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Barry Bonds is a class act: why is he getting blackballed and persecuted?
November 12, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Those of us in the Bay are smarter than the rest of the US. We do not believe in the brainwashing and bias the media has been portraying. We know that Barry is not a jerk and I’ve met him many times at work (EA Sports) and in our neighborhood before he moved to Beverly Hills. He’s normal and nice as anyone else cause he recognizes his fans and takes the time to accommodate them.
We don’t care about steroids or HGH because we know it does not enhance your performance in baseball. It’s bad to take drugs, but he did so at the future risk of harm to his body and also to help the team out. He along with Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, single-handedly saved baseball.
Baseball needs Barry. The Hall of Fame is not complete without Barry. The history of cheating did not begin with Barry and many cheaters are in the hall yet he is getting all the blame.
I admire Barry for taking the unfair abuse he is receiving from the media and being unfairly targeted and threatened by the government through shoddy policework. It is amazing how the government and the media conspire to sabotage a decent man’s name, family, and career. If it could happen to Bonds, it could happen to any of us.
perjury? I am amazed as to why only Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are charged.
I’m with you my brother. Bonds is my favorite and I think the media has been entirely unfair. I think it’s because he has been rude to the media, and they are going to make him pay. They center of the sports media is from NYC, and they really don’t like West Coast athletes, excluding Man-Ram. I wish Bonds was still playing, and I support him 100%. In fact, I started an "I support Barry Bonds" group that it’s impossible to get members because of all the bias. I hope that time changes opinions and the media picks another bad guy and my man Barry makes it into the hall of fame.
| Apr 19, 2009
One word: perjury. The Fed is after him because he committed perjury. That is a huge no-no.
EDIT: Palmiero (how’s my spelling?) should’ve been charged as well. I didn’t mention that because your question asked specifically about Bonds.
A's in '09: 5-5 | Apr 18, 2009
Steroids enhance you ability to hit the ball far for a HR, and he used steroids to take over the HR record. That’s why people don’t like him. If he hadn’t broken the record, there wouldn’t be nearly as much coverage as there has been so far.
aaron g | Apr 18, 2009
Hehe. You’re funny. That was really funny.
I’m like you. I’m a lifelong Giants fan, actually born IN San Francisco, I can’t tell you how painful it was trying to pull for the Giants while the biggest scumbag juicer was on the team. I’d wnat them to win while Bonds struck out four times. I hate that guy with a passion. He’s scum, the worst kind and destroyed baseball.
Slappy LaRue | Apr 18, 2009
As a Barry Bonds fan myself I 100% agree with you.
bballplayer20 | Apr 18, 2009
i am so mad too bro..a-roid took steroids too!…and baseball fans still like him?..if he broke bonds record, people wil cheer and celebrate?..how come?..they hate bonds cuz he did wut any1 else cldnt while taking the same stuff bonds took..no doubt..look at nick swisher..3 yrs ago, in oakland, i saw him ; the guy look like a toothpick and all of a sudden, hes like a macho dude from wwe?..come on, like we dont know how?…i don understand why people do this to bonds?..im still a huge bonds fan..and not a racist!..most people mad cuz hes black, lets face the truth for once!
Hero P | Apr 18, 2009
Smarter than the rest of the US. If Barry Bonds, Mark McQuire, Sammy Sosa, Rafeal Palmero, Rodger Clements the ones the government are going down hard on, if these guys felt so strongly that using steroids didnt in fact help them improve their abilities then why did they denied the use of steroids. Cal Ripkens breaking Lou Gehrigs
record saved baseball. A honest day to day player, that record struck a cord to every fan all across america, he saved the game. Dope didnt
save a damn thing.
So Jose Casenco should be allowed back too, I can remember his downfall, he knew what he was doing was wrong and had the guts to come out and admit to it, and he, like your cheating hero is going to pay for the consequences for it.
Anything that boosts your adrilan (most likley mispelled) means that your stronger and quicker than you would normally be if you wasnt on it
this helps you improve, better hr amount, stronger arm, all helps your
totals therefor making your career longer and your value up.
Anyone is going to stand here and say that steroids dont help you hit homeruns are totally in denial. The homeruns that are hit that should
of never been hit are a number we will never be able to figure. I recall one of Barry homerun a low outside pitch he took to the opposite field
goes three to four seats back. That would of been one hr he never could ever jacked out ifhe wasnt on the juice, he was stronger than his normal state and was able to simply muscle the ball out of the park.
He didnt meet the ball in a timely manner and the pitch was off speed junk dipping down and away from him. I shook my head in disbelief unaware at the time that the coined phrase "the ball is juiced this year"
was a phrase dropping hints to the players using the juice and not the ball being manufactured to go farther distances, I was convinced then,
they need to go back to the way the ball was manufactured the year before, but this was the year that home run totals doubled. Something that didnt happen in baseball before.
Go ahead and believe that steroids dont help you hit homeruns. I tell you this, IF Barry Bonds get inducted, I will seriously lobby to get Pete
Rose inducted, because what Pete Rose and those other that used steroids are just as shameful. Why should Barry be treated any differently than Jose Casenco.
Douglas N | Apr 18, 2009
Dodgers fan 0% agree with you. He is a lying scumbag.
DeathlyRanch | Apr 18, 2009
I’ve always thought that the actual ability of steroids to enhance your performance was somewhat overstated–I mean if you can hit a fastball, stay back on teh curve, recognize a change, get your hands inside the ball, etc., than you’re a good hitter, and how much can steroids really help?
However, the amount that steroids actually increase your size, as can be seen with Barry Bonds and many others, and especially yuor strength, translates too A LOT more power when you do hit the ball. And more than that even, greater strength means greater bat speed, which is HUGE because you can afford to wait back on every single pitch longer because you can trust your hands to catch up with any fastball, and that lets you not be fooled by any slow stuff. So steroids can unquestionably dramatically increase hitting prowess.
Do you have to be a hell of a ballplayer and hitter to hitt 760+ HR? Of course. But the main thing here which it looks like you fail to recognize is that Bonds emphatically denied steroid use, and he flat-out lied. He unquestionably cheated, as you do ackknowledge. But personally, I don’t buy the "he’s getting all the blame what about everyone else argument" simply because it doesn’t change teh fact that he stil cheated.
Of course if you are pointing out the fact that he is the sort of scape got for the steroids era, that’s true to a degree. But the main reason everyone hates him is because of the arrogance he showed and his overall demeanor in denying obvious truths, and also the fact that he is also undoubtedly unfriendly with the media many times. I’m sure he’s a nice guy to those who know him, but he perpetuated a public persona, and quite knowlingly and intentionally, based on his handling of the media, as a kind of arrogant jerk.
All of that combined with the HR record combined with the fact that he was the first major star to be involved in such a high profile steroids situation to kind of blow the whole issue up, all of that is why he’s currently being pursued for perjury charges.
Do I think it’s a little unfair that he is being fiercly persecuted for lying about steroids? Yea. I mean he did lie though, but I don’t know if someone should go to jail for something like that, I mean this is a game after all. But the main thing is that regardless of if other people were doing this or that and only Barry’s getting the blame, you can’t deny the fact that Barry put all of this unto himself (to a degree). It’s slightly unfortuneate, but again, with his overall attitude (again toward the public, because none of us have ever been able to see the ‘nice’ Barry that you describe so that’s all we can go off), and millions in the bank and the fact that he did cheat, I can’t say I’m really that sorry from him.
yeeNYC | Apr 18, 2009
PERJURY. Taking steriods. Baseball doesn’t need Barry and you need to stop being biased cause everyone knows hes a steriod taking jerk and doesn’t even deserve the home run crown right now. What are you talking bout Sosa Mcgwire they all ruined baseball not saved it. Get your facts straight dude. and perjury you go to JAIL. he deserved what happened to him. And by the way yea hgh and steriods DO enhance your performance. He doesn’t do it in 2000 goes deep only 20 something times. He does it in 2001 goes deep 70 something times. Yea steroids don’t enhance your preformance at all. stupid
troy b | Apr 18, 2009
Class acts don’t take steroids.
Class acts don’t pretend to not know what they’re putting in their bodies.
Class acts don’t move to Beverly Hills.
tweety | Apr 18, 2009
Wow – I thought you were gone there for a while. It’s been a long time since you jumped on your soap box to tell all of America what a wonderful, kind, loving, decent man Bonds is. And how many times you’ve met him at work (EA Sports) and in your neighborhood.
So you "know" that steroids does not enhance your ability in baseball? So a larger man with bigger muscles doesn’t have a better chance of hitting the ball further than a smaller man? I agree, with perfect timing and great hand-eye coordination, and hitting the ball just right, any MLB player can hit home runs. BUT, a larger man will be able to hit the ball farther when he doesn’t get it exactly right. That’s why guys like Bonds or Canseco or Sosa or McGwire hit so many home runs – because they did NOT need to be perfect to hit one. And if steroids don’t help, why did so many players take them? Is it that they are just stupider than you are about the subject?
And I don’t believe for one minute that Bonds took steroids to "help the team out". I do believe that he instead was so incredibly jealous of the attention that McGwire and Sosa got in 1998 that he felt that he needed to hit more long balls. And that’s a shame, because he was a great ballplayer already without being a 50 home run guy. And what he gained in power, he lost in speed and defensive ability. He went form being a true base stealing threat to a guy that looke dlike he was running wuith a piano on his back, and went from being a great outfielder to being fair at best as a result of carrying so much more weight. Barry did it for himself, and himself only. And I really don’t think that saying he did it atthe risk of harm to his body is painting him in a favorable light, to me it makes him look even more selfish. Doesn’t bother him a bit that he could die young and leave his children without a father, as long as he hits the long ball. And if not selfish, it muinimally makes him look incredibly stupid.
Sorry, but baseball was complete long before Bonds, and will be long after he fades into the distance.
And the Halll of Fame? To be honest, I actually say he should get in. But the results of his upcoming trial should be a part of his plaque. If you are so convinced that what he did was right, let future generations hear about it.
But I would be real interested in you telling me who the cheaters are that are in the HOF. I’ll give you Gaylord Perry, who admitted to throwing a spit ball. Name me a few more. And keep in mind that being a racist, a womanizer, a drunk or just a plain old jerk doesn’t constitute "cheating". Surely you can come up with "many" more for me.
I also don’t understand how you can state that 3 different people "single-handedly saved baseball" And to be honest, i don’t think the 3 of them did anyway. I think that baseball was more likely saved by the re-emergence of the Yankees in the late 1990’s. Having your most recognizable team, which also happens to be in the largest market in the counrty, be successful means more than individual accomplishments. And while hitting 73 home runs was a tremendous feat, remember that it didn’t get all that much attention, due partly to the fact that Bonds played on the West Coast, and fans in the East and Midwest were mostly asleep before his games ended, and the fact that the country was still in shock over 9/11. So I particularly don’t think Bonds really brought that many people to the game. It’s not a dig at Bonds in this case, it’s just that he did not receive the attention that Sosa and McGwire did. Too many other things going on then for that.
I’m very sure that your personal experiences with Bonds have been very pleasurable. Having been fortunate enough to meet a fair number of famous people in the entertainment and sports fileds, I can say that there have been times I have met folks who i thought were probably pretty decent people who turned out to be jerks, and met some people who have a not so great public persona who turned out to be truly nice people. But keep in mind that a majority of us have not met Bonds in person. So we judge him on the appearance he chooses us to see. And that is of someone who is surly to the media, who has said such kind, sweet things as "I don’t sign things for white people" and who has lied not only to a grand jury, but to the general public as well.
And i really don’t think that he is being unfairly treated by the media. And I don’t believe there is any kind of "conspiracy" between them and the government.
So while I appreciate your support of Bonds, and think that you are certianly entitled to your opinon, and can even understand why you feel this way, I have to disagree with you on pretty much all of your points.
Fozzy | Apr 18, 2009