So y'all catch each and every article written by the r-tards at NESPN and SI.com?  Yes, even LA writers are capable of giving Bonds his due credit.  But the talking heads back east can only talk about how they hate Barry, sucking the life and soul out of any form of enjoyment the rest of us might possibly have had in this moment.

Thank goodness for MLB.com!

Hey Grant,
Howie, The Mayor and I were kidding last night when we said your lame analogy (16, 18, 21, etc.) idea sounded good.  Can't believe you didn't detect the sarcasm. :-)

(Still hungover from the drunken euphoria of turning 21 last night.)

I'm eager to see if there will be something tonight for Barry.

Exactly. Question for the asterisk crowd: which homers of Barry's are invalid? Please provide dates, innings, locations.

take a stand, dipshit.

We used to have only 3 TV channels and we waited until the newspaper came out to see what happened yesterday. People used to respect the president because he was the president. People used to know who their Congressmen was. Politicians, movie stars and professional athletes used to have their personal scandals kept out of the news by reporters!

TIMES HAVE FUCKING CHANGED and it isn't because of Barry Bonds and steroids!

in other words, only the "best baseball fans" (read, those who hate Barry Bonds and "know" he is a cheater) get to decide whether the record is legitimate or not. Obviously, this statement means that if you like Bonds and view his record as legitimate (As I DO!) you're not one of the "best baseball fans" you're some lesser species of baseball fan.

It gets better, too.

Exactly how many of Bond homeruns were unnatural, illegal and dishonest? Is playing baseball some kind of test of character (suddenly?) Baseball isn't golf. You don't keep your own score. Did Bonds secretly add 100 homers to statistics when no one was looking? I'm pretty sure that all of Bonds homers happened in actual baseball games where there was an opponent trying to get him out (well, when they weren't walking him.)

Right on!!  Times have changed, and we're all better for it.

  Barry, understandably mindful of his place in history , raises his arms in a jubilant self - congratulatory gesture.

  Henry looks up briefly , then runs purposefully toward first base. Speaks volumes of his modesty.

  Of course as I read what I just wrote (PROOFREADING , not PREENING...) I think of the fact that Barry , to my knowledge , hasn't come out YET with his version of I Had A Hammer...

I'm still buzzing from last night.  Of course, part of that may be the half-gallon of coffee I've drank to make up for the almost total lack of sleep I got, but hey.

And where's the asterisk for Gaylord Perry, perhaps the most notorious cheater in baseball history? If you're gonna just say, cheaters get an asterisk, then the list won't start or end with Barry Bonds.

Anyway, the statistics in the record books are evidence of what happened on the field in the games. That's it. They don't judge. They're a historical record. they don't throw caveats out there that Ruth didn't play against blacks, or asian or latin players. The don't indicate that Hank Aaron broke the record in so many more games and at bats than it took Ruth to set it. They don't indicate

• the change from starters pitching the whole game (pretty much)
  
• 4-man rotations
  
• no more 300+inning guys
  
• specialization, especially for relief pitching
  
• bigger parks
  
• smaller parks
  
• cookie cutter parks
  
• more games added to the schedule, including the postseason
  
• the change in how the baseball is made (the biggest change coming in about 1920, which really created the homerun bonanza)
  
• new types of bats, gloves, uniforms, sunglasses (though, those are pretty much always on the top of the hat. I have no clue why.)
  
• the invention and use of spring training
  
• advances in technology like the uses of video to study pitchers and hitters
  
• the advances in the uses of statistics that change game strategy and fielding positions
  
• the DESIGNATED HITTER! (played by both Bonds and Aaron)
  
• interleague play
  
• Astroturf, domes, night games
  
• expansion that dilutes pitching (1961 and 1998 are two HUGE examples of this)
  
• advances in medicine (and related technology) and surgery and rehabilitation methods that allow players to prolong their careers (or even have careers in the first place)
  
• other changes in the way people get in and stay in shape, including body-building and other fitness and facilities
  
• dietary supplements, illegal drug use and steroids, etc.
  
• new pitches, banned pitches
  
• free agency
  
• changes in baseball scoring rules
  
• no more doubleheaders

I mean, Bascik seemed to be a pretty good sport about things at the press conference, but that has got to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Not only does Bonds need help from roids to hit homers, but he needs the opposing pitchers to serve gopherballs up on a platter to him.

The Media Motto: Whatever to discredit Bonds, regardless of how outrageous, conspiratorial and untrue.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20191137/site/newsweek/

That's a big fucking leap there.