Guest Andrea Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Watching the Braves and the Giants. 3 more HR's and Bonds will break the HR record currently held by Hank Aaron. Will he do it??? Smoltz walked him with his first at bat. Should be interesting. GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I'm with you Andrea. GO BRAVES! But he'll do it soon. I keep remembering a weekend series Braves vs Giants in 05 where Bonds hit 5 in 3 games, but i dont think he will this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 More importantly when will he do it and where.... He wants to do it at home, for the fan :rolleyes:; or maybe because if he does it anywhere else other than San Fran he is probably not going to get the response he wants. Road trip coming up will he play.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I have to admit, my whole opinion is changing on Bonds' homerun chase. I still really, really dislike the man, but that's due to his personality more than this whole steriods issue. To make Bonds the posterboy of the steriods era (and really only prosecute him) while there's hundreds of guys who used it, is not fair to anyone. Selig and all of MLB turned a blind eye to steroid abuse during the 80's and 90's and you didn't see Selig trying to stop Sosa and BigMac when they were crushing balls out of parks and bringing in huge ratings...and thus turning around a sports that was losing popularity. So for Selig to go back now and try to act as though he's not equally to blame for this mess is very, very hypocritical. Not to mention, how many dingers did Bonds hit off pitchers who were "enhanced?" He's going to break the record, that's the reality of this situation. But so what? What does that really mean? We'll always look at Hammerin' Hank's number as the real record, and we'll always remember that Bonds broke it, mostly due to cheating. We'll pass the story down through the generations, so in 2053 when a little boy asks his Dad about the all-time homerun record he'll here "well, Bonds cheated." And that will be that. Besides, A-Rod will break Bonds' new record in the near future and then we can all be happy again. But, do you think anyone will quesiton his use of roids? I don't see why we shouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The classiest thing that guy can do is to be one away from tying Hank and retire. No one really wants to see him do it. The guy has a personality of the keyboard I am typing on now. Hanks record was done the old school way, Bonds record will be done medically enhanced! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Besides, A-Rod will break Bonds' new record in the near future and then we can all be happy again. I agree. I had no idea that A-Rod is only a couple homeruns from 500 already. A-Rod will break the new "record" in about 6 or 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I fell asleep in the 4th. To be honest, I'm watching the Giants whenever I can. I just want to be able to say, "I watched him break the record." Thanks to my dad when he hauled me into the living room to watch Hank break Ruth's record. I remember getting peeved because they would break in to the regular programming everytime Hank came to bat, then he finally did it, and I got to watch. I still remember that. I have nothing but contempt for Bonds breaking the record. I look at those flashback vids of him hitting this homerun and that homerun. Last night they showed him hitting #225 I think it was off of some Atlanta pitcher (probably Smoltz, I didn't catch it), and I don't care what you say, look at Bonds in '94 and look at him now, and you can't tell me that difference is "all hard work." If you can rationlize it in your mind, fine, but I don't think anyone will change my mind on that issue. The other thing that bothers me about Bonds is that you can pretty much tell he's just out there to break the record; it's the only reason he's playing right now. Have you watched him in the field lately? It's a joke. Jogging towards balls, flipping things underhand, letting the centerfielder handle 1/2 of his territory--pathetic. You can't tell me some young guy on the bench couldn't do better. I hope he gets booed when he breaks it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Oh he's going to break it, and it's going to be in San Francisco. So if he doesnt jack 3 more on this 7 game homestand he's about to start you can just stop watching for a while. I'm kind of getting sick of this whole thing. Probably because there is about 2 months in between homeruns for Bonds these days. The only thing I am interested in seeing is the reaction when he hits it. Is there going to be some big ceremony in the middle of the game like there was for McGwire and Sosa? Is Selig going to show up? That's what I want to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I fell asleep in the 4th. To be honest, I'm watching the Giants whenever I can. I just want to be able to say, "I watched him break the record." Thanks to my dad when he hauled me into the living room to watch Hank break Ruth's record. I remember getting peeved because they would break in to the regular programming everytime Hank came to bat, then he finally did it, and I got to watch. I still remember that. I have nothing but contempt for Bonds breaking the record. I look at those flashback vids of him hitting this homerun and that homerun. Last night they showed him hitting #225 I think it was off of some Atlanta pitcher (probably Smoltz, I didn't catch it), and I don't care what you say, look at Bonds in '94 and look at him now, and you can't tell me that difference is "all hard work." If you can rationlize it in your mind, fine, but I don't think anyone will change my mind on that issue. The other thing that bothers me about Bonds is that you can pretty much tell he's just out there to break the record; it's the only reason he's playing right now. Have you watched him in the field lately? It's a joke. Jogging towards balls, flipping things underhand, letting the centerfielder handle 1/2 of his territory--pathetic. You can't tell me some young guy on the bench couldn't do better. I hope he gets booed when he breaks it. I completely agree 100%. Thanks for saving me from typing it. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfletch7441 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I completely agree 100%. Thanks for saving me from typing it. LOL Me too. He's a jerk, and that's putting it nicely. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Yawwwwwwwn. I, for one, could care less about it. Barry Bonds is and always has been the antithesis of everything that is good & right about baseball. Hank Aaron he ain't. And his (most probably) chemically induced record with an asterisk means nothing to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironranger Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 I think the pitchers should start throwing underhand to him everytime he comes up to bat!! Serve it up just to show him what it's worth....NOTHING... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 there goes 754! 2 more to break it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 there goes 754! 2 more to break it Yaaaawwwwwwwwwwwnnnn...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbowman Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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