Bonds announces this will be his last season

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On the ESPN.com:

 

After sitting out most of 2005, Barry Bonds is calling this season his last. The Giants slugger told USA Today that he will retire with or without the all-time home run record.

Of course no one will be surprised if he changes his mind but this also isn't a surprise from the standpoint that many figured he'd only pass Ruth but wouldn't go after Aaron. It's highly unlikely he'll pay enough this year to hit 47 homeruns.

[Hawk 34 0]

While I doubt this will happen, I would like to see Bonds get to 714 and reinjure himself and find himself finishing at 714 tied with the "evil white man" for all-times.

[Vampiro69 0]

Barry don't let the door hit you on the ass when you leave.

[Big McLargeHuge 0]

My favorite player ever. I'll be sad to see him go, especially without a ring, as there's no chance of it happening this year.

[Mik 0]

I hope he hits 48 HR this year.

 

Highly unlikely, sure, but I'd love it.

[Guest Smues]

It's not official until he posts it on Barrybonds.com!

[Guest Princess Leena]

And we need to see his son in a Barry Sanders jersey!

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Goodbye to the greatest slugger to ever play the game.

[Guest]

Barry can kiss my ass. I don't want him to get to the record, but I do want him to play well.

[yankovic fan 0]

He better break the record.

 

I did not invest all that money in truckloads of his rookie cards for him NOT to break the record.

[MrRant 0]

I hope Babe Ruth comes down from Heaven and chokes his ass out with a hotdog.

 

And then fucks a couple whores for good measure.

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And he's already changing his story.

 

Who's he think he is, Roger Clemens?

[The Czech Republic 0]

nah, Bonds lost weight

[nl5xsk1 0]

I like the fact that it's Ok for him to only want to pass Ruth's mark rather than go for the record, and has all-but admitted that surpassing the Evil White Man is his objective. If a white fella said that he only wanted to pass a black guy for #2, but wasn't concerned with breaking the all-time record, there'd be such an outcry.

[Guest Damn You Helmsley]

Barry Bonds offends me. Like a Danish cartoon.

[Guest Princess Leena]

The only thing that interests me is what baseball, and everyone else, does when Bonds passes Ruth and/or Aaron. It's awkward, to say the least.

[Rendclaw 0]

That's easy. They will laud him to some extent for the accomplishment, and them lambaste him for the steroid issue and being an Olympic-level asshole.

 

You know, what they have been doing for the last three years or so since Balco exploded.

[Guest Smues]

The only thing that interests me is what baseball, and everyone else, does when Bonds passes Ruth and/or Aaron. It's awkward, to say the least.

 

I'm sure if it's a weekday game that ESPN will cut-away from PTI to show it just to piss me off.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

The only thing that interests me is what baseball, and everyone else, does when Bonds passes Ruth and/or Aaron. It's awkward, to say the least.

 

I'm sure if it's a weekday game that ESPN will cut-away from PTI to show it just to piss me off.

I know it can be an annoyance, but not cutting away would be the ultimate sign of ESPN self-arrogance. Do we really want a world where we'd rather see talking heads discuss sports news than the event itself?

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I actually want Barry to break it. I was talking to Alkeiper before, and he brought a good point. Who is to say Hank Aaron didn't use anything to aid him in his chase? So with that said, I want to see a major record broken. May it be the passing yards record, the career home run record, whatever.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Good point, but on the other hand, repeatedly cutting away from anything and everything every time the guy had a plate appearance JUST IN CASE was going a little too far. Also irritating was the graphic going into breaks that showed the team's batting order going into the next half-inning. During this Giants-Brewers game:

 

DUE UP:

2. Spivey

3. Helms

4. Overbay

 

DUE UP:

BONDS

[Guest Princess Leena]

Yes. Let's assume everyone else cheated because Barry did!

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Boo hoo. Who gives a shit. He stuck a needle in his ass...let's send him to hell!

[Guest]

I actually want Barry to break it. I was talking to Alkeiper before, and he brought a good point. Who is to say Hank Aaron didn't use anything to aid him in his chase? So with that said, I want to see a major record broken. May it be the passing yards record, the career home run record, whatever.

I do, but I don't. I want the fans to flock to the game, but I don't want the media coverage that is given to Barry to be intensified. Aaron did it the right way, fought through racism and all that stuff. If he took steroids, oh well. Doesn't mean that we'd need to see 2 steroid users at the top of the list. Then again, I'd like him to break that record and go into the Hall without a ring. As a Dodger fan, I'd like that a lot.

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Now I want to make it clear that I'd prefer the players to be clean, but you know, I'm not about to sit here and cry and cry about how a guy sticking a needle in his ass is ruining the sport. Because if it was the case, I'd have had to give up on wrestling, football, basketball even, years ago. I don't condone steroid use, but I won't criticize a guy for doing it. He will pay the consequence later on when his body is fucked beyond belief.

[Guest]

I don't think it's ruining the sport or anything near to it. I just don't want a user to hold a major record such as that one. Same thing goes with drugs and racism too. I don't want Ty Cobb holding records.

 

I don't like it, but I can live with it.