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BABE RUTH
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Read MLB's coverage of Bonds' home run 714.
By the time Bonds reached home plate, where he hugged his 16-year-old son, Nikolai -- a batboy for the Giants on Saturday -- the noise had reached its crescendo. Bonds met his teammates in a group hug in front of the team's first-base dugout and then blew kisses into the stands toward his wife, Liz, and daughters, Aisha and Shikari.
After that, Bonds stepped forward from the dugout and doffed his helmet to the cheering throng. And then did it again, responding to a curtain call.
"Cheering throng"?
No booing?
MLB doesn't want to report on that aspect of the scene.
From The New York Times:
The capacity crowd reacted with a mixture of cheers and boos and Bonds responded by tipping his cap and blowing a kiss to the fans. He stepped outside the dugout for a curtain-call bow as play was delayed and police officers emerged to stand guard near the rails of the box seats.
Bonds didn't deserve to be cheered for that home run.
In addition to Bonds having an asterisk attached to his name for all time, I think Bud Selig has earned one, too.
3 comments:
You almost had it right, dear.......Bonds is a "great pretender"
It's too bad, because he was an awsome player before taking steroids.....Should have been the Player of the 90's instead of Griffey Jr., and would have went down as one of the greatest anyway.
Instead, he chose to roid out, and forever will be linked with cheaters, and his career questioned.
parody
Oh yes, Im the great pretender
Pretending that Im doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm a cheater but no one can tell
Oh yes, Im the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I play the game but to my real shame
Roids left me to dream all alone
Great Pretender Platters.
Bonds cheated himself. He could have been a great, but he threw that away.
Thanks for the musical contribution, RJay! :)
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