masterfully written...i think even his team wants to get this farce over with so they can ship him out to an AL team so he can DH and "catch" aaron...maybe they can develop a real team then..though, i hope not...i hate those guys

555.

This is right on the ball...very well said

Brilliant work. I agree with your sentiments too. I don't even want to see his name in the record books but, that's probably unlikely. This *ss had a big head even before the steroids took effect on it. 555

5555 home runs.

Good writing, Michael...5's ~ ~ ~ But I'm afraid I must take a contrarian stance here...keeping in mind that I am no particular fan of Bonds whatsoever...BUT...at the time he starting bulking up and blasting balls into the far reaches of ballparks (if he did...which, yeah, he PROBABLY did) there was no rule against taking steroids that I can recall. Nor any Law against it, either...AND...the other two player's you mention (McGwire & Sosa) appear to have done the same...Professional Sports being what they are...and competitive Athletes being what they are...well, I'm not surprised that many of them look for any edge they can get...AND...let us not forget that taking steroids is no guarantee of a drastic increase in power or overall performance...true, they give the potential for nearly exponential muscle mass growth, but you still have to work your rear end off to get those muscles onto your body...No, I do not advocate taking steroids to to improve performance in sports or anything else...and, Yes, it will surely be a shame if Bonds surpasses Henry Aaron in the Record Books...one for thing pretty much 100% for sure is that "Hammerin' Hank" did it all with his own sweat and blood, hard work and determination...in much more difficult times, too. But, no...you just can't start splitting hairs in the Baseball Record Books...unless you want to start keeping separate sets of records based on...well, based on any quirk or change in how the game is played...For instance...No blacks allowed in Babe Ruth's day...does that mean his HR's go into a separate category? Or get tossed altogether? Fielder's mitts were nowhere near as well made or effective as those of modern-day player's...so does that mean Ty Cobb's, or Rogers Hornsby's or Nap Lajoie's numbers don't count eithera? Pitcher's...back in the earlier days a baseball was kept in play much longer...they just didn't toss them out for a bit of a scuff like they do today...so should that invalidate Walter Johnson's or Christy Mathewson's records? Even more recently, Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax benefited from a steeper slope on pitching mounds and much roomier strike zones...MUCH roomier...the slope was changed after Gibson's phenomenal 1.06 or 1.12 (can't remember exactly, but it was incredible) ERA one season...I think it was 1968...and so on...etc. WOW! That sure is a lot of words about this from someone who rarely, if ever, watches a ball game anymore...but I was a HUGE fan at one time...