Barry Bonds finally hit his 6th homerun of the season, tying Babe Ruth's career mark of 714. Hank Aaron still holds the all-time record of 755, so why celebrate someone tying for second place?
People who say we should be celebrating are simply looking for reasons to celebrate. And, I'm sorry, now that we have evidence that Mark "I'm not here to talk about the past" McGwire and Rafael "I have never used steroids. Period." Palmiero actually took performance enhancers, I can't trust any records since the advent of these drugs.
I hate that professional sports base so much of a person's living on athletic performance. This is what creates the pressure to use performance enhancers.
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The root of the problem is that one can play a game and make more than enough money to live on, shamefully devaluing education/basic skills as more and more prospects are drafted earlier and earlier.
Ruth 8,399 at bats; 714 HRs
Aaron 12,364 at bats; 755 Hrs
Bonds 9,140 at bats; 714 HRs
Stella: 6 pounds/1 ounce of spaghetti in 15:32 (Ronzoni Columbus Day spaghetti championship at Yonkers Raceway, 1978).
To me, the sad thing is that Bonds was a great player before he started doping (or at least before it was obvious). I was living in Atlanta in 1993 and closely followed the pennant race between the Braves and the Giants, and a skinnier Bonds played GREAT that year.
Stella: 6 pounds/1 ounce of spaghetti in 15:32 (Ronzoni Columbus Day spaghetti championship at Yonkers Raceway, 1978).
An awesome feat, Charlie.
Literally, brother, my 15 minutes of fame ...
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