2007-07-13 07:06:18 · 19 answers · asked by Brian 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
A skilled baseball player approaching a milestone that's been around for over 30 years. What can anyone say.....
Even if drugs were present, those specific types taken will not give anyone an edge to hit outrageous amounts of HR's. Also, he took them while they were not banned or illegal in baseball, so no corrective action should be taken.
I watched Henry Aaron hit 715, watched Rickey Henderson steal his way into history, watched numerous batters hit over 3000 hits and still think baseball is as popular as ever!
I congratulate Barry on his impending record breaking HR, and hope for more to come!
2007-07-13 08:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I would rather see someone more honorable do it. This is a man who will not give a straight answer and clear up all the clouds around his name and career. When Palmiero obfuscated, we later learned that he was hiding something. It was the same way in the '80s with Keith Hernandez and all the other cokers from back then.
In addition, he may do a ton of charity work, but he cheated on his wife. That makes him a liar. His attitude toward the fans is abhorrent.
2007-07-13 10:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It'll be great to see a modern player accomplish something like this. A player that I've been able to watch since I was little. However, it's a shame that the whole scene is clouded with steroid talk. I'm not one of these people who want to see Barry hanged as a scapegoat for the entire steroid era, but it definitely lessens the awe of the whole situation. I wish I could watch these records fall without the skepticism of performance enhancements. There's no way to magically erase the steroid era, so we just have to live with it or stop caring about baseball.
2007-07-13 07:26:32 · answer #3 · answered by Dethklok 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Barry Bonds is a great human being. Many people don't know the amount of charity work he does in the SF area and all over the nation. He is a great ballplayer. I love watching him and I love watching one of the very best to ever play the game. Not many times you get to see a player like this come around. Guys like he and A-Rod are pretty much rare. The media gives him a bad rap but nobody personally knows him. People don't even know Barry the person. They only go by what the media feeds them and by what they perceive and just run with it. Based on what I do know, never personally spending time with the guy, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and call him a pretty standup guy. I have nothing else to really dislike/hate him for so I choose to love what the guy does on the field. He has given me great entertainment for 22 years and I thank him for it!
2007-07-13 07:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
He can't. To break the home run record, one would have to hit 756 home runs... while clean. If you took something to enhance your ability, then you broke the rules, and you therefore did not complete the mission. It is only a technicality and a legal loophole that has prevented Bond's drug use to become official, but as far as I am concerned, he broke the rules. So his home run record is meaningless, and I could care less if he does it.
2007-07-13 07:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I say go for it because I think A-rod will eventually break his record. Records were meant to be broken.
2007-07-13 07:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by Sharon S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Eh...frankly, I'm sick of hearing about it. I used to be a huge baseball fan but the records are becoming less meaningful, the economic structure of the game is unfair, the season is too long, the tickets are too expensive...I've pretty much turned away from the professional game. I enjoy playing and teaching the game to my kids, but I'm just not into MLB any more. Unfortunately, I don't think it will ever be the same and I don't think my kids will have the same love of the game that I once did.
2007-07-13 07:15:48 · answer #7 · answered by DGS 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I love Barry Bonds he's my boy, i can't wait till he brakes the record. Plus juiced up or not he's still a great hitter.
2007-07-13 07:11:12 · answer #8 · answered by Atay31 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I will feel about the same as if I hit 800 home runs playing a video game.
Barroid could have been a Hall Of Famer staying clean, but he is too greedy - he wants it all at any price, including the integrity of the sport - what a total loser!
2007-07-13 07:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Hell, they were juiced in the good old days too. It was gin, vodka, bourbon, etc.
I wish he would be more of a role model for the kids, but then again, Hank Aaron's whiny old *** isn't a role model anymore either.
2007-07-13 07:15:13 · answer #10 · answered by badassp51 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋