Let's Talk Baseball

Well since there's a scandal brewing in the NFL over
the Michael Vicks case let's look at baseball and Barry
Bonds. But upon a closer look Mr Bonds seems to also
be fighting his demons. As he moves closer to breaking
Hank Aarons homerun record not all are rooting for the
arrogant Mr. Bonds especially in light of his supposed
steriod use. After reading the article below feel free to
offer up your opinion.


Barry Bonds is poised to break perhaps the most prestigious record in U.S. sports by hitting the most home runs in a baseball career but instead of being hailed as a hero, many fans view him with suspicion.

Spectators regularly boo Bonds as a cheat unworthy of the record because he is tainted by allegations he used steroids before Major League Baseball began mandatory drug testing to enhance his performance for the San Francisco Giants.

His rudeness toward fans and journalists also detracts from his sporting achievement, according to commentators and fans.
Going into Saturday's game against the Florida Marlins in San Francisco, Bonds was just one home run from equaling the record of 755 set by Hank Aaron. But he often is compared unfavorably to Aaron, who in 1974 passed the previous total set by Babe Ruth.

Bonds has denied knowingly using steroids but his former trainer ended up serving time in prison for supplying steroids to athletes.
While Aaron is black like Bonds, some Bonds supporters, such as former Giant Willie McCovey, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, say attitudes reflect a racial divide in the United States.

They say Bonds, 43, is a black sports star in a culture on the lookout for reasons to find fault with African-American heroes.
That view could help explain polls that suggest more blacks than whites are rooting for him to break the record.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Bonds' quest had given baseball a big boost and he is widely admired by players despite the reaction of some fans. It was too sensitive to suggest that public ambivalence toward Bonds was based on race, Jackson said.
"Sometimes we love to hate athletes and tear them down," he said in an interview.
Carol Jones, a black woman who took in a Giants game recently, said there are mixed feelings about Bonds in the black community.





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