[Chi-townChief]

The Sun-Times is going wild with this - the print edition actually has a full-page Barack Hussein Obama on the front cover and a full-page Hank Aaron on the back.

[Puppage]

they can swear that he became a home-run machine through performance-enhancing drugs

Naw, not Barry...

[Chuck54]

And if you are a baseball fan, deep down, you know he deserves it.

You can try and sell that shi* in Peoria or somewhere else, but not here where I reside.

[wagglebee]

The all-time hits leader: Pete Rose, who has been banned by baseball and who was convicted of tax evasion, serving a prison term in Downstate Marion. There isn't a single asterisk next to any of his records -- and Rose committed the game's biggest sin, gambling on baseball.

What Pete Rose did was deplorable; however, there is absolutely no link between his crimes and his record -- betting on the game doesn't help you get a hit.

[Chuck54]

You Deluca........

Not you Chi-town.....

[Old Phone Man]

And if you are a baseball fan, deep down, you know he deserves it.

DUH?

[MBB1984]

Bonds will forever be a cheater in the eyes of public opinion and therefore the record is without merit.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It would be one thing if Bonds were a unique case, the lone abuser in an otherwise clean game. If you believe that, you're as naive as Selig now claims he was back in the 1990s.

Looks like most of FR is just as naive as Selig. ;)

Bonds is a classic "other team's bad guy" and he since he's big, black, mean-looking, and plays in "that gay city" too, he must be the only problem. Never mind that many of his home runs were hit off of steroid-fueled pitchers.

[ladtx]

And if you are a baseball fan, deep down, you know he deserves it.

I have yet to talk to a true fan of the game that says he deserves it. The casual fan or sometimes fan may say that, but anyone who has any respect for the game does not.

[Arrowhead1952]

This record is as tainted as the imported food from China.

[Just another Joe]

Say what you will about the performance enhancing drugs, it still takes skill and an eye to hit a 95 MPH fastball or make the change to blast a change up.

[Gay State Conservative]

Aaron came by his record honestly.Bonds almost certainly didn’t.AFAIK,the record still belongs to Aaron.

[rwfromkansas]

Bonds is a loser and is still a loser.

He didn’t break any record. It is that simple, regardless of the numbers.

[steelyourfaith]

Bonds is a jerk. Here’s hoping that Ken Griffey Junior can stay healthy enough to pass Bonds’ HR total.

[cricket]

Baseball's most cherished record now belongs to Barry Bonds, and no matter what is said, written or alleged, there is no taking it away.

Not so fast, Chris. . .

In the story of Barry Bonds; perception is reality.

The score is real. The record is broken; a written history is altered.

But Barry Bonds legacy rises out of doubt, scepticism and scandal. And that will give rise to a competing reality; and there is no taking that away, either.

Barry is the source of both; and he will have to live it.

[BallyBill]

Baseball's most cherished record..

Well, I disagree right from the start of the article. I'd much rather see a run at a .400 season or consecutive games with a hit record. And that is just on batting side of the game.

[Vaquero]

????? What pray tell is the:

1ST MOST CONTROVERSIAL HOME RUN IN BASEBALL HISTORY??????

[PGalt]

Go Alex Rodriquez!

[sono]

And to think Joe Jackson is still not in Cooperstown.

[shekkian]

What is the 1st most controversial homer in history?

[gridlock]

Baseball can say Barry Bonds deserves the record, but they can’t make me care.

Frankly, I was surprised to find out that Barry Bonds held the single-season home run record. In all this flurry over 756, I saw that in a story. I realized that I had discounted that record in my mind, because I knew it tainted. I simply did not care that Barry Bonds had broken that record.

I will not care that he has broken this one, either. I fully expect that five years from now I will have no idea who is the current record holder for most home runs in a career. I will be able to picture Hank Aaron’s record blast in my mind for the rest of my life, but I have not even bothered to turn on the TV to see Barry Bond’s 756th home run.

I just don’t care, anymore.