Wednesday, March 08, 2006
New Barry Bonds book.
I made up a game, yes thats right I made up a game (Trust me it's more fun that Monopoly, just ask Dane Cook). It's a fun one but it's almost impossible to win. It's called " Try to go a whole week without hearing or seeing the word 'Barry Bonds' ". I had a streak of 2 days going and then today I lost. And you thought Chutes and Ladders was hard!
Two writters from the San Francisco Bay area are making news today after they announced they will be publishing a book on the "supposed" use of steroids by Giants slugger and 7 time MVP Barry Bonds. The writters researched him for two years using jury grand testimony (from the BALCO trial), interviews and over 200 sources.
This book is great in my mind because it finally puts the nail in the coffin for Bonds. Yes everyone knows he put on 1,000 pounds of muscle in 5 years, but that still doesn't prove he actually used steroids. Yes he never hit anywhere close to 70 home runs in his career untill he got to his 40's, but again you can't just assume. Roger Clemmens, arguably the best right handed pitcher ever, is in his 40's and posted the best ERA in baseball last year and he has been tested many times. Thats what makes this book good. Barry is sort of like O.J Simpson, he's innocent untill proven guilty, but we all know the answer ("If the glove doesn't fit, you cannot aquit!" RIP Johnny).
Though I haven't read the whole book yet, I have read many transcripts from it in which they go into lots of detail of the cycle of drugs that Bonds was on, how it affected his life and why he did it. A group of reporters interviewed Bonds today outside his locker (complete with a big screen tv) and asked him his thoughts on the book. He stated that he wouldn't comment on it and he walked away. COME ON BARRY! Tell us you are sorry. Look what happend to Mark McGwire, everyone loved Mark and now he's an enemy to baseball fans. Whats scary is we all actually liked Mark untill he plead the 5th infront of congress on his steroid use. Just think what will happen to you in the years if you don't just admit it, I mean we already hate your guts with a passion and think you are a jerk.
Bonds has admitted that he did take steroids but he "didin't know" they were steroids. Rick Rieley, in a Sports Illustrated article last year said " Sure I believe Barry didin't know he was taking steroids. I mean the guy won't eat popcorn unless he knows the exact saturated fat content of it, so I'm sure he had no idea." I read the article and agreed with Rick, maybe he thought he was taking Flinstone vitamins and injecting candy into his butt?
Should Bonds be in the hall of fame? Thats another story and thats another article to be written. But for now we must put up with stories of our favorite athlete of Major Leauge Baseball, Barry Bonds. Alright I say you join me in round two of my game. Let's start now, you have to go one week without hearing or seeing his name, if you lose...then you have to dress up like Paula Abdul.
Two writters from the San Francisco Bay area are making news today after they announced they will be publishing a book on the "supposed" use of steroids by Giants slugger and 7 time MVP Barry Bonds. The writters researched him for two years using jury grand testimony (from the BALCO trial), interviews and over 200 sources.
This book is great in my mind because it finally puts the nail in the coffin for Bonds. Yes everyone knows he put on 1,000 pounds of muscle in 5 years, but that still doesn't prove he actually used steroids. Yes he never hit anywhere close to 70 home runs in his career untill he got to his 40's, but again you can't just assume. Roger Clemmens, arguably the best right handed pitcher ever, is in his 40's and posted the best ERA in baseball last year and he has been tested many times. Thats what makes this book good. Barry is sort of like O.J Simpson, he's innocent untill proven guilty, but we all know the answer ("If the glove doesn't fit, you cannot aquit!" RIP Johnny).
Though I haven't read the whole book yet, I have read many transcripts from it in which they go into lots of detail of the cycle of drugs that Bonds was on, how it affected his life and why he did it. A group of reporters interviewed Bonds today outside his locker (complete with a big screen tv) and asked him his thoughts on the book. He stated that he wouldn't comment on it and he walked away. COME ON BARRY! Tell us you are sorry. Look what happend to Mark McGwire, everyone loved Mark and now he's an enemy to baseball fans. Whats scary is we all actually liked Mark untill he plead the 5th infront of congress on his steroid use. Just think what will happen to you in the years if you don't just admit it, I mean we already hate your guts with a passion and think you are a jerk.
Bonds has admitted that he did take steroids but he "didin't know" they were steroids. Rick Rieley, in a Sports Illustrated article last year said " Sure I believe Barry didin't know he was taking steroids. I mean the guy won't eat popcorn unless he knows the exact saturated fat content of it, so I'm sure he had no idea." I read the article and agreed with Rick, maybe he thought he was taking Flinstone vitamins and injecting candy into his butt?
Should Bonds be in the hall of fame? Thats another story and thats another article to be written. But for now we must put up with stories of our favorite athlete of Major Leauge Baseball, Barry Bonds. Alright I say you join me in round two of my game. Let's start now, you have to go one week without hearing or seeing his name, if you lose...then you have to dress up like Paula Abdul.
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