why dont san fran people realize how bad barry bonds is for the game of baseball?
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.
174426
myself I think the deal about juicing has NEVER been proved. I mean come on people we are talking about a man that has played 20 years and has compiled some of the best stats EVER, and people want to trash everything he has done on whispers. Damn he started out on a crap team and lead it to be a contender. I think he has every god given right to be in the HOF. Look at some of the old timers in the hall... drunks, wife beaters, gamblers, I need not go on. I by far don't hate Barry and if most of the baseball public would get their heads out of their a$$es and get off the holier than thou seat they wouldn't either. Last I know he played in America ... ya know innocent until PROVEN guilty, and I don't mean people trying to make a quick buck with "tell all" books. Just my thoughts.....
498478
Yes.  Why wouldn't they?  I haven't heard a huge outcry for Big Mac's, Sammy Sosa's, Rapheal (sp?) Palmerio's, or even Jose Canseco's and Ken Caminiti's homerruns.  What makes Bonds so special in that regard?
275670
The worst, by far, is Jose Conseco. He willing admitted to taking steroids for many years just to allow him to hit more homers and be more consistent at the plate. However, those who continue to "think" Bonds was Not taking both steroids and HGH is unwilling to face reality! He took synthetic steroids that could not be detected and human growth hormones that only a blood test will show. Consequently he DID Cheat and continues to lie in order to his ongoing pursuit of those home run records!
399751
The Cards are my favorite team, so I might be biased.  But, the fact still remains that Pujols is the best hitter in baseball right now.  He will eventually be labeled as one of the best hitters in baseball history.  This year is also the year that Bonds record has a shot to be broken, especially if Pujols keeps hitting HRs the way he has been.  The man just has natural talent and on top of the natural ability he has, he fine tunes what he already has by working hard and practicing to be the best.  Many people have all of a sudden started to accuse Pujols of using steroids lately.  FALSE, FALSE, FALSE!  They're all just jealous that he doesn't play for their team and they're just looking for someone to take Bonds place.  Since Pujols is hitting the way he is, now all of a sudden he's on steroids?  Must be Cubs fans saying that.  Get real!  I definitely agree with you on this matter, Pujols is the man and nobody in the league can come close to his ability or talent.
655542
AOL baseball stats indicate Bonds has been hit by pitches 4 times this year. 34 other players in the National League have been hit by 4 or more pitches this year.\n\nIt does not appear pitchers are trying to hit poor Barry.
537903
jahhhahhah! of course we are..do as we say not was we doers..that's what we are...i struggle with that all the time...oh well.. cut barry a break, he knows he's lame, but he's working on that. yeah, he's a buttface, but he's a danged good baseball player!!!! danged good. sprots are bought and paid for..and barry just decided to spend his dough to become a better player..yeah, i think he did it...but who cares, he gives us a show! i'm gonna say it agian. he's one heck of a player!  and like really, how does roids make him really play better...he gets a personal high...ok, so ...what..like millions of people don't buy illegal drugs, better yet, like billions of baseball hoares don't drink beer at the game...give me a break...let 'em all take roids..see what kinda game they can play then.  hypocrites, yes, absolutely. i am one of the worst out there...i try not to be...but then again i don't have an important role in the big leagues...i live here, one small person, in one small house with my family...who do as i do, not as i say...f Uck them and let them use xxx and yyy and zzz to power up and out...they really are only hurting themselves...steroids don't give you super powers...they just make you more...person. throw the ball, let's play!\nmaybe that is why bonds is loved and hated...the roids...think about it. really. and give him slack...he's a human, like us all, but on roids...that was just plain ol wrong what someone did to him at the pads game...he's only human!  just like p bush!
405229
Bonds in all honesty is one of the games best players, I mean noone ever questions what hank aaron was on when he hit the homers, or babe ruth, I mean steriods have been around for ever, so maybe the babe would sip some rum and shoot up a little riod before game, maybe hank aaron used steriods since he looked like 100 yrs old when he set the record anyway..\n\n MLB baseball is ENTERTAINMENT it is no more a "sport" than Nascar... we pay to watch it, we buy the team logos, we pay the money so our children can have baseball cards, we support it. Would you have watched baseball in the 90's after the strike if Bonds, McGwire, Sosa didnt hit 2000000 homers, would you have watched wwf wrestling if 2 80 lb guys were going at it, NO you wouldnt have, we like BIG THINGS, BIG PEOPLE, and like spending BIG MONEY to show that Bonds did the right thing "if he did anything at all".
597277
It is bogus.  And we need justice to teach our children.\n\nThe investigation about Barry Bond's steroid usage is mainly on if he lied to grand jury.  And yes, there was no regulations about performance enhance drugs.  But many players have admitted they took them - Giambi admitted in grand jury, and he said sorry to fans.  McGwire didn't answer the question in grand jury, he admitted taking "clear", and he is a good role model especailly in St. Louis.\n\nPeople do wrong all the time, but they got forgived by admiting their mistakes.  People who are arrogant about their mistakes are hated by most of the people.  I loved Barry Bonds 10 years ago, but not anymore.\n\nBTW, how many people would cheat to break their godfather's record?
1156666
Did you see him when he first started playing, he was smaller than Barry Bonds and now he is twice the size of Bonds. If Bonds did steroids, this guy must of been eating them by the shovel full.
562054
more like BALCO BONDS he is a dicrace to baseball he should have an * next to his records. babe ruth and hank arron deserve to be worshiped by baseball fans not bonds and this all his store bought talent.\n\nwho would hit more homeruns the babe or bond on steroids.\n\nanswer babe 100,000 bonds 713!!!!!!!!
654358
I agree with you, but as far as baseball goes, they didn't "catch on" (which isn't a good thing) until the early-mid 80's. I know myself, no joking of a few players who used steroids to get ripped, as in muscle tone and bat speed, and running speed as well as to prolong thier careers. It is a much different "cycle" than those looking to be huge and monsterous. I'll give you a clue on one of them, he played for the Reds and Tigers and his name rhymes with Derek Shavis. People think ball players tak it for one reason: to hit homers. But the effects are much more potent and better when you try to use it for endurance and to get "chisled". How do I know this, I have studied baseball for 10 of my 20 years on this planet, and I have met and talked to a lot of ball players. It doesn't however make it better to not use it to bulk up, but look at why runners use it and marathoners. Imagine trying to run 26.2 miles and having it feel like 5 miles. Imagine the extra step when you are trying to steal a base? Imagine a few more mph on an outfield throw to get runners out? Or maybe even the extra step to run out a long fly ball. Those are the people MOST don't know about. When a player takes it to bulk, they have one thing on their mind: home runs. So my point is they are both cheaters and punks.
640924
Barry doesnt deserve the record. He isnt even worthy enogh of an asterisk. Barry Bonds is a cheater and should be band from the game with his stats from 1999 - 2004 erased. If you ask me, Barry Bonds was an amazing player and when he started BALCO he destoyed himself. was $7,000,000 not good enogh for him, he needed steroids so he could make more? I will be booing all the way, if he cries, I'll laugh. He will beat the Babe, but lets see him get 300 more home runs without drugs, win 95 games, and use crappier bats, ball, walls 500 feet away, and do it drunk. The Babe is better than Bonds, he has more home runs in less games, that should be the only thing you need to determine whose better. Along with a batting average of .342, I mean c'mon.
520173
Just run down the list, Giambi, Junior Griffey, Thome, Dunn, Bonds.  All these guys get the shift but none of them hits to the opposite field.  One reason is they're paid to hit long balls, not dribblers to the opposite field.  The other reason that he won't do it is because he can't unless it's a mistake.  All these hitters have this problem.  You defend against a hitter based on his scouting report.  The tape doesn't lie.  I don't like the shift but it has become an effective way to keep your team in the game.
597049
Many people do. That is why the reaction to his tying Babe Ruth has been so low key. When Hank Aarons was chasing Ruth in the early 1970s people were really excited. Many people think that he would not be there if it wasn't for steroids, although steroids don't help you win Golden Glove awards. Perhaps he should have an asterisk besides his name as happened with Roger Maris in the home run in a year record. It would be more appropriate for this record. Apparently, investigators are currently looking as to whether Bonds committed perjury in a 2003 trial. In general, Bonds isn't well liked and is under a taint. A recent book called "Game of Shadows" claims Bond starting using steroids in 1998.
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.
373003
Hey I'm a Braves fan and Hank Aaron is not what you think he is.  He's everything that Bonds is on a more bitter level.  He is ever bit of a racist and bitter about everything, and no one for the Braves cares much for him because of it.  The Media disliked him intensely because he was chasing the Babe, and he was not enjoyable to talk to from the media.  The parallels between the two personas is startling.  As far as the better hitter, no doubt it is Barry Bonds, and even before the steroids things came up he was still the best hitter I've ever seen in my lifetime.  Barry Bonds changed the way you play the Pirates or Giants, Hank never brought the fear like that in anyone.  One of the most overrated players of all time.  Take away the HR's and he's an average player.  Bonds has had insane batting averages and OBP seasons and MVPS.