752-753

Barroids hit two homers yesterday after going 0-21 in his last at bats.

If no one bans him from baseball soon he will break the record which will be a massive black eye to a sport that has gone fifteen rounds with Tyson, Holyfield, and Foreman in back to back to back fights.

This is why people don't care about baseball anymore and the NFL is king! Baseball is for elitist owners who have their set ways and want no interference from anyone except congress. They fear congress will take away their exemptions so when congress talks they listen closely.

I have only watched very few games since the World Series strike. I've watched the '04 ALCS and the World Series that year. I watched Dice-K pitch. I've watched the meaningful games between the Sox and the Yanks. But outside of all that, no. Don't care.

Bring on the NFL! At least the Commissioner Roger Goodell takes a stand on screw ups. Pacman Jones? OUT! Chris Henry? Suspended! We have yet to see what happens to Vick but I'm sure it will be something.

Bud Selig has made no plans to see Bonds break the record. If it had been a good guy he would have followed every game when it got this close. But it isn't a good guy, it is Barry Bonds. The poster child for what is wrong with baseball.

At this point I can only hope that Bonds does it on the road. He will have boos rain down upon him while half of the crowd will recognize the magnitude of 756 and applaud albeit probably muffled. Then we only have to wait around six to eight years for Arod to catch up.

Say what you want about Arod and most people do, but he isn't a cheater. He is a naturally great hitter who has head problems in the clutch. His surrounding environment bothers him and he can't shut it all out. The newspapers rake him over the coals when he only hits 40+ homers per year and 150 RBIs with a batting average in the mid .300s.

So my friends, cheer for the accomplishment, be classy and don't kneecap Bonds with a Louisville Slugger.