A shocking Bonds development!

awesome.

first vote. I say leave them. Records are what they are, records. Taking it out will do nothing for our memories.

But in my opinion…
Babe Ruth will always be a legend,
Hank Aaron is still the homerun champion,
And Barry Bonds will always be a cheater.

He’s still one hell of a baseball player. Fuck the asterisks.

anyone who knows anything will know more than an asterik or a record removal could ever say anyway.

And he’s the biggest asshole on the face of the earth, and a cheater through and through. But he’s also one of the few players facing steroid allegations (or positives tests) that I feel confident saying was a first-ballot, sure thing HoFer without the stuff.

I

to quote elaine:

GET.
OUT.

He can have his dumb records. He did go through a lot to get him and now he won’t have respect from anyone so all they are to me are guilt records which he deserves. Also it’s no surprise that he’s done roids, I mean, the guy’s head grew like 2 sizes when he was 30 not to mention his weight and height increase.

He deserves those guilt records and all the lack of respect from fans but he should NEVER be a Hall of Famer.

As in, “I’m shocked, SHOCKED! To find that gambling has been going on in this establishment!”?

Bonds was doing steroids before baseball banned them so what did he do wrong? He didn’t break any rules at the time. You can’t make a rule and go back in history and call them cheaters for breaking the rule before it was a rule.

was the earring!

we take Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa and all the others who “bulked up” and give them their own little record book and their own hall of fame and call it a day. It would very exclusive and you had to have gained at least 30lbs and grow two head sizes after the age of 30.

OK, he did roids. End of the story. Next topic, please.

Gotta put a asterisk.

Many pitchers used steroids, too. He did break the record so he should be in the hall. This way both his record and this period of steroid use will be remembered forever.

That being said I think he is a dirty cheater.

Bonds thought he was above the law – baseball law AND civil law. I can’t stand anyone who has that attitude. I think he should be stripped of all his records and jailed. Regardless of whoever else was abusing performance enhancing drugs at the time, the perjury charge makes him stand out from the rest. Also, it’s only fair to all the greats of the past and future who play by the rules. If we strip Olympic medalists of their medals when they are busted, Bonds needs to be stripped of his records.

And Clemens.

And put an asterisk next to Alex’s name as he breaks records.

Or is this really a personality/likability thing.

Oh, and the retesting of Bonds samples and the positive results are likely to be rejected by the judge, no?

I’m not nearly as hard on the roiders as some. Though if you are, you should be like Casey and be consistent.