Comments on: BREAKING: Barry Bonds' career is over

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By: Scot Tamburello

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By: Baseball Lives On

Baseball Lives On — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:16:27 +0000

The voting members of the HOF should have this important rule prior to voting in a player: integrity! Taking illegal or banned substances known to enhance endurance and performance violates this rule of integrety. Therefore, any player, including Barry Bonds, the so-called Home Run King, should not be elected into the HOF. It does not matter that Bonds had great numbers prior to taking steroids – if he took them and thus cheated, don’t elect him into the hof. For those of you who think he is the greatest thing since sliced break, get over it. He cheated and thus should not be in.

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Paul Tobias — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:12:40 +0000

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By: Prince of Mid-Air

Prince of Mid-Air — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:12:26 +0000

Barry called. He said that you’re all a bunch of haters who are just jealous. He is your home run king. Barry Bonds is the greatest player of all-time!!! Barry!!! Barry!!! Barry!!!

By: wesley

wesley — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:35:24 +0000

dont hate because barry bond is the best who had played baseball. he won more mvp than anyone. not includes his golding gloves. there not that many people that stold over 500 bases & 500 homeruns. he broke just about every records in baseball

By: YANKEES1996

YANKEES1996 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:55:32 +0000

Oh, I am weeping that Barry Bonds is out of baseball… NOT!!!! Lets see overhyped, ballooned up, big headed, CHEATER!! This is from one of Barry’s press conferences: Yes, I know Victor Conte and he did give me some products and I used them but they were not steriods. I have never knowingly used steriods. Hello Barry!!, look in the mirror at the size of your head, that should have been your first clue!

By: russ

russ — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:27:26 +0000

I’m just gonna throw this out there and see if someone hits it. If Barroid gets into the HOF, then it is a slap in the face to Rose, McGuire, Sosa, and anyone else who has been penalized for indescretions to this point. MLB should take a very close look at this situation and monitor it closely. If Bonds gets in, they better open the door for the others.

By: XTrust_No1X

XTrust_No1X — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:45:21 +0000

This piece of garbage bonds, in NO WAY will EVER be allowed into the Hall of Fame. In his case, it should be the Hall of Shame, along with Mark McGuire. They have damaged the rep of MLB so bad, that it way be generations before people start respecting the game again. bonds belongs in jail, NOT the Hall of Fame. If he gets elected, I will never watch another game. The only thing that belongs in the Hall of Fame from that dirtbag bonds, is his huge asterick covered ball, and that should be listed under “What a Joke”

By: RC

RC — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:57:16 +0000

What does that mean when people say,”It hasn’t been proven that Barry Bonds took Steroids.” Or people make the argument that it wasn’t against the rules of baseball. If it wasn’t against the rules of baseball, who cares. Why is his personal trainer spending a year in jail for refusing to testify. Why has Bonds been indicted for perjury. Who cares. If they can’t prove something against you, it never happened, right. Hang in there Barry. Admit nothing. Take care of your people. We all know what happens when you don’t take care of your people, just ask Roger. In five or ten years this will all blow over and be just a blip in history. Fans and sports writers will be throwing rose petals at your feet proclaiming you to be the King, the Greatest athlete in history.

By: Paul in KY

Paul in KY — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:53:44 +0000

James, steroids WERE against the rules when Mr. Bonds started taking them, same for McGwire, Canseco, etc.
At that time, they weren’t spelled out as they are in Olympic competition: Nandrolone, Stanazolol, & 12 or 14 other scientific names.
The language was generic, but any adult reading it would understand that anabolic steroids were against the rules.

By: millybo

millybo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:05:23 +0000

i never liked Pete Rose but i have always liked Barry Bonds but then i never knew either personally. What i liked about both of them is that they were two of the greatest players ever to wear a uniform. I despise Roger Clemmons but he was also one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. So in my humble opinion they should all be in the Hall of Fame. If they are never inducted they will continue to hold their places as being among the greatest players of all time.
The real difficulty i have is that we do not know who the “clean” players are nor all of the “dirty” players. It follows that the Hall probably has steriod users and other substance abusers.We also cannot say that steroids has actually helped players’ performance as Jason Grimsley was said to be a user. If he used steroids at the level alleged i shudder to think of what his performance would have been like without it.
Final question.What is the Hall of Fame?Its not heaven because they allow sinners to enter Heaven. All they have to do is be forgiven.And the good thing about heaven is that God knows who is guilty and who is not.So until Hall voters develop the omniscience of God they should not be so judgmental and try to be a little more forgiving.

By: James

James — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:35:15 +0000

Steroids weren’t against the rules of baseball when Bonds was allegedly using them, he also never tested positive for steroids. The only reason there’s such a vitriolic hatred of the guy is because he wasn’t nice to the media.
There’s no reason why he shouldn’t be a first ballot HoFer.

By: Newton'sApple

Newton'sApple — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:50:03 +0000

Barry Bonds may have been taking performance enhancing drugs much earlier in his career than has been thought. That would make all of his stats and records tainted.

By: Prince of Mid-Air

Prince of Mid-Air — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:33:09 +0000

Just call Barry…”HOME RUN KING”!!! All of you haters are just jealous. Barry owes it all to hard work and good clean living. Barry Bonds is the greatest player of all-time!!!

By: newton21

newton21 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:53:21 +0000

The last time I checked MLB rules don’t supersede the Federal law. Federal law placed anabolic steroids in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as of February 27, 1991 which means they were illegal. It doesn’t matter that MLB hadn’t banned them – they were illegal during Barry’s time.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:45:08 +0000

The Hippocrates continue to babble!
Yeah! I hate it when doctors dish outside the OR! Damn you, Grey’s Anatomy!

By: Jibber Jabber

Jibber Jabber — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:32:01 +0000

Bonds was “likely” a HOFer before the steroids scandal hit? If Bonds had stopped playing after the 1999 season, he would have had 445 HRs, 460 SBs and a .163 OPS+ (10th best all-time). At that point, he was an 8-time Gold Glover, a 3-time MVP and an 8-time All-Star. I think there’s no doubt he would have been a HOFer. Bill James published his New Historical Abstract during that period, well before Bonds was ever tied to steroids, and IIRC, ranked Bonds as the 3rd best LF ever and one of the top 20 players of all-time.
I’m not arguing he should be admitted in 2013. But perhaps the fact that a player of his caliber started to use steroids after all those accomplishments demonstrates both the pervasiveness of the use at that time and the irresistible urge that most players must have felt to start using.

By: ward

ward — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:37:08 +0000

I agree with you about Shoeless Joe. It is about time to let those deserving Black Sox members in.

By: Paul in KY

Paul in KY — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:26:45 +0000

Josh, Pete Rose broke the only Major League rule that is written over the door of each clubhouse. He did that repeatedly, & while he was the manager of a major league team.
I would probably put Mr. Bonds in the Hall before I would put Pete Rose.
Mr. Rose gave inside information to mobsters. He then lied about all he had done only until he thought it was in his best interests to fess up to what those in the know had known was the truth for 15 or 16 years. He also embarrassed his own late father, who would never have countenanced Pete gambling on baseball. He probably helped hasten Mr. Giamatti’s death (although Mr. Giamatti was fat & a smoker) by all the stress from the sordid situation.
There are many ballplayers (past & present) who play between the lines more or less like Mr. Rose did. Difference is, they aren’t lying, egotistical maniacs who think they’re above the rules.
Root for them, instead of Mr. Rose, would be my advice to you.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:08:58 +0000

@Paul
Really now? How about all of the cheaters in the past? Lets remove Gaylord Perry and Don Sutton from the hall right now. And vacating wins is useless charade. Steroids ran rampant in Major League Baseball and it’s a safe bet that almost every team at one point or another enjoyed a person who used PEDs.
Now as for the question of whether or not the people of this era deserve the hall. I really don’t know. It’s unrealistic to exclude this entire era from the hall, due to quite a great quantity of HoF worthy players. At the same time, due to how truly rampant PEDs were, it’s not safe to assume anybody was clean.
Before we allow the PED big names in, lets allow Pete Rose in. Rose was an amazing player, and (from what we know) didn’t cheat to get his numbers. Don’t let him in a dugout of course — a sign of a compromise of integrity. Before Rose, let in Shoeless Joe, who more than likely didn’t even do anything wrong.

By: Paul in KY

Paul in KY — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:32:23 +0000

He should be banned for life (moot point now as far as playing, but still banned from coaching, managing, GMing, etc.) and all his records striken from the books.
That goes for any other steroid using cheating loser. Even if they still sucked when on steroids, ban them & remove all their stats.
I’d also be for vacating wins by a team that used a steroid cheat. Probably the only concrete way to get the clubs to police themselves.

By: PR

PR — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:58:16 +0000

Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion. You would vote Bonds into the Hall while most fans would not. If I had a vote I would strip Mr. Bonds of all the MVP awards he has won and take away his home run records, just for a start. But that’s just my opinion and I don’t have a vote. So there you are.

By: smokehouse

smokehouse — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:35:57 +0000

“If I had the franchise, I’d vote for him in a second.”
Craig, that statement is exactly why you don’t have a vote or should have a vote.

By: Papa G

Papa G — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:31:50 +0000

The Hippocrates continue to babble!
The reason the owners pay so much money for a player of any background to hit the ball over the fence is because they (the owners) stand to make millions from the fans (consumers0 who wish to pay to see it done. Television racks in millions in revenues from advertisers who display their favorite drug enhancement just after old Barry deposits another baseball into the San Francisco Bay.
Cut to: VIAGRA
A rotating advertisement for players and fans alike, positioned directly behind home plate for all the fans to see. Enhance your own performance tonight, enjoy it. Just don’t expect to be voted into the Hall of Fame for it.

By: Fly in the Ointment

Fly in the Ointment — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:16:10 +0000

Now, who is this guy again? Barry Bonds?
I remember a Bobby Bonds who played in the MLB in the 70′s and played with integrity, class and with passion for the game. Did he have a son who also played in the bigs?
That’s really neat!
end sarcasm…………..NOW!

By: mick-7-1961

mick-7-1961 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:55:29 +0000

If Pete Rose ever gets in the Hall, then Shoeless Joe better be right behind him.

By: mikeppsych

mikeppsych — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:51:21 +0000

I own the finest and most complete collection of Barry Bonds rookie basecall cards and it would be worth a great deal more if he were elected to the Hall of Fame – between his friendly altruistic personality and heavy obvious steroid use IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!- what a shame – he was a sure fire first ballot candidate and threw it all away – even his close and loyal friend rotting in jail for refusing to spill the beans did not faze the home run king – what a man.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:46:50 +0000

I totally agree – let Pete in and keep the PED user’s out!