There is circumstancial evidence that Bonds was using illegal performance enhancers the past few years. I won't waste time reciting the various points because it's been done to death.

The bottom line here is that he's a disgrace, to baseball and the heroes of the past.

Now, don't get me wrong - i farking hate baseball with a passion. I can't imagine a more boring game (not a sport, game) - even GOLF has more merit.

Ok, maybe curling. Curling sucks worse than baseball. But i digress.

Anyway, not liking baseball as I do, I still acknowledge the achievements of the past. Heroes like Willie Mays and Hank Aaron - these guys went out into a hostile crowd where they were nothing but "negroes in a white man's sport" and stood proud. They slammed out homer after homer, and did so amidst great threat to thier continued existance on this planet.

The fact that Bonds is not only a discourteous and sanctimonious ass has nothing to do with the fact that he brings disgrace upon the memories of these heroes by illegally enhancing his ability to hit the ball farther. The claim that steroids don't increase agility or accuracy are false - stabilizer muscles impact accuracy a great deal, and the more finely tuned these muscles are, the more accurately a man can aim (which is why they are banned, even in sports such as archery).

Bottom line, the guy's a scumball.

Oh, and whoever said "Faster bats? WTF?" - your ignorance shines like a beacon, illuminating the writing on the wall for all to see - and it says "You're a moron."

skylock: "The kid was the bat boy at the time, moran... blame Dusty Baker for allowing him into the dugout in the first place, if you want."

I missed that the first time. Can't believe someone tried to lay Baker's kid almost getting stomped on Bonds. Still waiting for the "Barry Bonds is the real killer of Ron and Nicole" blast...

The daily Mark Prior watch is, oddly, both tedious and amusing at the same time...

I'm not going to take away from anyone's abilities to crack one over the fence but Babe Ruth lived a lot "faster" of a life then Bonds does. I'm sure if Ruth had all of the modern tech wonders that Bonds does today ( suppliments, trainers, etc) He would have gotten 1,000 home runs easily.
However no one will ever catch the Great Gretzky's record for points in either a season or career.
Hank Aarron's record will be gone in a few years I'm sure. That is if Bond's doesn't suddenly develop some sort of fluke injury which requires him to retire. Or maybe gets hit in the head with a celebratory t-shirt/ hat when he gets # 700.
What's the deal with all of this Mass Marketing BS anyway? What ever happened to the joy of playing?

Oh sorry..Crack was wearing off

Ghost_of_Toonz:

I think we're pretty much in agreement across the board. Just the pitchers/steroids comment caught my attention. Generally, nobody but Jack McDowell is suggesting pitchers are using steroids.

Okay, seeing as no one else will post this, I will:

Just to keep it in the spirit of a sports geek thread: The anniversary of this album's release was March 29th, and it rose to #1 on the UK charts.

The home run of The Beast?
What's Hank McCoy got to say about this?

/comic book geek

world citizen:

Stars almost always get the calls -- that holds in most sports (see NBA, for instance). There's a pecking order, home/away, etc. That's why it was funny when Clemens got calls against Bonds 2 weeks ago that normally would've gone the other way. But it was Clemens pitching, and the game was in Houston.

Ghost_of_Toonz: I think the argument against pitchers using steroids is generally related to the bulking up attributed to their usage, which is seen as counterproductive to the flexibility essential to good pitching form. Not sure about the Joe Rockhead points...