If Barry Bonds breaks the record for most home runs, what should Bud Selig(Commisioner for Major League Baseball) do?
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If they can ban Pete Rose ( a proper decision) for illegal activity (gambling) tehn Bonds should be similarly banned. Regardless of the legality of steroids in baseball's rules they are an illegal substance when obtained and used without the advice/consent of a physician. \nBonds has broken the law and should be punished for having done. \nThe obsurdity here is that if he were a footballer in Europe FIFA and the local FA would have no problem in dealing with him in a swift and decisive manner.
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That would be Frank "Homerun" Baker who led the American League four seasons for most homeruns none more than 12 homeruns a season until in 1919 a player by the name of George Herman "Babe" Ruth hit 29 homerums and the rest as they say is history :>) Babe Ruth was a lefthanded pitcher at that time for the Boston Red Sox. What makes people say Babe Ruth the greatest player to ever play the game regardless of era is that he hit 29 homeruns at a time when 8 ,9 or 10 homeruns was considered great the Babe hit 29. That would be the equivalent for some hitter today to hit around 100 homers !!! And Babe was also a great left handed pitcher !! So yes I consider Babe Ruth the greatest player ever .
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I think Mike Piazza could re-sign with the Padres for probably a year.  And Bonds I would have have to say retires not becoming the all-time homerun king (which I hope happens) unless a team is really desperate for attendance. But I wouldn't take attendance over laziness and a guy who has nothing left in his tank. All he's good for now are walks.
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It wasn't against the rules in baseball until just recently. Even if he did and has stopped when the rules took affect, there is nothing Selig can do. Legally it might be different.
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Barry Bonds would not still be playing if he had not taken performance enhancers.  Yes, he is a great home run hitter, but no one, NO ONE, has ever doubled their home run-to-at-bat ratio at the age of 39 or 40.  Why?\n\nAdvancing age decreases home run output for everyone.  UNLESS you are elongating your career with performance enhancers.  In short, Barry Bonds is cheating every single player who ever played straight.\n\nFrom 2000-2005, Barry Bonds should have half the home runs he hit nullified.  These are the dates that he is documented as having been taking performance enhancing drugs.  These are the dates his home run-to-at-bat ratio doubled.\n\nBaseball needs to take action on this for the integrity of the game, and for the honor of every Major League player who did not enhance their skills with some kind of substance.  The fans deserve to know that their favorite players can be looked up to for the skills they were born with.  Not for trying to beat the system, and us, for the sake of more money.\n\nBarry Bonds is a great player, and he is also a selfish, delusional, misguided sociopath who thinks the rules don't apply to him.  That is a great message to send to our kids.\n\nHis punishment will send a message that sportsmanship is not dead.  Even though there is trash talking, fights, and huge egos, a line has to be drawn at performance enhancing substances.  You and I can't get away with it, so why should our athletes.
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This question can have many answers.\n\nIt's too bad that you don't have Bonds in a private league which uses either BB or On Base Percentage, as the walks would be crucial to your success.\n\nUnfortunately, his walks in a public league don't lead to much more than runs scored (sometimes) and don't usually subsantiate much more, unless he's in a situation which won't give the Giants the lead or make it a close gome, or in a situation where he won't score too many runs batted in.\n\nThere should be many quality outfielders available in your league's free agent pool.\n\nFurthermore, it really depends on who you have at which position.  You could possibly trade Bonds for pitching if it's weak, or you could try for a 3B or 2Bman.  It really just depends on what your need is.  If you want to post your league ID# (assuming that you're in a public league), I can take a look on what I think you might need improving on.\n\nFurthermore, I would consider just keeping him as a bench player.  He may not have too much value right now.\n\nAt this point, you may want to wait for him to get a few hits, HR, RBI, etc...\n\nGood luck.\nCraig
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I'm a huge Pujols fan, and he has an outside shot at it, but I think it will take some doing to top Babe Ruth (along w/ Willie Mays as an all-around player)
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Definitely. Bonds is the face of the Giants. Ask anyone on the streets anywhere (even the little kids) to name a player from the SF Giants and most everyone will answer Bonds. Though Bonds' speed has greatly diminished (taking away his basestealing threat), he is still a threat to hit one out of the park every time he steps up to the plate. I'm too young to have witnessed most of Bonds' other feats (esp. his speed on the basepaths), but he has been the most exciting player to watch in baseball for the past few years while he was hitting homers at that torrid pace. We might never see another player like Bonds...not only in SF but anywhere else in the league for that matter - and most Giants fans realize this..which is why they still love him. Barry will always be Barry, despite his bad attitude and alleged steorid use...you can't deny he's had tremendous impact on the game of baseball. Fact of the matter is, if it weren't for Barry, half the fans who come out to the park probably even wouln't show up at AT&T this year.
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Wow, before I read the details, I had picked Barry Bonds and Kobe Bryant.  I would also like to add Terrill Owens for his selfishness.  Great Question!
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Hank Aaron lives 30 miles from me\nHank Aaron Stadium  25 miles from me\n\nHank was on are local news he said he will not back Barry Bonds if he breaks the home run record because using steroids\n\nBarry Bonds does not deserve the home run record - (no)
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Ichiro is a hitting machine. And could be the first player to hit .400 and i hope he passes Pete Rose that way the best hitter will at least be in the hall of fame.
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Bonds seems like a selfish kind of guy (he collects hella memorabilia of himself if I understood that right on "Bonds on Bonds"), but like most athletes I have to assume he wants a championship more than anything. If he was simply about records, you'd think he'd want to go to the AL so he could DH.
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I would definetly pitch to him. Even though he is 3-3 with 3 HR's. The chances of anybody hitting 4 HR's, nonetheless 4 hits in WS Game 7 are the same to Hell freezing over. Not saying it can't happen though. I'd like to think in this situation, you'd give me some leeway and give my OF's good and accurate arms. But nonetheless, I would attack him this way. Pitch around him. Not so much that the pitches are unhittable, but enough so he can't pull them. OR, if he's hit the 3 HR's to the opposite field, I would give him some inside heat, if my SP has any left.\n\nPOSSIBLY:\n\nWith 57 HR's and if there were 2 or more walk-off HR and he had some clutch hits, I might do this. I'd put my closer up. Make my pitcher hold the ball until the batter calls time. Have my infield talk to him. Then I would make the picther hold the ball again untill time is called. Then I would go out myself and exchange pitchers. Then with my closer I would attack the same way I did in the other paragraph.
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1. Willie Mays (best outfielder of all time, great homerun hitter - 4th all time, and very high batting average.\n\n2. Babe Ruth (maybe the best player in baseball history, set many HR records, revolutionized baseball)\n\n3. Mickey Mantle\n\n4. Ty Cobb\n\n5. Ernie Banks\n\n6. Barry Bonds\n\n8. Joe Dimaggio
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Since Bonds violated no baseball policies on steroids and has never failed a steroids test since their inception in the league, baseball can not and should not take action against him.  Frankly, it is baseball that is ultimately to blame for Bonds' flagrant use of them.  If the league had a reputable commissioner instead of an owners' "yes" man, this would have likely been a dead issue 10 years ago.\n\nHowever, Bonds will not escape punishment--at least in the court of public opinion.  This poor excuse for a competitor pumped his body full of every kind of performance-enhancing drug available, all the while claiming he would never do such a thing.  His outright lies will  (I hope) convince baseball fans that he is not worthy of our praise or attention, let alone induction into the Hall.  I cannot imagine sportswriters, who Bonds has ignored, berated, and lied to, ever voting him in.
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Man give the guy a break.\nYes he did take steroids, but steroids arent gonna help you with how you swing the bat!\n\nAnd no, I'm not a Bonds or Giants fan, I'm just tired of everyone jumping on the guy and saying how he doesent deserve the record and blah blah blah.\n\nRecords are meant to be broken.
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Haha Barry bonds is a chicken. Wouldnt even fight Springer last night. Then again, he would get his *** kicked as his body is old and crippled enough.\n\nIf you were on his team and he charged the mound, would you back him up? Didnt think so. Doubt his teammates would either. The sooner he retires, the better for the game.