I understand the media jumping on this new book about Barry Bond's alleged steroid use, but the media is paid to report on whatever topics they deem hot. Don't let the media ruin or deter you from enjoying the upcoming baseball season.
My take on this book, which supposedly has 200 individual claims from persons saying they know Barry Bonds used steroids, is so what? I'd be more interested in something that shows Barry or any star player using steroids today. I'm not interested in beating a dead horse.
It's more than obvious there are persons out there who just haven't accepted the fact that Barry Bonds is on the verge of breaking the MLB Career Home Run record. I wonder what reasons they'd find if steroids wasn't the issue? Remember, Hank Aaron received many death threats and all sorts of abusive message when he was on the verge of breaking Babe Ruth's record. Back then they claimed the hate was racially motivated. When Roger Maris broke the Babe's single season home run record it just about ruined his career. Maris was threatened with bodily harm as well and the celebration was more like a loss of something special instead of gaining a new record holder. Maris was White.
The only reason I see for two former reporters from the San Francisco chronicle to conspire together in writing such a book and time the release of it with the start of this baseball season is to intimidate Barry enough so that he'll step away from baseball without attaining his goal of Most MLB Career Home Runs. With Barry's statements from last season about how much the media had hurt him, we thought then that it was a possibility Barry would walk away from the game. Believe it or not, many people, like those supporting this book, would have been happy had Barry packed it in then. So it stands to reason that these former reporters follow up on last year's Barry Bashing by antagonizing the All-Star and trying yet again to frustrate him into walking away from the game without the coveted Career Home Run record.
Barry, if you're reading this, Don't fall for it. Break the damn record for yourself and us fans who've cheered you on and know how hard you've worked to get there. Let these former reporters make a few dollars off the media hype and fools who waste time on past issues. Win it and retire, then if they want to put an asterik or any other comment next to your name on a list, who cares, your name will be at the top of that list and deservingly so. Be smarter than them Barry, don't let them dictate your fate.
Just Do It Barry.
No comments:
Post a Comment