Barry Bonds Sports Illustrated steroid article

[gameused]

Interesting article on Bonds steroid use!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rpt/index.html

[gameused]

Here's a similar article on the espn website.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2358236

The Incredible BULK!

[byergo]

Watch for falling prices! If I had anything Bonds it would be time to liquidate. I feel sorry for people holding on to $15k home run bats and so forth.

[mmonte4]

bonds is no first ballet HOFer in my book. Compromising the integrity of the game is a major no no. I hope he is booed when he matches Ruth!

[BULBUS]

[byergo]

I feel pretty confident that Hall of Fame voters will NOT elect the known steriod cheaters for 1st ballot HOF consideration, perhaps much longer (Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Giambi, Canseco, Palimeiro, IROD, etc...).

This will lead to increasing controversy in the media and marketplace.

[suave1477]

So here is a question? everyone here knows i am a strawberry fan

What's worse to do steroids or coke and alcohol? lol lol

At least coke and alcohol are not muscle enhancing drugs, so should we vote Strawberry in, considering the others took muscle enhancing drugs lol lol

[byergo]

Strawberry only has 1/2 to 2/3 the career numbers it would take to make the HOF, but I don't think many voters would dock a player for drug/alcohol problems as they fall under the category of personal problems, and detract, not add to their performance on the field.

[suave1477]

byergo it was a joke

But you are wrong he does have some strong numbers to be accepted into the hall of fame the problem is he is over shadowed by his personal life of drugs, alcohol, arrests, probation viloations, tax evasions and the list goes on.

The most people don't realize it he was on that ballot last year ( his first year for eligiblity ) he had if memory serves me correct 3 to 6 votes. He could have been on the ballot this year, but the new format of the hall of fame I believe is anyone under 20 votes they don't show or something like that.

Just to give you a quick list of some of his numbers:
83 rookie of the year
4 time World Champ
8 time all star
2 time silver slugger
30 / 30 club member
Till this day still holds the home run record for the Mets!!

[byergo]

Nice info, but here is the bottom line, you need either 3,000 hits or 500 hr's to get in; or have a hell of a story to sell.

Straw has 1,401 hits and 335 hr's. To bad he pissed away that magnificent talent, because he like Dwight Gooden, had a HOF body.