When Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's homerun record will Major League Baseball acknowledge it?

Question

I'm sure the media will embrace it because it's story rife with controversy.

Answer 1

MLB should honor this as they have every other gold glove, MVP and everything else accomplished...THIS IS AN ERA..

EQUAL TO THE DEAD BALL ERA, WAR ERA, DEPRESSION ERA, and the post Jackie Robinson era as well as the pre-Robinson era...and it should stay as such..there should be a full page ad from MLB apologizing to the American Public in all of the major papers about the Steroid scandal and YES Bud Selig SHOULD be in attendance and from here on out...i think it is compromising to have an EX owner as a commissioner..it is just wrong! Selig has been atrocious since he got to be commissioner and it provides great precedence to show that an ex-owner has NO business as THE COMMISH..

BONDS HAS BEEN THROUGH PLENTY AS WELL ANDWITHOUT A CONVICTION..MLB hasn't let him play..he hasn't been found guilty LEGALLY that would keep him from playing...WHATEVER he took was legal and was NOT policed as a rule within the MLB and his taking it hasn't been proven yet. END OF STORY! PENDING THE RESULTS OF ALL INVESTIGATION...we must see bonds as he is...he did things that no other player on Steroids was able to do..and we're talking about guys who EASILY did more steroids than bonds...The Chemist was by far the worst and he couldn't even hit 500 HRs and he was a legitimate HR hitter..

Answer 2

I'm very happy for Barry. I think the guy could have done it regardless of what he may or may not have injected in his body. No one talks about all of the home runs he hit BEFORE he bulked up. Besides that, who's to say that Roger Maris and Babe Ruth didn't take some kind of performance enhancing drug or chemical? No one tracked that stuff at that time. Ruth was a drunk. Today, he would have been destroyed by the media. It's a special accomplishment that doesn't need all of the B.S. Even with steroids, I know I couldn't do half of what he has done as an athlete. So, he has an attitude problem; so what? At least he isn't raping young girls or being unapologetic about hosting dog fights. Bonds may not be a class act, but he's not the worst thing to happen to professional sports. As for me being a "true" baseball fan, uh, yeah . . . don't even try and question me on that. I was practically born at a baseball stadium (not an exaggeration). I spend most of my summers watching AAA ball games. I was born and raised a Cubs fan, and despite my complete hatred for Lou Pinella, I keep coming back to the team for more punishment (current record aside). And I cannot stand "Cubs fans" in the bleachers who come to get drunk rather than watch the game. When I go to a game, I get my food before it starts, and I don't move out of my seat because I want to watch the game, not socialize. (Don't take the tone personally. I get really worked up about this topic.)

Answer 3

Major League Baseball will acknowledge the fact that the record was broken, but they will do it with as little fanfare as they can get away with.

If it was someone without the cloud of suspicion that Bonds has over him as well as the reputation for being petulant to everyone around him, then Major League Baseball would be pushing this chase a whole lot more.

It's more of the media pushing the chase than the Commissioner's office.

Just my opinion.

Answer 4

They pretty much have to. Look the MLB has to either go all or nothing. You have to either embrace everything that happened in the Steroid era, or you just have to pretend that baseball didnt happen during that time period. Because many of the MVP's during that time, many teams that won championships, many records that were broken, were because of steroids. So as a league you can either decide to acknowledge the records that are broken and try to start on a clean slate when all of the Steroid era players are out of the league, or just pretend that baseball didnt happen between 1985-2005.

Answer 5

I think that in the Record Books, its going to say "Barry Bonds- 756 homeruns" (because obviously he is just going to quit after he beats Hammerin' Hank) and next to it will be a big fat asterisk, saying "this record does not count, for Barry Bonds was using steriods". If it doesn't happen, then thats what should happen.

Answer 6

Selig is hoping it'll be done in a West Coast game that is delayed about three hours for rain, so hardly anyone sees the homerun. The media - mostly - are haters, so it will eat up the story from the steroids angle.

Answer 7

Sure they will- as little as possible.
Unfortunatly it's a perfect case of guilty till proven innocent.
He's still playing so MLB doesn't have a big enough case against him. But I believe that right after he does break the record they will "magically" be able to prove a case and keep him out of the hall of fame. But the record will be broken none the less.

Answer 8

Stephen made a good point. they are still letting him play. ANd he is not the greatest ever player. He is a really good player that has taken steroids and has become a great player. People say that it takes skill to be able to hit the ball. This is true, but steriods will make that ball go over the fence. Steriods will break records set by honest men who didn't cheat. And by the way, Babe Ruth is the greatest player. He was the best hitter and the best pitcher.

Answer 9

and that would be the major reason why it would get coverage.

if bonds was more media friendly then i'm sure MLB would make a huge thing about the chase and the record being broken.

Answer 10

I think they will, whether they like it or not he had done the most homeruns. Until they can prove whether or not he was using drugs the whole time they will not keep the title from him.