what do you think of barry bonds?
546612
He does not deserve the recondition,Hank how ever did it .with his good altheltic ablilities,hell barrys teammates\ndont even like him ,he has a attitude problem,I hope they bean him.
679445
sadly if pitchers keep throwing to him. If I was a pitcher facing bonds he could expect a bean ball every at bat. If I was a manager I'd tell every pitch to hit him with the ball or they'll be benched.\nWhat a loser to baseball and a disgrace to society. Barry Bonds is nothing but a joke.
544817
I always thought that Bonds had taken steroids, no matter what he said to defend himself. I agree what David Wells recently said about him. He thinks it's a crock that Bonds put something in his body unknowingly. I agree, it's pretty unlikely someone would put something in their body without knowing exactly what it is. I'm not a Bonds hater, I just don't like the fact that he's PROBABLY lying to everyone.\n\nBasically, he used to be a baseball hero, but not anymore.
597980
Who is Barry Bonz?\n\nIn all seriousness, there is no proof that Bonds used steroids. Did he use them? Probably. Did he use them at a time when they were banned by major league baseball? Probably not. If he explicitly took something that was against the rules of the game at the time, then he should be punished. If not, he was merely playing the game as it was allowed to be played. \n\nOn a sidenote, don't forget that Babe Ruth doesn't hold the record, Hank Aaron does. Babe Ruth is now tied for second all time with Bonds, and Bonds has a long way to go to get to Aaron's record. He'll retire before he gets there.
562054
more like BALCO BONDS he is a dicrace to baseball he should have an * next to his records. babe ruth and hank arron deserve to be worshiped by baseball fans not bonds and this all his store bought talent.\n\nwho would hit more homeruns the babe or bond on steroids.\n\nanswer babe 100,000 bonds 713!!!!!!!!
572295
The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat,BABE RUTH BY FAR!!!!!!!,barry bonds is a wannabe
542461
I would be surprised if he beats Barry Bonds record this season and hits 74 HR. He could defeat Bonds recods when the San Francisco Giants come to St. Louis on the weeked between Friday to Sunday, September 15 to 17.
158577
Willie Mays is the best Choice. Sure Barry Bonds has incredible numbers but he also creates distrations on and off the field. Willie Mays made the people around him better. Bonds does not. Hank Aaron was more of an Iron man he never hit over 50 homeruns he was just consistant.
413783
Why should I feel sorry for him?  He's the one associating with known steroid users.  If he wants the media to leave him alone, then he should retire.  I'm sick of him whining.  I couldn't imagine how much baseball ratings would decline if he broke the record.
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.
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.
235854
I feel that the whole MLB is tainted and that it doesn't matter anymore what Barry does because steroids are everywhere. Major League Baseball is "trying" to fix the problem while all they are doing is just looking the other way while a player is juicing.\n\nPlayers are probably juicing right now as we speak without any consequences because Major League Baseball doesn't care. The MLB is a business. People come to watch, buy merchandise (jerseys), and want to see the players that can hit the long ball. MLB turns the other cheek to players that do steroids because the ones that are hitting the long ball use them.\n\nSteroids is tarnishing the history of the game, but is what will keep Major League Baseball alive in the future. People today love controversy and the long ball (both can be acquired by steroid use.) If Bonds starts hitting home runs again I'm sure people won't hate him as much as they do now.
231974
Possibly the Greatest Baseball player of ALL-TIME!!!!!!!\n\nSteroids or non......... Greatest!!!! He's faced alot tuffer pitching then Babe Tooth!!!!!\n\nPeople just love to hate Great People like Barry!!!!
402688
I think that they have a good chance of winning. I like the Giants and I like to watch Barry Bonds hit. But I think the Giants can win the World Series if they stop relying on Bonds to win all of their games for them. If you are a Giants fan then you know what I am talking about.
184386
i don't like him cause he plays for the Giants (i'm a Dodger fan) but honestly as a REAL baseball fan, you really have to appreciate what he has accomplished. i mean whose to say Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle or anyone else from the past didn't use steroids. besides steroids wasn't banned in baseball until just recently.
620296
I never agreed with walking Barry Bonds even when he was hitting .300.  I read a statistical study that someone did, and please don't ask me where because I can't for the life of me remember, and the result of the study was that despite Bonds' lofty numbers, a team was still better off pitching to him than putting him on base.\n\nYes, he may hurt you with the home run, but even if he has a .400 OBP, that still means that you get him out 60% of the time, whereas if you always walk him intentionally, you don't get him out at all.\n\nOf course, there are situations where you would want to walk him, to set up force plays with less than two outs and the like, but walking him with a runner already on first, or heaven forbid, walking him with the bases loaded, like some teams have done, just is not a smart move.
28737
He's a cheat.  I used to think he was one of the most awesome guys out there. THen there was the Balco scandal.  He was doing stuff he knew he wasn't suppose to so he could improve his game.  He is still great even with out the steriods, but not as great as he could've been considered had he done the right thing.  I mean the numbers are among the best.  Though one must question what he would've been like otherwise