Bonds Hits Number 756

Bond · 08-07-2007, 11:59 PM

Alright, time to put this fool behind bars and give the record back to Hank Aaron.

Fox 6 · 08-08-2007, 12:18 AM

This is a crime to baseball.

Bond · 08-08-2007, 12:49 AM

Long live Henry Aaron.

The Germanator · 08-08-2007, 01:00 AM

Courtesy of the best fans ever...Philly fans of course!

KillerGremlin · 08-08-2007, 01:36 AM

the man still has more talent than I ever will, but i agree....

at least put his name in the record books with a * next to it....

Barry Bonds*

* - used performance enhancing drugs

MrCoffee · 08-08-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Barry Bonds*

* - used performance enhancing drugs

that made me chuckle

Professor S · 08-08-2007, 08:04 AM

I stopped caring about baseball a long time ago... mainly because MLB not caring about its own image and reputation by allowing drugs to run rampant throught their sport.

Jason1 · 08-08-2007, 09:36 AM

I used to have this deep hatred for Bonds like the rest of you. I mean sure, he used steroids. So did so many others though. IMO, hes one of the top 5 players to ever play the game, easily, despite that fact. I dont hate the guy.

Bond · 08-08-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

I stopped caring about baseball a long time ago... mainly because MLB not caring about its own image and reputation by allowing drugs to run rampant throught their sport.

Er... but you still watch wrestling?

The Germanator · 08-08-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

I stopped caring about baseball a long time ago... mainly because MLB not caring about its own image and reputation by allowing drugs to run rampant throught their sport.

Not to keep picking on this point because I agree with you to an extent, but do you not think that the problem could be just as prevalent in the NFL? I assume you still watch the Eagles...(I'm psyched by the way, should be a good year) I don't think steroid abuse would make me stop watching the league but when a player like Shawn Merriman (NFL sack leader despite a 4-game suspension for steroids) is rewarded with a Pro Bowl appearance, I don't think we're sending the right message to anybody and doesn't make it much better than baseball.

manasecret · 08-08-2007, 02:05 PM

Man I love the Onion. See the one about RadioShack? I laughed until tears ran down my cheeks. http://www.theonion.com/content/news...figure_out_how

Neo · 08-08-2007, 02:24 PM

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Man I love the Onion. See the one about RadioShack? I laughed until tears ran down my cheeks. http://www.theonion.com/content/news...figure_out_how

Actually, I saw that one in a copy of the print edition I picked up at a restaurant which was right next to an actual Radioshack. I was very tempted to bring them a copy.

Wasn't radiosuck the one that pawned off those horrid tandy computers? God.

Typhoid · 08-08-2007, 03:00 PM

A guy on the radio today made a good point, I'll try summarize. And for the record, I don't agree with it, nor did he.

-Barry Bonds, barring if he still uses performance enhancing drugs now, used them when most of the other high-names did. And which, at that time, there was nothing wrong with taking steroids. There were no rules against it, so it was okay. Back in the early days players admitted to taking the reds and greens before some games (speed) to pick them up after a road trip, or something. If Bonds is using the drugs now, then yes, this record shouldn't count, because there are rules against it. But if he only did them for the period up until the rule was made, then it's technically, perfectly fine.

Frankly, I don't agree with it.
And personally, if I was any pitcher who respected baseball in any form, I would have intentionally walked Bonds every at bat, for the rest of his career, so he never gets another home run, let alone another hit.

Angrist · 08-08-2007, 04:09 PM

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And personally, if I was any pitcher who respected baseball in any form, I would have intentionally walked Bonds every at bat, for the rest of his career, so he never gets another home run, let alone another hit.

Haha, you're so mean.

TheGame · 08-08-2007, 05:04 PM

lol, TONS of people used steriods over the history of baseball. Yet none of them can touch Barry Bonds. People act like he's the only one to use them and that's the reason he stands out.. But in reality he's not even close to the only one using them, but he's the only one breaking records.

Babe ruth and Hank Aaron weren't walked half as many times as Bonds, so lets put an asterick by their records saying how pitchers actually threw pitches over the plate to them.

To me it all just evens out, and baseball sucks regardless. I wouldn't waste my breath hating on the guy.