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Where are you now Joe DiMaggio? You were a true baseball hero, not like today's "prima donnas." You just did your job every day and kept your life clean and your mouth shut.

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This is a Black and White Issue again. The Blacks believe Barry is the King and us whites are Angry again. We setup the system to be Innocent till proven guilty. Yet, we don't want to live by it when it comes to blacks. We hated Aaron, now we hate Bonds. What would have happened if Bonds or Aaron would have broke the record in the '60s. We would have resulted to our barbaric ways and hung them!

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THIS IS A BLACK AND SAD DAY FOR THE PRINCIPLES THAT BASEBALL WAS FOUNDED UPON. HISTORY WILL PROVE THAT BONDS IS A CHEATER. RNOUGH SAID.

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It is so easy for people to be negative.This country was founded on the principles of law. Barry is innocent until he is proven guilty. I applaud his accomplishment.Congratulations Barry! Bud Selig should support Barry as well. He will have his say if and when Barry is ever proven guilty. Go Giants!
Fan since 1960.

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Let's summ up what we, the American Sports Public, cellebrated yesterday.
1) An adulterer, A-Rod, hit his 500 HR.
2) We enshrined a pot and cocaine smoking criminal, Irniv, into the Football Hall of Fame.
And 3) The biggest a-hole in sport since Ty Cobb, Bonds, hit the home run that tied, possibly the nicest man in all of sport, Henry Aaron.
Quite the Red-Letter day in American Sport.

Now we have McNabb defending Vick, the Dog-Killer, Pete Rose cussing at 7 year-olds, and Canseco trying to condone his oun drug taking, by telling stories that everyone in the game is on drugs. Things are certainly looking up for today!

JAES

Boycott the Big 3. MLB & NFL on 09/16/07 and the NBA on 11/04/07. Tell the owners to get the criminals, drug addicts, and immoral a-holes out of the game. OUT OF OUR GAME!

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I think that while there is obviously controversy over Bond's accomplishments it has not been proven tht he is guilty. As such I think it is a disgrace for the Commissioner of Baseball to take the position that he did and arrogantly refuse to appluad the home run. I think this is a bad day for baseball because it demonstrates that the sportsworld truly mirrors society and can judge a person guilty without the proof.

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No more need be said than this: Barry lets his childhood friend sit in prison on a contempt of court charge because he wouldn't testify before a grand jury concerning Barry and steroids. Anderson won't testify because he would have to say that he saw Barry take steroids. So Barry lets him sit in prison instead of being a friend to his childhood buddy and fessing up so that Anderson can get out of jail. Yeah, you are a real heroic figure Barry. You letting a buddy rot in jail shows that you took steroids and have no character.

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People are so neg. in this country just be happy for Barry and his family.It seems that something bad has to happen for this country to pull together WHY? You can tell America is in a stay of confusion because the fans would boo then when he hit the home run most mature people Cheered! All I have to say is way to go Barry Hold your Head High my man.Thank GOD every day for your talent!Spread the Gospel now that you have made History.

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For Jaes, please leave A-Rod out of this. He's an adulterer? just because he was seen with another woman? and if he is, so what? it's his personal life. Just like Bill and Monica, he ran the country great and that's all it matters.

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Congrats Barry, you did it with 3,000 fewer at bats. Selig profited from the steriod era and did nothing and now wants to sit in judgement after baseball was saved by the homeruns. Remember only about 7 years ago the story was about all the teams losing money and how to speed up the game to be more entertaining.

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It dosent matter about the steroids Bonds may have taken them but everyone should not hate on him he is innocent untill proven guilty me being a baseball fan and player myself know that the steroids did not help him get the record he is getting now he used Dedication,Determination,and,Desire to get what he is going for so on my behalf and anyone else that is with me I say go get one more Bonds.

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Think what you want of Barry - and I'm not saying I'm a fan.. but steroids don't give you a practiced eye or a level swing or the stamina to stay in the game this long. Whether he took steroids or not, he has earned this. Some folks seem to forget that in the USA you are innocent until proven guilty. And just because creepy Canseco said he did doesn't make it true. I think he's a bit of a jerk and he may in fact have taken steroids, but he still earned this milestone. And Bud Selig is a jerk too.

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I would bet everything I own that he will admit what he's done after he retires.(It can't be soon enough for me.) If Booby Bonds is thoroughly investigated, which he hasn't been, they should take this record away and not allow him into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but they will have to delve deeper into the steroid use. Doctors, trainers, and all involved should be brought up on perjury charges when the truth comes out, and it will eventually.

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Bonds should be put into the cheater home run category

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Who cares??? Hank Aaron not attending his record being broken says it ALL about the sad state of professional sports. I'll be glad when Barry retires. Enough of his mockery............

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Barry Bonds is a total jerk. That was quite appaent last night when NONE of his team mates met him at the plate for what should have been a huge feat and celebration. I guess I need to get over that the good old days of BB players being heros for kids. I grew up with guys like Joltin' Joe and Mickey Mantel, Willie Mays. True gentlemen, fair and square players and no drugs. It's a sad state of affairs. Hank Aaron will ALWAYS be the home run king and Barry Bonds will always be an asshole.

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It's is so sad how the media destroyed this moment and are still trying to. Most of the media can't/won't admit that he receive more cheer then boos. This coming from fans that are suppose to despise him. The media wants you to believe the problem with the whole thing is he used steroids. Funny they are not upset about the lineman from Detroit or the baseball player that just tested positive. This is about the media's dislike of bonds and nothing else. Face it the media has failed they wanted the fans to hate this accomplishment but most don't. The media need to go back to just reporting the story and stop trying to sway public opinion for their on agenda. What worst the steroids era or how the sports media used its power to punish Bonds. Talk about integrity!

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The truth will come out, sooner or later. When it does, Bonds will be on record as a cheater- a record he won't be able to break. He won't be inducted into the Hall of Fame, his record will be forever tarnished, and he will live the rest of his life in disgrace. Pete Rose has the most hits in Major league history. When his cheating was discovered, he was made an example of by Major League Baseball. Now, when you here the name "Pete Rose", you think of his scandel and disrespect for the game and the fans. So it will be for Barry Bonds. As for you Giants fans and your blind loyalty- I believe you would be singing a different tune if Bonds played for another team.

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I'm not a lawyer, but isn't the presumption of innocence a legal standard that trial jurors are supposed to meet or comply with? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Bonds case hasn't gone to trial, it's still in the grand jury, and I'm not sure that grand jurors are required to presume innocence since they're only trying to decide whether someone should be accused of a crime (and as Roger Cossack always said, "a grand jury could indict a ham sandwich.")

We in the court of public opinion however, are under no such legal contraints, only good taste, in forming our own opinions. Bud Selig, on the other hand, who I believe is not a lawyer, seems to be speaking in quasi-legalese, but in what appears to be his official capacity as the commissioner of baseball. In this context, and knowing also (from leaked testimony before the grand jury in which Bonds apparently admitted to using the cream and the clear, unaware, he claimed, that they were steroids) I think the phrase "until proven guilty," coming from Selig's mouth, might actually be prejudicial, that is, imply the opposite of the legal standard, indeed the presumption of "guilt," or perhaps the inevitability of an indictment. Sorry if I'm misstating any facts but yeah, his remarks make it seem like he's playing a political game.

My questions are these. Let's say the fed convicts Bonds of not reporting income earned from selling sports memorabilia. Does Selig either have the right or would he dare to take away the home run title on those grounds? And secondly, if Bonds is convicted of perjury for lying before the grand jury about not knowingly using drugs, can, and will Selig take away the home run title on that basis?

Because the fed doesn't make the decisions concerning statistics, titles, player awards, etc., the commissioner does. So what does "guilt" have to do with it and why's he talking about it when it hasn't gone to trial?

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Barry the STERIOD USER is not worthy enough to carry Hank Aarons JOCK STRAP..........Barry Bonds is a BUM..........Period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a Cheat CROOK and a down right MAGGOT

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