Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Just walk him

So Barry Bonds hit another home run today and is 5 away from passing Babe Ruth and in a game where the numbers mean so much the implications are huge. It seems that Barry thinks it's his right to pass the Babe and this blogger is upset. It's time to see what these recent home run records for what they are, trash. In my mind Roger Maris still holds the home run single season record and Barry, Sammy, Mark and Raphael hold no place on the home run list. In my opinion its time to walk Barry every time he steps up and give him no chance to pass up players who did it without the benefits of the "accidental use of the clear and cream". I mean the babe did it with food, drink, fat genes and a great eye, and Hank with consistency and a long career. Now we have the needle generation and I refuse to celebrate the milestones of cheaters. I'm not a jerk I believe people make mistakes and should be given some grace, but just not the numbers that they accumulated during their cheating. So since they probably won't take away his numbers walk him, then walk him some more and let the records stand.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great idea...I have not thought of that, but I am annoyed by these Steroid users and them passing up records in this way...

Marcel said...

As of this writing, Barry is one from tying "The Sultan of Swat", as the Babe was referred to in his day. I also read that the pressure is starting to be overwhelming, and the same racial slurs and threats Hank got in 1974, Barry is now getting in 2006. Some things never change, except for the thickness of neck and bloatedness of juiced-up players (anyone peek at Jason Giambi the last couple years?).