why acused barry bonds if he havent failed a drug test?
463151
Your question basically says, "because one type of evidence is missing, we should ignore all other evidence of wrongdoing."  The answer is obvious.
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.
692448
easily one of the greatest of all-time, the guy won 3 or 4 MVP's before any steroid speculation.  even if he did do steroids, baseball players have been taking them forever and none of them have even approached what Barry is doing, not even close.  mcgwire, sosa, a couple of good years, but nothing even close.  then, you also have the fact that there have been cheats throughout the years, the spitballers.  or the fact that when babe was playing, he wasn't playing against the best players because of the segregation between MLB and the negro league, whose to say there wasn't a barry bonds in the negro leagues.
490559
For those of you who think that Barry Bonds is good for baseball keep in mind that he is a selfish jerk who only wants to break records and win a world series only so that he can finally claim that he is the best ever. And he accomplished all of this by taking steriods. Not only does he cheat, but he is an asshole as well. Why do you think Jeff Kent got out of SF? Kent won an MVP, Bonds was pissed about that and that Kent would stand up to Bonds when he would do outrageous stuff on a daily basis. Such as tell Dusty Baker that he wasn't going to play. If he ever passes Aaron, it will be a dark day in baseball history.
180278
not untill it is proven he has never failed a test and as for the rookie to now umm that is a 20 year time span so 50 pounds difference easy to accomplish \nthe time frame he is beig accused of using is from 98 to now prior to 98 he was still the only player in history to have 400 hr and 600 sb oh and he was still a 4 time mvp could it be that with all the expansions a pitching shortages that the man is just that much better also some stats are misleading in the post 98 era like hr per ab ratio because prior to his 70 hr season he wasnt intentionally walked 150 times a season (no ab for a walk) so of course that number is going up botttom line untill he tests positive he should b inocent untill proven guilty
578718
I have to say that I agree with the allegations that he did use steroids. ESPN the Magazine just had a story about him with a picture of him in '93 and one of him recently. Same pose (stretching before going to bat with the bat over his head). He didn't even look like the same person. However, I'm still undecided on whether or not he was aware that he was using steroids. But, it seems to me that'd be kind of hard not to realize that you're getting that much bigger that fast. On the other hand, you still have to have some talent and hand-eye coordination to make contact with the ball. So, it's not like steroids were the only thing that have propelled him to third all-time in HRs. There's talent there, too. But, I love the Giants and I love watching Barry play. I'm glad he's so close to the HR second place record and I hope he breaks Ruth's second place record and comes back again next year. His agent said that he expects him to return next year, just not sure for what team...be a DH in the AL or continue to play for the Giants? I think everyone should just lay off him, though, and let the man play baseball...for goodness sakes' it's just a sport...and, Ruth and Mantle, etc. weren't all exactly saints either...
542855
The steroid policy is too little too late. He has accomplished so much and there is no way of telling when he started using steroids. It should count. \n\nIn the future, I hope anyone caught using steroids will be banned for life.
606860
Although Bonds has never tested positive for steroids. His body and style of play has changed a lot since his younger days.\n\nPicture of Barry Bonds approximately 10 year ago. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photos_from_the_field/2004/12/03/bonds.years/bonds1.jpg\n\nPicture of Barry Bonds today. http://www.sfbappa.org/SF28.images/9%20BEST%20BARRY%20BONDS%20PHOTO/0HM1.JPG\n\nObviously his body and muscles have changed a lot in about  10 years, which usually does not happen to people over the age of 27.
455025
Everyone knows that Barry Bonds uses steroids.  And the concept of accidentally using steroids, does anyone really believe that?  That's like accidentally smoking crack!  Bonds case should be looked at a little more carefully than it is.  Major League Baseball isn't even really paying attention to the claims of his use.  I think the main reason for this is because he broke the single season HR record, and how would they handle that situation?  They couldn't just take them away there would be too much criticism over that one.  But, he should be fines, suspended, and investigated more thoroughly.  My main question is where was he when they had Sosa, Palmeiro, Schilling, Thomas, and McGwire?
544817
I always thought that Bonds had taken steroids, no matter what he said to defend himself. I agree what David Wells recently said about him. He thinks it's a crock that Bonds put something in his body unknowingly. I agree, it's pretty unlikely someone would put something in their body without knowing exactly what it is. I'm not a Bonds hater, I just don't like the fact that he's PROBABLY lying to everyone.\n\nBasically, he used to be a baseball hero, but not anymore.
613747
Because Bonds is a JERK
288393
He was walked because, juiced or not, he could hit.  Managers said in a situation where you are up by one run with bases loaded in a late inning and Bonds at the plate, they would actually intentionally walk him and tie the game, and then go after the next guy rather than risk throwing to him.\n\nI don't think that they walked Bonds to keep him from the record.  They all knew he was juiced and knew that eventually it would catch up with him and tarnish his reputation.  But they have ERAs and their own stats to worry about.  And when Bonds' records are eventually all tarnished, they won't go back and say, "Okay Pitcher, we are shaving 2 pts off your ERA due to Bond's homeruns off you.\n\nFinally, Performance enhancing drugs most definitely increase hand-eye coordination as well as swing speed.  This has been documented and is one major perk of them.  Bonds *had* a natural talent that was decreasing and so he used steroids to maintain it.
491725
If Barry Bonds retired in 1998, he would be a hall of famer. The second he rubbed on the cream, injected the clear, posed for ZMA, he ruined his life. Barry Bonds does not deserve the hall of fame. He cheated. Winners never cheat. Cheaters never win. Besides if he was in the hall of fame, they couldnt make a plaque because his head is too big.
1124761
Considering he's played with the O's, Diamondbacks and Royals lately I'd say most of those names come from those rosters. Palmiero is one that jumps up right away. Curt Schilling is a possibility even though he was gone before Grimsley got to Arizona. Many of the players are likely to be journeymen like himself. However there may be some stars. Grimsley was teamates with players like Beltran and Sweeney.  Sidney Ponson might be another name to pop up.  Barry Bonds apparently has been linked to HG drugs before and it appeared the feds wanted Grimsley to get Bonds for them. So there is a strong chance that Bonds a known steroids user will be scooped up in this. Other steroid users like Sosa and Giambi might be on the list as well. In fact I'd be really surprised if Sosa doesn't turn up in this scandal. He used corked bats, steroids and every other method of cheating, why not the HG formulas?
1137565
Steroids seem to be the easy way out. Working out at the gym is hard work, and some players are so lazy, they want to do it the easy way. Barry Bonds--and probably plenty of other athletes--could have been respected, great athletes if they had been willing to work. But they just took steroids. Athletes like Barry Bonds, Mark Mcquire (sp?), Rafael Palmiero--they all broke huge records. People celebrated--until they found out the horrible truth. It caused so much confusion in baseball. What to do with them? Did they have to put asterisks by all the records? (715*\n*used steroids)\nI mean, that just gives kids bad ideas. Steroids\na) RECK your body\n2) injure your chances of being a respected athlete\nd) are just plain cheap\nMost of those athletes are liars, too! They say that they didn't intentionally take steroids. That's why I respect Jason Giambi--he admitted his mistake.\nI saw a story on the news about a high school football player who died. He had been taking steroids and they recked his body.
314729
"Rich" is right.  People go after Bonds now because he might have lied in prejury.  McGuire didn't answer the question if he used steroid.\n\nIt's also about the Babe Ruth record.  Racism?  It's your judgement.  \n\nA lot of people don't like Bonds, because his off-field attitudes.  That matters too.
632332
No, Bonds has 73.....\n\nBonds did not cheat technically.....it was not against baseball policy to use steroids until very recently.....so he technically did not break any rules.   Even if it is proven that he did knowingly take steroids his stats should not be erased......