>>>>>Berry Bonds - The finest baseball player produced by chemistry!
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>>>>Tom,
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>>>>I agree. Barry Bonds is just another business man. The problem is that the "business" is entertainment. Fans love the home run. In fact, my first baseball hero was Hank Sauer. My second was Ernie Banks.
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>>>>However, there's one thing about baseball that this current "scandal" can't take way from what Bonds has accomplished. All the steriods in the world can't improve your eye/hand co-ordination. Can you hit the ball farther? Sure, but it doesn't matter if you can't hit it in the first place.
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>>>>(He who grew up with the kids of the players and coaches of the Chicago White Sox.)
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>>>So instead over a little over 700 home-runs perhaps it would've been 400 home-runs, 250 doubles and 50 triples.
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>>Denis,
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>>Maybe, maybe not. There's simply no way to say.

Denis,

>You're absolutely right George. No way to say.
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>Do you still have the same respect for those guys after knowing those things?

Having played the game, I know how difficult it is. While I respect the discipline it's taken Bonds to reach this point, it's also extremely difficult to figure out whether or not the steroids helped.

There's no drug that'll help you hit a curve.

>To me it looks like a big chunk of the magic is gone.

Here, I agree.

>I don't realy care anyway about these guys talking drugs. If they don't mind about the possible consequences it's their business. They are adults that know (to certain extent) what they are doing. What I don't like is the message sent to kids everywhere in the world about what needs to be done to exceed in sports.
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>That is where the real damages will occur.
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>That's what happens when the only important thing in life becomes money and nothing else. Without a doubt you decide to flush some principles in the process. Some will go that way to at least be under the spotlight (15 minutes of fame) at least once in their lifetime.
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>Perhaps the pressure on Bonds was too big and he knew that the only way to surpass what his father did was by taking drugs. If it's not it I'm sure he'll find plenty of good excuses in the coming weeks. Who knows perhaps if he's really good at it he could even make some cry over how how hard his life has been when he was a child... and then after that will come the book, the movie...

Well said.