It seems to me, unfortunately, that Barry Bonds has been shooting something into his veins that has swelled his body and head to two times its normal size. At first, I didn't want to believe it. I, unlike most people, like Barry Bonds. Yes, he is an asshole, but I'm not watching him play baseball because he's a nice guy. I'm watching because he's good. I suppose everybody would rather watch really nice schlubbs play sports. I'm still not of the view that athletes should be role models. They're human beings just like everyone else. Parents should either urge their kids to look up to them, or pick an athlete who "seems" to be "wholesome". The only problem with that is that nobody is as good or as bad as they seem. We all have buttons and we're all human beings. That "wholesome" player may make a mistake. Is he then a "bad person"? I just think he's a person who made a mistake. Role model is a heavy term to place upon somebody who is good at sports-somebody who just wants to play a game.
That's just my soapbox. What I really wanted to talk about is Bud Selig. He's saying he isn't going to go to the games where Barry will tie and break the all-time homerun record. He's trying to wash his hands/remove himself/not support the Steroids Era, and subsequently Barry Bonds. Bud, you can't do that. The MLB had its hands in the cookie jar too, and therefore so did you. You're the commish. You turned your back to what was going on because homeruns, attendance and ratings were up. All the steroids went on under your watch and under your nose. Now you want to wash your hands? You can't. Every one of Barry Bonds' swolen-steroid-induced-record-breaking homerun balls, should be signed by the two of you. You and Barry. You, along with a whole lot of God given talent, made Barry Bonds. You didn't inject it into his veins, but you closed the bathroom stall while he did it. I don't understand how that is getting lost in the shuffle in all of this. I don't understand how you can talk about steroids and Barry Bonds and not talk about Bud Selig. The two are synonomous.
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