I thought about submitting this, but since A-Rod didn't get any love...

Tainted? I dunno. Cheating in baseball has been around as long as baseball. Still takes hella skill to hit a round ball going 90+ mph square with a round bat, although some of those may not have gone out of the park without the juice. I wasn't as excited about this as I could have been, not because he took steroids, but because he's such a dick. Also, I was kind of disappointed in the way Selig and Aaron handled it. Took a little wind out of the whole thing for baseball fans who saw something pretty special. I hope I'm around to see A-Rod hit 800. That will be fun to follow.

Great site: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_career.shtml

"I hope I'm around to see A-Rod hit 800. That will be fun to follow."
Don't worry Fletch, that should be about 2011-12, assuming he stays healthy!

a side note, the ball was retrieved by Matt Murphy, 22, of Queens, N.Y. According to Giants officials, Murphy merely was stopping over in San Francisco on his way to a vacation in Australia, and had purchased his ticket (face value: $13) outside the gates on the day of the game.
He may never have to work again!

sorry firefly but the guy is a cancer to the sport.

Cancer to the sport? He's a 7-time MVP, 14 time All-Star, 8 Golden Gloves, 2 batting crowns, 3rd in career runs, led in intentional walks 12 of the last 14 years (1st over career), 6th in both career slugging and on-base percentage, among many other pretty impressive stats and awards. And now, home run king. Steroids didn't do all that. On paper, he's one of the greatest players to ever play the game. Still a dick, though.

Yes a cancer because he hurts the game of baseball. While his personal achievements may be great, he along with everyone else in baseball taking steroids has ruined the game. And yes steroids did help his totals and artificially inflated them. By how much? who knows but thats the whole point. His records were not achieved naturally but with chemical enhancement which should make them null and void.

B*nds wasn't the only one, he just got caught. The shame is he was probably one of the top 5 players of all time without the 'roids. He didn't need them.

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can't believe there's so many people there watching baseball... and moreover getting exciting about it... to me, baseball is only slightly more interesting than cricket, snooker and golf...

The MLB and the Players' Union only have themselves to blame for the controversy; they could've hammered out a testing agreement decades ago, but didn't. Since there was no rule on the books, what Bonds got away with is to the letter, if not the spirit, of the rules. No asterisk necessary.

MLB only started testing for amphetamines (or "greenies", which players pop to get them through the long, grueling season) last year, and those have been around in baseball much, much longer than steroids have.

cheating just sucks. Blah blah it's all part of the game etc etc...

rubbish. think the idea of "sportsman" needs some serious revival.

Gary Lineker never even got a yellow card. Think about it.

Good for him.

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