Do you think Barry bonds will break the record this year??
956788
If he goes to an American league team as a DH, yes.\n\nIf a team has to wheel him out there in the outfield, no.\n\nHe's breaking down physically, so his best chance is as a DH.  \n\nI'm a bit suprised Oakland hasn't made a play for him.  I'm guessing the Giants don't want the steroid scandal scrutiny.
584436
I THINK HE DESERVED,BECAUSE HE IS VERY TALENTED PLAYER,I KNOW THAT JUST FOR THE FACT THAT HE USE STEROIDS,THE PEOPLE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZED HIM LIKE THEY DID WITH RUTH.BUT HOW MANY PLAYERS USE STEROIDS AND THEY{THE PLAYERS THAT USED THEM,BONDS IS NOT THE ONLY ONE}NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BREAK A RECORD LIKE BONDS.
529106
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.
691326
While there have been many allegations, I don't know of Bonds ever actually failing a drug test.\n\nHow many of the pitchers he hit off of were on steroids?\n\nWhen he breaks the record it will be his and unless he fails a future drug test NO ASTERISK.
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.
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.
1046786
he shouldn't be declared as a record breaker.\nthe guy was on steroids, that's cheating.\n\nDEREK JETER ROCKS!
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!
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.
365000
Bonds could if they would pitch to him. It's amazing despite his slow start, he is still the most feared hitter in all of baseball. When they are not walking him intentionally, they are throwing very little in and around the strike zone.\n\nSo... to answer your question, this year it will be Manny.
722362
I hope he hits 715 on saturday caz I'm going to that game. That would be SO SWEET!\n\nO Yeah and Jason "hes not playing tonight and even if he did he wouldnt cuz roy oswalt would own him" \n\nYou said that but Barry is 4 for 4 lifetime vs Oswalt so maybe you should re think that statement.
471301
no he will not break record
540205
A-Rod, Pujols, and possibly Bonds. Maybe even all three.\n\nBy the way, Pujols has a chance to break Barry Bonds's single season HR record too.
613479
I think that Barry Bonds should be up there with his godfather, Willie Mays, but not with the babe and hank arron. Without the steriods he still would have hit a ton, even if what the book Game of Shadows says is true, and he started in 1998, the pace that he was going on, he still probably would have reached 600. And even 600 is enough to be put in the same category as the babe and aaron, but not worthy of being on the exact same level as the two greatest homerun hitters of all time.
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
506646
I'm no Bonds fan but tonight I heard just in his past 5 to 8 years he has really been hitting his home runs. witch i think he was on drugs and Babe did it on hot dogs and beer. But if people want Bonds out of the record book you also have to take out Mark McGuire(or how ever its spelled St. Louis sucks any ways)
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.