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March 07, 2006
And in the least surprising news of the week...
...Barry Bonds is a juiced up freak. No kidding.
UPDATE - The NY Post's Mike Vaccaro suggests Bonds should go quietly, and go now:
Bonds had any respect for decorum, for doing the right thing, he would announce his retirement immediately and vanish from sight. If he does that, perhaps those of us with Hall of Fame votes will be able to eventually delineate, in good conscience, Bonds' two careers: pre-juice, in which he hit 456 home runs and was the most complete player of his generation, and post-juice, when he became a cartoon character who helped bring the game to its knees.
Unlike Mark McGwire, whose entire legacy was supplied by a syringe, Bonds used to be a natural immortal. Go away now, we may remember that someday. Stay even one day longer, in the face of this new evidentiary mountain, and pay the piper - forever.
Posted by bill at March 7, 2006 05:38 PM
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On WABC's Curtis and Kuby Show this morning, sports anchor Warner Wolfe suggested that Major League Baseball deal with the Barry Bonds issue by following the lead (somewhat) of Kennesaw Mountain Landis way back in 1926. Back then, two of the game's greats, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, were accused of fixing a ball game. Landis, with the Blck Sox scandal still fresh in everyone's mind, decided to find the pair not guilty of cheating. However, a deal was cut by which both players would leave their current teams and play elsewhere. Cobb left Detroit for Philadelphia, while Speaker left Cleveland for Washington. Both retired after the '28 season.
Mr. Wolfe this morning suggested that Bonds be called into the office of Bud Selig and asked, point-black, if the new book accusing him of steroid use is true. If Bonds says it is, he would be "compelled" to retire from the playing field immediately but would still be guaranteed a spot in the Hall of Fame. If, however, Bonds says the book is untrue, and it's proven he lied about it all, he would be forever banished from baseball and the record books.
What do you think?
Posted by: andrew roman ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.citizen-journal.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 10, 2006 11:17 AM
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