So now that it is almost all said and done are you impressed??
Just last year when Bonds came back from that knee injury and starting bombing baseballs over the fence in late September I was impressed!!!
Now that he has hit 714 I am as unimpressed as anyone could be with 714 homeruns. I have talked and blogged about Bonds as much as the next person. Trying to get a grasp on this whole thing. I have joked about the roids, jeered Bonds, and cheered Bonds. But until today I did not know whether or not I would be in awe or just "oh he did it" about number 714. Maybe 715 or some other Bonds hit will change my perspective. But for now I am not impressed.
I doubt anyone was unsure or unimpressed with any of Ruth's 714.
How many of Bonds homers have I been impressed with. 73. Now I wonder if that was 73 too many.
This sportsnutt is unimpressed. Now the rest of you nuttz.... ARE YOU IMPRESSED???
Barbaro suffers a tragic fracture in running of the Preakness.
Barrett gives Pierzynski a wake up punch.
9 games in a row without a homer for Bonds and we all knew it was coming, but you couldn't help but hope it never would. Now the chase for Henry Aaron's record begins. We can only hope it stands. Aaron's is the most legit record of them all anyway. No roids, not an all white league, Aaron did it clean and against the best. Josh Gibson homers in the #### league are as legitimate as Ruth's in the white league and Bonds on roids. So all I can hope is that Aaron hangs on.
Watching the Preakness was tough. And not just because I lost money on an office pool. I had Bernadini and paid extra for Barbaro and traded dini. My trade seemed to curse Barbaro and I feel very bad about it. Nothing worse than seeing such a beautiful horse pull up lame. Sad. I hope he does not become glue and can make a glorious comeback studding.
Good luck Barbaro!
Then what about that punch Michael Barrett threw. At first glance I thought it was WAY uncalled for. But after a few takes he probably gave Pierzynski what he deserved. AJ tackled Barrett AFTER he dropped the ball, then SLAMS the plate and then while heading to the dugout gives Barrett one last dip of the shoulder. IF I was Barrett and had just been mowed I might have socked AJ too. I think he will get about 30 games but I hope he gets less. AJ will probably get 5 to 10, but I would like to see him get 10-15. I think all pro sports need to start punishing the instogators more. Ben Wallace got 5 games in the famous Palace brawl and he created the WHOLE thing. And I am a Pistons fan!
Anyway a pretty good brawl. Should make for another interesting game tomorrow.
Bonds I hope you struggle to hit 715.
Barrett good luck with a small suspension.
And Barbaro I hope a long life of great sex is ahead of you.
Anybody watch the Bonds on Bonds eps? I tuned in for the first three and found them rivetingly boring. It was contrived, uninteresting, and yet I didn't want to miss any of it. The entire steroids issue is fascinating. JUICED Canseco's book of lies that all came true. Read it and loved it. Its the Foul Ball of our time - Jim Bouton must be proud.
*714 Bonds........ You got to asterisks these guys. Once Selig's exhaustive PR/investigation of Bonds turns up with what we all already know - he is pumped with more muscle building drugs than a herd of future Big Mac burgers- you darn well better put the ol * next to his record and do it to Mcgwire and Sosa too.
Is Bonds chase bad for baseball? Probably but I got to say I watch every at bat they update. I am tuning in to see him break the record, see who gets the ball, how much it sells for on ebay, etc. etc. etc. I am interested in the entire STEROIDS chase. I am sick of it and GLUED to it at the same time. I am like baseball in that way a very confused transition period.
As far as the Babe... the gr8 Bambino, sultan of swat, the man the myth the legend. His record had already been broken by aaron and it didn't put a scratch into his legend. The Babe will always be the greatest homerun hitter that ever lived even if he wasn't. Thats the beauty of legends.
JC
Me personally, have never considered myself a fan of BB. Always respected his game, but never considered him one of my faves. Perhaps cuz I always considered Griffey, Jr as my #1 athlete in sports, and Bonds never had the charisma or pure joy for the game as Junior.
That being said, I don't HATE on the man. Why single out Bonds among a generation of juicers?!? He is NOT the only one deserving of an asterisk. So what that he's about to pass up the legendary Babe? Is there any other record in any sport where we pay so much attention to being #2 in the history books? No one even knows who is #2 behind Wilt's 100 points, or Joe D's 56-gm hit streak. So no one will make a big deal of someone finishing runner-up to those hallowed marks. No need to make a big deal about 715 until the man approaches 755...and I just don't see that happening.
Haters all need to get a life. Stop hating someone as if he's the only guilty individual. Blame the system, blame MLB for pretending ignorance. Don't hate the player. Hate the game.
