Bonds broke 755!

**Hooahguy** · 08-08-2007, 17:06

yes, Barry Bonds broke 755 home runs last night! do you think this should be celebrated or shamed? i think shamed.

**shlin28** · 08-08-2007, 17:53

Saw it on the news, I find it strangely funny watching American spectators trying to catch a ball...especially a ball worth $1,000,000!

**Odin** · 08-08-2007, 18:07

Originally Posted by hooahguy14

yes, Barry Bonds broke 755 home runs last night! do you think this should be celebrated or shamed? i think shamed.

Celebrated. He is one of the best athletes in MLB history, steriods and all. Good for him, I hope the next one who gets close to his record is 280 pounds with 5% bodyfat and looks directly into the camera and says "No I dont do steriods"

I view this as entertainment, and while its more civilised then the Romans and the colluseum, I have no problem with them taking roids.

Legalize so everyone can do it !

**Spino** · 08-08-2007, 19:30

Shamed. Bonds was already guaranteed a spot in the Hall of Fame long before he sought chemical (and possibly mechanical) means to enhance his performance and prolong his career. Here's an interesting article on that advanced arm protector Bonds uses. Not nearly as plausible as the accusations of steroid use but still...

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1003621797

Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, and all other juicers and dopers deserve a big fat

*

...next to their records.

On the other hand....

We are talking about professional athletes not cutting edge scientists, engineers, etc. Athletes are about as irrelevant and expendable as they come since their livelihood revolves entirely around playing games for the entertainment of the masses. A part of me agrees with Odin and says we should lift ALL restrictions on chemical enchancement and let the athletes, their families and their insurance companies deal with the unfortunate side effects. If you want to wreck your body and decrease your life expectancy just for a crack at being the best 'I can hit a ball with a stick real good' athlete of all time then by all means...

**Reverend Joe** · 08-08-2007, 21:36

Originally Posted by hooahguy14

yes, Barry Bonds broke 755 home runs last night!

No he didn't.

Weren't these games supposed to be for fun at some point? That was the point of people like Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, etc. And that's why their pay should be cut drastically and steroids et al kept out of the game. It isn't supposed to be about records and the ultramasculinity of being the best; it's supposed to be about entertainment, which is lost when playing skill is ramped up in the quest for perfection, since it's chance that makes entertainment. If all you want to watch is a hitting machine, you may as well build one.

**Ramses II CP** · 08-09-2007, 04:20

'(To heck with?) Barry Bonds, MLB, and the whole game of baseball. Letting this thug and criminal skate through his career is a black mark on our system of justice. If poking himself in the **** were the worst of his crimes, I'd say just take his paycheck, but he's been using his money and his position to blackmail and intimidate people into not ratting him out for years. Baseball, a game in severe disarray since the last embarassing strike, figures it's better to have people talk about hating Bonds than not to have anyone talk about baseball at all, so they protect him too.

(To heck with?) the NBA too and it's support for the thug, drug, and criminal stupidity culture. Although if ratings and revenue are any indicator, the NBA is already well and truly (hecked?).

I suppose I should applaud the NFL since they finally got humiliated into at least cleaning up a few of the worst offenders by last year's crime spree.

Useless, high visibility rich people should be primary targets for our justice system if for no other reason than to cover up the bribes that let corporate executives slide through the system trailing the nation's pilfered billions.

Let's extend the 'three strikes' laws to all major sports and hit them where it hurts, the pocketbook. Three infractions means the end of a career and no post career honors. Athletes should be held to a higher standard, because they reap a far higher benefit.

End Rant.

(Un-Frontroomish language - Beirut)

**Marshal Murat** · 08-09-2007, 04:31

While he did break the 755 record (yes, while you may scoff, it was broken) I think that quite a few people are skeptical of the results. I just hope someone who enjoys the sport, a man who is pure and can do what needs to be done breaks the record.

Personally I'm disgusted political leaders are hailing the new record. Oh the faulty mirror of their lives...

**Samurai Waki** · 08-09-2007, 04:55

Yay? Honesty, I saw this on the front cover of the news paper today and thought to myself "is this really news worthy?" obviously not to someone who wants to bury their heads in the sand from the things that should make the news.

**Hooahguy** · 08-13-2007, 15:50

Originally Posted by Spino

We are talking about professional athletes not cutting edge scientists, engineers, etc. Athletes are about as irrelevant and expendable as they come since their livelihood revolves entirely around playing games for the entertainment of the masses. A part of me agrees with Odin and says we should lift ALL restrictions on chemical enchancement and let the athletes, their families and their insurance companies deal with the unfortunate side effects. If you want to wreck your body and decrease your life expectancy just for a crack at being the best 'I can hit a ball with a stick real good' athlete of all time then by all means...

i agree- steroids hampers with your prostate, so i would rather have some fun, then kids than have huge muscles!