Being a sports fan, I think it's great that Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron's Home run record by hitting 756 home runs during his career. I missed it because the game was blacked out here.
My problem is with the fact that this record could be tainted. With the Grand Jury and the BALCO issues. He won't say if he did use steroids. It makes baseball fans everywhere question the legitimacy of the record. Many say it should be with an asterisk. Also, where is the commissioner of baseball?
It could be argued that today's MLB is a different time than when Aaron played. Today it's more of a business whereas during Aaron's time he had to worry about death threats among other things.
Bonds is innocent until proven guilty however, that is what has divided many baseball fans across the country. He broke the record but ARod has 500 home runs and could break Bonds record soon. I guess that I just needed to vent!!!
Gurpreet Nandra
2 comments:
Who is Barry Bonds?
What happened to Roger Maris?
Prof. Benedetto
Josh Gibson hit almost a thousand home runs in professional baseball. He is not in the record books because he played in the Negro leagues, when black players could not play with whites. If you want to look hard enough you could put an asterisk next to anything that you hold to be true.
Bottom line is that bonds is one of the best baseball players to ever live, even before he gained 40 pounds in one off-season. He obviously took steroids. But most of baseball had been taking steroids for years and shattering records. He could have been a cultural legend if he did it naturally. Now he will only be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Truly is a shame.
-lagan
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