do you think us astros should bean bonds in his steroid head tonight?
538441
Heck yeah!! Last night was great!! Russ Springer is my hero!! I know he says he didn't mean to. He was throwing sliders! You don't TRY to hit someone with a slider! I wouldn't have minded if he had done it on purpose! Woo!!! Go Russ! GO 'STROS!!!
956788
If he goes to an American league team as a DH, yes.\n\nIf a team has to wheel him out there in the outfield, no.\n\nHe's breaking down physically, so his best chance is as a DH.  \n\nI'm a bit suprised Oakland hasn't made a play for him.  I'm guessing the Giants don't want the steroid scandal scrutiny.
587594
Oh please.\n\nIf he was on steroids he'd be smacking the cover off the ball, and he is not.\n\nHe does have a wicked arm behind the plate, so you are right...you dont want to mess with him like that.\n\nHave you ever seen made a snap throw down to first base to catch the runner leaning?\n\nIncredible! He's gotten a few runners like that, but he is talented.\n\nSo, my guess is that you are just jealous and are trying to start rumors.\n\nNice try to smear my Beloved Tigers, but it aint gonna work.
653343
If the umps' is really wrong (drinking before the game, throwing things into the stands, etc) then he should be reported. However, unless the wrong call is in the playoffs or \nWorld  Series no.
667744
I think pitchers should hit him in that elbow/arm protector thing and keep doing it until it comes off.  \n\nPlus he hurt the game of baseball since the whole steriod thing came about.
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.
555006
First off, to the guy above me - try spelling "title" right before you type something.\n\nSecond, I have to say that I agree with the allegations that he did use steroids. ESPN the Magazine just had a story about him with a picture of him in '93 and one of him recently. Same pose (stretching before going to bat with the bat over his head). He didn't even look like the same person. However, I'm still undecided on whether or not he was aware that he was using steroids. But, it seems to me that'd be kind of hard not to realize that you're getting that much bigger that fast. On the other hand, you still have to have some talent and hand-eye coordination to make contact with the ball. So, it's not like steroids were the only thing that have propelled him to third all-time in HRs. There's talent there, too. But, I love the Giants and I love watching Barry play. I'm glad he's so close to the HR second place record and I hope he breaks Ruth's second place record and comes back again next year. His agent said that he expects him to return next year, just not sure for what team...be a DH in the AL or continue to play for the Giants? I think everyone should just lay off him, though, and let the man play baseball...for goodness sakes' it's just a sport...and, Ruth and Mantle, etc. weren't all exactly saints either...
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.
241607
I hope he breaks his neck before he breaks any baseball records. Maybe he should be thrown out of baseball for doing steroids. Think about it... if you did drugs in the workplace, would you be fired??? I don't think that any player of any game that gets the saleries that the likes of Bonds gets should be able to compete for any records if they are on any performance enhancing drugs.
506646
I'm no Bonds fan but tonight I heard just in his past 5 to 8 years he has really been hitting his home runs. witch i think he was on drugs and Babe did it on hot dogs and beer. But if people want Bonds out of the record book you also have to take out Mark McGuire(or how ever its spelled St. Louis sucks any ways)
341528
tough call.  \n\nHarden handled the Yankees pretty well last night......Zito didn't two nights ago......I think it's a crap shoot.  \n\nIf he was on my team, I think I would probably make him ride the pine tonight.
228568
I'm with you.  He's a spoiled rotten jerk and I'm tired of hearing about him.  If you haven't read the Sports Illustrated steroid issue about him, it's very telling.  Especially entertaining was listening to him bellyache about racism.  Here's hoping he doesn't break the record of Hank Aaron, who's a hero and went thru HELL to get there!
635215
I've said it several times and I'll say it again -- using steroids was not illegal when Bonds illegediely used steroids.  Furthermore, pitchers are strong and better now... something that can't be said about the days when guys like Babe Ruth played.\n\nFurthermore, steroids have brought the game back to where it is today.  Without the HR race between Mcguire and Sosa, baseball would still be a lame sport (after the strike of 94) that it had been.\n\nBonds did not do anything wrong, according to the then-current rules of baseball.\n\nTo answer the question -- no.  The A's or any team for that matter, should not throw up a gimme.  He needs to earn it, like he did with numbers 1 through 713.
654484
The HR mark is held by Hammering Hank, the babe is second. I still think JR could have had a shot at 715, but he isn´t healthy enough... and people that get to those milestones have to be! But with a healthy Jr or not, Bonds would be in the same position. It makes no sense to think Bonds wouldn´t be there!\n\nHope tonight is 715 night in Houston!
534993
I don't think he is on steroids.  Perhaps the fact that he is a nice guy has something to do with this.  Granted, so is McGwire, but I think the fact that Bonds is basically a jerk and Sosa could be one as well (not to mention the corked bat incident) makes people wonder and suspect about the overall ethics of a person.
640924
Barry doesnt deserve the record. He isnt even worthy enogh of an asterisk. Barry Bonds is a cheater and should be band from the game with his stats from 1999 - 2004 erased. If you ask me, Barry Bonds was an amazing player and when he started BALCO he destoyed himself. was $7,000,000 not good enogh for him, he needed steroids so he could make more? I will be booing all the way, if he cries, I'll laugh. He will beat the Babe, but lets see him get 300 more home runs without drugs, win 95 games, and use crappier bats, ball, walls 500 feet away, and do it drunk. The Babe is better than Bonds, he has more home runs in less games, that should be the only thing you need to determine whose better. Along with a batting average of .342, I mean c'mon.
241630
Since Bonds violated no baseball policies on steroids and has never failed a steroids test since their inception in the league, baseball can not and should not take action against him.  Frankly, it is baseball that is ultimately to blame for Bonds' flagrant use of them.  If the league had a reputable commissioner instead of an owners' "yes" man, this would have likely been a dead issue 10 years ago.\n\nHowever, Bonds will not escape punishment--at least in the court of public opinion.  This poor excuse for a competitor pumped his body full of every kind of performance-enhancing drug available, all the while claiming he would never do such a thing.  His outright lies will  (I hope) convince baseball fans that he is not worthy of our praise or attention, let alone induction into the Hall.  I cannot imagine sportswriters, who Bonds has ignored, berated, and lied to, ever voting him in.