Though there have been no convictions, I dislike Barry Bonds.
If you had a career like his pre-steroid issue, why even consider putting yourself in hot water? Based upon his physical change, one can only imagine what he was on. Look at Mark McGuire. When he started in the majors, he was more lengthy than stout. Ask any weight lifter and they will tell you it is not easy to obtain 26inch forearms without something helping them out. Same with Barry. He physically showed change. Look at Curt Schilling, for example. A strong proponent against substance abuse. Here's a guy that you can tell he is getting older and less defined, but still performs. Why is it that Barry couldn't have followed suit. Not to say that Aaron or Ruth didn't take anything, but the scandal surrounding the situation and the fact that he is an ass to fans and media, makes me dislike the fact that a guy like this broke these records.
But this begs the question about Big Mac. Why was it that there was no scandal around his physical change? Simply put, he and Sammy were good for baseball. Big Mac actually cared about St. Louis and the game. This isn't to say that Barry doesn't care for Baseball and San Fran, but Mcguire was actually pleasant to the fans.
However, how do we deal with the fact that these players were on some sort of substance? It is just dissappointing. Play as you were made and if that's not possible, go into a different profession.
I don't cheat on tests. Don't cheat baseball.
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Yeah, tell the Player's Union. They're the ones that have to do something about it, and they're the ones that never will. I put an unequal amount of blame on the Player's Union.
I think Barry Bonds is mad because he has kind of a femmy voice. Cool that he broke the record, despite the juice. But, I agree he could be more cordial to the media, though I imagine it is tough for him to be scrutinized by them all the time.
If he would not have left Pittsburgh, all would have been well.
So it's not normal to gain 3 shoe sizes after you turn 40? Or to have to do extra neck exercises just to hold up your enormous noggin? The argument that irritates me more than anything else is the "He hasn't tested positive and steroids weren't against the rules back then." That's not true, Fay Vincent, the commissioner in the 1980's banned all performance enhancers, but the union wouldn't approve any testing, making it a toothless policy. Also the whole steroid testing is a joke because the stuff Giambi and Bonds have admitted to taking (Giambi directly) is HGH. HGH can only be detected by a blood test, which baseball won't do. So Bonds will never test positive. People keep calling the Tour De France a joke (which it is) because all of the cyclists keeping testing positive, but I'm wondering how many athletes in the US in all sports would also test positive if they were subject to the rigorous international blood testing that cyclists are. Unfortunately, the only way baseball can punish him at this point is to have the perjury charges with the feds result in a guilty verdict.
I was going to say, Bonds is indicted now! Good thing you haven't posted in a while, because it looks like you're up to date again!
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