I read in the paper this morning that Barry Bonds is quitting after the 06 season and now I see on Sports Center tonight that Bonds says he will play in 07 if body is healthy. I think this guy is a real jerk! I had the opportunity to meet him in April 88 at Busch Stadium as my high school team played before the Cards/Pirates game. During our game this guy came into the dugout with Jim Leyland and Chico Lind. Leyland was smoking his cigarrette talking ball, Lind handed out batting gloves, and Bonds simply stood there and ignored anyone that tried to talk to him. I have always respected his ability going back as far as ASU but knew like Sosa during HR chase of 98 that he has always been full of crap. I for one hope this guy does not break Aaron's record as Hammerin Hank was a true ambassador of the game while Mr. Bonds has only been about Mr. Bonds. This waffling going back and forth whether he is going to play or not play has gotten old and I am tired of hearing about it. I for one hope that if he does break the record that Bud puts the dreaded asterisk next to it not only for the doubt created by his admitting to steroids but more for simply being a first class jackass. I hope that ESPN though I doubt it and others simply ignore what this guy does this year but the entire 06 season is setting up as nothing more than tracking Bonds all year which is boring and tiring to me. I wish they would simply report the true feel good stories of some of these young players who are up and coming and are not jerks or taken steroids. Pujols,Cabrera, and Arod deserve it. Bonds does not deserve it anymore! I am venting but simply sick and tired of hearing about Bonds. Wish he would go away like he says he would about 5 times!
Pat Patriot said:
MLB may force him out before that happens, his breaking the record would do more harm than good for the game.
btw, I'm not a Bonds supporter or detractor. No doubt in my mind that he's used the juice, but his hand/eye coordination is amazing and obviously not a product of performance enhaning drugs.
I agree to a point, his hand eye coord. is amazing but without the illeagal chemicaly enhanced strength,he wouldn't be able to stay back on a ball till the very last second and keep his balance to flick a bat out the size of a telephone pole to either foul it off to stay alive or to turn a lazy fly ball into a 400 ft opposite field homer.Hes a cheat and fraud deserves nothing.
henry Aaron hit his homeruns at about 180lbs. and didn't ware full body armour on his exposed side like this criminal.
Bonds ia a psycho ...
greatest player of alltime?? Hell, I would take his Godfather over this juiced up psycho any day
Ask baseball fans the following:
Ok, name your outfield .. got news for ya .. Bonds name would never come up with the likes of Dimaggio/Williams/ Ruth/ Mays/ Mantle etc
WITHOUT THE JUICE ... Bonds does not even sniff the alltime greats
greatest player of alltime?? Hell, I would take his Godfather over this juiced up psycho any day
Ask baseball fans the following:
Ok, name your outfield .. got news for ya .. Bonds name would never come up with the likes of Dimaggio/Williams/ Ruth/ Mays/ Mantle etc
WITHOUT THE JUICE ... Bonds does not even sniff the alltime greats
