Bonds voted to All Star team

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

All good points in the past few posts...bottom line: Bonds would be in the HOF (assuming he has used roids) without them. He is the best player of my lifetime, you can argue the best ever...gold gloves, stolen bases AND power. We may never know the truth...but why is Bonds the one everybody wants to point fingers at? Ruth drank like a fish, Ty Cobb was a racist pig...the HOF isn't for nice guys, it's to honor achievement in the sport.

obviously the HOF is for on field only, as plenty would be kept out due to off the field antics.
why is bonds getting the attention? because he's the one getting ready to break the record. people tend to put athletes on pedestals, the longer they've been gone, the higher the pedestal. if bonds record stands long enough, i'd imagine the next to break it will get a lot of scrutiny as well. a-rod looks like he may threaten it, he certainly isn't a favorite son.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig

obviously the HOF is for on field only, as plenty would be kept out due to off the field antics.
why is bonds getting the attention? because he's the one getting ready to break the record. people tend to put athletes on pedestals, the longer they've been gone, the higher the pedestal. if bonds record stands long enough, i'd imagine the next to break it will get a lot of scrutiny as well. a-rod looks like he may threaten it, he certainly isn't a favorite son.

No, but over at Yahoo Sports today is an article talking about A-Rod breaking the record and it takes shot after shot at Bonds...the article comes right out and says that baseball will be overjoyed if A-Rod breaks the record. To me it's sad, this should be a special time in baseball...just this year we've had several accomplishments, Biggio's 3000 hits, Sosa's HR's and the best...the Rocket hitting 350 wins. Should be a great time to be a fan and yet...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

No, but over at Yahoo Sports today is an article talking about A-Rod breaking the record and it takes shot after shot at Bonds...the article comes right out and says that baseball will be overjoyed if A-Rod breaks the record. To me it's sad, this should be a special time in baseball...just this year we've had several accomplishments, Biggio's 3000 hits, Sosa's HR's and the best...the Rocket hitting 350 wins. Should be a great time to be a fan and yet...

yeah, it should be. i agree with that. as for a-rod, i doubt he'd get any real praise, he's not much more liked than bonds.
now ken griffey jr on the other hand....

i tell you, if the media takes a dislike to you, look out.