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Home Run Champion. Barry Bonds is the new Home run Champion.

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Barry Bonds has tied Hank Aaron's record with his 755th Home run off Clay Hensley. Just wondering what people here think of him. I believe if everyone else was cheating then he was still the best hitter out of the cheaters and its still an accomplishment. UPDATE: Barry Bonds just hit the home run to break the all-time record.

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Bonds is a great hitter who would have been worthy of the HOF even without "help" from banned substances, but I don't believe he's worthy of the HR records and him breaking them tarnishes the records and game.  I don't believe everyone else cheated as Jose Canseco would have us believe as he just so happens to peddle his book(s).  Or Canseco is the Forrest Gump of steroid usage and nobody else saw anything or aren't willing to speak up and make a small fortune selling tell-all books.

by RATW on Aug 4, 2007 11:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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Great hitter, personally I don't care about steroid usage or not, too many questions to try and sort out from the 90's about who used and who didn't.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 4, 2007 11:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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He is best hitter ever with no question.  His pitch recognition is God-like and his swing is near flawless.  Barry hit so many of his homers when he was ahead in the count.  His knowledge of the strike zone and willingness to be patient and wait for his "one" pitch per at bat is something steroids can't do for you.  Again, best hitter ever.
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by SeanDubbs on Aug 5, 2007 1:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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I don't think steroids even matter. First, they are going to the pitchers as well as the hitters (speculatively), and secondly, "+" stats bear out how great Bonds is. The only people consistantly higher ranked than he is in era and park adjusted measurements are Ruth and Gehrig, and I personally don't count any stats before 1947. Josh Gibson is still going to be the best hitter (home run or otherwise) ever, and Bonds won't pass him.

Personally I'd put him just below Gibson and Mays as the third best player ever, followed by Ruth and Aaron.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Aug 5, 2007 4:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Interesting note
Hensley failed a test in 2005.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 5, 2007 10:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interesting note
Something to chew on.

Bonds has a lot of suspicion and accusation, but nothing proven.  But the pitcher he hit #755 off of was actually busted for steroids before.

by Orlando Rays on Aug 5, 2007 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Woman Scorned
I heard somewhere that Barry's ex wife or ex girlfriend is about ready to do a tell all in Playboy.  And apparently a show all as well.

Someone needs to volunteer to read that magazine and report on the article.  No one would want to look at any pictures of course, but we do need a summary of the article, please.

by Fox 71 on Aug 6, 2007 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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that is true. How old do you have to be to buy those?

by Flabull on Aug 6, 2007 1:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure
You've got to be in your 50s or 60s, since anyone younger than that has discovered that there is pornography available on the internet.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Aug 6, 2007 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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I'm in my 50's. There's pornography on the Internet? Cause there isn't any in Playboy.

by nyyfaninlaaland on Aug 7, 2007 3:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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