Does anyone really care? Barry is probably the most widely hated player in team sports in a very long time
Does anyone really care? Barry is probably the most widely hated player in team sports in a very long time
i was in arlington tonite for the rangers game, they showed it on the jumbo tron, the entire place booed
loved it
That's awesome.
Sometimes I think I drink alot, then I see, like, the Motley Crüe behind the music, and realize I'm a huge *****.
i hate barry bonds with a passion. i would love nothing more than for the MLB to find some way to negate some of his home runs. i, personally, was hoping that by some act of god, he would be stuck at 714 forever. unfortunately, that didn't happen
"That's the same Barry Switzer who won three national titles (and a scary 83.7 percent of his games) at OU and, whether you like it or not, has more Super Bowl victories than Marty Schottenheimer, Marv Levy, Bud Grant, Dan Reeves, Andy Reid, Jeff Fisher and Lovie Smith -- combined." -Michael Silver, SI.com
I heard the other day he is only big time star with no knickname.No one ever thought enough of him to give him one.
Sadly, even though he cheated, he will get in the Hall.
"Texas might have made some concessions and they might be in the same conference as Oklahoma, but they're not in the same league."
Rece Davis College Football Final 8 OCT 2011
i'm sure Raffy Palmeiro hopes Bonds gets voted into the Hall....once that door is opened, its open for all of them to waltz right on in
fixed.Originally Posted by jk the sooner fan
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
Who is more hated- Bonds or Kobe? They can both go take a long walk off a short plank!
"Texas might have made some concessions and they might be in the same conference as Oklahoma, but they're not in the same league."
Rece Davis College Football Final 8 OCT 2011
i think its going to be a hard sell not first balloting mcgwire, he got out of the game at the right time.....he kept his mouth shut, didnt point any fingersfixed.
Bonds has stayed thru the heat of the entire scandal and thumbed his nose at it....he'll be in the hall but i wouldnt be a bit surprised to see the writers send him a message by not first balloting him
I would have agreed with the first part...at least until the congressional hearing and the continual "I'm not here to talk about the past, I'm here to talk about the future" line that he regurgitated over and over and quite honestly could have been held in contempt for using over and over. He created his own cloud over his own head...it'll probably be a close vote if he gets in first ballot now.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
hmm, well i think of all those who appeared before congress.......hindsight would show that he came out smelling better than the rest
immediately after it was different, immediately after he looked bad.....but Palmeiro changed all that....he made McGwire look like a genius in the way he played.....just my opinion, but it will be interesting to see how the writers treat him and all the others
I danno, I think Schilling probably came out smelling better than everyone else..and to a lesser degree Frank Thomas although he wasn't actually there in person.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
ahhh, schilling.......interesting name because of all the recent bannings for use, more than half have been pitchers (unless i've missed some recently)
i always thought clemens was on the juice...the longball hitters took the brunt of the storm on this and the pitchers for the most part went unscathed
at least until they actually began suspending players...I think half of the juicing suspensions have been pitchers.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
I hope McGwire doesn't get in first ballot. He was sooooo smug in the congress thing. Oh and he looks like he's lost 75 lbs. But everyone loses weight when they stop playing a professional sport. Oh, wait...
Sometimes I think I drink alot, then I see, like, the Motley Crüe behind the music, and realize I'm a huge *****.
mcgwire admitted to having used creatin.....which wasnt illegal at the time
he left the game as quietly as he could.....i doubt he makes a first ballot, but i bet its closer than you'd think
actually, McGwire had Androtestosterone in his locker regularly during the 70 home run season. An item that was deemed illegal not long after his 70 home runs.
It was Griffey who was the admitted Creatine user.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
From an article in 2000 on a sports medicine site.
President Clinton’s top drug policy adviser said Andro, the muscle-building supplement that Mark McGwire made famous, should be classified as a steroid within a few months.
"I’VE GOT TO do something about andro", Barry McCaffrey said in a speech to the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance. "I’ve got to get valid testing completed, and I bet that’s the way it comes out: that andro is a steroid". Androstenedione, commonly called andro, is an unregulated food additive. Sales soared in 1998, the year McGwire hit a record 70 home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals, after it was reported that the first baseman used it. McGwire stopped using it last year.
McCaffrey said andro already meets two of three tests used by government laboratories to determine whether a substance is a steroid. He suspects it will meets the third, as well.
If androstenedione does meet the third requirement, it would be declared a steroid, illegal to use without a legitimate medical reason. Major League Baseball did not ban andro despite a study it financed that found its use could be hazardous. The NBA is considering a ban now. It already is banned by the International Olympic Committee, the NCAA, the NFL and the men’s and women’s tennis tours.
"We’ve regularly met with (baseball officials) on a range of subjects, including this", McCaffrey spokesman Robert Weiner said. "They’re just waiting for the feds. They don’t want to take the initiative on their own". Certainly, other sports have taken an initiative.
Androstenedione supplements are made of a naturally occurring steroid hormone. The body metabolizes andro into testosterone, which is considered a steroid. When supplements of testosterone are taken in high doses, they are known to have an anabolic effect increasing muscle size and strength. McCaffrey’s comments came after he gave the keynote address at a conference on performance-enhancing drug use among athletes, sponsored by the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance. The alliance comprises major amateur and professional sports leagues, including the U.S. Olympic Committee and the National Football League.
"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat." - Sam Snead
McGwire was a first ballot until that hearing, now, he may not even make it in.
And there is no way that Bonds gets in, ever. Put the roids aside, he has treated the media like crap for 10 years, they will think of that first.
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