So, does he juice?
I know this isn't typically what I talk about, but this time I thought it might make an intersting topic.
This weekend, as most of you know, Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's home-run record. I still haven't decided how I feel about it.
As far as baseball players go, I don't really care for Bonds. Of course, being a die-hard Cardinal fan I probably shouldn't, but I just don't like his attitude. He seems to be kind of hung up on himself.
His chase for the record, or the single-season record, just hasn't had the same feel as it did with McGwire and Sosa.
I honestly don't think the steroid mess has pushed that many people away. While it might not have been spoken about for years, the existence of steroids in baseball hasn't been a big secret. I mean come on, how else does a player put on 40 pounds of muscle in the offseason? There's only so much that can be done without some type of chemical assistance.
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig didn't even seem to be all that impressed with the shot. He had this "get me out of here" look on his face. You would think at the very least he could have pretended to be interested.
His comments afterwards made clear just how unimpressed he was .
What do you think? Do you think Bonds has been juicing? Does he deserve to be where he is?
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A lot of people feel the way you do about the strike. I went probably two years just out of spite. The home run race between McGwire and Sosa was what brought me back and now I'm probably a bigger fan than I was before. I just feel more energy now from the game. Maybe it's because I'm older, I don't know. That race brought a lot of people back, though.
I really miss seeing McGwire at the ballpark. Man, he could put on a batting practice show. I caught a batting practice home run ball off him in 2001. It took some scrapes and bruises, but I have it and it's probably my most prized baseball collectible.
I don't think it's going to keep Bonds or McGwire out of the Hall of Fame. Their contribution to the sport has been to great for the hall to ignore forever.