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Here's a vote for an asterisk

Please put an asterisk for Barry Lamar Bonds' home run record, no matter what number he ends up at. The record book should state:

"Barry Lamar Bonds hit [insert number here] home runs under a cloud of controversy. No other man in the history of baseball has been given fewer opportunities to hit due to the Intentional Walk. In an era of baseball where there are more home runs per at bat than during any other time, Bonds averaged one home run for every [insert statistic here] at bat. For all the controversies regarding negro pitchers, height of pitching mounds, juiced balls and steroids, the intentional walk is greatest competitive disadvantage in baseball for a slugging great."

Let's say that Bonds does go to Japan to go after this season to try to break Sadaharu Oh's professional record of 868 home runs. I think without the gross amount of intentional walks, he would have broken it two years ago.

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