Do you still think Barry Bonds is a jerk??

Question

For those of you who consider Bonds to be an inconsiderate jerk...check out this article and then answer the question.

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070424&content_id=1927838&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf

Bonds is cheering for someone to break a hr record that he himself set. Is that being a jerk??

For those of you who thinks he is hated by the Giants fans:
watch/listen to one of the Giants home game and listen to all the cheering when he comes to bat...and then answer this question...
Do the fans really hate Barry Bonds????

GO BARRY BONDS AND THE SF GIANTS

btw....i TOTALLY AGREE WITH MARIGOLD.....!!!!!!!!!!

merigold***

Answer 1

The Giant's fans don't hate him, just everyone else. I recognize that he is a talented player, I just wish the steroids issue was settled one way or the other, so his record could either stand or be wiped.

Answer 2

Well Bonds is 10x better (in ability and personality) than Sosa or McGwire, so I'm glad he got the single season record. I never thought he was selfish, and the whole steroids issue is blown way out of proportion. It's not like he sucked and then steroids made him good *cough*mcgwire*cough*....he was always good.

That being said, as a Yankee fan, I too am rooting for A-Rod to break the record. 100 HRs? Not likely, but one can dream. Regardless of his single-season numbers though, A-Rod is almost a lock to wind up with the all-time lead in HRs by the time he retires (barring a career-ending injury).

Answer 3

When I was a kid growing up in Queens, NY my dad took me to as many Mets games as possible. Most of the time we sat in the upper deck. One time he managed to get tickets very close to visiting team dugout for a game vs. SF Giants. We got there early and I got to see BP. I even managed to get Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays to sign the same ball. Wow! was I thrilled!!

Now years later living in Vegas, a few years ago there was the "Big League Challenge" a pre-spring training HR hitting contest. Bonds was a competitor a couple of times. He refused to sign any autos during BP and wouldn't sit with the other players, hiding in clubhouse. After he was eliminated, I knew where the players came in and out. I went with my 5-year old son. We saw him leave, as I knew he would take off ASAP. I called to him," Mr. Bonds, your dad Bobby and Willie Mays signed this ball when I was a child. Could you please add your signature to it so I can pass it down to my son?

The ball still only has two signatures. So is Barry Bonds still a jerk??????????????? As far as I'm concerned.. YEAH and not just because he wouldn't sign the ball. He is just a selfish, egotistical, poor excuse for a human being.

Answer 4

I don't watch baseball very much but i do read upon the news on what happens in sports. All this crap about people in sports using illegal sports enhancing drugs to get to the top is just really lame. As far as i'm concerned the dude new he took the drugs but just can't stand up and be a man and correct himself when he knows he screwed up. I wish sometime in professional sports that they would just say sorry for what they did. I would for sure understand and forgive what he did if did so but since he can't i don't believe he deserves any homerun record and anything else he has achieved. He's just setting an example to other sports players it's okay to take drugs as long as you can find a way not to get caught. You don't know what these kind of drugs can do to you in the long run and i sure don't want to find out. I play tennis and you can imagine that in such a sport like mine that you have to run back and forth for who knows how long in a match. You would think anyone of these professional tennis players would look for some kind of drug to keep them on top of the game too in such a grueling and tireing sport but you don't hear anything about that in that kind of sport. I'm just disappointed in such a likeable guy. Just really destroys his reputation i think. Yeah i think he's a Jerk and until he fesses up for what he did he'll always be a Jerk! Thanks!!

Answer 5

Yeshe is still a jerk, he cheated the game and the fans, he made disrespectful comments about the city I live in and love, and he is an arrogant a** who tries to always be a victim. Screw bonds and the juiced up horse he road in on!

Answer 6

Yes he is a dope doing cheating ball player.
he deserves no respect and should be banned from the game.
Do you really think he took a year off just because he had to rehab? Try it took a year for the roids to get out of his system so he could pass the drug testing.

Answer 7

Doesn't he have his own Lazyboy in his own little corner in the locker room? Doesn't he play for personal records and not to win? Doesn't he cheat? Yeah, he might be considered a bit of a jerk.

Answer 8

yes he said that just so he wont look worst. he knows arod will slow down. besides fans do hate him, when he went to dodger stadium today the entire game they chanted Barry sucks. in jackie robinson the day we should be the nicest in baseball anyway they chanted barry sucks.

Answer 9

Oh, well then - I'll just forget about the 20 years of alienating teammates and coaches, picking fights with the press, and claiming racism whenever someone questions him!

Answer 10

im a giants fan i love barry he the best he what 42 and is still one of the best hitters in the game you cant argue that