Barry Bonds wiil best Babe Ruth's record. Should MLB give him more drugs to beat Hank's record?
551523
first off the MLB doesnt give anyone drugs. the current situation surrounding barry bonds is his past use of performance enhancing drugs i.e steroids. if it ends up being proven that he has used these drugs major league baseball will not aknowledge his accoplishments.
186880
Wipe his records.  Ban him from the HOF.  But keep him in the MLB.\n\nGame of Shadows pretty much proves that he used steroids.  Forget that he never tested positive.  Assume he did.  Assume 2000 rolls around, he takes a drug test on his own and fails.  At this point it is not against baseball policy.  We all knew it was going on.  If you looked at McGwire in '98, saw his 21 inch biceps and thought "he must work out"  you are delusional.  We all knew it was going on.  We ignored it, now we have to pay for it.  Shame on Barry.  But shame on all of us for letting this problem escalate to where it is.
530848
i dont think barry bonds ever deserved to break a record.  ever since he got into the big leagues he has been nothing but a negative role model.  his attitude towards the fans, media, and his teammates is terrible.  records should be broken with class, not with selfishness.
450639
Right now probably. But it's close. I mean if it was bottom of the 9th bases loaded 2 outs I can't say for sure if I'd choose AP or Bonds. Steroids or not, good legs or not, Bonds is still the most dangerous hitter.
360346
Yes, it's like a deal with the devil. Barry Bonds got a boost in power but he had to give up years of his life for it. Even though he has stopped taking them, the steroids still will play an effect on his body. He knew what he was doing, but I guess he thought breaking the all-time homerun record was worth it. He'll be sorry in about 10 ti 15 years.
519616
That's 714 and yes....but Hank Aaron has the record of 755.\n\nI don't think he'll get that.
275670
The worst, by far, is Jose Conseco. He willing admitted to taking steroids for many years just to allow him to hit more homers and be more consistent at the plate. However, those who continue to "think" Bonds was Not taking both steroids and HGH is unwilling to face reality! He took synthetic steroids that could not be detected and human growth hormones that only a blood test will show. Consequently he DID Cheat and continues to lie in order to his ongoing pursuit of those home run records!
691326
While there have been many allegations, I don't know of Bonds ever actually failing a drug test.\n\nHow many of the pitchers he hit off of were on steroids?\n\nWhen he breaks the record it will be his and unless he fails a future drug test NO ASTERISK.
303523
comment on your answer about barry bond having it both ways he is saying he wants to break ruths record be cause he is retiring after this year and he is only 6 or 7 away and no one will pitch to him because he is the greatest hitter/ player of all time.  not because hank arron is black who cares if he is black he shattered willie mayes's record and he is black and his god father so race (color ) has nothing to do with it he knows he wone be able to achieve it this year bottom line
492371
Barry Bonds would not still be playing if he had not taken performance enhancers.  Yes, he is a great home run hitter, but no one, NO ONE, has ever doubled their home run-to-at-bat ratio at the age of 39 or 40.  Why?\n\nAdvancing age decreases home run output for everyone.  UNLESS you are elongating your career with performance enhancers.  In short, Barry Bonds is cheating every single player who ever played straight.\n\nFrom 2000-2005, Barry Bonds should have half the home runs he hit nullified.  These are the dates that he is documented as having been taking performance enhancing drugs.  These are the dates his home run-to-at-bat ratio doubled.\n\nBaseball needs to take action on this for the integrity of the game, and for the honor of every Major League player who did not enhance their skills with some kind of substance.  The fans deserve to know that their favorite players can be looked up to for the skills they were born with.  Not for trying to beat the system, and us, for the sake of more money.\n\nBarry Bonds is a great player, and he is also a selfish, delusional, misguided sociopath who thinks the rules don't apply to him.  That is a great message to send to our kids.\n\nHis punishment will send a message that sportsmanship is not dead.  Even though there is trash talking, fights, and huge egos, a line has to be drawn at performance enhancing substances.  You and I can't get away with it, so why should our athletes.
69148
Babe Ruth - he was a great pitcher and hitter. Otherwise, it would be Bonds, except for the steroids issue.
674194
What "babe's record" are you talking about?\n\nIf you mean Homeruns, that record belongs to Hank Aaron.\n\nGeorge Herman Ruth's homeruns are meaningless when it concerns the #1 record of all time.\n\nwho cares about breaking the #2 record when it means nothing.
1072891
When Babe Ruth retired with 714 HRs, no one else had even 400.  They said no one will ever break Babe Ruth's HR record.\n\nIn the 1960s, one baseball book stated that Ty Cobb's record of 892 stolen bases "is not likely to be broken" (Lou Brock was then in his rookie season.\n\nAbout 1972 or 73, Baseball Digest ran an article stating that 3,000 strikeouts is the "toughest mark for pitchers"... At that time, only Walter Johnson had reached that plateau, and the article stated that Bob Gibson was the only (then) active player with a shot at 3,000 Ks... Jim Bunning was, at the time, 2nd on the all time list with just over 2,800 Ks...  Turns out that NINE pitchers who were then active later cleared 3,000 Ks... Three other pitchers who had not started their careers at that time also cleared 3,000, those being Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux.\n\nIn the Sept 1972 Baseball Digest, an article stated that Roberto Clemente will perhaps be the last player in history to accumulate 3,000 hits (Clemente was the 11th player to do so)... I can't even count how many guys have done that since then... (EDIT: I just looked it up...there are now TWENTY SIX members of the 3,000 hit club... more than double the amount of members in that club back in 1972).\n\nSo no, Glavine will not be the last 300 game winner... it may or may not become more rare, but it will be done again.  Don't ask by whom...
620113
This subject is being SOOOOOO overblown. I am NOT a Bonds fan, however having played the game from Little League thru College. Hand-eye co-ordination ( which is NOT affected by steroids ) is the biggest factor in hitting...and particularly in hitting Home Runs. What Bonds has done later in his career has much more to do with that and Strike Zone discipline than Illegal Supplements. If you have watched him over his career..He has taken Ted Williams theory to a new level...his swing is so quick that when He has 2 strikes He can ( normally ) foul off pitches in the zone he does'nt like..thereby FORCING the pitcher to throw pitches into areas of the strike zone where Bonds KNOWS He can consistently drive the ball. Either the pitcher comes to him...or He walks...look at the stats.My other concern is ( and no one ever asks this )How many of his homers were hit off PITCHERS who were JUICING as well ? And when push comes to shove...at least he's trying to improve his game...as opposed to guys who take the field high, drunk...or having just beaten their wife.
373003
Hey I'm a Braves fan and Hank Aaron is not what you think he is.  He's everything that Bonds is on a more bitter level.  He is ever bit of a racist and bitter about everything, and no one for the Braves cares much for him because of it.  The Media disliked him intensely because he was chasing the Babe, and he was not enjoyable to talk to from the media.  The parallels between the two personas is startling.  As far as the better hitter, no doubt it is Barry Bonds, and even before the steroids things came up he was still the best hitter I've ever seen in my lifetime.  Barry Bonds changed the way you play the Pirates or Giants, Hank never brought the fear like that in anyone.  One of the most overrated players of all time.  Take away the HR's and he's an average player.  Bonds has had insane batting averages and OBP seasons and MVPS.
611404
Aaron has more homers (755 to 714), but Babe was a better hitter. He had a higher batting average and didn't have nearly as many at bats as Hank did.
348281
Barry Bonds is better.  I don't know the statistics but I know that Barry Bonds (according to my dad) was a good young player in the '90's and he was skinny.  He was able to play well and just didn't get that much attention, that's all.  I would say he is a better player because he would've passed Babe Ruth's record even without steroids; it's just that now that everyone knows he took steroids to get attention, he looks bad.  He also to most people looks like all his home runs came from steroids, but 'tis false in my opinion.  He just wanted attention for being big and powerful QUICKLY, so took the short way and did steroids to have immediate attention.  He is still a better player, but just made the wrong choice.  He could've begun to get attention when he was getting closer to the home run record; he already was the sole member of the 400-400 club (400 home runs, 400 stolen bases), and eventually he would've gotten attention and been inducted into the Hall of Fame for his accomplishments; THEN everybody would see how great he was.  But now it's all negative attention.  I repeat, though, that Barry Bonds is a better player.