Barry Bonds

[Jon]

So what do you think of him and his little 'situation'?

I beleive he is a great guy, who may or may not have use steroids (leaning toward may). But even if he did it is forgiveable.. I mean look at it this way...You are a superb athlete, one of the best out there naturally...But the next guy, slightly worse naturally is shooting up and stealing your show..And the guy next to him, the guy next to him, and so on... What is there for you to do?

The game is a business as much as a sport (if not more) and you are trying to sell yourself. You are being overshadowed by these 'un-naturals' and therefor losing value in your 'stock', or in other words being offered lesser contracts and oppurtunities because everyone else are better for the 'show'.

So he did what he had to do.. Just like in the business worlds people do shady things to advance, and somewhat because if they don't the next guy will.



Anyway I watched the short interview with him on ESPN yesterday, and I think he handled that poorly.. He sounded really depressed (and he has a right to be) but he acted silly...

when asked "Your not going to comment on the allegations" he says 'No'.."Why not?" 'Because I'm an adult and I don't have to say anything' Or something to that nature in a very snotty childish voice...


When asked, "You said last week your life is in shambles, according to the associated press" 'You beleive everything they say?' "So you didn't say that" 'You know what I did, and I also said my knee is bad, my back (or something) is bad, I'm going to jump off the empire state building, and commit suicide...they just say what they want to say'

He said that in the same snotty childish voice and in poor attitude...



I think that is why he is handling this completely wrong and almost coming out of this looking like a bad guy.


I still have Bonds crap around my room, but I sure don't like how he is acting lately.

[dooganking]

he has never really ever been a "nice" guy. He's incredibly gifted, don't get me wrong, (and apparently possibly gifted steroids...) but he's been a dick for most of his life. Part of that is how he was brought up and how he was coached. I guess his high school and college baseball "career" he was pushed really, really hard and the coaches expected a ton of him. Either way i don't really respect him as much as i even used to. I personally hope that he doesn't get aaron's record because i don't think he deserves it. This whole thing also shows how huge of a record it really is. I mean if a man has to take steroids to come even CLOSE to breaking those records, that shows quite a bit, i think.

[TheTaxidermist]

Barry Bonds was an a****** before he was even on the Giants. Typical me-first attitude. He has, and never will, realized that baseball is a TEAM game, and if you want to win big, you have to work well with your teammates.

If you dislike Barry Bonds, check this website out www.barrysucks.com

edit: language

[decyx]

He's capable of topping even Hank Aaron's record, but sadly, the shoes of a legend don't fit well on him. He needs to get his priorities straight and improve his public image. He definitely isn't selling himself too well by hanging out with the guys from BALCO.

[Jon]

I just watched the highlights on ESPN and saw how horrible humans are...

C'mon the guy is a world class athlete, steroids or not, and a hard working individual who deserves to be where he is..

Arnold used roids, so does that mean that the Terminator sucked? (well they did...) He's not hated on...

In my book Bonds is right up there with Hank Aaron, Ken Griffery Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., Babe Ruth and so on...


That's just horrible the way the people treated him last night, and the one who threw a syringe at him?? :( :(

[TheTaxidermist]

Hey, he wants to be an asshole to fans, what does he expect to receive back in return? Love? Respect? He knew what to expect going in there. As for the syringe being thrown, I don't think MLB should condone that kind of behavior, but I thought it was funny. I can't wait until he comes to Pittsburgh. I imagine a few things will be thrown at him.

[dooganking]

for the most part i agree with taxi, the things are kinda bad but they were also pretty funny. I would also like to know who spent the money to put that "TRADE BARRY" billboard up...

and don't bring Terminator into this, thats completely different... not to mention the Terminator movies didn't suck... though if you really want to get into comparisons, Arnold put up his own money to finish terminator 3... lets see barry do that to help the giants out...

[decyx]

Actually I could care less if he did use steroids. I don't necessarily agree with it, but then again I haven't been a fan of baseball for a while. I'll tell you one thing though about Barry Bonds. The public would have been a lot more forgiving if his image was better. People can forgive even murderers if they like them enough.

Also there's the fact that even before they found out he was a user, Barry Bonds wasn't exactly a crowd favorite. Now, I have no qualms with a guy who's just doing his thing. That's his life and his choice, but he's a public figure and if he wants the audience to love him, he's gotta play to their tune.