Barry Bonds 714

So today, against the Athletics of Oakland, cross-town rival, and cross-bay rival the San Francisco Giants beat Oakland. Not that big of a deal, but for one fact. Barry Bonds hit his 714th homerun. I really should be happy about this. Baseball fans *should* be happy about this. But, I cant. I just cant.

I remember the day that Cal Ripken played his Ironman game. I remember the day Mark beat the homerun record (Now, I wish we knew then, what we know now :( I remember the day Sammy beat Mark (Again, now I wish I knew then, what I know now!)

I realize that as long as there have been athletes who are trying to win games, there have been athletes who have done everything they could to get an edge... to beat their opponent, in any way they can. You know, there was guys with Vaseline on their hats, in their gloves, and who knows where else... There were pitchers who put sandpaper in their glove to scuff the ball. All in an effort to get an edge on their opponent, and beat them anyway they could.

So, why is Barry different? I guess, to me, it's just different because he lied, acted pretentiously and took our intelligence and fucked it down the toilet. So, with that, I hope that Major League Baseball does not celebrate this feat. I hope that Major League Baseball finds cause to disqualify him from the record books. I hope that everything Henry Aaron stood for stands pat and does not fall to this cheat. Henry Aaron was an amazing man, who fought through many, unjuiced seasons, to become the legend he is today. I think that Barry took it upon himself to artificially grow his body in a manner that gave him an unfair edge on pitchers, therefore enabling him to hit more and more homeruns.

I realize that for many years he probably did not juice up, and played with a straight edge. But I also think that at some point, he came upon Balco Labs, declining physical ability, and natural aging. But at the point he did this... he basically pissed on the heart of the game, and is now threatening all that is sacred in the game.

I think I could have forgiven him had he apologized. But since he is so indignant, and pointed in his denial, and has such a bad attitude towards us... I say... goodbye gracie... goodbye!