We're All Barry Bonds Fans

How can one cheat before cheating was cheating. When Mcguire was hitting balls out if the park in every 4abs no-one said a thing at all.Sosa the same thing,everybody loved their open lovefest for the long ball. But as soon a Barry decided to get in on the same platform
and did his thing then there became an uproar of cheater,erase all of
his records,he's surely,not friendly etc. So Barry is not the friendliest player in the world,ask him why? The media has dogged him
for years even got to him and had him crying at one time and thinking
about quitting. Can any of us walk one mile in his shoes and still
think that we wouldn't be affected by the media's constant criticism.
He is not perfect and neither are we. Racism is definately involved
in the media,critics and fan's decision on Bonds it's thee American
way.

First off, no, we're NOT all Bonds fans. Please. What a ridiculous headline.

Secondly, RE: Sammy Sosa, frankly, I was appalled when I learned about the cork and I believe there were steroid allegations there too. Honestly, even as a lifelong Cubs fan, when I learned about ASosa's possible misdeeds, I was disgusted. Honestly, many Cubs fans were, that and his behavior were reasons why so many here fell "out of love" with him.

Was there cheating in baseball's past? Of course there was! It was reprehensible then as well. Honestly, if it is discovered that people cheated by using means like cork, steroids, whatever, their records should be examined, asterisked, as it were.

It isn't a matter of race. I don't care if someone using steroids is black, white, Hispanic, or a purple alien. I don't *care* What I care about is whether or not they are playing honestly. And honestly, saying it's a matter of racism is nonsensical. How is not wanting a steroid-using player to eclipse a non-steroid-using player racist? Last time I checked, both Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds were the same color. Am I missing something here?

Barry Bonds is simply one of the best baseball players to ever play the game. If he did or did not use steroids is not for me to judge. If quite a few of the pitchers he faced used steroids has been conveniently forgotten by many that "throw stones" at him. The media has hounded him since he has been in the league, and is the single most reason his reputation is tarnished. Just because he chooses not to interact a great deal with the fans is another result of the media. I have been watching his career since he played at Arizona State...I have yet to see the negative side of his attitude.

Leave Barry alone! Let him that has not used steroids throw the first stone. Awe, there are none. Because Barry is a private person, sports writers and many fans hound him negatively. Leave him alone! You hound him because you didn't want him to break Babe's record too. You didn't want Hank to break the record either. But guess what? Babe never held the record. It belongs to a player in the Negro Leagues that sports writers and fans choose to simply ignore. LEAVE BARRY ALONE!

Why do we always jump on others before they are proven guilty? I just we are never happy for others because we are just plain jealous.
Even if JESUS told us BARRY was innocent there will be some who want believe it. Just like today there are some who don't believe (JESUS IS THE SON OF MAN)

Barry Bonds has just hit number 756.

Yet, he is not the Home Run King.

Hank Aaron is the Home Run King.

Barry lacks Hammerin' Hank's class. And of course, Hammerin' Hank lacks Barry's chemical enhancements.

Barry cheated. He knows it. We fans know it. He can claim the record and stroke his ego all he wants. But I'll tell my kids this - "Don't be like Barry. Don't be all about ego and your own glory. Show some class and humility when you do great things. And don't cheat."

Call me a racist if it makes you feel better. I'm not. I'm a baseball fan. And Barry Bonds is all that's wrong with the game and he's a cheater. Break out the asterisks. Or maybe just put a syringe next to his name in the record books.

The truly sad part is that Barry could have done it all without the chemist shop. Would have made the Hall of Fame. But now he will always be tied with the steroids, the "clear". The cheating.

Sad day for baseball.

So many of us claim that race has nothing to do with our disdain for Barry and the as yet unproven alegations against him, but I still have to wonder why do we not hate Lance Armsstrong as well? Almost identical scenario, just a different sport.

"I still have to wonder why do we not hate Lance Armsstrong as well? Almost identical scenario, just a different sport."

You raise a good point, but I don't know that your point necessitates the need for pulling out the race card. I would agree with you that Lance Armstrong, if proven guilty, will be and should be a tarnished hero. However, I would venture to say that the 'untouchable' status for Armstrong has more to do with his story, not his ethnicity. A cancer survivor who trains and races his way into cycling history is one of those great stories of human triumph. Everybody wants to rally around that, regardless of race. Does that mean we should turn a blind eye to the facts? Of course not. Does the seeming lack of public outcry against Armstrong mean racism? I'm not so sure we can say that.