Posted on 03/10/2006 6:20:02 AM PST by Fury
Bah, sportswriters are as stupid as regular reporters. Unless MLB bars him from the Hall of Fame, like they have with Rose, enough writers will vote him in.
Heck, until Rose released his book admitting his gambling, wasn't he getting a large number of write-in votes each year?
No doubt Bonds must be stopped. And he must be stopped now. But not for the integrity of baseball. He must be stopped for the safety of the world. See link: http://barrybondsapocalypse.blogspot.com/
"Any observer would have had to be blind not to realize that Bonds was probably benefiting from something other than lifting weights at the gym. Apart from the obvious change in his physical appearance, hes the only athlete I can think of whose performance actually improved as he got older, rather than tailing off."
Roger Clemens
Another guy who I think is guilty. How does a pitcher keep putting up his kind of numbers in his late thirties, now forties? Something's not right.
Resurrected his career in Toronto after Boston gave up on him. Coincidentally, Jose Canseco was a teammate on the Blue Jays.
At an exhibition game, there were a few cheers and one man, probably representing the steroid crowd, shouted, "We love you, Barry!" There also were reportedly lots of boos.
So all those fly balls that used to be caught on the warning track that after 98 were "juiced" over the wall don't count?
I agree. Don't hit him. Humiliate him with 4 pitches in the dirt. Bonds should not have the opportunity to hit a ML baseball again.
"What more can you say?"
PLENTY!
Check this out!
"Shortly before the contents of the Bonds book were revealed, baseball made the unsettling announcement that teams would begin selling approved supplements to players to help them avoid positive drug tests."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592376/posts
Bob Gibson's take on Babe Ruth pointing toward the field where he would hit a home run. Bob said they would have buried Babe at home plate if he had been pitching.
There's nothing like sitting up real close to the field in a small stadium so that you can the details of the game. Many people don't realize how good minor league players are in terms of athleticism. For people who were intermediate-good ahtletes, it's a real joy to watch/observe the fluid ability of players who are in their element.
Tell me about it. I go up to Atlanta 2-3 times a year and watch the Braves. It is always a fun trip for me and the kids, but Turner Field doesn't even come close to Riverwalk Stadium for atmosphere and sheer enjoyment of the game.
THere is something magical about hearing the bat tap the plate, hearing the players cleats scrap the ground as he digs in, hearing the catcher tap his glove, and then actually seeing the rotation of the ball as it leaves the pitchers hand allowing you to guess the pitch along with the batter. Everything is magnified in a small park, the sounds , the smells, everything. It is a little bit of heaven.
I read the excerpt on SI.com - an interesting tidbit is that Bond's steriod dealer was getting some of the drugs he gave Bonds (HGH is one mentioned, I believe) from AIDS patients who were selling what they were getting for free (or highly subsidized).
I want to add my voice to yours in endorsing minor league ball. I took my family to a Sacramento Rivercats game last summer and was amazed to see a completely different game. Instead of watching juicers hit the long ball, one sees a lot of bunting, hitting behind the runner, and all the tactical plays missing in the big league style of play.
I guess we need to distinguish between the local SF Media, which turned the proverbial "blind eye", and the fawning national Media -- which wasn't exposed (as much) to Bond's anti-social clubhouse tirades. It's the SF Media that is most culpable, IMHO.
OTOH, it is the national baseball writers who are the gatekeepers to the HOF. Any you're right, they were softening on Rose -- some saying that the MLB lifetime ban should be lifted.
After giving this some more thought I think you may be right -- Bonds probably will get into the HOF.
Either that or bean the sucker. That's what is supposed to happen to hitters who stand at the plate to gaze admiringly at their work.
Gotta love that Gibby!
give me back Yount, Puckett, Brett, Mattingly, Yastremski,
Molitor. Real players with a real love and desire to play the game.
The Sports Illustrated article talks about how Bonds credited the steroids with actually improving his eyesight.
Yep...faster bat speed and better eyesight is a definite advantage!
" He also felt that because he refused to "bulk up" he could never compete consistently with all those who do..."
There in lies the rub, the message being sent to our kids is you have to cheat to compete. Two days ago I argued with a couple of people here about this and they just didn't get it. They were spouting the Libratarian mantra "If don't hurt anyone else, who cares what I do." That is unaceptable to me.
Bonds has stained the game beyond repair in my eyes, and it's not only him, it's the Giants organization, and the MLB leadership that looked the other way for so long. I am done with MLB. I will still watch Minor Leage ball, but the boys in the "Show" have lost me for good.
LOL good one, if only they could do that every single time.
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