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Question:Do You Think When Barry Bonds Hits 756 It Will Be Tarnished! Or Do you think people will embrace the record or say he was juiced!
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If that record is tarnished, then any records before minorities were allowed to play are tarnished as wellHow can you strike out four batters in one inning?
only fans in San Fran and a few others, everyone else will not embrace it for many reasonsWhat is the average time a baseball pitcher actually is on the mound per season?
I think all of America outside of the Bay area is pretty much tired of this debate. Sorry.Is cole hammels the best pitcher in basball this year?
The record books should show Bond 500, Drugs 256.I think that the San Fran fans and Bonds family will care but few more than that. It speaks for it's self that Aaron won't attend. I think that it would be great if he breaks it at an away game and gets BOOED!
Will Barry Bonds record count if he does hit 756?
I'll happily watch him break the record and enjoy it. And no, I'm not a Giants fan. I'm just a NY Mets fan who never believed the fairy tale that all athletes were enhancement-free. The entire league was involved with steroids and has been for a long time. There's nothing they can do to change it, so there should be no exceptions to Bonds' record when he gets it. Unless they decide to put asterisks next to every World Series champ, MVP, and even Cy Young winners who ever had the slightest chance of being a steroid user, leave it alone. He's been a great player since the 80s with & without enhancements(if it ever gets proven that he did them in the 1st place).Do Pitchers ever apologize to the batters they bean with a pitch?
MILWAUKEE—In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a "long overdue correction of a gross oversight," Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher 805 and putting the all-time home-run record perhaps forever out of reach."Hank Aaron is a hero, an excellent man, and a great ambassador for the game of baseball," Selig said during a press conference to announce the findings. "We're proud to have finally set things right, hopefully once and for all. And I have to tell you, some of the home runs that we discovered were just monster shots. One was hit off of [Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher] Harvey Haddix that went 576 feet, and Hank wasn't even that big of a guy. Just naturally strong and gifted, I guess."
Haddix was unavailable for comment, as he passed away in 1994.
According to Selig, a committee of sports journalists and baseball historians was set up during the off-season to investigate, with Selig's oversight, whether there was any substance to a rumor that began circulating last summer concerning Aaron having hit more homeruns than those credited to him in the record books. Though Selig said he couldn't recall the date the committee was established, he believes it was in or around the time he approved the San Francisco Giants' highly publicized signing of Barry Zito.
The committee's 30-page report points out several key factors that combined to increase Aaron's home run total. For example, in 1958, home runs hit during both the first week of spring training and those hit in pre-game batting practice during away games in the third week of August were added to a player's career numbers. In addition, home runs hit during the 1971 All-Star Game should have been tallied.
Aaron, coincidentally, did hit a home run in that game.
"We are here today to the right the wrongs," Selig said. "This is America's national pastime, and its players, fans, and all citizens deserve to have a record book in which they can take great pride. So if we didn't count Hank Aaron's five-homer outing during 1964's famous 'Empty Stadium' game, I wouldn't be able to live with myself."
Furthermore, the report continued, a third of the home runs hit by players who participated in the television series Home Run Derby, a show on which Aaron appeared several times, should have been counted. In addition, during the second half of the 1962 season, balls that bounced over the outfield fence should have been counted as home runs, and foul balls that were hit behind the batter but cleared the netting intended to protect fans seated behind home plate were also home runs. That being the case, league scorekeepers now say Aaron had his best year in 1962, hitting 65 home runs—20 more than originally thought.
Though there has been some negative reaction towards the announcement of Aaron's new record, mostly from fans in northern California, the news has been received very well nationwide.
"This is the best thing that has happened to baseball in years," said New York resident Tom Plaitano, 63. "I remember watching Hank Aaron as a kid, and even though I don't recall a time when all home runs hit off Sandy Koufax counted for two, I don't really care. This decision just makes sense to me."
"The number 805 will go down as the most prestigious number in sports," said Selig, adding that there is a strong possibility still more of Aaron's home runs could come to the surface during this season, and maybe even the next several seasons to come. "It's not out of the question that Hank could have, say, 900 home runs by the time our investigation is all said and done."
"Either way, the all-time home-run record couldn't be held by a more dignified and honorable man," Selig added.
The committee's report has caused quite a shakeup to the list of baseball's all-time home-run leaders. Aaron, while keeping his record, is not even the biggest benefactor of the findings; as of now Aaron is first with 805, Willie Mays has jumped to second with 800, Frank Robinson is third with 798, Harmon Killebrew is fourth with 797, and Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Ted Williams, and Willie McCovey are tied for fifth at 796.
According to Selig, early results of another investigation may net Babe Ruth as many as 74 additional home runs, Mike Schmidt an estimated 124, and Ken Griffey Jr. a possible 200, while players such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, and Barry Bonds will probably be knocked even further down the list.
well one thing bum76 is an idiot with way too much time on his hands and no clue about baseball. 805 wont do it son. You just want to postpone the celebration? Bonds will hit over 805, barring injury, GUARANTEED!!! He wants 3000 hits and he needs 165 more to get there so that means he will be back next year. since 40 percent of his hits are homers that will give him about 70 more which puts him well into the 800's. Barry will probably retire at the end of the 08 season with 815 - 830 homers and 3040 hits and 8 MVP's So write up a fictional story that at least gets the job done or dont waste your time and energy. Good luck Barry!!
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ok this is what i think. i think it doesnt matter if bonds used drugs or not.wen big mac and sosa were makeing news they were useing roids and every 1 knew about it so y should it be a big deal wit bonds? i mean bonds doesnt even need 2 be the all time homerun king 2 get into the hall of fame.he was already a hall of fame player wen he started.i think people should embrace it.people are just to stubbornDo u think that a-rod will b able 2 hit a homerun of dice-k?
who cares? the record will be his and one day it will be broken. hank aaron was a great great ballplayer. so is barry bonds. i'm done with the steroid talk. baseball had no rules against using steroids and failed to do anything about it for over 12 years. it's the fault of MLB that there is even a controversy. you can't blame the players. and i don't care what you say, steroids does not help you hit home runs. it takes, eyes, bat speed and coordination. the only thing steroids would do is keep your strong and help you heal quicker from injury. bonds wasn't ever injury prone until 2 years ago, after steroids had been banned. he is a great hitter, that's it. congrats to barry. i hope he enjoys holding this sacred record.Why are some MLB teams playing regular season games today while others are still playing preseason?
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record will be broken in early june ..
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look i think it is a real good job drugs or not, everyplayer cheats to a point, 80 percent of all baseball players take some sort of suplement,when it becomes ilegal they move on to the next so congrats barry but i hate to say not being an a-rod fan but he will hold the record one dayIt will be tarnished until A-rod or Pujols break it.
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