So yeah, guilty or not, Bonds is no villain. Also, having met Bonds personally my impression of him was quite the opposite in that he seemed very friendly and personable, even gave me tickets to a game and a bat and all I did was coach a little league team that a friend of Bonds kid was on. This was back in 2002 and I immediately thought Bonds’ reputation as a jerk was GROSSLY overstated by the media.

Summarizing Baseball Prospectus’ conclusion on steroids effects on performance and stats from their book Baseball Between the Numbers, “it is impossible to reject the statistical hypothesis that the spectacular performance of players like Bonds is the result of good old-fashioned determination and hard work.”

Another minor league phenomenon is horrible pithing along with a few incredible pitcher (Cy and Walter)

The great pitchers of MLB pre-JR had laughable numbers for the same reason you or someone you know had a .833 era and 20 complete games in 20 appearancee. Was he the greatest?

You can remember that slugger who had at least 1 hr every game but when he entered Highschool, he was just another good slugger. (Babe Ruth)

Babe Ruth numbers must be multiplie by .8 and his BA by .9 to get a fair number. If it sounds too good, then it probably is. I think Ted is the most romantic story in all ow baseball but he proably would not have hit 400 in todays baseball.

The Era that is the era of balance was Jackie-Reggie.

After Winfield signed his historical contract, baseball was on the road that ultimately lead to the house of steroids.

This era must be looked at with the same scrutiny as cy young, Walter, and Babe era. Emotions are not allowed and we must assume that A-Rod is Juice ad well as Pulols and every performer who puts up number better than the Aaron, Willie Era because they

The numbers Barry Put up were by no MLB illegal means but any logical person can tell that A-Rod, Pujols, Bonds, all juiced. I think Manny is most likey Manny because he is reminiscent of Reggie.

So all you guys who think Barry Juice, then be honest and admit Pujols was Juicing while in High School and A-Rod surely added to his mass from when he came into the league.

Let’s Kick all 3 out of MLB and anyone else who puts up numbers better than Willie because Nobody can be better than the perfect baseball player with cheating.

If that is silly then that is how silly all you sound when not recognizing that you were lucky to witness the only time in MLB history where the pictcher was afraid to throw a man a strike. You will never see a baseball play like Barry Bonds for another 30 years. He is by far the greatest player of our era. ACCEPT IT!

The game never had integrity (see racial segregation)