should barry bonds keep the record when he finally catches up to hank aaron?
492371
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.
318308
If he keeps up what he is doing this year then definatly. A run scored every game exept one, thats some potinential Hall of Fame Material.
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
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.
1146761
No.  He's a very, very good player.  But very, very good players don't go to the hall of fame.  Special ones do.  He's not that special.  He had 46 HR's last year - but in today's game, that's nothing special.
542461
I would be surprised if he beats Barry Bonds record this season and hits 74 HR. He could defeat Bonds recods when the San Francisco Giants come to St. Louis on the weeked between Friday to Sunday, September 15 to 17.
461567
Not no but HELL NO!  He doesn't want his record to be taken from him.  Even though 99.99% of people know he's guilty.  He wants to go down as one of the greatest baseball players in history; even if he did cheat his way into the record books and the Hall of Fame.  But now that he's quit for the new testing "laws" that have been put into effect he's a worthless player, 1 HR and a .222 AVG.  See what happens when the juice wears off Barry?  Plus his body is starting to fall apart.  Now that he doesn't have the juice to repair his body parts his knee is falling apart. He's a JOKE, and will never admit to using steroids.  Remember the phony story about his "accidental" use?  How the hell do you accidentally stick yourself in the ass with a needle?  Must have slipped and fell!
746697
I would have to say the ball Barry Bonds hits when he breaks Aaron's record. Although I'm not sure the bidding will go as much as it went for Mcgwire's ball, which was 2.2 mill or 3 mill I can't remember. The last Bonds ball only sold for 500k\nSo it depends.
683333
Bonds had his "best" years during his steroid days and long after most players retire. So it's not just HR production, his Avg was affected as well. Steroids are not the only issue. Bonds is under huge scrutiny now as he approaches records. He also is suffering from the bad press because of his steroid usage. Coming off a year of not playing is hard, when your well past the age or retirement for most players it's more so. So for Bonds to kick the steroids, recover his timing and battle both age and the press it's likely a bit too much for him. If Bonds had any class he'd retired rather than come back this year. He was busted for steroids but hadn't passed any cherished marks that he wouldn't have passed without steroids yet. Bonds could have quietly been just another steroid user and gone to the hall of fame. His coming back this year threw his cheating in people's faces.\n\nAs for people coming to the park. The biggest and best fan draw is a winning team. HR hitters are fan draws for losing teams. If a team is winning the fans will come. The loyal fans come no matter who is on the roster. The folks who show up for a Bonds like player are rather few actually and don't come for long. Especailly today when everybody hits home runs. It's not like the days of Ruth when there were 3-5 people in all of baseball who could hit 30+ home runs. There are that many players on single teams today with HR totals like that. The HR is losing what draw power it had pretty quickly.
420301
no way...it is a tainted record and bonds is out of favor. In the long run, 10-20 years it will die down some and records will be considered, but for now....look out below!
642790
He is about the same age as Aaron was in Aaron's last two seasons. Hank hit a total of 22 homers over those last two seasons. If Barry has similar numbers it will take him 3.5 more years. I dont see him playing that long.
230499
First of all I do not support steroid use and personally yes I do believe Barry Bonds knowingly took steroids.  However, just because he juiced up did not mean he did not have the ability to hit these homeruns, just because he "juiced" up did not make him able to see the ball better etc.  He has to have natural ability and has to be a great athlete to accomplish what he has.  Yes the steroids made him stronger but he still had to have the abilty to make contact with the ball and steroids did not cause that to happen.  So no I do not think they should take his record away, just like I do not believe it is right for Pete Rose to be banned from the "Hall of Fame".  Yes it says in the rules it is illegal to bet on baseball games as a player or manager but NOWHERE does it say if caught you will be banned from being in the Hall.  Which is something he earned as a player before he was ever caught betting on baseball
391284
No, baseball won't do that.  The historic awards will remain as they are...\n\nKen Caminiti (sp?) won the NL MVP award one year, and before he died, he flat out admitted he was on steroids at the time... they didn't strip him of the award, and the same will be true of Bonds..\n\nBesides, how do we know the runners-up weren't on something as well? In some cases it might be obvious, but in other cases the runner-up's credentials perhaps could also be questioned.
1103339
Yes he should because he played the game. He was wrong not to turn the others in BUT that shouldn't keep him out of the Hall. He should have been kept out of the game, forced to retire. The ones who were cheating should have been kept out of the Hall. Bonds isn't IN THE HALL for the record. Neither is Big Mac, who proably won't get in. I'm sure he is pissed that Bonds hasn't retired because Bonds is a reminder of that era and it will make the voters vote against him as a punishment to what he likely did. Until they are in you can't compare the two situations.
721016
There are quite a few reasons actually. It might be a long time if ever anybody comes up like Ruth. The guy was an outstanding pitcher and one of the greatest hitters of all time. Ruth was hitting 30-40 HRs back when the baseball was more like a mush ball and HR titles were won in single digits. Ruth's career HR was a record many people thought would never fall. It was also set with over 4,500 fewer At bats and Ruth lost several years of HR hitting to being a pitcher. So Ruth's mark is still a feat of legend. Being surpassed will never change that. Nor will Aaron's record be forgoten when somebody finally passes him. \n\nAaron was more complete ball player than Ruth. Aaron played great defense and stole bases. Aaron played against an almost different game. \n\nBoth Ruth and Aaron hit for good average for their time. Ruth was the Babe. He loved the attention. Aaron just played awesome baseball every year and did the best he could. Both Ruth and Aaron earned their records. \n\nBonds may not even make the hall of fame. For him to soil records like Ruth's and Aaron's is really sad. Bonds did not need steroids but used them anyway and lied about it after somebody blew the whistle on him.
504928
lets see . He is a cheater and a liar . I feel that it does not matter what you did before you cheated .once you have been caught  you should have to step up and be a man ,and take your punishment . the steroids years have hurt baseball how are fans going to be able to trust the players  anymore. I know that no one is perfect but the real reason  behind all of this is greed and jealousy. bonds could not stand by and let sosa and mark get all the attention, they were cheating and people loved them and he thought that if they can do it so can he. well guess what now they are all in the dog house .there is NO WAY that any of them make the HALL of FAME . so let bonds break the record it will alway be tanted and it will be all he has from baseball. long live the memory of  and hank aaron  and roger's 61
519616
That's 714 and yes....but Hank Aaron has the record of 755.\n\nI don't think he'll get that.