doesn't get enough pitches to hit these days, and he's bound to slow down after he turns 40. Unless he wants to pull a Rickey Henderson and keep playing until he's 45 (and he says he won't do that) it will be hard for him to get to 755.

[dighton]

Who said Barry Bonds isn't a class act?

Who said Barry Bonds ain't no class act?

;-)

[CollegeRepublican]

And you wonder why attendance in the ballparks is down? He is such a happy person, a real team player:)

Statistics are nice, but different ballparks, different pitchers, different balls make Ruth's homerun mark different from Barry's. That is not to say that what Barry has accomplished is not very impressive, but they are hard to compare.

[arly]

Hey Barry you aint no Babe Ruth!..

[Yo-Yo]

"...I got his slugging percentage and I'll take his home runs and that's it. Don't talk about him no more."

Babe Ruth played how many games in a season? And how many games in a season for Bonds?

[mhking]

Arrogant pissant...

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[Guillermo]

Babe never played DH...

Bonds is a sissy.

[Semper Paratus]

100 years from now Babe Ruth will be more well known than Barry Bonds.

[Reagan Disciple]

He fails to mention that if he does pass Ruth it will be by playing in more games while hitting below Ruth's carrer average and in hitter friendly parks with shorter right field walls.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Gee, Barry, just imagine if, instead of large amounts of beer and hot dogs, Babe Ruth took steroids like you?

[Corin Stormhands]

You know, part of me wants to like MLB again...but I'll get over it.

[journey7873]

Bonds is pissed because they haven't named a candy bar after him yet.

[Billthedrill]

You bet, Barry. Ruth was one of the best left-handed pitchers in baseball in his day. How many innings have you pitched? Idiot.

For my money there are only two players worthy of consideration for the "greatest player" honors - Ruth and Satchel Paige. Both could pitch, field, and hit at the highest professional level. The name "Bonds" isn't even on the radar screen.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I'm somewhat reluctant to go down this path, but I can't help imagining there's a racial element to Bonds' statement. Note that he says that he isn't focused on going after Henry Aaron's record, and that Ruth is his real target. Why?

Do you think that, in a million years, when he surpasses Willie Mays' HR total, Bonds will say: "I've wiped out Willie Mays. Don't talk about Mays no more"?

[foreverfree]

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[tru_degenerate]

It would be nice to see the whole interview. And not just little tidbits that could be used to make headlines. What lead to him saying this?

[Charles Henrickson]

Interestingly, both players "metamorphosized" in their mid-30s: Ruth got fat, and Bonds got bulked up and chiseled ("weight-training"?). In his 20s Ruth was a tall, muscular athletic specimen--much bigger and stronger and more powerful than the players of his day. In his 20s Bonds was a thin, wiry, fast, line-drive hitter. Both players got slower as they put on weight. Bonds no longer is the excellent outfielder or base-stealer that he once was.

It is only since age 35--from the 2000 season on--that Bonds has put up the staggering, eye-popping numbers. Before that, he had excellent, even Hall-of-Fame numbers, but nowhere near those of the last three-and-a-half seasons. Curiously, that coincides with his dramatically different, bulked-up appearance. Hmmmm. . . .

Ruth put up staggering, eye-popping numbers throughout his career. He was so far ahead of the rest of the other players of his era, for so many years, it's amazing.

From ages 35-38 (Bonds is not yet 39), I give the edge to the newly-bulked-up Bonds over the out-of-shape Ruth. But for the whole career, there is no question:

Babe Ruth is the greatest player who ever lived.