As a baseball fanatic, how refreshing is it that on an NFL sunday, baseball is center stage as the Boston Red Sox attempt to complete an amazing return from the dead, again. The team with a history of choking is now on the edge of becoming one of the greatest comeback teams in history.
Barry Bonds
19 October 2008
27 February 2008
y were not able to do when Bonds was there.
For 15 years, the focal point of the Giants was Barry Bonds. No one knew who was on the Giants because they were never able to sign free agents with big names because they did not want anyone interferring with Bonds image. Or Bonds did not want anyone to take the spotlight off of him. When they did sign free agents, it was underachievers. The Giants let Jeff Kent get away because he was getting in the way of Bonds. Papers quoted the team as "Bonds and the 24 other players." Since 2002, the Giants were never able to contend because they spent all their money on Bonds. These are new days now.
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21 February 2008
WHO WILL PLAY?
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are two people that changed the sport of baseball forever. One might look at this statement and say, “Of course they did. Bonds took down the most prestigious records in baseball by hitting more dingers than good Old Hank. He has given the sport more publicity and has made it more popular. Clemens is a superhero for all of us. A man whose career was falling apart, quickly changed turned it around and showed the 40’s were the new 20’s. With all those Cy Young’s, he is one of the best pitchers in history.” I would tell you, “Nope, that isn’t how they changed it. That is how they ruined the sport.” You would then look at me funny and walk away. Go ahead, walk away from the truth. The truth is these men have tainted this sport and have embarrassed the players in the generation before them.
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