Comments on: Friday Open Thread (3 Aug 07)

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By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:16:38 +0000

Rose is a fan favorite? I don’t think outside of Cincinatti this is true any longer. It was never universally true, imo; too many people never bought into the bogus Charlie Hustle schtick.

I’d be more for the turning my back and ignoring Barry. I don’t believe it was legitimately set, assuming he will set it at this point seems a pretty safe bet, so I’d just ignore it.

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:34:49 +0000

I agree with Richard. Why are we talking about steroids and records?

Bonds plays for the Giants, and he is successful against the Padres. End of story.

Or as Bill James said of personal achievemnts in his 1984 Abstract: “I wouldn’t walk across the street to see Pete Rose get his 4,000 hit. I don’t cheer for numbers.”

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By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:33:12 +0000

39: I can't see cheering for a divisional rival unless they're playing against a more loathsome divisional rival.

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By: PF4L

PF4L — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:41:17 +0000

Anyone here think Bonds will bag it a bit or come down with sore knees or something to make sure he hits it at his home park after this series? I wouldn’t be surprised.

Personally, I don’t like the way he relates (or doesn’t) to people. I don’t like the fact that he obviously (knowingly or unknowingly) took steroids. I do hate him (in the baseball rival sense) for being a gigante and a Padre killer.

So….that being said and FWIW, If I were at the game(s) (which I am bummed I am not) I would likely cheer (somewhat subdued) since it is a record and it is history and he is a human being (albeit not the nicest at times).

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By: Christopher Keach

Christopher Keach — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:19:45 +0000

#34, 36: Count me in on the Kent-hating!

As for Bonds’ personality: it matters because it matters. I don’t like the guy so I don’t want to see him have any success, let alone see him break the home-run record. I don’t like the way he stands at the plate, I don’t like the way he reacts when he hits a homerun, I don’t like the way he catches fly balls. He is arrogant and completely without charm. He has compiled great hitting statistics, but that doesn’t make him worthy of support.

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By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:34:14 +0000

Personally, I only dislike Bonds because he kills the Padres. If he didn't, I'd have no problem with him.

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By: LaMar

LaMar — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:20:54 +0000

#32: I know the feeling, having gone way beyond the experimenting into full scale research. Try explaining that to your sons when they go off to college. #34: I hate Jeff Kent whether he took steroids or not.

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By: Mark Ase

Mark Ase — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:03:55 +0000

I don’t really buy the race issue for the majority of baseball fans. When you compare Bonds to both Sheffield and Giambi it seems like he does deserve to be disliked much more then either of the other guys.

I’ll be happy when the whole thing is over as I can’t imagine my nephew(who is 5 and going to go to Bonds old high school) growing up idolizing the guy.

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