Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Kevin on Bonds
It's over. Thank goodness. I'm sick of Barry Bonds. And I can't wait for A-Rod to shatter his record.
The Bonds sham is personal for me. I met the man. I've never felt so uncomfortable in all of my life. He was arrogant, rude and mean spirited. I didn't catch Barry Bonds on a bad day. I just caught up to Barry Bonds for an interview. Unfortunately, he's been treating people like this his entire life.
Sure, he can turn on the charm just like he can turn on a fastball. But look beneath the occasional charm and the mighty swing and there is deception.
We are all innocent until proven guilty. But please, how much evidence do we need to be "certain" that Bonds juiced it. His hat size grew. His feet grew. He grew. All the while, his image and perhaps other parts of his body shrank.
What comes around goes around, Barry. You will get yours. In some ways, the public outrage has already been your penance. If you had been a "good guy" I think many people would accept your alleged performance enhancing drug performance. But you are not a "good guy." Arrogant and cheat are far better ways to describe you.
The saddest part of this story is that Barry Bonds would be on the short list of the games best ever without his alleged steroid use. Now he tops the list for a generation of ballplayers who will forever be remembered as part of the steroid era.
As I was driving home from work last night, Bonds hit the record setting 756th homer. In front of me was exit 44....Hank Aaron's number. At that moment Hammerin' did go exit right. But in our hearts, we baseball purists still consider Henry Aaron the home run king. He played with class, dignity and honor. He treated others far better than Bonds, all the while enduring death threats and racism.
There should be an asterisk next to Bonds home run total:
*756
*was a mean-spirited steroid user...record broken by A-Rod
The Bonds sham is personal for me. I met the man. I've never felt so uncomfortable in all of my life. He was arrogant, rude and mean spirited. I didn't catch Barry Bonds on a bad day. I just caught up to Barry Bonds for an interview. Unfortunately, he's been treating people like this his entire life.
Sure, he can turn on the charm just like he can turn on a fastball. But look beneath the occasional charm and the mighty swing and there is deception.
We are all innocent until proven guilty. But please, how much evidence do we need to be "certain" that Bonds juiced it. His hat size grew. His feet grew. He grew. All the while, his image and perhaps other parts of his body shrank.
What comes around goes around, Barry. You will get yours. In some ways, the public outrage has already been your penance. If you had been a "good guy" I think many people would accept your alleged performance enhancing drug performance. But you are not a "good guy." Arrogant and cheat are far better ways to describe you.
The saddest part of this story is that Barry Bonds would be on the short list of the games best ever without his alleged steroid use. Now he tops the list for a generation of ballplayers who will forever be remembered as part of the steroid era.
As I was driving home from work last night, Bonds hit the record setting 756th homer. In front of me was exit 44....Hank Aaron's number. At that moment Hammerin' did go exit right. But in our hearts, we baseball purists still consider Henry Aaron the home run king. He played with class, dignity and honor. He treated others far better than Bonds, all the while enduring death threats and racism.
There should be an asterisk next to Bonds home run total:
*756
*was a mean-spirited steroid user...record broken by A-Rod
Posted at 8:56 PM by kevin

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