Will baseball recognize Barry Bonds' record when he passed Hank Aaron?

Question

Everyone pretty much agrees Bonds was juiced when he hit a lot if not most of those HRs. Although I don't think it has ever been proven has it? He's still hitting them now and they wouldn't allow him to play if he was on steroids. Do you think baseball will officially recognize him as the all-time HR hitter? What if they can't prove he was juiced when he hit them? Wouldn't they have to then?

Answer 1

to answer your question just think back to when he was close to coming to 700 home runs. remember all of the publicity, will he be cheered, will he be booed. the had a countdown until the day he hit it and everyone in the stands went crazy. yes baseball will honor him. he has never been caught taking steroids and therefore is innocent, innocent until proven guilty. just look at ESPN now, they have changed his suspected break the record date i don't know how many times. everyone wants him to do it, just so 50 years from now we can look at our grandchildren and say we saw it happen.

Answer 2

Baseball will recognize the event. There is no definitive prove that Bonds used steroids or anything else illegal in his pursuit of the record. More importantly, there will never be know how many others were using. How many pitchers? The fact is, there is no conclusive evidence that steroids or human growth actually help that much in baseball. I love when the media plays up this aspect. Why haven't the stolen base numbers gone up as well? Wouldn't make sense that a base stealer using the substances have gotten faster making him harder to throw out? Never mentioned. The media seems to believe only the home run hitters profited from the "medical miracle". Baseball the sport will recognize the record even if the baseball media does not!!!

Answer 3

i dont know about baseball recognizing Bonds achievement.Bud Selig and his Nazi pal, George Mitchell, are still trying to get Jason Giambi to fink on players who were taking steriods 5 years ago, so this makes it hard for him. Even so, this is a major event in the history of baseball, and Herr Selig should be obligated to be there.Bowie Kuhn wasnt there for Aaron, and I always felt that was an insult to Aaron, and there were no issues like steriods involved. I wouldnt be at all suprised if they end nOT honoring Bonds. Selig has no class and no respect for people and I think thats worse than taking steriods.

Answer 4

I will and so will baseball. It wasn't even illegal, nor do I consider it wrong. Players are always looking for ways to enhance performance. Stuff that is not on the books right now will be on the banned list 5-10 years from now. It's illegal now to use steroids but it wasn't when Barry apparently took them. He hasn't been caught doing anything illegal. Speculate all you want but people calling him a cheater just because you don't agree with his methods are childish. If he was caught today different story. If you catch him taking HGH or find a bill of purchase then say he is a cheater. Otherwise you are blowing smoke.

Answer 5

They have to recognize it, even though Pud Selig has said he will not attend the game. If they announced today that Barry tested positive and he was suspended, that would end it, right? But they will not and have not gotten to that point yet, so everyone just needs to move on with it. Like it or not, Barry will be the next home run king, albeit for just a little while, because everyone knows that A-Rod will break it within 6 years.

Answer 6

Everyone knows that Bonds juiced his way into the record books, but still he deserves to have the record because he did it. Is his record tainted in the minds of many? Yes, and it should be because he had a competitive advantage over Aaron, Ruth, etc. But just because his record will be tainted does not mean he should be denied his accomplishment.

Others that follow him might also take steroids. They'll be smarter and not get caught. If Caminiti is correct, Bonds is by far not the only Steroider out there. McGwire's is another guy whose record in my mind is tainted, but his record should stand.

Answer 7

That is one of those debates that will last forever. The commissioner has already said that he won't be there when he does hit number 756, but what's weird is that Pete Rose is banned for life from baseball even from hall of fame consideration because he bet on baseball while he was playing. Proven or not just the fact that people said he was taking steroids during his career has tarnished the whole thing enough that nobody will ever vote for hall of fame entry. Pete Rose would have a better chance of getting back into baseball management than Barry Bonds would have of getting into the hall of fame.

Answer 8

Being juiced or not did not allow him to connect with any pitches. It just made him stronger. He hit them out before he juiced up...he only hit them farther when he did. He hit #750 yesterday and the news coving it was about 5 seconds in the sports highlights on my local news...with narry a mention from MLB...they'll acknowlegde the feat when he does it...but Hammering Hank won't and look for some cool reactions from the league players.

Answer 9

Conditions are irrelevant for the purposes of bookkeeping.

The outcome of the 1919 World Series, particularly Games 1, 2, 4 and 5, are still on the books, have never been challenged or changed, and never will be.

The comparison is obvious. What happened, happened.

Answer 10

Yea, he needs to at least 10 more than Aaron so that he can stay the top HR hitter all-time