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Barry Bonds is a cheater

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Everyone is trying to poke holes into Barry and the homerun record.  This is the most laughable reasoning I have read yet.  It is a must read

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003621797

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Re: AND HE WORE A BATTING HELMET, TOO!
Clearly Bonds is at an advantage wearing a batting helmet because it protects him from alien mind control signals beamed from ships floating around in our atmosphere.
Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they're fascist. Not boring: Emmanuel Burriss. Not facist: THE RETURN OF SF Dugout

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 6, 2007 1:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: AND HE WORE A BATTING HELMET, TOO!
Actually, Bonds don't wear a cup, he made a big deal about how he doesn't wear a cup and don't plan to ever, and thus that's why he'll never play 1B.
"I'm a Giant now" and "I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley "I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz

by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Aug 6, 2007 3:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: AND HE WORE A BATTING HELMET, TOO!
HE DIDN'T WEAR A CUP, A CLEAR VIOLATION OF BASEBALL RULES!
The Fringe was right.

by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2007 3:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: No cup
I read somewhere because he doesn't wear a cup that at least 20 of his career homers were hit with his erect penis. They shouldn't be counted!!
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by rxmeister on Aug 6, 2007 6:55 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: No cup
Obviously, I mean when you have an erect penis, the weight of the penis (and Bonds is a big daddy), clearly contributes to the weight of the bat without all of the negative effects of having a bigger bat, thus allowing for more home runs.  

Therefore viagra should be banned in MLB.

I need old crusty vets like I need a nail driven into my brain.

by BawLa on Aug 7, 2007 11:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: No cup
Viagra doesn't increase the actual size of the...bat. That would be a job for the pill in that ad with the guy and his creepy huge smile. Natural male enhancement!
Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they're fascist. Not boring: Emmanuel Burriss. Not facist: THE RETURN OF SF Dugout

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 7, 2007 12:03 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Just saw this on digg top 10 and was about to post it here.  75-100 HR's huh, so let's see minus steroids and "magic" protector he would've hit what 200, maybe 300 at best?  What a travesty, what a fraud, what a joke!  I'll never forgive the media/ bitter fans for taking so much away from what should have been one of the best sports moments of my life.  What a shame.
Ok I think it's time to get back to some playoff baseball.

by bigfly71 on Aug 6, 2007 1:03 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I know, it just really sad that they have nothing else better to do.  

by SabeanSupporter on Aug 6, 2007 1:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
And this doesn't even take into account the bionic cleats or the magic pixie.

by biff pocoroba on Aug 6, 2007 1:04 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I must point out that Barry has never failed a league-administered pixie screening test. Not one!
Proud adoptive father of the All-Father and his 2.29 ERA

by EliminateMe on Aug 6, 2007 3:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Haha. This is outrageous.

And to think I saw the Diary title and was all ready to bust out my "Barry Bonds is not a cheater. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a cheater. But he is NOT a porn star!"

Save it for another time, Howie. Save it for another time...

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Aug 6, 2007 1:11 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Wow, this immediately moves into second place on my list of favorite Bonds hit pieces. Don't worry, Pearlman, "Barry Bonds Hates Black People" is still #1.

Bonds has performed less well in Home Run Derbies than one might expect because he has no excuse to wear a "protector" facing a batting practice pitcher...

This makes sense. And, sure, Bonds hit 19 batting practice home runs in a pitcher's park on Saturday, primarily to the opposite field, but I heard that his elbow pad took BP without him on Sunday and hit 27.

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Aug 6, 2007 1:12 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
It's not an "elbow pad"; it's a "machine", a "literal hitting machine"!

by tobias on Aug 6, 2007 2:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Actually, this is one of the better articles I've read against Bonds.  What the guy says does make some sense.  I'm not a mechanic or an engineer but if the elbow protector is also adding the extra function that he says, it is helping a lot.  

by positiveuphemism on Aug 6, 2007 1:12 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Send 19.95 and this dood will also waive the 5.95 shipping and handling charges on the new penile super expander that has been used for years by notable pornstar cheat Jeff Kent.  Its been well-documented that his   dick is actually 3 inches long until he straps on the superspecial penile expander. Grand jury testimony says that it adds 3 feet of length and 15 inches in diameter. They don't call him the biggest dick to ever wear a Giants uniform for nothing.
Barry Zito -- Catch Me if You Can.

by E Ticket on Aug 6, 2007 6:42 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
If you knew anything about physics you would not have said that.  The fact is that you can dispute every point that homeboy makes, if you understand anything about physics and the mechanics of motion.

Not only can you dispute the logic behind every one of his points, but if you asked him how he got to 75-100 you would be in for a real laugh.

I need old crusty vets like I need a nail driven into my brain.

by BawLa on Aug 7, 2007 11:32 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
This has gotta be satire, right? Right?!
Barry Bombs gear | comics | Ray Durham is... yeah.

by Natto on Aug 6, 2007 1:15 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
It has to be. Someone might write it seriously, but surely no one would ever publish it seriously. I mean, Editor & Publisher? For a piece about baseball equipment?

by Evan on Aug 6, 2007 1:25 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Well, the guy is a cartoonist, but he's also a guy arrogant enough about his baseball knowledge to have said this about Bob Gibson: "I was able to show him why he had been a great pitcher, which he never understood before then."

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/10/24/051024ta_talk_rosenwald

I'm thinking he believes this stuff.

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Aug 6, 2007 1:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
That's great. Don't you feel for the pitching coaches in the last paragraph? Some part-owner of the team brings in a buddy of his to explain pitching to you, and you have to sit there and listen to it.

by Evan on Aug 6, 2007 2:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Satire.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.

by Aadik on Aug 6, 2007 1:24 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I can't decide.
"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Aug 6, 2007 1:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Stop frothing at the mouth, you guys. I thought this was interesting. The writer fails to mention that other ballplayers have highly protective armor, so, yes, it isn't exactly a fair piece (and what about players with super-sophisticated, custom-designed shoes or gloves?).

But he does a good job outlining from a design/engineering p.o.v. how Bonds's elbow protector might help his swing. Whether it's cheating or not, it's worth discussing, isn't it?  

Jesse Foppert: Welcome home, my son. And meet your adopted brother, Kelvin Pichardo. He's from the Dominican Republic.

by leftymalo on Aug 6, 2007 1:30 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

et tu Lefty?
...dang.

when Lemond pushed the cycling-technology envelope by using special handle-bars during the 1989 Tour de France, they called him an INNOVATOR, not a cheater.

The technology may well be worth discussing, as are Aero-bars, but libeling Bonds in the process kinda makes it clear he doesn't care about the technology or discussing it, just about cutting Bonds down.

"Bri-an Sab-e-an, I hope you're satisfied with what you've done..."

by The Gene Hackman on Aug 6, 2007 1:52 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: et tu Lefty?
Et moi what? I'm not defending the article. If you read my comment, I say it's not a fair article, but I do wonder if there are mechanical advantages to Barry's brace. If you're disappointed that I don't howl like dogs in a kennel when a cat walks by, well, I'm sorry.

The writer of the article didn't have good intentions re. Barry's reputation, obviously, but does that mean we have to throw everything he says in the trash? It's so fucking partisan, it's like political theater around here sometimes. If you're not 100% for Barry, you're against him? Is that how it works?    

Jesse Foppert: Welcome home, my son. And meet your adopted brother, Kelvin Pichardo. He's from the Dominican Republic.

by leftymalo on Aug 7, 2007 10:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: et tu Lefty?
Hey Lefty,

BP Radio just posted an interview with Mark Silva, the guy that custom makes the brace for Barry this morning. It's a good listen as Will Carol and Silva run down the list discussing each item in the original article.

http://baseballprospectus.com/radio/

I recommend that anyone interested in this story go listen to the .mp3

by xanthan on Aug 7, 2007 10:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: et tu Lefty?
I just listened. For some reason the audio stops about a third into the interview. Technical problems.
Jesse Foppert: Welcome home, my son. And meet your adopted brother, Kelvin Pichardo. He's from the Dominican Republic.

by leftymalo on Aug 7, 2007 10:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: et tu Lefty?
I did read your comment Lefty and in your comments you say it's "interesting."  That kinda reads like you're defending the article, despite it's obvious malice.  Which makes it seem like you're defending the "contortions some will go thru", as Carroll put it, to discredit Bonds.

Backtrack all you like, but we're not all ad-hominem-howling like 'dogs', neither ar we 'frothing' at our mouths.  We are rejecting weak, irresponsible mud-slinging disguised as journalism. You don't have to be %100 for Bonds to see thru this article.  

You might do well to wipe the corners of your own mouth, ELM.

"Bri-an Sab-e-an, I hope you're satisfied with what you've done..."

by The Gene Hackman on Aug 7, 2007 11:45 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Is it cheating?  Let's get that out of the way right now -- it's not.  It's allowed by the rules of baseball.

Is the elbow guard more advantageous than the use of the maple bat, or the springier baseball, or the smaller ballparks, or high-definition video for reviewing your performance?

Is this a different thing than golfers experimenting with all sorts of fancy hi-tech putters?

by Skaldheim on Aug 6, 2007 2:22 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No it's not worth discussing
Because this guy doesn't have access to Barry's elbow guard! He's just basing what he writes from watching on TV. In other words, he's full of it.

by Salemicus on Aug 6, 2007 2:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: No it's not worth discussing
"....in other words, he's full of SHIT."
Omar says, "Dammit gaffer! Bring in a few defenders, a mid-fielder or two, and nice pull w/Alan Smith."

by PacBellBoozer on Aug 6, 2007 3:02 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Is this news to you guys?
Pitchers have been complaining for years about his armor and the advantages of such as described in the  article.  

Not sure how many home runs can be attributed to his elbow armor, the designer steroids or HGH but hell yes this gives him an advantage in the batters box.

by seyheystretch on Aug 6, 2007 1:40 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
IF if is that much of an advantage then why doesn't everyone use it

by SabeanSupporter on Aug 6, 2007 1:48 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Bonds has a medical exemption.  
It was originally a temporary armor following elbow surgery, allowing him to come back sooner.  Not sure if he can wear it indefinitely or if he must petition the league every year for permission to wear it.  The armor appears to have been modified since the original one.
Otherwise it is not allowed, reason why "everyone" doesn't use it.

by seyheystretch on Aug 6, 2007 2:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Even so, it does not help him hit homeruns.  If anthying it allows him to draw more walks.  Since he is able to stand over the plate without fear of getting hit in the elbow again, pitchers have to throw to him outside even more.

by SabeanSupporter on Aug 6, 2007 2:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
When someone is standing over the plate pitchers avoid throwing inside for fear of hitting the batter.

When someone is standing over the plate pitches that are 'outside' the strike zone aren't outside the reach of the batter.

Read the article that you posted the link to, and no we aren't doing Stonehenge.

by seyheystretch on Aug 6, 2007 2:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
It's not like they would pitch him inside anyhow.  Being a monster pull-hitter, that's his happy zone, is it not?  Pitchers pitch outside to him just to try to "take away" what power he does have to opposite field.

If I recall, Craig Biggio used to wear a pretty big elbow brace, and has worn one consistently for a while now.  Is he not the career leader in HBP's?  All I'm saying is that if a pitcher wants to pitch inside, he will.  Armor be damned.

by sfgfan on Aug 6, 2007 2:40 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Bonds enjoys quicker access to the inside pitch than average hitters because his "assistant" - counter-intuitively - allows him to turn more rapidly. Everyone understands that skaters accelerate their spins by pulling their arms into their torsos, closer to their axes of rotation. When Bonds is confronted with an inside pitch, he spins like a skater because his upper front arm is "assistant"-sealed tightly against the side of his chest.

Oh , absolutely.
If unrestrained , his arm would flap around unmercifully.

Barry Zito: Not an embarrassment of riches , but a rich embarrassment.

by victor frankenstein on Aug 6, 2007 4:49 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Jason Tyner started using armor on his elbow for the first time in his career last week, and look at what happened.

by biff pocoroba on Aug 6, 2007 1:40 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
"how Bonds's elbow protector might help his swing"

I didn't see the word "might" anywhere in this piece. If he was a little less sure of himself (or had done some simple double-blind experiments to back this theory), I would have taken this a lot more seriously. And the casual and unexplained "estimate" of 75-100 homers speaks both to arrogance and intellectual laziness of the "Willie Mays would have hit 900 home runs if he didn't play in Candlestick" variety.

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Aug 6, 2007 1:46 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh , thanks a lot. I'll never sleep again.
There have been studies done by the East Germans that demonstrate increased testosterone help improve judgment of objects in three dimensional space, an obvious help for a baseball slugger.

Here you go , Wil.
Chow down , buddy.

Barry Zito: Not an embarrassment of riches , but a rich embarrassment.

by victor frankenstein on Aug 6, 2007 4:46 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Oh , thanks a lot. I'll never sleep again.
well, if the East Germans did it, it must be true!
The Fringe was right.

by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2007 5:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
OH JESUS NO, THE WORLD IS ENDING.
I am claiming the next person the Giants trade for who ends up on the 25 man roster. Also, Zito sucks.

by Tajiri on Aug 6, 2007 1:56 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I love that he spends the entire piece talking about "the weight of the apparatus" without ever telling us what that weight is, or even hinting that he has any idea what it might be.

But my favorite bit is this. Point 2 explains that the apparatus locks when the arms are extended. This gives Bonds an advantage, because normal human elbows, as we all know, are designed to collapse when the arm is extended and locked. After all, we've all seen a hitter suddenly have his elbow unlock and his hands snap back toward his body in the middle of a swing, thereby knocking himself in the face with the bat. It's just part of the game, the way Abner Doubleday intended it.

But the elbow guard is even more nefarious than that! As explained in point 3, at the moment of impact, as the elbow is thus mechanically locked into place, "the weight of the apparatus helps to seal his inner upper arm to his torso." Yes, even though his arms are fully extended, his upper arm is sealed to his torso. Let's all try this at home, shall we?

by Evan on Aug 6, 2007 1:59 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Hank Aaron had to seal his arm to his torso with grout.  That he made himself.  Out of his own fingernail clippings and tears.
"When Jackson Williams thinks of how many times Madison Bumgarner has tried to kill Tyler Walker..."

by multiphasic on Aug 6, 2007 3:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
And a little bit of Chuck Norris' sweat to make it indestructable.
I need old crusty vets like I need a nail driven into my brain.

by BawLa on Aug 7, 2007 11:46 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Conspiracy Continues
November 22, 1963, JFK shot in Dallas. If you reexamine the numbers for that date - 11, 22 and 1963 - you get an suspicious connection to Barry Bonds.

Month-November: 1 + 1 = 2.
Day-22: 2 + 2 = 4.
Year-1963: 1 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 19

Add 2 + 4 + 19 = 25 BARRY BONDS'S NUMBER!

Coincidence? I Think...NOT!

The Fringe was right.

by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 6, 2007 3:10 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: The Conspiracy Continues
LMAO!  
Barry Zito -- Catch Me if You Can.

by E Ticket on Aug 6, 2007 6:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I don't want to start anything new, and this may have been posted before, but a Pearlman interview:

http://deadspin.com/sports/barry-bonds/jeff-pearlman-on-his-subject-barry-bonds-281739.php

Bonus points if you can make it through the whole thing without getting sick.  

by Stoned Slacker on Aug 6, 2007 3:21 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
You're right, I couldn't even finish half the responses.  This guy really might be the biggest douche in the universe.

by SabeanSupporter on Aug 6, 2007 4:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
"we should talk to a guy who knows the life of Bonds better than anyone else in the media: Jeff Pearlman"

Yikes.  I knew the interview was going to be downhill from there.

by ololo3 on Aug 6, 2007 4:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

*Ahem*
Did Pearlman really claim that Willie is Barry's uncle???

"You know, his dad being Bobby Bonds, his uncle being Willie Mays, his cousin being Reggie Jackson ..."

Well, it appears he did. And Reggie is his uncle, right? Not his cousin?

Nice work, Pearlman and Deadspin! Keep it up.

Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.

by delorean on Aug 6, 2007 4:38 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: *Ahem*
Pearlman got the cousin part right, not so much everything else.
Barry Bombs gear | comics | Ray Durham is... yeah.

by Natto on Aug 6, 2007 4:44 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: *Ahem*
LOL.  Willie Mays is Reggie Jackson's father, Ike and Tina Turner's cousin and is godfather to David Duke.  Where Billy Martin and Osama Bin Ladin fit into all of this I'm not sure.
Barry Zito -- Catch Me if You Can.

by E Ticket on Aug 6, 2007 6:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Wow.  Talk about overreaction.

It's a silly piece of satire.  Come on.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 6, 2007 4:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
You think so? That was my first reaction, but I can't see any evidence that this is anything other than sincere.

by Evan on Aug 6, 2007 5:05 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Yeah, I was totally wrong about that.  The guy actually submitted the piece at BTF and responds to comments there.  He is dead serious.

The discussion at BTF

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 7, 2007 7:15 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
One of the author's comments in that thread was:

"In the early years of his career, lacking "armor", Bonds never achieved an OPS above 1.000. Beginning with the first appearance of armor in '92, he surpassed that number and continued to do so until last year..."

Interestingly, you know what else happened to Bonds in '92?  He turned 27.  Had to be the elbow protector though.

by marcello on Aug 7, 2007 11:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
Again, I thought that was a distinct possibility until I read this...

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/10/24/051024ta_talk_rosenwald

Michael Witte seems to take this sort of thing very seriously.

"Robb Nen is going to get you" - Benito Santiago to Chipper Jones, 10/7/02

by Pants Man on Aug 6, 2007 5:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
So when do we get to hear from Bill Nye the Science Guy on Bonds? I'm sure Stephen Hawking may have something to say as well.
For just pennies a day, you too can make a difference in the life of a Giants player...like Kevin Correia.

by VidaWantsYourCar on Aug 6, 2007 6:55 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I don't know about the "hitting machine" part, but I've always thought (and I'm not alone) that Barry has an advantage from wearing what's basically a suit of armor on his right side.  Take it away, and he probably stands further from the plate.

I won't go so far as to say it taints the record, but ... just understand, this complaint is nothing new, and it wasn't dreamed up just because of the HR record.

by wedge on Aug 7, 2007 8:47 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
But the point of the brace to help protect his surgically repaired elbow.

Would you want to get zapped on the elbow that you've had surgery on before with a 95mph fastball? I bet the Giants prefer that he help protect that 20 million dollar elbow.

A lot of guys that have crowded the plate some have worn braces. Craig Biggio is the first that come to my mind.

by xanthan on Aug 7, 2007 10:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
And when Barry Bonds was 4 years old, he farted on his best friend.  The fart was so rancid, that the kid choked and died.  A couple days later, Bonds recieved anti-gas medicine, which in fact turned out to be a horse steroid.  And boy did Barry grow.  

So clearly he has been a cheater his whole life.

I need old crusty vets like I need a nail driven into my brain.

by BawLa on Aug 7, 2007 12:00 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
My prediction for tonight:

Cyborg Barry uses his powers to create a robot duplicate of all baserunners just prior to hitting baseball's first eight-run home run.

by sfmaynard on Aug 7, 2007 1:10 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Re: Barry Bonds is a cheater
I had to stop reading it.  It was making me dumber
If Brad Hennesy had Steve Kline's attitude you'd get Rob Nen... without the triple digit heat.

by milesntrane on Aug 7, 2007 8:06 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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