I will be rooting for Barry as he passes the Babe, and I will also be rooting if he approaches or passes Hank Aaron.
I will say this, it would have been nice if the Giants had brought in some pitching and made a serious run
You will be rooting for a cheater?
Why?
It's flabbergasting to say the least that this entire rotation--to say nothing of the bullpen--has struggled so far. When Jason Schmidt and Matt Morris both have ERA's around 5, we cant expect too many W's.
But hey, the Cubs come into town tomorrow, so we've got that going for us. :)
If the Giants don't win the Series this year -- and that's pretty much a lock -- I will be supremely...ticked.
The Giants' history of futility seemed like it was coming to a close in 1993, when they acquired Bonds to complement sluggers Will Clark and Matt Williams at the same magical moment when Bill Swift and John Burkett had career years. The Giants set a record that year: they won more games - 103 - than any team in Major League Baseball history that failed to reach the postseason (Atlanta, then in the NL West, won 104).
Even after they foolishly chose to sign Robby Thompson rather than Will Clark, they still had Bonds. But Swift and Burkett never regained their 1993 form, and were both gone by 1995. Not until 2003 could the Giants boast a legitimate lights-out mound ace in Jason Schmidt. Every World Champion has had at least one. We sure could have used one in 2002, when Dusty Baker needed somebody but the erratic Livan Hernandez to start Game 7.
I thought when Mike Mussina became a free agent in 2001, the Giants could correct the mistake they made in 1990, when they passed over Stanford's Mike Mussina to draft Adam Hyzdu, who stayed in the minors for a decade before emerging for cups of coffee with Pittsburgh and Boston. Unfortunately, the ownership didn't want to pony up the dough, and he signed with the Yankees. It is my humble opinion that if Mussina had signed with the Giants, the Giants would have won the World Series at least twice by now.
Since bringing Bonds back to the Bay, the Giants have had outstanding seasons that ended without a Series victory. They have won division titles, and never finished lower than third since 1997. But that wasn't what Bonds was brought here for. He was brought to help us win it all. We -- and he -- never will. But it's not Bonds' fault.
Here's why: As ESPN's Tim Kurkjian pointed out, Barry Bonds will be a rare Hall-of-Famer in that he never played on the same team with another Hall-of-Famer. Probably the closest to another Hall-caliber teammate he has ever had is Jeff Kent, and while Kent is certainly a great player, he's not Cooperstown material.
The Giants had the nucleus of a dynasty in 1993, and because they looked at the balance sheet instead of the stat sheets, they missed their chance. That happens in sports. But to have arguably the best position player in his era on your team for a dozen years without a Series trophy to show for it? It borders on Donald Sterlingesque fraud. Any owner or group of owners who don't want to spend the money to build a team that could win it all should sell out.
Now that the Red Sox and the White Sox have won World Championships since the early 20th century, the teams that have gone the longest without winning are the Cubs, the Indians, and the Giants. In the meantime, the Diamondbacks have won the Series, and the Marlins have won twice.
That stings like a bee itch.