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Young players should learn from Bonds’ mistake

Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

My dad and I sat and watched the Hamm’s sign light up and down during the beginning games of the SF Giants. I have been a season ticket holder for 40 years. I used to love watching Bonds hit until the truth came out and he chose to lie about it, after that I remained sitting after each homer he hit and after each time his name was mentioned. The game changed.

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JustMike650 Jan 31, 2022 10:37am

Bob

You've written this before - Bonds abhors needles but he did use a topical substance called the Cream and the Clear. He told the Grand Jury - he wasn't positive what it was but he knew PED's never helped a player hit the ball - they help in recovery. Pudge Rodriguez is in the HOF - he played at 210lbs.

He sat next to me at Oracle to watch his son Derek pitch and he was about 170.

Bud Selig is in the HOF and as Commissioner he was complicity in letting Sosa and McGwire return fans to the stands when they both hit 60+ the year after the strike.

But Selig once owned the Brewers but when it came time for both teams to split 30 clubs - Selig chose the Astros, meaning both Texas teams are in the American League.

Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis was an open racist keeping men of color from playing in the ML and he is in the HOF.

Do you think Mike Piazza played clean or Big Papi? Big Papi tested positive for PED's but MLB told him it was an anonymous test until some employee leaked the name. The other day Papi was chosen to be in the HOF.

We get it that you hate Bonds - but do your homework so you know the complete story. At one time eleven Dodgers from one season were on the Mitchell Report and 80 % of the Dodgers used PED's https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1593979

Ray Fowler Jan 31, 2022 5:59pm

Hello, Mike

I'm not going to argue with Robert about whether kids today need heroes because they do. More to Robert's point... do steroids taint today's sports figures to the extent that they are not suited for roles as heroes? Well, everyone can figure that one out for themselves.

When my son was growing up, I took him to Candlestick Park then later Pac Bell Park to watch the Giants. The Giants had some legit all-stars in their lineup playing around Bonds back in the day, but Barry looked like Superman sans cape when he took his position in the outfield. Truly impressive... and truly the result of chemicals.

Barry played 22 seasons. If we extrapolate his numbers as a Pittsburgh Pirate over that same number of years, we might see a .275 hitter with about 3000 hits, 500 home runs and 650 or so stolen bases. Would those stats get him into the HOF? Yes.

Barry made a bad choice to plus up his stats. His batting average bumped up to almost .300 and he just missed getting 3000 career hits. He hit 762 HRs and stole 514 bases. It's sad that his choice cost him induction into the HOF because it looks like he would have made it without steroids.

You make a good point... there appears to be a double standard when it comes to deciding who should get int the HOF.

Note to Tommy Tee: No one at Google was harmed during the retrieval of stats mentioned in this posting.

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