what will happen to barry bonds in the long run ?

Answer 1

He will be both celebrated and vilified in the near future.
He will switch to the AL next year and DH for a year or two, padding the record with solid offensive stats, and the media frenzy will slowly fade away.

He will retire 50-75 homers past Aaron, and in several years A-Rod will be hard on his heels. A-Rod will pass Aaron, and despite several of his unappealing personality quirks, A-Rod will be celebrated as a national hero who vanquished the roided Bonds.

In a decade or so history will become kinder to Bonds. Those that saw him play will think more fondly of him and his special talents. He will gain more respect in the public eye, and become a "victim of his era" -- a symbol of the steroid days but largely forgiven due to the widespread steroid use of his time.
He will never completely shake the negative stigma of steroid use, but as time continues to march on the exact nature of his transgressions will become muddied.
He will go down as one of the greatest hitters ever, and people will debate whether he was actually as good as "current" stars due to his steroid use, which will be viewed in the same way as fans of today factor in things such as the "juiced ball" of the 90s, the higher mound of the 1960s and earlier, or the legal spitballs of the early 1900s.

His ultimate fate will be akin to Shoeless Joe Jackson. Largely celebrated as one of the games greats, but with an undercurrent of complex controversy that seemed much larger and simple when he actually played.

Answer 2

I don't think that anyone will ever be able to say whether he did or did not use steroids with 100 percent certainty and we will always wonder. Barry Bonds, along with McGuire, Canseco, and all the other cheats will taint baseball forever.

Answer 3

Barry Bonds will play one more year signing a similar contract to the one he played under this season. He will retire with over 3000 hits and 800 hr's, and after much controversy, barely make the hall of fame on the first ballot. At the reception after the induction ceremony, he will choke on a ham sandwich and die.

Answer 4

barry will be remembered finally as a top 5 legend in the game, after 3 grand juires proving NOTHING, barry will enter the hall of fame with stats that just wont be duplicated anytime soon,of course i admit him giving the press a hardtime during his career and that will hurt his vote in,

Answer 5

He will retire after next year and you won't hear or see much of him. The grand jury investigating Bonds will disperse with no action taken and Bonds will be inducted into the HOF in 2013.

Answer 6

He will probably play one more year to get 300 hits then retire. He will probably be banned from the Hall of Fame.

The drugs he took were cutting edge technology -- completely undetectable (so far). No one knows what long term effects they will have on his body.

Answer 7

He will be in the Hall of Fame 5 years after he retires if there is no evidence of steroid abuse. (Note on the ballot; I don't think he will get over 93% of the ballots) If there is evidence of steroid abuse in under 5 years, he will be banned for 5 years (HOF balloting and will not get in on the first ballot) and his records will stay but be tainted.

Answer 8

He'll beat the record and go down in history books without an asterisk next to his name (Aaron did it using his own natural abilities.)

Answer 9

he'll die early from steroid use. as far as baseball goes, there was not a steroid policy until recently. shame on mlb as well. there should be no asterisk or any HOF problems. he has passed every test since mlb finally implemented a policy.

Answer 10

He will go down as the American version of 'Chemical Ali' in Iraq.