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Bonds never cheated, Rose went against the cardinal rule of the game that is on the clubhouse wall. You can compare Rose to Jackson and you can compare Bonds to McGwire but you cant compare Rose to Bonds. There is a big difference between breaking the rules of the game/cheating and taking advantage of non rules to benefit yourself. Bonds used Maple bats before anyone, should we do an investigation on that too?
And a hard head- anybody that sprinted to first for every walk .... and to have moved as many times as he did to let the Reds move other folks into the team,best I can recall. He played everything but pitcher and catcher on a regular basis , at one time or another. Didn't stay much at short. And the head-first slide. I've seen him on local talk shows, during batting slumps, with blisters on his hands. This guy had to sell cars, in the off-season, Bench too, to make the kind of cash they wanted. Asked for a raise after getting National MVP from $100,000 to $107,000. Was told it was too much. Guys loved the town, didn't care much for the owners. These guys are the pros I remember...long gone I guess....all of'em today want a fortune. Rose spoke at a banquet at Dryden, he and John Wooden were there for my jr and sr year. We had a hustler for a principal, Jack Keith. They didn't consolidate Lee while Jack was in the schools either, did they? [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
The statistics from SportsCenter this morning were unique.
Before 1998, Bonds hit one homerun per 16 AB's; since 1998, Bonds has hit one homerun per 8 AB's. His slugging percentage has went up over .200 since 1998.
All this coming from a man who already had 400 homeruns/400 steals
Thats pretty cool, his total amount of stats will never be touched because he is in so many categories. He was a Ricky Henderson with power that played left field like Mays played center and now hes a Babe Ruth with the hitting skills of Ted Williams. You guys should appreciate what your seeing, roids or no roids, its a beautiful thing to watch.
The cash element has ruined pro sports for me.
Where is the rule against getting the most hits ? [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] He wasn't up for saint he was up for playing ball. Same deal. Bet , shoot. Bonds ain't made the Hall yet either. Give'em enough time and somebody will find a reason to stop him. If Rose bet against the team it would be one thing- it can't be controlled any other way, which is the crime. But we all know I don't get a vote in it. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
first of all the comment about golfers being more active is rediculous. They show up before a round hit a bucket of range balls and head out for their tee time. The caddy carries the bag and all they do is walk. On the other hand a major league baseball player or minor league play for that will show up 6 hours before the game to have PRACTICE hmmm imagine that you don't think they just show up and play do you i hope not. Also they lift weights everyday whether it be before or after the game. Sure the actuall game is not that tough but preparing for the game every single day is a task nonetheless. It is also important to remember that when you get walked in a game it doesnt count as an at bat. Bonds gets older, hits more homers, draws more walks, which means he's a great hitter and has an excellent eye. He's not up there swinging at everything like in his younger days. He has developed the best eye in baseball. I think its pretty amazing if you think about the pitches that he will see in a ball game and if the pitcher messes up like the white sox announcers say YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD YEEEEESSSS. sorry had to throw that in there.
Steriods or not if he gets 756 HR and beats hank aaron...im gonna be PISSED !!!!
better start to get pissed cause hes going to
he needs 52 without roids and he said hes retiring after this year no matter wat...so yea....i doubt it