New Home Run King
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Pretty cool video of 756 recorded from only few rows back. It gets annoying when all the screaming starts, but first 20 seconds are cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbCXXkym_a8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbCXXkym_a8
Well, Armstrong was tested and never failed one. Bonds(and every other player that used steroids/HGH) was never tested for those performance enhancing drugs so there will always be that cloud even though there is alot of evidence that they used it. Even now(not as much anymore) players are getting popped for steriod use in MLB and if this testing was going on during the steroid era the sport wouldn't be nearly as popular as it is as quite a few players would have been suspended.
I find baseball incredibly boring anyway and can't stand the Giants(even though I grew up in the Bay Area) so I don't really give a crap.
I find baseball incredibly boring anyway and can't stand the Giants(even though I grew up in the Bay Area) so I don't really give a crap.
It appears as though he was responding primarily to the direct statement about Lance Armstrong.
I've tried to moderate this thread but if someone (and so far it's been Bonds supporters) is going to bring other athletes into the discussion then people have the right to respond.
You guys can't have it both ways.
I've tried to moderate this thread but if someone (and so far it's been Bonds supporters) is going to bring other athletes into the discussion then people have the right to respond.
You guys can't have it both ways.
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Uh, does anyone have the quote of the message from Hank. I read it somewhere and thought it was the least supportive congratulations I had seen in a while.
Ah, here, in the sacbee:
Aaron, who was not among the announced 43,154 in attendance, sent the following message on the stadium video board:
"I would like to offer my congratulations to Barry Bonds on becoming baseball's career home run leader.
"It is a great accomplishment which required skill, longevity and determination. Throughout the past century, the home run has held a special place in baseball, and I have been privileged to hold this record for 33 of those years.
"I move over now and offer my best wishes to Barry and his family on this historic achievement. My hope today, as it was on that April evening in 1974, is that the achievement of this record will inspire others to chase their own dreams."
http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/314444.html
It seems, so.......lukewarm. Almost forced and orchestrated. Nothing saying BB is a great player, etc., just that he broke the record. Basically a polite "Yeah, you passed me on the record. Have a nice life." I like to think his last sentence is a fervent hope that someone else passes BB to take the record back. But that's just me.
Ah, here, in the sacbee:
Aaron, who was not among the announced 43,154 in attendance, sent the following message on the stadium video board:
"I would like to offer my congratulations to Barry Bonds on becoming baseball's career home run leader.
"It is a great accomplishment which required skill, longevity and determination. Throughout the past century, the home run has held a special place in baseball, and I have been privileged to hold this record for 33 of those years.
"I move over now and offer my best wishes to Barry and his family on this historic achievement. My hope today, as it was on that April evening in 1974, is that the achievement of this record will inspire others to chase their own dreams."
http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/314444.html
It seems, so.......lukewarm. Almost forced and orchestrated. Nothing saying BB is a great player, etc., just that he broke the record. Basically a polite "Yeah, you passed me on the record. Have a nice life." I like to think his last sentence is a fervent hope that someone else passes BB to take the record back. But that's just me.
It's all a matter of perspective, Warhawk. There are some who think that's proof of Aaron's full support of Barry Bonds.
Hank Aaron is a class act. He had taped that statement, according to one reporter I heard, a while back so it could be played when his record was broken. I happen to agree with you that it is pretty impersonal when you think about but that's just me.
Hank Aaron is a class act. He had taped that statement, according to one reporter I heard, a while back so it could be played when his record was broken. I happen to agree with you that it is pretty impersonal when you think about but that's just me.
Aaron is indeed a class act. And I agree that the Hank Aaron congratulatory video (which was recorded a while back) did seem like it was "canned". That is, it didn't seem very heartfelt, at least in my opinion.
Perhaps it was intended as some sort of a public show of a goodwill gesture to Bonds, since Aaron didn't want to be traveling around until Bonds hit #756.
Perhaps it was intended as some sort of a public show of a goodwill gesture to Bonds, since Aaron didn't want to be traveling around until Bonds hit #756.