The whole thing was phony.  Sadly, Barry Bonds hitting 756 wasn't even the worst of it.  From ESPN, to ballplayers past and present, to fans, every single one of them completely wussed out.  They all played nice, while Barry played them for fools.

I for one cannot believe with all of the concerted effort to try and rid the sport of this disaster that this event came off as cleanly as when we were all naive enough to believe what Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were doing back in 1998 was legit.  The nerve of those who called upon the game to be sanitized to come out and support Bonds was almost as disgraceful as those who stood by and heaped praise as if it were 1998.

From now on I don't want to hear ESPN or anyone else who participated in this charade bashing or crucifying MLB for steroid problems or policies in the future, they have forefeited that right.  Nor do I want to hear from Hank Aaron or Frank Robinson on this issue, after F. Robby came out complaining about losing his 4th spot on the all-time homer list to tainted sluggers and showed up for Bonds and Hammerin' Hank for months said he wanted nothing to do with this, donates his face time on the scoreboard video thus giving credibility to Bonds and praise to the achievement.

Then players of the present or recent past have nothing negative to say.  Not even just nothing to say but nothing negative and everything positive.  It is absurd, it is ridiculous it is quite comical and utterly sad.  

As the headline on the front of the NY Post read today about Barry Bonds, "Big Sh*t" indeed.