Old white men powers, activate!
Ever since the announcement about the new book "Game of Shadows" came out in Sports Illustrated, you can't even turn around without some old white guy saying that Bonds should retire because he's a disgrace to the game and his name should be stricken from the books for his accomplishments.
Rick Reilly, Mike Celizic, Gene Wojciechowski, Jim Rome and all the other asswipes writing shit about Bonds - you need to shut up, now.
Yeah, so Barry took steroids. Maybe I'm in the minority when I say that I honestly don't care. I don't care that he's a jackass, which he obviously is. He is the best baseball player I'll probably ever get to see play and I'd rather he broke as many records as possible.
And here's a newsflash - Barry Lamar Bonds was great before the 1999 season, supposedly his first on steroids. His career numbers to that point:
OPS+ = 163 (Willie Mays career OPS+ = 156)
RC27 = 8.28 (Hank Aaron career RC27 = 7.65)
And if you aren't into "nerd" stats, here's some more common ones:
HR = 416
RBI = 1222
SB = 442 (at a success rate of 76%!)
And if you like even more meaningless numbers:
3 time MVP
8 Gold Gloves
40-40 club
So to say his numbers are meaningless or should have a big asterisk (Jay Mariotti, I hate you so much) next to them is ridiculously stupid. Barry was the best all-around player in the league for at least a decade. If Bonds was angry that people were paying attention to a fucking loser like Mark McGwire, maybe people should think about that. McGwire was obviously a 'roid monster too, but no one is attacking his character and writing hilarious (so sarcastic I just hurt myself) pieces in Sports Illustrated about fans mocking him for using "moo juice"(?) Why not? He wasn't half the player Bonds was. Ever. Want proof?
McGwire pre 1998 (probably on steroids anyway, who knows for sure?)
OPS+ = 162
RC27 = 7.16
Not terribly unfavorable, right? Where's the McGwire "moo juice" articles then? Oh, they must be taking his defense and speed into consideration.
Gold Gloves = 1
Career SB = 12
MVP = 0
Yeah. McGwire was a one dimensional slugger who wasn't even as good as the pre-steroids Bonds at slugging, and everyone washed his fucking balls because he was such a great guy. Only when he was called to testify in front of Congress, he was a big, sweaty, nervous asshole.
Fact is, neither one of them did anything illegal (at the time, anyway). Bonds produced the greatest offensive seasons in the history of baseball. Period. Also, for about a decade, he was the most dominant all around player in the game, and is arguably the most feared hitter of all time. So unless Rick Reilly and Mike Celizic and Jim Rome and Jay Mariotti and Woody Paige and Skip Bayless and Gene Wojciechowski and the rest of these assholes who are afraid to see Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron's numbers get blown out of the water start bitching and moaning about Sosa, McGwire, Palmiero, and anyone else from the last 20 years or so, do everyone a favor:
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
You Don't like Barry Bonds. We get it. Eat shit.
What a bunch of cocks.
Rick Reilly, Mike Celizic, Gene Wojciechowski, Jim Rome and all the other asswipes writing shit about Bonds - you need to shut up, now.
Yeah, so Barry took steroids. Maybe I'm in the minority when I say that I honestly don't care. I don't care that he's a jackass, which he obviously is. He is the best baseball player I'll probably ever get to see play and I'd rather he broke as many records as possible.
And here's a newsflash - Barry Lamar Bonds was great before the 1999 season, supposedly his first on steroids. His career numbers to that point:
OPS+ = 163 (Willie Mays career OPS+ = 156)
RC27 = 8.28 (Hank Aaron career RC27 = 7.65)
And if you aren't into "nerd" stats, here's some more common ones:
HR = 416
RBI = 1222
SB = 442 (at a success rate of 76%!)
And if you like even more meaningless numbers:
3 time MVP
8 Gold Gloves
40-40 club
So to say his numbers are meaningless or should have a big asterisk (Jay Mariotti, I hate you so much) next to them is ridiculously stupid. Barry was the best all-around player in the league for at least a decade. If Bonds was angry that people were paying attention to a fucking loser like Mark McGwire, maybe people should think about that. McGwire was obviously a 'roid monster too, but no one is attacking his character and writing hilarious (so sarcastic I just hurt myself) pieces in Sports Illustrated about fans mocking him for using "moo juice"(?) Why not? He wasn't half the player Bonds was. Ever. Want proof?
McGwire pre 1998 (probably on steroids anyway, who knows for sure?)
OPS+ = 162
RC27 = 7.16
Not terribly unfavorable, right? Where's the McGwire "moo juice" articles then? Oh, they must be taking his defense and speed into consideration.
Gold Gloves = 1
Career SB = 12
MVP = 0
Yeah. McGwire was a one dimensional slugger who wasn't even as good as the pre-steroids Bonds at slugging, and everyone washed his fucking balls because he was such a great guy. Only when he was called to testify in front of Congress, he was a big, sweaty, nervous asshole.
Fact is, neither one of them did anything illegal (at the time, anyway). Bonds produced the greatest offensive seasons in the history of baseball. Period. Also, for about a decade, he was the most dominant all around player in the game, and is arguably the most feared hitter of all time. So unless Rick Reilly and Mike Celizic and Jim Rome and Jay Mariotti and Woody Paige and Skip Bayless and Gene Wojciechowski and the rest of these assholes who are afraid to see Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron's numbers get blown out of the water start bitching and moaning about Sosa, McGwire, Palmiero, and anyone else from the last 20 years or so, do everyone a favor:
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
You Don't like Barry Bonds. We get it. Eat shit.
What a bunch of cocks.
posted by guru at 9:44 PM
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