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Posted by: angry-ken 2 years, 4 months agoBarry Bonds hit No. 756 over the right-center field wall Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king.
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angry-ken
Aug. 8, 2007, 12:16 a.m.This would have been much more exciting for me if someone I didn't think cheated to get there had done it.
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mark-stevens
Aug. 8, 2007, 12:41 a.m.and the people in Rosewell believe that a space craft crashed there in 1947... non of this makes any difference!
Beau7890... from now on, everyone will be suspect!!
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BusinessDude
Aug. 8, 2007, 12:42 a.m.Seeing how tons of players have been taking steroids, and haven't been doing nearly as good as Bonds (i.e. Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco, etc.), I think it's obvious his skill level is/was extremely high - and maybe he does deserve this record. Regardless, I think it will be broken by A-Rod within the next 10 years and we're pretty sure he isn't on steroids, but then again, how can we be so sure? For all we know 50% of MLB players could be on them! After all, there are certain kinds that aren't detectable.
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slic1149
Aug. 8, 2007, 12:47 a.m.I believe Barry Bonds used steriods. I believe Barry Bonds is a difficult man who is needlessly hard to get along with. I also believe that Barry Bonds is the greatest player of his generation and perhaps even a couple of generations back. His accomplishment of hitting 756 homeruns was not done by steroids. Steroids didn't hit a 95 mph fastball and the fact that he knocked it out of the deepest part of AT&T at age 43 while obviously not on the juice indicates that he is a special player. There have been truly awful individuals who just happened to be great ballplayers, and they are honored today as great ballplayers. I sincerly hope that history forgets the steroid controversy and Bonds prickly personality and gives him his due as the greatest player of the late 20th and early 21st century.
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ritzart
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:01 a.m.Bond is the Greatest - No matter what he does, many will still be suspecious of him. He is the GREATEST!!! :)
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scholar93
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:07 a.m.Hooray for Barry Bonds! No matter what you guys say he wasnt on steroids. They always think prominent athletes used steroids. When Hank Aron hit 755 they said he used a cork bat. When ever athletes (especially minorities) do good people always suspect something illegal.
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scholar93
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:08 a.m.ALSO who cares about the Giants people watch giants for Barry Bonds.
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Will1313
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:13 a.m.Bonds nor Aaron could compare to Ruth..
trained on cigars .. liquor.. and women.. AND... played less games in a season PLAYED IN LARGER PARKS.. and PITCHED for the first 6 years of his career.... HIT FOR AVERAGE.. HIT FOR POWER.. AND HAD A CANNON FOR AN ARM...
GREATEST.. THE BABE..
GET REAL...
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cmdrbnd007
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:13 a.m.Way to go Mr. Bonds. Gongrats to Barry thanks for the history. Personally, I don't care if you did or didn't use steroids thanks for the great memory.
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Will1313
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:18 a.m.Even Bond's Godfather.. Willy Mays.. thinks Ken Griffey Jr. is a better player..
I'd agree..
Bond's father who was a GREAT player is probably rolling over in his grave.....
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angry-ken
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:28 a.m.If he hadn't been hurt so many seasons, Griffey Jr would be breaking this record. And there would be no doubt that he did it the right way.
Bonds has achieved a great feat, but it will always be tainted.
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BronxBomber
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:38 a.m.In this case I think of Shakespeare: "Much ado about nothing!"
Babe Ruth will always be looked up to as the measuring stick of baseball because he was a NATURAL.
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mcre8tor
Aug. 8, 2007, 1:57 a.m.Eternity of what?? The guy should be 86'd from baseball... what a disgrace.
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DavePave
Aug. 8, 2007, 2:13 a.m.Probably over half the guys in Bond's era took roids... so it's all relevant... Ruth in his time was amazing... Babe Ruth would get cut from Santa's High School team... Certainly not Santa's High School debating team... Bozo!!! I will take Mays over Aaron!
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NoWayMan
Aug. 8, 2007, 2:28 a.m.bonds "record" couldn't have come at a more fitting time in our nation's history.
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since 1994 bonds's shoe size has increased 24% and his jersey size 18%.
nope, no steroids here.
what a disgrace.
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lovelytxwoman
Aug. 8, 2007, 2:45 a.m.But at least Hank did it with his own skill and did not use anything but his skill,period!
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OldRusty
Aug. 8, 2007, 5:12 a.m.What if the fastest runner in the world was on meth,.still the fastest?Do it right or dont do it at all.
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vkmiller007
Aug. 8, 2007, 6:20 a.m.You white folks AMAZE ME!!!!!
It would not matter what black man broke the record RACISM IS ALIVE AND VERY WELL IN AMERICA. When Hank Aaron broke the record he was sent mass hate mail from ONLY WHITES. There is NOTHING a black person can achieve YOU WHITES THINKS is legitimate. YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE. Bonds won at least 6 Gold Gloves all before the this situation. He has had batting titles, on base percentages etc.. ALL BEFORE the scandal. WHITES DID NOT LIKE AARON AND THEY DID NOT LIKE MAYS ANDTHEY WILL NEVER LIKE A BLACK ATHELETE other than TIGER WOODS, and I know why.
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jaern
Aug. 8, 2007, 7:38 a.m.Mike Murphy, equipment manager of the San Francisco Giants, testified that since Bonds became a Giant in 1993, the size of his uniform jersey has gone from 42 to 52. His cap size has expanded from 7 1/8 to 7 1/4, even though while it was expanding he shaved his head. (Bonds reportedly shaved his head because his hair was falling out as a result of steroid use.) And Fainaru-Wada and Williams also say Murphy testified that Bonds's baseball shoe size has changed from 10½ to 13.
Steroids, human growth hormone (HGH) and other performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) can cause gradual enlargement of bones in the feet, hands, face, jaw and skull. Bonds has never failed a steroid test, but there is no reliable test for HGH, and chemists concocting PEDs also devise masking ingredients to defeat tests.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18629617/site/newsw...
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cloud15
Aug. 8, 2007, 8:07 a.m.This is a disgrace to baseball, only if Griffey never got hurt, he was be able to save the league from all this steroid drama. Another thing that ******es me off about Bonds is it seems that every time he gets up hes going for a homerun or nothing. He doesn't try to be a team player, just going for the records. Also hes an arrogant SOB.
Guess were gonna have to wait for A-Rod or Pujols.
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