Barry Bonds - homerun king

[IndianaJones]

Loved the taped message from Hank Aaron, acknowledging and endorsing the record.

Don't think Barry will hold the record as long as Aaron though. Especially if A-Rod stays healthy.

Congrats, Barry Bonds, for holding the greatest record in sports.

[LynneSin]

1. Barry Bonds is the Home Run King*

*Home Run King of players bulked up on steriods and growth hormones in hopes to bastardize the game in order to achieve a record

Barry Bonds can go fuck himself. Hank Aaron has been and will always be the home run king

[Connonym]

9. Hank is the man

and Bonds has done nothing that will change that

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Congrats, Barry Bonds*, for making a mockery of legitimate athletes

and for feeling no remorse in doing whatever unethical or illegal thing you need to do to come out ahead.

[IndianaJones]

4. Gotta admit...the Bonds haters whining is almost as sweet as the record itself...

This must be what its like to be a Yankees fan.

[LynneSin]

5. That was like comparing George W. Bush to Abraham Lincoln

Sure, they may both be republicans but that's about it - Bush, like Bonds, is the joke of the baseball world; whereas, Lincoln will always be respected for what he has done.

[IndianaJones]

7. uhhh...what? nt.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Whining? If pointing out an unethical path is 'whining', then we should have shut up after 2000

and joined the Republicans.

How asinine.

I find the steroid-use-unethical-cheating-and-lying apologists to be as sick as those who think Shrubya was actually elected in 2000.

[IndianaJones]

13. Exactly that kind of whining...

how sweet it is.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. You should get a dictionary.

[IndianaJones]

15. You should get some cheese. nt.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. I totally agree: their apoplectic fits are fucking hilarious

Haters are funny.

[IndianaJones]

18. Why are you saying that W won in 2000?

Unethical apologist.

[meegbear]

3. STERIODS FOR EVERYONE!

:woohoo:

[LynneSin]

6. hook me up with some, I want to make the Major Leagues and break Bond's record

I figured at my age I could do that in about 10 years if I took about the same amount of crap as Bond did

[flvegan]

11. Why aim low?

Do 10x as much and do it in 1 year. In a decade, you'd have like a brazillion dingers and potentially look like this:

[flvegan]

8. Comparing at-bats, he's the strikeout king, too

Aaron
12,384 at-bats
1,383 strikeouts

Bonds
9,774 at-bats
1,531 strikeouts

One could say that when Bonds does connect, he does so with authority.

[IndianaJones]

10. He is certainly strikes out more than Aaron...

who was very difficult to strikeout. Historically Bonds does not strike out often, and almost always has more walks than strikeouts in a season. Compare to A-Rod who strikes out much more often than Bonds, yet still hits over .300.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. He leads all time in walks, too

So what's the point?

[Celeborn Skywalker]

19. Damn right he is.

Go Barry!

[begin_within]

20. Can't wait for his book

[northzax]

21. technically, of course

Barry Bonds is second on the list, behind Sadaharu Oh, with 868.