I'm starting to think it's time for Barry Bonds to be out of baseball...?

Question

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With everything else that's happened in the last few years, now we have this report that Barry not only tested positive for amphetamines, but attempted to blame it on a team mate. This is wrong on at least 3 different levels.
1. Given how much scrutiny Bonds is under, he's stupid to take anything even questionable.
2. Even assuming it was something given by a team mate, he should be more careful about what he puts in his body.
3. Blaming a teammate does nothing but hurt the entire team - even if it's true.

Forget about records and asterisks. I think it's time for Barry to be out of the game so fans, players, coaches, teams, writers, and everyone else can move on.

I'll still be cheering when Barry does something to helps the Giants. But I'll also be thinking about who else they might have gotten for 16 million.

Answer 1

I agree wholeheartedly with you but in this Great country of ours we are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Until he is proven guilty, there are no reasons for him to quit.
I am anxious to see how MLB treats the amphetamine issue where he was clearly guilty.

Answer 2

Barry is suffering the same punishment anyone else would for the same rule infringement. A slap on the wrist. He also submitted to the 6 months of drug testing after failing and passed everytime. I agree he shouldn't have said anything about a team mate, but then again, who really knows if he did. What we have are money hungary reporters reporting on something that was never supposed to be released, like his grand jury testimony. That is a crime.

So what do we know about bonds. That yes, he took amphetamines, but it is also widely known that many, many players take those. He broke the rules, and got his punishment. We can also say that he passed 6 straight months of drug tests. And you can guarentie that MLB was praying they could find some proof of steroids to finish him for good. They see him as a black eye of baseball, but they can find NO PROOF he ever did anything. They are trying their best to find that proof, but as of yet, Barry Bonds has passed every steroids test he has ever taken.

You can't not allow him in the hall of fame for failing a speed test. There are many, many HOFers out there who have freely admitted using greenies in their careers. While Im not sure bonds deserves the 18 million he is getting, or rather, if that money couldnt have been spent better else where. At this point, he has never failed a drug test for roids and has been tested 7 times in the last year.

Enjoy the greatest player who has ever played the game, regardless of how you feel about him personally.

Answer 3

It will be interesting to see whether Bonds' attempt to catch Hank Aaron's 755 career homers will be good for the game, or counter-productive. But all of the steroids noteriety can't help the image of the game. If Bonds can't give a 2007 of quiet and a clean full-court press on Aaron's record, then it seems better that the record remains with nobility.

Check out this post on Barry Bonds from May, 2006.

Answer 4

I agree entirely with you that Barry Bonds should be out of the record books. It should be as if he never even played the game baseball. All of his records (even the ones with the asterisks) should forever be deleted from the record books and Barry Bonds should be forgotten about, because he didn't deserve the record of passing Babe Ruth's HR record, since he did it using steroids. Some people (Giants fans) say that Barry did use steroids, but that is not how he got his records. Well, let me tell you this, Giants fans. Barry Bonds, when using steroids, hit 700+ HR's and got 4 consecutive NL MVPs. After they found out about his steroids, and he stopped using them, he is now slacking. Doesn't that tell you anything? Barry Bonds is a disgrace to the name of baseball.

Answer 5

I am so sick and tired of this guy. He tests positive for aphetamines last year and then proceeds to throw a teammate under the bus for it? I couldn't stop laughing when I heard that. I am having a hard time finding the words to describe how pathetic he is, not just as a ball player, but, as a human being.

Answer 6

YES someone get him out please.... he's ruining the national pastime with his big fat lying head and his endless supply of excuses and roids... I don't want him to get 756 home runs and see a name with an asterisk on the top of the list. Let Albert Pujols or A-Rod or Ryan Howard get 756 cuz they're clean.

I mean, 756 doesn't even match the weight of barry's head

Answer 7

All I have to say is that, YES...I agree...Bonds needs to end it because as far as I can tell....it's pretty much over...and he can't really contribute to win a championship right now. (right?...i mean...on the Giants? come on)

I believe Bonds is too concentrated on stats, money, and the very fact is he Bonds...full of himself. I like what Bonds has done for the game...but I mean...with all this hoop-la...now I don't know too much about what he has "really" done...so..lay the bat down BB...

Besides....I get tired of hearing about him on ESPN......

Answer 8

What took you so long? That he should have been out of baseball was evident a couple of years ago, minimum.

The supreme arrogance that is Barry Bonds is one of many side effects of steroid use.

Answer 9

100 per cent accurate. Shouldn't the Giants be able to void the contract of an employee who tests positive for drugs?

Answer 10

He deserves a not so ceremonious boot from baseball (ie ban him) and I hope to never hear his name mentioned anywhere NEAR the Hall of Fame