711chad Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 He broke the record finally it may be tainted but he's still number one in homers so give the man his respect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 I thought it was a cool sight to behold. Whether he "earned" it or not is really irrelevant to me. I should probably care more, but the talking heads made me lose interest.He's the homerun king now and for the forseeable future. I'm not conviced A-rod will catch up.Off topic, but an interesting thought came to mind the other day. What if Adam Dunn keeps up his home run pace and ends up in the 500 club? Does he even garner Hall of Fame discussion considering all of his other deficiencies as a player? I'm not saying he should, but that'd be an interesting question should the time ever come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboomer7 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 I thought it was a cool sight to behold. Whether he "earned" it or not is really irrelevant to me. I should probably care more, but the talking heads made me lose interest.He's the homerun king now and for the forseeable future. I'm not conviced A-rod will catch up.Off topic, but an interesting thought came to mind the other day. What if Adam Dunn keeps up his home run pace and ends up in the 500 club? Does he even garner Hall of Fame discussion considering all of his other deficiencies as a player? I'm not saying he should, but that'd be an interesting question should the time ever come.Congrats to barry. He's the Home Run King no matter how you look at it. Probably the greatest baseball player EVER, steriods or no.Even with all his deficiencies, 500HR would probably get Dunn in. You have to have a lot of consistent years to achieve a milestone like that. Funny thing is though, he'd probably have 5000 strikeouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreen_112 Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I thought it was a cool sight to behold. Whether he "earned" it or not is really irrelevant to me. I should probably care more, but the talking heads made me lose interest.He's the homerun king now and for the forseeable future. I'm not conviced A-rod will catch up.Off topic, but an interesting thought came to mind the other day. What if Adam Dunn keeps up his home run pace and ends up in the 500 club? Does he even garner Hall of Fame discussion considering all of his other deficiencies as a player? I'm not saying he should, but that'd be an interesting question should the time ever come.Congrats to barry. He's the Home Run King no matter how you look at it. Probably the greatest baseball player EVER, steriods or no.Even with all his deficiencies, 500HR would probably get Dunn in. You have to have a lot of consistent years to achieve a milestone like that. Funny thing is though, he'd probably have 5000 strikeoutsWOW! Congrats to Barry. Probably the greatest baseball player EVER? What are you smoking dude? Barry is by far not the greatest and he will never be remembered as one of the greats. His career is tainted forever and that's a good thing. If they let Barry into the HOF and not Petey, well... It'll never happen... It better not ever happen. He's a cheater and will always be a cheater.Oh yeah, and he's NOT the HR king... Hank Aaron is in my eyes and a million others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duus Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Any questions, doubts, concerns, blames, or otherwise arise in my mind more toward baseball and less to the player. That said, 756 is 756. 'Remembering' him as 'one of the greats' is truly up to the individual, and this individual will remember him as one of the top 5 greatest players to ever play, and surely as the new homerun king. You might be a real punk, Barry, but statistics are statistics and you must be given your due. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Oh yeah, and he's NOT the HR king... Hank Aaron is in my eyes and a million others.That viewpoint isn't anymore valid than a pro-Barry viewpoint. Approach the record however you want, but the number won't change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreen_112 Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Oh yeah, and he's NOT the HR king... Hank Aaron is in my eyes and a million others.That viewpoint isn't anymore valid than a pro-Barry viewpoint. Approach the record however you want, but the number won't change.It will when he's banned from the record books. * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Only if it's proven he roided up,Plus aren't pitchers most known position for roiding up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duus Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 It will when he's banned from the record books. *I'm really hoping you don't believe that will/can ever happen. Even if proven that he used steroids (which, IMO, is unlikely at this point), the entire 'record book asterisk' thing becomes a slippery slope. It's a logical argument that they would have to leave ALL players during such-and-such timeframe out of the books. First, they would have to somehow clearly define the beginning and end of such a timeframe. When did it begin? How far back do you go? Conjecture. Second, and most important, this would scar baseball in general ... and that is something they do not want to happen. Yeah, leave all MLBers out of the books for a certain time period. Yeah, mark all players during a certain time period. Not going to happen. Is what it is. Face it, the 'unknown' has more people talking about baseball ... positive or negative. And that is fine by baseball. I blame baseball, and doing ANYTHING in the record books would make it even more clear that baseball holds some responsibility (if not most). And that is something they will not allow to occur. You are welcome, however, to ensure all books in your home are customized with some big, bold asterisk ... or even just strike the name out of the book. But I am sure that is as far as you will get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreen_112 Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 It will when he's banned from the record books. *I'm really hoping you don't believe that will/can ever happen. Even if proven that he used steroids (which, IMO, is unlikely at this point), the entire 'record book asterisk' thing becomes a slippery slope. It's a logical argument that they would have to leave ALL players during such-and-such timeframe out of the books. First, they would have to somehow clearly define the beginning and end of such a timeframe. When did it begin? How far back do you go? Conjecture. Second, and most important, this would scar baseball in general ... and that is something they do not want to happen. Yeah, leave all MLBers out of the books for a certain time period. Yeah, mark all players during a certain time period. Not going to happen. Is what it is. Face it, the 'unknown' has more people talking about baseball ... positive or negative. And that is fine by baseball. I blame baseball, and doing ANYTHING in the record books would make it even more clear that baseball holds some responsibility (if not most). And that is something they will not allow to occur. You are welcome, however, to ensure all books in your home are customized with some big, bold asterisk ... or even just strike the name out of the book. But I am sure that is as far as you will get.I don't think so, I think the truth will come out eventually. Whether it's feds that nail his ass or someone else. He's already admitted to using the creme or whatever, everyone knows he used steroids as well, someone will prove it soon enough... If your trainer is silent and will not testify because it's his best friend what does that tell you? He's guilty as sin and he broke the most cherished record of all time, something will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalszoneBilly Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 It will when he's banned from the record books. *I'm really hoping you don't believe that will/can ever happen. Even if proven that he used steroids (which, IMO, is unlikely at this point), the entire 'record book asterisk' thing becomes a slippery slope. It's a logical argument that they would have to leave ALL players during such-and-such timeframe out of the books. First, they would have to somehow clearly define the beginning and end of such a timeframe. When did it begin? How far back do you go? Conjecture. Second, and most important, this would scar baseball in general ... and that is something they do not want to happen. Yeah, leave all MLBers out of the books for a certain time period. Yeah, mark all players during a certain time period. Not going to happen. Is what it is. Face it, the 'unknown' has more people talking about baseball ... positive or negative. And that is fine by baseball. I blame baseball, and doing ANYTHING in the record books would make it even more clear that baseball holds some responsibility (if not most). And that is something they will not allow to occur. You are welcome, however, to ensure all books in your home are customized with some big, bold asterisk ... or even just strike the name out of the book. But I am sure that is as far as you will get.I don't think so, I think the truth will come out eventually. Whether it's feds that nail his ass or someone else. He's already admitted to using the creme or whatever, everyone knows he used steroids as well, someone will prove it soon enough... If your trainer is silent and will not testify because it's his best friend what does that tell you? He's guilty as sin and he broke the most cherished record of all time, something will happen.The way I see it is that if they can keep the all time hit leader (Pete Rose) out of the HOF, then why not the all time home run leader as well? Isn't that consistent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Anyone can think what they like in regards to Bonds. Give him credit or not. I don't have respect for him as a person OR a baseball player regardless of his talent. I personally think he's a piece of sh*t, but I'm sure there are far many more that think he's the greatest ever. Please don't waste your time trying to convince me otherwise. I don't care for him and think it's a shame he now holds the HR record. Sad day in baseball history by my account... Oh well...WHODEY !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreen_112 Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Let's just hope there is never a controversy surrounding A-rod and steroirds and the he crushes the record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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