oh he did huh? Not a baseball fan at all but this whole deal has kept me interested for quite a bit. I am just fascinated on how everyone related to baseball; the fans, the players, and the higher-ups are dealing with this. They want to lash out at him (especially the fans), but they seem to hold back just a bit, just to see if he can actually do it. It's weird...

I have an indifferent opinion of him. He seems happy about the chase for this goal, whether or not he cheated. If in fact he did cheat and is still happy about this...well shit, he's a tougher man than me cuz I wouldn't be able to deal with that.

Let me make it clear I don't support his alleged cheating (or cheating in general) if it is proven that he did "cheat". BUT, 'roids or not, if you want to hit 756 big flies, you still must possess a particular swing and only a small percentage of ballplayers have it.

It doesn't matter if you hit the ball 10 ft. or 100 ft. past the fence.

As a Giants and Bonds fan, do I think Bonds (knowingly or not) used steroids or any performance enhancing drugs? YES.......... But guess what, a majority of all big league athletes of all sports have done something illegally at some point in their career. Athletes are constantly trying to find "an edge"- whatever it takes to win.

But "cheating" is not just restricted to baseball, football, cylcing, etc..... Look at NASCAR for example. Look at the teams that are routinely getting fined/penalized. Chad Knaus? The most fined/penalized crew chief? Should Jimmie Johnson's title have an asterisk* by it?

Race teams are constantly trying to find holes in the rules, use unapproved parts, or flat out cheat. Big sponsor money produces big pressure to win. Crew chiefs will do just about anything to shave off precious seconds. They are willing to pay fines or sacrifice short term points in order to get the championship at the end.

I dont give a shit what anybody says if he is clean or not.

You think its so easy go and pump your self up and hit a 100 MPH fast ball to where your bat is moving b/4 the ball leaves the pitchers hand, Its so freaking easy it took somebody 30 years to beat it. Its a record anyway you shoot it :) And I wouldn't put any asterisk next to his name.

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One of my hockey coaches had a very accurate description about baseball but I respect the fellas here who are fans of the game so I wont repeat it.

Ted Williams said hitting a baseball was the hardest thing in sports. My ass! Try stopping a 100 mph slapshot from 15 feet away while wearing 60 lbs of gear on ice with 9 skaters in front of you, some of which are hitting and hacking at you, and the shooter has 24 square feet to shot at. Even if you stop it, you have to control where the puck goes.

Ted never played net, he never had to deal with a "strike zone" that big, he had nothing on his face obscuring his vision, and he had no one knocking him around while trying to get a hit. Besides, he wore cleats in a stationary posture. Toughest thing, yeah sure. Scratch your balls while you're in the box and spit out your chew juice.

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Hear, hear, Joe. I love hockey, but I still can't figure out how the goalies can keep track of the puck in the middle of the usual front-of-the-net madness and still react that quickly.

I think it is a phenomenal accomplishment, steroids or not.

As one radio host stated this morning "There are literally hundreds of baseball players out there that have used steroids that haven't even hit 100 home runs"

I think that pretty much sums it up.

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