How can we stop Barry Bonds from breaking the All time Home Run record?

Answer 1

Unfortunately the only way is for the grand jury to indict him for perjury and have him arrested. Bud Selig has chosen not to face the steroid issue with Bonds because of the lost revenue via the home run chase, if he is found guilty. He knows Bonds is guilty as does the grand jury. Seems like there is a lot of money being spread around to stop any indictment. As far as any record is concerned. Most everyone will never recognize what Bonds does. Hank Aaron's record is safe and so is Roger Maris.

Answer 2

Two things to say. For the couple of the more 'defender' answers about not testing positive for steroids or it not helping, I have a comment.

If it didn't help, no one would do them. It must help in a way that is relative to the risk (health, getting caught, etc) involved.

For the responder who says it wasn't illegal. If is wasn't wrong to take, he would have admitted his use long ago. He knows (and I can guess you do) that steroid use was wrong.

As for the record itself. I think most people are making too big of a deal about this and I will tell you why.
You are concentrating on the #, the number 755. That's the record. But that's entirely the wrong way to look at it.

Baseball gurus had instituted this + rating (OPS+, OBR+, ERA+, etc) to bridge the gap between generations.

As sad as it may seem to people, statistically with the rise in home runs and legitimate training, the record of 755 home runs HAD to be broken. It's inevitable. Bonds will take it, someone will take it from him and another from him.

Statistically probable.
The reason we shouldn't centre on the # and we should centre on the circumstance is this.

Bonds has hit 740+ home runs in an era where a typical hitter is hitting 17-20 a season. That's your average JOE slap hitter.

By perspective, when Hank was hammering them out, the average player was hitting 12.

5-8 home runs a year doesn't sound like it makes a big difference, but it look at the % 42-67% more home runs were hit by the average player in Bonds' time than in Aarons.

If you take away 5 - 8 from the average player, you take away 8-11 from Bonds each year. He has played for 22 years.
What Bonds has essentially accomplished is hitting about 560 home runs in Hank's day. A great total, but not 755.

This has not even factored in the appoximate 70-100 home runs that were hit because of the associated effects of steroids. (again, for which if steroids had no benefits, it wouldn't be a problem)

So, I say let him break it. Give him a golf clap and go on about your life. Bonds didn't do anything extraordinary, he simply out-excelled others in this era.

Additionally, you don't even want to know what Hank's 755 home runs work out to in Ruth's time.

Thank you for your time in reading my opinion

Answer 3

You can't, you can only sit back and cry like a little baby, when he breaks it!!!!!!!!!!!
dewkisses02 you know nothing about baseball, when Ruth played the fences were mostly under 300 feet. Yankee Stadium was only 295 feet down thee right fielf line and the Polo Grounds was only 256 feet!!! Read Historic ballparks by John Pasties. All most all of Ruth home runs would have been flyball outs!!!

Answer 4

The funniest way would be for Federal Prosecutors to arrest him for Tax evasion and making threats over state lines. Could you imagine the image that would be done for the justice department to do this to a guy who is about to break the homerun record that nobody wants broken in front of thousands of people and then send him to prison so he can’t even make a comeback. That would be the best way to get him.

Answer 5

I say let him break it. Don't get me wrong, I am not the biggest Bonds fan in the world, in fact I think he's a jerk(edited term), but come on...I don't care how much steroids he has used or if he really used them...who cares!! Have any of you tried to hit a 90-100 MPH fast ball or how a bout a sinker or a curve...It's extremely difficult!! Maybe he is getting some extra power..who cares, you still need to have a ton of skill and concentration to hit the ball out of the park!!! Let him have the record....he deserves it!!

Answer 6

stop him? stop him? you cant stop him. he is going to break that record and hold it up high. (until a-rod breaks it anyways). now i hate bonds, but it isnt proven he used steroids. if he did, it doesnt matter. steroids does not make you hit the ball better. it might make it go further, but it wont help you hit the ball. it is pure talent that got those balls over the fence. the only thing steroids did, was keep him fresh through the season when others were wearing down. nuff said.

Answer 7

Steriods was not illegal when Bonds was most likely using them. Other players have cheated in the past and admitted it. (Spitballs, uppers) and still been elected to the hall of fame. He has never tested positive for steriods, just because he is a jerk; should'nt matter. The record is going to be his until A-Rod breaks it. I don't care for A-Rod either but there is no denying either players greatness.

Answer 8

Point out that Sadaharu Oh hit 868 homers in championship play during his career in Japan, and that Bonds is still well short of that mark.

Answer 9

We cant.

The only one who can is a pitcher who has enough class and respect for the game that he nails Barroid in the wrist with a fastball and breaks it.

Other than that, we have to accept the fact that he's going to cheat his way to the most prestigious honor in sports.

Answer 10

You can't and it really doesn't matter anyway. It's a hollow record for him. He isn't going to be shown the respect that he would have if he was a real baseball legend. Alex Rodriguez will break every record he owns in his time.