Barry Bonds should go away
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Posted by Mark Barnes Apr 18, 2006 |
Barry Bonds -- Under Review
Not to wish any bad luck on anyone, but if Barry Bonds was to accidentally sprain a knee ligament and have to miss the remainder of the season or, say, his career, I wouldn't be heartbroken. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Bonds is a liar, a cheater, a whiner and a bad influence on America's youth, and I wish he'd just go away.
Bonds may have more homers than God, but he hit most of them after ballooning up to his current, robust 230 pounds. Ever see this guy's rookie baseball card? He looked like the skinny kid from the sitcom, Good Times.
Sure, Bonds was always a great fielder and a tremendous hitter, but let us not forget that prior to 1997, he hit 40 home runs only one time. In his first 10 seasons, at his Jimmy Walker playing weight, Bonds averaged 29 homers per season. Very solid, but unspectacular.
Then, even though he denies ever taking steroids, Barry began packing on the pounds, like a pregnant woman taking whipped cream intravenously. Over the next nine years, he belted homers at a per-season average of 45.6 - nearly 17 more than his annual average in his first decade of play.
But he wasn't juicing, he says. No, he didn't cheat; he just worked out a lot.
It doesn't matter what player swears he saw Bonds taking steroids. Investigation upon investigation condemns Bonds, yet he continues to say he's innocent.
So, one of baseball's biggest talents will be remembered more for what he did with a needle than what he's done with a bat.
Here's hoping Bonds just goes away. And the sooner, the better.
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