Congratulations Barry! A great record breaker from a great baseball player. Now let's go on to pursue the Hank Aaron record and make further baseball history. And hopefully we'll see a World Series in the near future.
It's not out of the question. A mere 20+ HR's this year and an additional 20+ next year tops Aaron. Barry seems determined to take the ultimate title and I seriously think he's capable of doing it. His knees are in bad shape, but these HR goals seem very modest given his physical condition. The World Series goal IS a little bit questionable given the current state of the Giants team, however.
The Giants will continue to coddle their star player, giving him plenty days of rest and closely monitoring his health. The record seems Barry's for the taking.
Bond's detractors can continue posting to the "sad day" thread to their hearts content. It's time for a supporting Barry Bonds thread.
GO BARRY!
[ May 29, 2006, 08:18 PM: Message edited by: billsf ]
Full Version: Bravo Barry! 715 going on 756!
Yes....congratulations,Barry.....
LOL
WOO! HOO! PARTY PARTY!
*Yawn*
btw, remember that thread saying that MLB wouldn't "celebrate" Bonds' 715th (quite properly, in my mind, because it's not a record).
Well, if raking in retail cash constitutes celebrating, looks like Beelzebud Selig is a liar.
Well, if raking in retail cash constitutes celebrating, looks like Beelzebud Selig is a liar.
Step aside, Barry, and be a REAL hero
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Played out in the wake of the civil-rights movement and in a more overtly racist time, Aaron's eclipse of Ruth's record was done amid death threats and hate mail and all types of security watching over him. It was done with dignity and without even the trace of scandal. Aaron kept his understandable bitterness in check, giving even his most vicious detractors little ammunition to work with.
In the end they were left with only the statistical proportions of Aaron's feat - he had 3,966 more at-bats than Ruth - to work with.
No talk of performance-enhancing drugs or tampered bats or even mistreatment of fans. Aaron kept his dignity.
I don't know how, but he did.
When I have visited the Hall of Fame with my baseball-loving boys, we have stopped at the Aaron plaque so that I may recite all this, and more, to them. Today, they can recite it all as if it were their birthdays.
I can't imagine them doing the same about Bonds with their kids, no matter how many home runs Barry ends up with.
No matter how much damage control is done.
In the end they were left with only the statistical proportions of Aaron's feat - he had 3,966 more at-bats than Ruth - to work with.
No talk of performance-enhancing drugs or tampered bats or even mistreatment of fans. Aaron kept his dignity.
I don't know how, but he did.
When I have visited the Hall of Fame with my baseball-loving boys, we have stopped at the Aaron plaque so that I may recite all this, and more, to them. Today, they can recite it all as if it were their birthdays.
I can't imagine them doing the same about Bonds with their kids, no matter how many home runs Barry ends up with.
No matter how much damage control is done.
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Shytownmofo:
*Yawn*
Wheee.....*Yawn*
I missed the whole thing, I had to wash my hair that night
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716. And shut your traps!
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