Comments on: Barry Bonds: True Greatness http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/ Digital strategist, Northwestern and Michigan grad, Chicago resident, Pittsburgh native. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: slickdpdx http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-407 slickdpdx Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:21:22 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-407 http://www.nylawyer.com/display.php/file=/news/07/08/082107h We're Talking Baseball: Bonds Eyes Suing His Detractors for Defamation http://www.nylawyer.com/display.php/file=/news/07/08/082107h

We’re Talking Baseball: Bonds Eyes Suing His Detractors for Defamation

]]> By: Nick http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-399 Nick Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:00:14 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-399 Congrats on the wedding man! We wish you a lifetime of happiness. Nick and Chris Congrats on the wedding man! We wish you a lifetime of happiness.

Nick and Chris

]]> By: slickdpdx http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-394 slickdpdx Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:45:54 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-394 http://alyssa.mlblogs.com/alyssa/2007/08/im_hoping_somed.html http://alyssa.mlblogs.com/alyssa/2007/08/im_hoping_somed.html

]]> By: Hi Trenton http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-392 Hi Trenton Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:58:46 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-392 Somebody oughta call this guy a wuaaaaaaah-mbulance. Somebody oughta call this guy a wuaaaaaaah-mbulance.

]]> By: Craig http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-391 Craig Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:36:26 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-391 I think Bonds should be kicked out and anyone who has "tested" positive or changed hat sizes after the age of 20 should be also (this coming from a Cubs fan who at one time stood outside Wrigley with Dan Schwartz to catch Sosa homeruns). I hate cheaters, they ruin the sport and place our high-schoolers in danger by upping the physical ante above normal ranges. I think Bonds should be kicked out and anyone who has “tested” positive or changed hat sizes after the age of 20 should be also (this coming from a Cubs fan who at one time stood outside Wrigley with Dan Schwartz to catch Sosa homeruns). I hate cheaters, they ruin the sport and place our high-schoolers in danger by upping the physical ante above normal ranges.

]]> By: Bullfrog http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-390 Bullfrog Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:44:48 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/08/08/barry-bonds-true-greatness/#comment-390 Wow, astounding call by the Pirates front office, or whoever greenlit that one. You're right that baseball's got a ton of problems, but it's not all bad. There's been seven different champs in seven years, which is always helpful for a sport, and none of them have immediately dismantled afterwards like the '97 Marlins. There seems to perpetually be a smaller-market team in contention these days, which is good. (Teams like Tampa, Washington, Baltimore, etc., can't really blame the institution for their inept owners and management.) Really, baseball's biggest problem is the utter leadership void at the top. Selig, on top of being a total douche, is a former owner, so he's always got the owner's best interests in mind instead of the game's. If he hadn't been so transparently pro-owner back in '94, the strike could've been averted, and if the strike had been averted, baseball wouldn't've had to struggle to get accepted again, which many theorize led to the blind eye turned toward the massive proliferation of steroids. And any commissioner worth shit would've laid the smack down with a universal testing program immediately. I mean, God. Of course, none of this is news. I should go back to work. Wow, astounding call by the Pirates front office, or whoever greenlit that one.

You’re right that baseball’s got a ton of problems, but it’s not all bad. There’s been seven different champs in seven years, which is always helpful for a sport, and none of them have immediately dismantled afterwards like the ’97 Marlins. There seems to perpetually be a smaller-market team in contention these days, which is good. (Teams like Tampa, Washington, Baltimore, etc., can’t really blame the institution for their inept owners and management.)

Really, baseball’s biggest problem is the utter leadership void at the top. Selig, on top of being a total douche, is a former owner, so he’s always got the owner’s best interests in mind instead of the game’s. If he hadn’t been so transparently pro-owner back in ’94, the strike could’ve been averted, and if the strike had been averted, baseball wouldn’t've had to struggle to get accepted again, which many theorize led to the blind eye turned toward the massive proliferation of steroids. And any commissioner worth shit would’ve laid the smack down with a universal testing program immediately. I mean, God.

Of course, none of this is news. I should go back to work.

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