Bonds' final home run jog a joyless one

The Washington Times ^ | 9-16-05 | Tom Knott

[auboy]

I plead guilty to poor sentence structure.

In 1955 when I was 10, Henry Aaron was my favorite player. He still is!

BTW, Willie Mays was the greatest player I ever saw.

[Verginius Rufus]

Meanwhile, Rickey Henderson can't be voted into the Hall of Fame because he won't retire...at age 46 he's still hoping to get back into the majors. This year he has been playing for a new unaffiliated minor league club called the San Diego Surf Dawgs, alongside a lot of 23-year-old hopefuls. He may still be playing in the minors at 84.

[SCALEMAN]

Stan Musial is what a ballplayer should be like, in every respect. The way he has conducted himself, on and off the field, during his playing days and after--that's how it should be done. One of the greatest ballplayers ever, and he's still down-to-earth, good-humored, not so high and mighty and distant that he cuts himself off from the fans. . .

I have met him on many occasions, and yes he is down to earth. The men's club I used to belong to would rent a party room at Bush every year. Stan would come into the room during the game and just sit and talk with us, and if you asked he would play his harmonica.

[WhiteGuy]

BTW, Willie Mays was the greatest player I ever saw.

You know...........

It would be very tough to come up with a better all around ball player.

Speed, great baserunner, smart, great in the field, hit to all fields, power....- he had it all.

[libs_kma]

One look at Bonds huge melon should be proof enough that he was juiced. He was so juiced and everyone knew it for so long, thats its just ridiculous for him to say he wasn't. Whatever Bonds. By saying that you're credibility is shot and you have forfeited your right to be believed about anything else from now on. To tell people that you weren't juicing is an insult to their intelligence.

Plus, look at him now. He couldn't come back to play until he cleared his system of all that crap. He doesn't look anything like he used to look.

It's nowhere near being anything about race. He would like to make it about race because as evil, white conservatives, we're "supposed" to cease and desist any criticism, deserved or not, when the race card is thrown.

Screw that. Bonds is a cheater and doesn't deserve to be in the Hall. For the record, neither does Paliermo or Sosa.

[mcg2000]

"This too will be divided by race."

He tries to make it one ... but, he's equally hated by everyone.