How excited do u think the baseball world will get when Barry breaks the record?

Question

do u think if hes on the road when he does it will the fans go crazy or what

Answer 1

It will be the saddest day in the history of baseball. The silence will be deafening.

Answer 2

I think that it will be a mixed reaction. I would say that most baseball fans cheer for Barry when he hits a homerun except for select cities such as L.A., the Giants rival. However i think that it will be the people who manage the league that will b less enthusiastic. They are already making it look like he doesn't exsist.

ex. the other day Ken Griffey Jr. hit a homer and it put him in sole possesion of 10th place on the all time home run list(broadcasted on espn). When they showed the list of top 10 home run hitters Bonds wasn't even on the list. It went Aaron, Ruth, and then Mays. Barry was nowhere to be found. This got me angry. its history in the making and they make it look like he doesnt exsist.

I think that wherever he is when he breaks the record, the fans will appreciate it because its something that has never been done b4. Believe me the hype is there, i actually think that he can break it by or b4 mid-season.

Answer 3

Honestly, I think it will turn ugly, because there are more people who believe he knowingly used steroids to achieve this record, than there are people willing to overlook that to see the "person with talent" beneath the drugs.

Incidentally, his attitude toward the public has been terrible. I don't understand how he even has any fans left, anyhow. Baseball hasn't forgiven Pete Rose yet. Rafael Palmeiro will never reach the Hall of Fame. I don't understand why Barry Bonds gets a free pass.

If he breaks the record on a road trip, I would imagine the crowd would boo and throw things onto the field. Sad to say it, but that's how people react to a public figure who shames himself and the game he plays.

Answer 4

Oh, I'm sure many of the media types will salivate and try to make it a bigger deal than it is. ESPN will break into their programming every time Balco Barry comes up, probably starting when he gets to #750.

Whatever stadium he breaks the record (and don't think the Giants won't try to orchestrate it so he can do it at home), I'm sure the fans there will cheer like a bunch of morons---even the ones that boo him every other time he sets foot on a field.

I hope the guy who catches #756 has the backbone and cajones to hold the ball captive until either Major League Baseball, the Giants, or Mr. Basketball Head Himself pays dearly for it.

I also hope Henry Aaron sticks to his decision NOT to be there when the record is broken...Bud Selig was very noncomittal when asked about being there, but you know when the time comes, MLB will whip up the hoopla and media circus for all it's worth, and Uncle Bud will be on the field grinning like an idiot and congratulating Mr. Cream and Clear like as if his HR total weren't "juiced," so to speak.

If it were ever in my makeup to wish a career-ending injury on a player, this would be the time...but I can't, no matter how much I despise any athlete. The only thing I am pulling for is that Alex Rodriguez continues piling up the HR's like he is now, and that the media has the cajones to portray his season as an attempt to hit a "legitimate" 62 HR, and at least divert a little (or hopefully) a lot of the spotlight away from Steroid Poster Boy.

P.S. If you must know, my loathing of he-who-must-not-be-named goes back to three straight seasons of post-season choking when he was here in Pittsburgh (I could have thrown Sid Bream out, for God's sake.), and the steroid and home run things only multiplied it. His skin tone doesn't enter into it....Please don't report me to Al Sharpton and the PC Police.

Answer 5

I have been a die-hard Giants fan my entire life. In 2000, my parents bought season tickets and we have had them ever since. Right now I am going to school in Boston and people always ask me, "How do you feel about Barry Bonds?" I always answer back with the same statement. If the Giants are winning and its mainly because of Barry Bonds, I will support him. I can speak for Giants fans across the country when I say we personally do not care about Bonds breaking the record. We just want to see the Giants win a World Series in our lifetime. The homerun record is irrelevant to what Giants fans really want.

And I will back my hometown boy up. He is hitting .346 with 7 homeruns right now. You cannot say he is on steroids with the current MLB testing. He is playing like he was during his allegation years.

And it will be mixed reactions, unless he does it in LA.

P.S. to the Mets fan on top of the board

I went to Shea Stadium on April 13th and it was a disgrace. There are more people in boats in Mc Covey Cove then there were at Shea all together. Instead of Mets fans always complaining about Bonds, how about you actually go to the games.

Answer 6

I think it's gonna be more of a "I can't believe this is happening" moment (in a not-so-joyous way), rather than a moment of excitement... I don't know that all that many people are thrilled that he is going to do it... I mean, even Hank Aaron said he won't be in attendance... That's saying a lot.

Further, if he's on the road, I really don't think the fans are gonna be that ecstatic... Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think the ball will be thrown back... But, I don't think he's gonna be looked upon as a hero. (If I caught that ball, I would sell the hell out of it and make some money off that phony... I wouldn't want that ball... I wonder if the Hall of Fame will want it?... I doubt it.)

Answer 7

It will be very quiet. No matter what he may have done, it was not against the rules at the time. Or do most people not remember this? I am by no means a Bonds fan, but get a grip people.

Go ahead, give me thumbs down. Fine. Am I the only realistic person in this forum? And how many of you cheer for the rapist Kobe Bryant? But he is great, right? Yeah I know, he is basketball. Does it really matter?

Answer 8

I believe that any fan that gets to personally witness that event can do nothing but applaud Barry for a great,great accomplishment.This kind of record only gets broke once in a lifetime.

Answer 9

The usual mob of apoplectic twits will switch from "Bonds doesn't deserve to break the record" to "Bonds doesn't deserve to hold the record", followed by speculation on when ARod will pass Barry.

sigh.

Answer 10

As a HUGE CARDINALS FAN!!!!!!!!! Oh and didnt jump the band wagon after last year.......my son is named Drew after JD drew!
Any ways......he got booed every game he played in St louis last year and I remember sitting there and there was a boy not much older then 8 got so excited when he came to bat. Every one started booing and he just looked sooo sad. Its a shame someone who is looked up to so much has to ruin baseball within himself and his young fans who have no idea why everyone hates him.

Answer 11

it goes to show you when a question about bonds is asked the idiots say what they were told on espn and all of the other biased medias reported
i`ve been to giants games at home and on the road, yes a few fans boo bonds, but more show up just to witness history in the making...................... that's why records are kept, to be broken.