#163632 - 08/04/07 10:16 PM
Re: A sad day in baseball
[Re: supermario15]
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[censored] you
Registered: 01/12/06
Loc: East Lawrence represent!!!
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Erin Andrews looks especially hot tonight.
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#163633 - 08/04/07 10:17 PM
Re: A sad day in baseball
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Max Falkenstein
Registered: 03/14/05
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Wow, this really really sucks.
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#163635 - 08/04/07 10:32 PM
Re: A sad day in baseball
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Wilt Chamberlain
Registered: 01/28/03
Loc: Overlook Hotel
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If A-Rod stays healthy, he'll get 800 without any problem.
A World Series ring, however ...
It is a sad day. Somewhere, Hank Aaron is fishing and not giving a damn. And that's awesome.
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#163636 - 08/04/07 11:03 PM
Re: A sad day in baseball
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Zipper Jiggler
Registered: 06/23/05
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Congratulations, Barry.
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#163637 - 08/04/07 11:09 PM
Re: A sad day in baseball
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Max Falkenstein
Registered: 02/12/04
Loc: somewhere watching a KU game
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#163639 - 08/05/07 12:11 AM
Re: A sad day in baseball
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Prairie Warrior
Registered: 01/30/07
Loc: Lawrence
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I still say innocent until proven guilty
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#163644 - 08/05/07 03:56 PM
Re: A sad day in baseball
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Bowl Cut Boy
Registered: 09/01/04
Loc: JRP lunchroom
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Those who think this moment is sad need only to look at baseball and it's commissioner for the blame. Barry Bonds may be one of, if not the, greatest hitter of all time. He's a jerk, too. But so was Ty Cobb and so many others who are now legends.
Baseball needed something to win the fans back after cancelling the world series in the 1990s. Along came McGwire and Sosa and the home run race. Baseball turned a blind eye to steroids because they knew these two juiced players were bringing the fans back.
Did Barry take steroids? Probably. When he was taking steroids, were they illegal, by baseball standards? No. Did baseball benefit from having him around, warts and all? Yes.
I hate this high-and-mighty act the commissioner is displaying. If there's a reason to ban Bonds or suspend him, than do it. If not, shut up and let him play. Baseball reaps what it sows.
I personally don't like the guy. I've written before about how the current White Sox announcer, Ed Farmer, was a teammates of Bonds' several years ago. Farmer was passing a jersey around the clubhouse to donate to charity and Bonds refused, saying "I don't sign for white guys." Farmer went to a teammate, who was African American, and asked him to get Bonds' autographed. Bonds signed it.
He's going to have the record for a long time. And he will always be a jerk. And I will pull for A-Rod to break the record sometime in the next decade.
But it's Barry's record now.
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