Do you think Barry Bonds will break Hank Aaron's Home Run Record?
355140
I think he is capable of breaking the record but I don't think MLB pitchers will allow him to do it.  I do not think they will pitch to him enough times to allow him to break the record.
644800
Chances are very low.Bonds has been swarmed by steroid use,media,and hatred.He is getting old and is losing what he has left in him.\n  He'll proboaly retire at the end of the season at 727
387964
I live in Mobile, Alabama and Hank Aaron lives within 30 miles of me to the right of me is Hank Aaron Statium were the Bay Bears play. Any way thats not important what i like to say if your in the sports do you take steriods i mean how does it make you hit a ball further must be some strong stuff. I dont favor Hank because i was raised not far away and we got some really great baseball players come from here. Besides the point thats the country in me rambling on. I dont hate anyone or dislike them unless they try to hurt my family well dogget there i go again. What i was going to tell you if you dont live close bye that Hank was on the news a short while back saying he was not going to back, Bonds up if he broke the record. Now some may say Hanks being selfish because its his record coming up but i think i will stand by Hank on this one. If he did it without drugs why cant someone else i mean one man did it way can there be another Hank out there unless he was the greatest of all time at homerun hitting.
597980
Who is Barry Bonz?\n\nIn all seriousness, there is no proof that Bonds used steroids. Did he use them? Probably. Did he use them at a time when they were banned by major league baseball? Probably not. If he explicitly took something that was against the rules of the game at the time, then he should be punished. If not, he was merely playing the game as it was allowed to be played. \n\nOn a sidenote, don't forget that Babe Ruth doesn't hold the record, Hank Aaron does. Babe Ruth is now tied for second all time with Bonds, and Bonds has a long way to go to get to Aaron's record. He'll retire before he gets there.
969707
I just wanna say good question. I don't have any good memorabilia that's worth money. I'd love to get the ball when Barry Bonds goes ahead of Hank Aaron. Bonds hits it a long way but I doubt he can hit it to England, where I'm at.
89841
NO.  IF this is his last season, he will not break it.  Even if he IS healthy all season, pitchers will pitch around him.  He needs 48 home runs to break the record.  He only hit 45 in 03 and 45 in 04 playing 130 and 147 games.  There is no way he is going to get close to that many games again with his bad knees.  He will need two more seasons to do it.\n\nI think that with all of the controversy around him.  He is going to bow out second on the list after this season.  He does not want the media attention on himself or his family.  Just the fact that he is second is going to give him more coverage than he would like.\n\nMLB themselves are not sure how they want to acknowledge any records that he may get because of the controversy.
436367
He is definitely worth it. People totally exaggerate the impact of steroids on the great baseball players. Yes, steroids probably helped Luis Gonzales hit 57 home-runs when he has never hit over 30 in any other season. But steroids have not caused Barry Bonds to hit more home-runs. Go back to his earliest days, and Barry was crushing home-runs. Barry's totals have improved largely because he has become extremely selective (never swinging at anything out of the strike zone), and because he continues to perfect his craft as a hitter. Barry rarely misses a mistake. We are talking about a man who hit over 50 home-runs in a year where he received more intentional walks than ARod received in his entire career...ARod!!!! As for Babe Ruth's single season and career home-run numbers, does anyone complain about the fact these records were made possible by ending the dead ball era? That's right...before 1921, the major league record for home-runs in a season was 16. Do you think athletes all starting doping in 1921? Actually, no. Major league baseball actually changed the baseball, making it travel farther when hit. So yes, Barry Bonds is worthy to break Babe Ruth's career home-run record...and Hank Aaron's for that matter.
263369
Unfortunately, the answer to this point is that yes, the records should probably stand. Remember, steroids were not an illegal performance enhancing drug according to the rules of Major League Baseball until just two years ago. Any records set before that point will stand.\n\nThe interesting part will come in with situations like Barry Bonds and the career home run record if he is actually proven to have used steroids since they were made illegal. And that's not just proving he used, but proving he has used since they were made an illegal substance by MLB.
614519
Also don't forget that Babe Ruth was an all-star pitcher for the first 2 or 3 years of his baseball career, so bonds hasn't matched anything in my mind.  If he can go out and win 20 games in the next 2 or 3 years pitching the baseball then he may have matched the record. Even at that he is a steroid using cheater.
644093
If he keeps this up, so far he is a potential triple crown candidate, he is on the pace to breaking the previous home run record of 73.  I just named a couple records.  lol
303523
comment on your answer about barry bond having it both ways he is saying he wants to break ruths record be cause he is retiring after this year and he is only 6 or 7 away and no one will pitch to him because he is the greatest hitter/ player of all time.  not because hank arron is black who cares if he is black he shattered willie mayes's record and he is black and his god father so race (color ) has nothing to do with it he knows he wone be able to achieve it this year bottom line
126244
Yes, he will.  The only exception would be if he gets banned for drug use.  \n\nHe'll end up either 1st or 2nd on the home runs charts, and that alone will put him in on the first ballot.  People may not like him, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be in the hall.\n\nTy Cobb was widely hated when he was around.  He would TRY to hurt guys with his spikes, but he is regarded as one of the best hitters ever and he went in on 98% of the vote...more than BABE RUTH and WALTER JOHNSON!
633038
First things first:  Intrepid18's answer is moronic.  First he states that Barry Bonds should be awarded the record because we don't know how many people are ueing steroids, then he uses as his source Jose Canseco, thenin the next breath he states that Jose Canseco cann't be trusted.  Geez, with that kind of gymnastic logic it is hard to even respond.\n\nOf course Bonds should not be mentioned in the same breath as Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.  It makes no difference HOW many players have "juiced up" today.  The fact that a lot of people have juiced up is irrelevant.  The fact that Bonds has juiced up IS relevant because he is the only one challenging the record.  There is little doubt that Bonds will pass Ruth, probably by this time next week, but i don't think any serious sports scholars think he will remain healthy enough to challenge Aaron's 755.  Bonds simply isn't healthy enough to last another year.  He has virtually no chance of catching Aaron this year.  He is currently at 712, which leaves him 43 shy of tying Aaron and 44 shy of passing him.  Bonds is not going to get enough good pitches this season to hit 45 ringers.\n\nIf by some miracle Bonds does pass Aaron his name should have an asterisk next to his name with a note that "performance enhancing drugs were employed."
652089
I am very happy...I hate Barry Bonds and hope he does not break Hank's record.  Hank Aaron did it on talent and Barry is just full of lies and steroids!!
311454
Honestly, if he plays 120 games, like the Giants hope he plays, he will hit about 32. The reason 50 and 60 are out of the question is because he will be walked alot this season. That averages to 1 HR in 4 games. That may be even higher but if the players in front of him can get some hits and allow Bonds the chance to swing, he will get his 30 some. To say he will hit 50-60 averages to 1 HR for every 2-2.2 AB.
386659
I think either after this season or next season he will retire. I think he wants to try and break Hank Aaron's record if he can.
663672
I'll probably take heat for this, but I have to go with Bonds here.\n\nAaron had incredible longevity and consistency - he never hit over 50 home runs, yet holds the career home run record; very impressive. He also did this under intense scrutiny and racial tension - back then, people weren't excited about the Babe being passed by a black man (you might say the same thing is true today, but not to the same extent).\n\nHowever, even before Bonds allegedly (this has never been proven for sure, although it certainly looks like he did it) took steroids, he was doing things few players have ever done in the sport, like hitting for 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases in the same season, which he did a bunch of times (he even went 40/40 in '96). And then his stats are just unbelievable for the past 6-10 years. Not only his home run totals, either. His slugging percentage and walks (he barely got pitches to hit for a few years in a row) rivaled the Babe during this stretch. Sure, steroids (if he did take them) helped, but his innate ability and hard work had to have a big part of this. I mean, the guy was unpitchable for awhile. Aaron was never unpitchable or even close to it.\n\nIt's too bad Bonds has this steroid thing hanging over him.