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Bond 08-07-2007 11:59 PM

Bonds Hits Number 756
 


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

Fox 6 08-08-2007 12:18 AM

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This is a crime to baseball.

Bond 08-08-2007 12:49 AM

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Long live Henry Aaron.


The Germanator 08-08-2007 01:00 AM

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


KillerGremlin 08-08-2007 01:36 AM

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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 (Post 211951)
Barry Bonds*

* - used performance enhancing drugs

that made me chuckle

Professor S 08-08-2007 08:04 AM

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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

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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 (Post 211959)
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? :hmm:

Professor S 08-08-2007 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bond (Post 211966)
Er... but you still watch wrestling? :hmm:

1) Wrestling does not pretend to be a legitimate sport, its strictly entertainment. Two very different things.

2) I rarely watch the biggest offender of steroids, the WWE. I prefer the smaller promotions with unenhanced, but more athletic performers. I also love Japanese wrestling, and many of them barely resemble athletes, as they have a very low emphasis on the cosmetic aspect of American pro-wrestling. All that matters to them in in ring work rate.

3) Steroid inflated wrestlers tend to suck a wrestlers because their size limits their ability.

4) To my knowledge, The WWE has never kept an athlete out of their Hall of Fame for breaking one rule (Pete Rose), and then honor another for breaking a much worse one (Barry Bonds*). WWE wins on lack of hypocrisy alone.

Major League Baseball is a sham, a hoax, a play. And unlike professional wrestling they refuse to admit it.

Neo 08-08-2007 12:56 PM

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Barry Bonds Took Steroids, Reports Everyone Who Has Ever Watched Baseball

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46188

manasecret 08-08-2007 02:05 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

Neo 08-08-2007 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by manasecret (Post 211971)
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

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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.

The Germanator 08-08-2007 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor S (Post 211959)
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.


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