Barry Bonds is the DEVIL!!!

PITCH TO THE MAN SO HE CAN HOMER FOR FUCK'S SAKE

AND STOP POPPING IT UP FOR FUCK'S SAKE

don't tell me Chris Berman is going to be the Voice of this home run, whenever it happens.

welcome to the record books, CLAY HENSLEY!

training for strength doesn't hurt baseball players

Did you know that running takes its toll on THE KNEES?

Are the Padres announcers the absolute worst all the time, or just right now?

aren't you watching ESPN2? lol'd at Orel's "I drew energy from fans mocking my name"

i watched the ESPN2 feed because Extra Innings has the San Diego feed tonight.

can't wait until Bonds goes away and this is coming from a San Francisco Giants fan.

it's at times like this that i miss the Duane Kuiper or Jon Miller calls that i loved to hear.

OREL CAN DO NO WRONG YOU TAKE YR LOLS BACK

At least we got the win!

LOLbom

Even as that ball flew over the wall on a 2-1 pitch Saturday night, there were more knots in stomachs than lumps in throats.

Later on:

Look no further than that to see how easily what Bonds did last night can be ignored. We have hardly celebrated Bonds’ achievement of 2001. So darkened is that mark by the shadows of steroids that you almost forget he holds it.

The same might happen with this all-time home run mark. Bonds puts it in his pocket, but that no more means he owns it than the thief owns a stolen watch.

One more dinger to go, and this farce will be over. If there were justice, if people told the truth, if steroids had not haunted baseball, then Bonds would have been shy of Aaron, and Saturday night would not have happened. But there is not always justice. There is not always truth. Bonds will trot around the bases and will, one day soon, march off into his own tainted horizon. Shed no tears when his parade passes you by.

CONGRATS BARRY YAYY!!!

congrats Barry and fuck a Selig

selig was there.

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Selig later issued a statement congratulating Bonds and saying, "No matter what anybody thinks of the controversy surrounding this event, Mr. Bonds' achievement is noteworthy and remarkable."

Classy.

Selig was there and put his hands in his pockets while 50 000 fans applauded. Dickhead.

the big LOL: Clay Hensley failed a minor-league steroids test in '05.

Why does it matter what selig did? I don't think i could've given less of a shit if he'd been up there with a Bonds voodoo doll sticking needles in it's knees.

Are you serious? The commissioner is supposed to be the sport's top representative, and he clearly doesn't give a crap about what is arguably the most important record in American sports. Or at the very least, he's doesn't want to have any association with Bonds just in case some new evidence magically appears.

It's like the Prime Minister deciding that Canada Day doesn't matter to him, so he decides to go on vacation to Switzerland instead of staying in the country he's supposed to be leading and giving a speech or something. And then explaining it by saying that Quebec might separate one day, so he's worried that sometime in the future he'll look like the jackass who once gave a speech about a country that later ceased to exist.

Selig's reaction is laying the groundwork for MLB and the BBWAA to ignore Bonds and the record as soon as it is feasible to do so. If it is.

Are you serious? The commissioner is supposed to be the sport's top representative, and he clearly doesn't give a crap about what is arguably the most important record in American sports. Or at the very least, he's doesn't want to have any association with Bonds just in case some new evidence magically appears.

if this is the case, then why was selig there?

it is not going to matter when a-rod breaks bonds' record in a few years from now anyway.

as someone on BP or ESPN wrote, he was there to look like someone just pissed on his suit.

his reaction was indeed bizarre.

barry - your comparison between selig and the prime minister of the dominion of canada is a tad ott, dude. i'm trying to think about any other records he may or may not have been in attendance for. was baseball's commissioner in attendance when Aaron set the record? (probably - i'm just curious)

I'm looking to see if Kuhn was there. In the meantime, I never knew this:

More controversy surrounded Aaron as the 1974 season began. The Braves' management opted to bench their cleanup hitter for the first three games at Cincinnati so that he could break the home run record in Atlanta. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn disagreed with the move and ordered that Aaron play in the opening games. He played two of the three games and tied Ruth's record without breaking it.

Nope:

Insult of insult, then-baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn didn't even attend the game where Aaron claimed the home-run title. His flimsy excuse was that he had a "previous commitment" in Cleveland.

as someone who was often unofficially "limited" to one or two wire shots of selig as options for story art, i have to say that the suit-pissed expression comes sorta naturally for him.

<i>i'm trying to think about any other records he may or may not have been in attendance for.</i>

If the commish can't be bothered to show up to watch the most important record in baseball being broken, then he shouldn't bother going to any games at all.

Stence -- he waffled on his decision for weeks. It should have been a no-brainer. He only went because he thought it would look worse if he didn't go. And whether Bonds' record is eventually broken by ARod or anyone else couldn't be any more irrelevant.

eh, see, i just don't really care about selig to get riled up one way or the other.

The commish was not around for Barry 73, McGwire 62, or Maris 61 either. Another manufactured media controversy.

Kuhn's assistant Monte Irvin, the HOF player, was his rep on 4/8/74. Monte wrote in his autobio that he was PO'd when the first thing Aaron said to him was "Where's the commissioner?" cuz Hank knew very well Kuhn had decided not to attend.

Uh, he was there for McGwire's 62nd, and for Barry's 70th. He only missed #71 (which happened the very next day) because he was in San Diego honouring Rickey for breaking the runs scored record and for Tony Gwynn's retirement.

wait, it's the 71st that was the recordbreaker, right?

Was he at St. Cal's 2131st?

No need to bother going to any of the playoff games this year since there will be some in 2008.

now you know how i feel about the al east, andy k.

You people disgust me.

Love,

Lance Armstrong

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Watch Aaron hit #715 and hustle his ass out of the batter's box. Then watch Bonds hit #755 and stand there like he's watching a beautiful fucking sunset. That's what I don't like about Bonds.

And yeah, I know that's how it is with modern HR hitters, I just think it stinks. You made it, dude, now get out of the box and run the goddamned bases like a baseball player.

What did Aaron do on 714?

But seriously Rip Van Winkle, not sure if you noticed but these basketball players they got today wear long shorts and can dunk the ball through the hoop. And some of the more excitable football players, let me tell ya, they go sofaras not just spiking the ball in the end zone, but formulating a little dance routine to celebrate as well. Yessiree, if only we could return the game back to its proper roots.

the bigger question/problem is why bonds doesn't get drilled after watching his beautiful fucking sunset. you're probably going to walk him anyway, so you might as well plunk him.

aaron hustled because he was afraid some redneck would shoot him. ;_;

Run the bases in a zigzag fashion.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=482

Your criteria are too high.

Phil, the first 'spectator' HR hitter I remember was Reggie Jackson, so blame him.

Smacked off NPR this morning when they ran their feature on Little Leaguers' opinion of Bonds, which certainly didn't sound like they'd be parroting everything they've heard from the MSM. I can't wait til this Fifteen Minutes of Moralizing is over.

I'm also glad BB came up empty last night, cuz I turned the game on and went to sleep.

Reggie had a candy bar. When I can partake of some creamy BB nougat he can get a pass on watching his HRs. I think there were also some WS wins involved.

Steve, I don't know who you think you're arguing with but it's not me.

Smacked off NPR this morning when they ran their feature on Little Leaguers' opinion of Bonds, which certainly didn't sound like they'd be parroting everything they've heard from the MSM. I can't wait til this Fifteen Minutes of Moralizing is over.

Beligerent, arrogant, and tactless coaches and parents do far more damage to Little Leaguers than any MLB player.

Granted, I once sorta told off one of my brother's teammates, a Tanner Boyle-alike who had admired a 190-foot moonshot. "Are you Barry Bonds?" No. "Oh, so you're Ken Griffey Jr.?" No. "Well, your homer was enough to show up the other team." OK. "Next time, unless you hit it 420 feet, you can choose to either do your trot or NOT get your post-game Dairy Queen."