07-28-2007, 19:10
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Barry Bonds Hits 754
Tonight, the home run watch gets one closer. The next one Bonds hits will of course tie, and the next will be the record setter.
Go, Barry!
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07-28-2007, 19:36
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Tonight, the home run watch gets one closer. The next one Bonds hits will of course tie, and the next will be the record setter.
Go, Barry!
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Not in my book. 
Cheater.
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07-28-2007, 20:02
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Not in my book.
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Same here.
When the commissioner of Baseball was hemming and hawing about being in attendance and Hank Arron, WON'T even be there, that says something.
Sure, when Bonds hits 755 and then 756 he will make history, but a very Tarnished history. There won't be the pageantry and "specialness" of the event, say if Ken Griffy Jr. were to do it, and IMO one day he will.
When Bonds hits 756, there should be an astrix "*" next to the number, just like they did with Roger Maris "61*".
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07-28-2007, 21:12
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Not in my book.
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Barry Bonds has shrouded himself in doubt and the fans, at least in part of the baseball AO, have no respect for him.
Roger Maris and "The BABE" are my favorites. I personaly witnessed Hank Aarons tie HR with Babe Ruth here in Cincinnati at the age of 10 years old. It was Aarons first at bat with Cincinnati's pitcher, Jack Billingham. My mother and another friend of mine attended that game. It was opening day in Cincinnati for the Reds. I was interviewed by the Cincinnati Post at the age of 10 because the HR hit was caught just one row behind me. I had my glove and was ready to retrieve it, but no luck for a 10 year old. I still have the news paper clipping from that event.
Micky Mantle sat in the hospital as Roger Maris broke the record. They were great friends, and Micky Mantle played with more pain than probably any player would be willing to play with in this day and age. He was a TEAM PLAYER.
Barry Bonds will not be significant in the history books.
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07-28-2007, 21:15
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I am inclined to delete this thread because I can't stand that cheating prick and I don't believe he deserves any publicity. But whatever.
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07-29-2007, 04:17
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Fact: Most everyone in baseball thinks Barry Bonds is a douchebag, to include his teammates. If he was here, his rucksack would quickly be thrown in the hall.
Why are they pitching to him? The only direction I'd throw towards Barry as he stood in the box is towards that HGH enhanced nugget of his. If I was an opposing manager, he'd have 0 official at-bats against my team.
Hank Aaron was and is a class act and a credit to the game. Barry Bonds is not.
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07-29-2007, 05:11
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I am inclined to delete this thread because I can't stand that cheating prick and I don't believe he deserves any publicity. But whatever.
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Right there beside you RL. He is POS and the commissioner does not have stone one to call him out on it. Baseball suffers and that is a shame.
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07-29-2007, 07:07
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LOL - you guys crack me up.
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07-29-2007, 09:12
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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
I am inclined to delete this thread because I can't stand that cheating prick and I don't believe he deserves any publicity. But whatever.
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I would not say this is the sort of publicity he would enjoy.
Funny the double standard in sports. IMO any use of drugs should bring on a lifetime ban.
barry bonds will be breaking no records, ever.
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07-29-2007, 09:20
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There's no need to get worked up about Bonds because he won't hold the record for long. Either Griffey (longshot) or A-Rod (almost sure thing) or both will break Bonds' record without the steroid taint.
Bonds was a great ball player who didn't need to cheat to be remembered as one of the best of his generation and of all-time. It was pure hubris that got him into steroids. Its fitting payback for his childish nature and ego that he's going to find that he squadered his place in history.
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07-29-2007, 19:39
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Yeah, most guys put on 35 pounds of raw muscle in their late 30's and early 40's. Happens to all of us.... Check out the before and after pics...
He's a cheater in my book. Gets no pat on the back from me.
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07-29-2007, 19:44
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I find Ken Griffey Jr. approaching 600 home runs much more exciting than whatever Barry Bonds does. Of course Griffey is one of my favorite players of all time...
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07-29-2007, 22:36
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I won't be watching. I can't stand Bonds, but I've come to despise MLB and that gutless hypocrite of a Commissioner just as much. Baseball made its bed when it turned a blind eye as Bonds, McGwire and Sosa chased the single-season HR record and pulled the game back from the abyss.
Thank goodness training camps have opened. Or is that "spring training"?
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07-30-2007, 02:41
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Home Run Record
Bonds is a disgrace to the game of baseball. His less than stellar attitude and getting ahead by impure means is a blemish on one of the greatest games ever played. He sets a bad example for the youth of today. Aaron, Maris, Ruth and even the Mick (although he was known for being a hellraiser off the field) were all honorable men and played for the the love of the game and not necessarily the $. Now professional sports IMHO (all of them) are just a revenue racket and these babies who put on the uniform today and make millions playing a kids game will never get any respect from me. But thats just my .02. As long as people pay for overpriced tickets, flat beer & soggy hot dogs to see these clowns play, professinal sports will continue to feed the egos & the wallets of those like Bonds.
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07-30-2007, 05:04
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I find Ken Griffey Jr. approaching 600 home runs much more exciting than whatever Barry Bonds does. Of course Griffey is one of my favorite players of all time... |
Ken Griffey Jr is not exactly one of our favorites here in Cincinnati. Each year he seems to find an injury. Just prior to opening day, this season, it was still up in the air as to his playing status due to yet another injury with his wrist. This has been a recuring theme with Ken almost every season.
While I agree he is great ball player, he's not performed nearly as well since he left the Mariners and came to his so called "Home Town"
He's already hinted that he'd like to finish his career back with Seattle. That's not something the fans here enjoy hearing.
It's been my observation that Ken Griffey Jr is a bit gun shy when it comes to making the type of outstanding plays in the outfield that we saw when he was with the Mariners. I believe he's gotten lazy and fears more injury's. I suppose anyone could argue that injury's are common for players willing to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but he's not leaped those buildings nearly as much as we'd like to see here in the Cincinnati area. Never the less, I hope he does break the HR record within the next five or six seasons, whether with us or the Mariners. He's also given us the impression that his career may not even last that long. I'd trade Ken Griffey any day of the week for "A Rod" but not Bonds.
On a postive note for MLB Cal Ripkin Jr was inducted to the hall of fame in Coopers town just this weekend. Great player, stand up guy and a class act.
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