Bonds, Steroids and Records

Barry Bonds near meltdown the other day showed just how obnoxious he is. This is a guy who has been brutal to the press (and they in turn to him) and fans. The possibility that he might retire actually came as good news to me for several reasons; first he's in the National League as are my Phillies and more importantly, he's about to surpass Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron for the lead on the all-time homerun list. That to me is plain wrong.

I don't buy the line that you still have to hit the ball, hence steroids don't really help average. This is BS on so many levels. How many of Bonds' homers were by three or four feet? How many balls were powered into the gap?

A person who breaks a long-standing record should be as clean as the player who set it. Think Emmitt Smith breaking Walter Payton's record.

The WSJ has a nice piece today about Bonds and Selig.