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Barry Bonds is 7 hits away from breaking Hank Aaron's home run record. 7 away. This is a tragedy.
If it were me, and the world was only able to do what I wanted, I would kick him out now rather than let him brake that record.
Hank Aaron is an American icon. A legend. That record is sacred. Barry Bonds is a cheater who hates baseball. He hates it. It just happens to be something he can do and make money at. He cares nothing for the history of.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. Field of Dreams, Terrance Mann, James Earl Jones.
But Barry Bonds doesn't feel that way. He's a cheater, the league knows he's a cheater. The Giants want to trade him, because baseball fans dislike - intensely - Barry Bonds. But they won't get anything for him in a trade. And the only people in the baseball kingdom that do like Barry are in San Fran. So no one wants him. No one.
Tony La Russa (manager for St. Louis Cardnals and manager for the NL all-star team) said he wouldn't bring Barry in on his own, but if the fans voted him in he'd talk about that then.
I'm hoping the fans don't vote for him.
Hank Aaron has said that he will not be present at the game when Bonds breaks his record, and after he breaks his record, he does not want to know how to spell Bonds' name.
Meanwhile, across baseball Jason Giambi is being pressured by the commissioner to give up the names of players that are using steroids. And if players like Bonds are allowed into the hall of fame with their cheating records, than Pete Rose is owed a HUGE apology and admission.
I'm not proud of steroids in baseball, and neither are the likes of Sosa, who is desperately trying to recreate himself with the Rangers. I'm not after a witch hunt for anyone. But Bonds is a cheater of the highest order with no regard to the integrity of the game.
If I had my way ... he'd be run out of town on a rail. And the home run record would be in tact.
Hank Aaron did not cheat his way to that record. Barry Bonds did. Simple as that.
If it were me, and the world was only able to do what I wanted, I would kick him out now rather than let him brake that record.
Hank Aaron is an American icon. A legend. That record is sacred. Barry Bonds is a cheater who hates baseball. He hates it. It just happens to be something he can do and make money at. He cares nothing for the history of.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. Field of Dreams, Terrance Mann, James Earl Jones.
But Barry Bonds doesn't feel that way. He's a cheater, the league knows he's a cheater. The Giants want to trade him, because baseball fans dislike - intensely - Barry Bonds. But they won't get anything for him in a trade. And the only people in the baseball kingdom that do like Barry are in San Fran. So no one wants him. No one.
Tony La Russa (manager for St. Louis Cardnals and manager for the NL all-star team) said he wouldn't bring Barry in on his own, but if the fans voted him in he'd talk about that then.
I'm hoping the fans don't vote for him.
Hank Aaron has said that he will not be present at the game when Bonds breaks his record, and after he breaks his record, he does not want to know how to spell Bonds' name.
Meanwhile, across baseball Jason Giambi is being pressured by the commissioner to give up the names of players that are using steroids. And if players like Bonds are allowed into the hall of fame with their cheating records, than Pete Rose is owed a HUGE apology and admission.
I'm not proud of steroids in baseball, and neither are the likes of Sosa, who is desperately trying to recreate himself with the Rangers. I'm not after a witch hunt for anyone. But Bonds is a cheater of the highest order with no regard to the integrity of the game.
If I had my way ... he'd be run out of town on a rail. And the home run record would be in tact.
Hank Aaron did not cheat his way to that record. Barry Bonds did. Simple as that.
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