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People won't forget--or forgive--if Bonds succeeds.(THE CLOSER)
Why do people feel so strongly--positively or negatively--about Barry Bonds? Is it because for so long he was perceived as a bad guy and now the media people he wronged are trying to get back at him? Is it because he's chasing a record that might be the biggest in sports and some people believe he might have cheated along the way? Is it because he's a black man? Is it because we, as fans, feel cheated now that all this steroids stuff has come out--because before then we called him the greatest hitter who ever lived without batting an eyelash?
How do you feel?
The easy answer is "angry--Bonds is a cheater and a fraud, and that's that." There are timelines in the new books on him, so finally some stat nerd can quantify how many homers Bonds hit while under the cloud of alleged steroids use.
If Bonds were not pursuing a home run record, he'd be just another player suspected of using 'roids. But he has Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in his sights. I think most baseball fans feel they need to take up for the ghosts of the past and say the playing field isn't level these days, that Bonds is hitting home runs ...
- Bonds ripping Babe Ruth appears blasphemous.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Cote, Greg July 15, 2003 700+ words
...latest new low. Bonds bashing Babe Ruth during the All...name other than Babe Ruth. Let alone your...Unless you are Barry Bonds. ``As a left...That's it,'' Bonds brayed Monday...baseball world, Babe Ruth's everything...
- Bonds ripping Babe Ruth appears blasphemous.
- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) July 15, 2003 700+ words
...latest new low. Bonds bashing Babe Ruth during the All...name other than Babe Ruth. Let alone your...Unless you are Barry Bonds. ``As a left...That's it,'' Bonds brayed Monday...baseball world, Babe Ruth's everything...
- Expect Bonds to play long enough to reach Babe Ruth.
- News wire article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) March 23, 2005 700+ words
...if that's true, and Bonds hits only .500 on his...this exit strategy: Bonds will stick around long enough to surpass Babe Ruth on the home run chart...fine with that. But Babe Ruth is one of the greatest...to even be here." If Bonds returns for even half...
- LEGENDS STILL COUNT: Barry Bonds is challenging history, a piece of Americana...
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) May 9, 2006 700+ words
...next few hours -- Barry Bonds will hit his 714th home...least one sense equal to Babe Ruth. So what? Hank Aaron...of home run hitting by Bonds this year would give...times over the years, Bonds has drawn such scorn...now he stands next to Babe Ruth, a symbol of baseball...
- O'Neil says Babe Ruth was great, but Bonds better all-around.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Roderick, Joe September 21, 2004 700+ words
...who have watched Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds play in their prime...I got the great Babe Ruth out.' There was...now. Old Barry Bonds hardly gets to swing...I think Barry Bonds was a better all...hitters like Barry. "Babe Ruth could beat you with...
- O'Neil says Babe Ruth was great, but Bonds better all-around.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) September 20, 2004 700+ words
...who have watched Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds play in their prime...I got the great Babe Ruth out.' There was...now. Old Barry Bonds hardly gets to swing...I think Barry Bonds was a better all...hitters like Barry. "Babe Ruth could beat you with...
- Bonds approved for Babe Ruth museum. (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Canan, Martha M. May 13, 1994 700+ words
...1 million of bonds to design and build the Babe Ruth Baseball Center...Issuance of the bonds is subject to...contribution of the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation...years after the bonds are issued. The...ran a tavern. Babe Ruth was born in 1895...
- What date will Barry Bonds pass Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list? Bet on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 10, 2006 700+ words
...question isn't IF Barry Bonds will pass Babe Ruth on baseball's all time...there's no guarantee Bonds will catch Hank Aaron at the top of the list, Babe Ruth's 714 mark is certainly...within striking distance. Bonds needs seven more home...
- Bonds chases more than a number in Babe Ruth.
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) April 25, 2006 700+ words
...he was, big as life, Babe Ruth, billed as "The King...Francisco slugger Barry Bonds was even born, there was...incomparable George Herman (Babe) Ruth Jr. He was an athlete...home runs. Now, it's Bonds, the third player to hit...
- Bonds chases more than a number in Babe Ruth: Baseball batting legend's star...
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) April 24, 2006 700+ words
...he was, big as life, Babe Ruth, billed as "The King...Francisco slugger Barry Bonds was even born, there was...incomparable George Herman (Babe) Ruth Jr. He was an athlete...home runs. Now, it's Bonds, the third player to hit...