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@ the cover story for yahoo sports. So much for objective journalism.
http://sports.yahoo.com/
I would go to giants games if they got rid of bonds
http://sports.yahoo.com/
This only bothers me because of my baseball purism...I'm a 'Stros fan. I just hate the fact that the record book is, in my mind, going to read 756* until A-Rod passes him.
way to go Barry!
Ducks, shut the already.. you're a got damn idiot.. and your problem increases by the ing minute.
@ yahoo sports cover
just wrong
3 more asterisks to go before he can get on our level
Ignoring that it's indeed part of this story wouldn't be responsible journalism.
way to celebrate a cheater america!
atleast the mlb boss gets it
dude this is the baseball forum
I do not have to talk about the spurs in this forum
Bonds said he didn't want it, and had a message for whoever caught it to sell it and take the $.I would never let bonds have it
I can't be a hater. Congrats to Barry. I've already got tix to see them in AZ in Sep, and tix to see AZ in SF the week before that.
That being said, I hope the DBacks wail on the Giants all six games. Let Barry have his record- I'll take the playoffs!
do you ever go back and read the you type or do you just run as fast as you can and click send??????dude this is the baseball forum
I do not have to talk about the spurs in this forum
you're ing annoying.
you have over 10 dumb responses in this one topic. you're worse than a two year old on crack.
bonds must not want it because he knows he broke the rules to get it
you give your kids crack at that age
do you ever reread what you post
QUESTION
A friend of mine is calling the Yahoo! cover a "ballsy decision."
atleast yahoo put the asterick where it belongs
i'm not watching sportscenter or any sports show for that matter for about 2 weeks.
It's certainly an editorial decision, and IMO sensationalist.
But it is just sports, on the other hand.
you have a friend
wow
Well, it is. I bet it's going to be a debate on the journalism sites.
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/for...c,45232.0.html
Sportsline did it, too. http://cbs.sportsline.com/
"HE'S THE KING" - San Francisco Chronicle
Barry Bonds hits No. 756 to break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record
By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer
August 7, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds hit No. 756 over the right-center field wall Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king.
Bonds broke Hank Aaron's storied record in the fifth inning, connecting on a 3-2 pitch from Washington's Mike Bacsik. Three days earlier, Bonds tied the Hammer with a shot to left-center in San Diego.
Con uous by their absence were the commissioner and Aaron himself.
Bud Selig was on hand for the tiebreaking homer, deciding to put baseball history ahead of the steroid allegations that have plagued the San Francisco Giants slugger. On this night, he sent an emissary, Major League Baseball executive vice president Jimmie Lee Solomon.
As for Aaron, he said all along he had no interest in being there whenever and wherever his 33-year-old mark was broken. He was true to his word, but he did offer a taped message of congratulations.
Absent, too, were the fans who held up asterisk signs, sure that Bonds wasn't the real deal and that his power came from steroids.
Bonds didn't face such su ions at AT&T Park, in front of a loyal, home crowd that included his godfather, Hall of Famer Willie Mays. Bonds has always denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Yet even with Bonds at the top of the chart, fans will surely keep debating which slugger they consider the true home run champion. Some will continue to cling to Aaron while other, older rooters will always say it's Babe Ruth.
"It's all about history. Pretty soon, someone will come along and pass him," Mays said before the game.
A seven-time NL MVP, the 43-year-old Bonds hit his 22nd home run of the year. Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single-season record by hitting 73 in 2001 and while he's no longer such a force, opposing pitchers remain wary.
Bonds and Giants management bickered in the offseason over contract issues. This big night was the main reason owner Peter Magowan brought back the star left fielder for a 15th season in San Francisco, signing him to a $15.8 million, one-year contract.
Bonds' once-rapid quest for the record had slowed in recent years as his age and balky knees diminished his pace. He hit 258 home runs from 2000-04, but has only 53 since then.
While steroids have tinged Bonds' pursuit, it was race that was the predominant issue when Aaron broke Ruth's mark in 1974. Aaron dealt with hate mail and death threats from racist fans who thought a black man was not worthy of breaking the record set by a white hero, the beloved Babe.
Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn watched Aaron tie the record but was not present for the record-breaker, a slight that bothered many fans of Aaron. Selig is a close friend of Aaron's and offered Bonds tepid congratulations when he tied the record.
"I think Hank is his own man," Mays said. "I think if he wanted to be here he would be here."
"When he hit 715, the commissioner wasn't there," he said. "You may not blame him because he wasn't represented the right way."
Bonds was destined for s om at an early age. The son of All-Star outfielder Bobby Bonds and the godson of one of the game's greatest players, Bonds spent his childhood years roaming the clubhouse at Candlestick Park, getting tips from Mays and other Giants.
"I visualized him playing sports at a high level. He was 5 when he was in my locker all the time," Mays said.
In a matter of years, Bonds went from a wiry leadoff hitter with Pittsburgh in 1986 to a bulked-up slugger. That transformation is at the heart of his many doubters, who believe Bonds cheated to accomplish his feats and should not be considered the record-holder.
There are plenty of fans already hoping for the day that Bonds' total -- whatever it ends up -- is topped. Rodriguez may have the best chance, with his 500 home runs at age 32 far ahead of Bonds' pace.
Updated on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2007 11:57 pm, EDT
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