Well, no one would ever accuse Wells of using steroids. Or even vegetables, for that matter.
Nor do I.
Bonds was the total package and he didn't need to do roids in order to be great. Too bad he couldn't accept his place in the game. Assh#l#
Barring a divine act, it's likely he'll pass Ruth by the beginning of May. He did hit 5 homers last September, injured and under heavy scrutiny. I have no doubt, however, that he'll be given the Rose treatment by fans.
They'll say he had all the talent to be great, but allowed personal weakness to tarnish his talent.
Little doubt exists that Welles never did steroids. Twinkie injections on the other hand...
I wonder if the release of this book now was meant to stick to Barry right before the start of the season, no pun intended.
Bonds should fricking retire. He'll be forever known as a pariah, and he'll be treated just like Pete Rose is now, trolling at book signings and little league camps yearning for attention and whining that he deserves to make the HoF.
Time for collusion. Everytime Bonds puts his juiced butt in the box, walk him.
Well I guess MLB will turn a blind eye to these beefy players Sammy, Mark and Barry and pretend they are deserving record holders and guys like Maris, Mays, Ruth and Hank who did not have the assistance of performance enhencing steroids are now second class players compared to the cheaters.
In my record book there will never be a Bonds, Sosa or Mcguire, only the guys who did it on their own.
No one will ever accuse me of being a Yanqui fan, but David Wells is a man of principle and I respect him even if he did pitch for the E.E. One year he wore an original Ruth (autographed) cap when he pitched but the ump made him remove it.
I think that all the records from 1990 (arbitrary choice) to 2010 or so should be printed in a different color ink in the record books with a notation "heavy use of medical supplements." There is no future in pointing fingers at individual players; how does one prove anything?
Still, it takes a lot away from some of the greats (e.g., Ripken, Brett, etc.) when the McGwires and the Bonds get the same adulation from future generations based on numbers in a book.
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If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black.
In every ballpark Bonds visits, the fans should take up the "Let's Go BALCO" chant.
When the Giants play outside of the friendly confines of PacBell Stadium, opposing fans are going to give * so much hell, that he is going to want to quit.
Just on general principles, because he's a rotten human being, a cheater and a liar, if I were a pitcher in the Majors, I'd plunk Barry Bonds with a fastball in his plush derriere every time he stepped up to the plate.
Not like Bonds is going to steal 30 bases on bum knees, so he can't hurt you that way, and he never gets the chance to hit the homer that ties Ruth or passes Aaron.
But more than that, it sends a message: we will not allow cheaters and liars to prosper in this game. What do you think this is? democrat (small 'd' intentional) politics where those things are prerequisites for success?