Barry Bonds* broke Hank Aaron's all time home run record. Now, perhaps the two biggest records in baseball, single season home run record and the all time home run record are held by Barry Bonds*.
I don't know how I feel about this. To be sure, Barry Bonds* has been one of the most feared hitters in baseball. Early in his career, with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bonds* was an outstanding hitter. The incredible number of intentional walks he has received have come because managers and pitchers alike have fear pitching to him. No matter what any of us think about him, Barry Bonds* has been a major talent.
Then he grew. A lot. Even his head got bigger. His back got a tad quicker and his bulk increased. Others have said that he took steroids. He has denied it. There has been no blood evidence----tho' with the very feeble testing done by Major League Baseball, this is no great surprise.
This record has been broken and frankly, seems tainted. Frankly, I hate to see that he broke it. Sadly, if Barry Bonds* truly deserves the record, we are all being unfair. But no one hates a cheat. Alas, I suspect, whether it's in the record books or not people will always have one idea on how the record of Barry Bonds* is remembered.*
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