Tag Archives: Barry Bonds

It is July and winds cry ‘Barry’.

I know, got to spend less time listening to Hendrix. My point is this: If the defenders of baseball’s collective morality have protected us from Barry Bonds by not letting him play, what has been preserved?
And at what cost?
Are there any fewer players using performance enhancing drugs because Bonds hasn’t stepped onto the diamond? If […]

Bring Back Bonds

340 AB 28 HR 66 RBI 132 BB 5 SB .277
Barry Bonds at 42 put up that stat line. At 43 he is out of work.
Why?
Not because of his age, but his disposition and depositions. Not because he can’t still play, but because his life has become a […]

The Power of the Blogger

Bloggers are becoming powerful.
You can tell by the number of Democratic presidential candidates that appeared at the Daily Kos convention. Kos bloggers are, generally speaking, people who believe Stalin was a little bit soft on wealth redistribution. But there were Clinton, Obama, Edwards, and the rest rolling over and begging. Riddle me this: if politicians […]

When Sports Blogging Is A Crime Only Criminals Will Have Blogs

“And when you look at the internet business, what’s dangerous about it is that people who are clearly unqualified get to disseminate their piece to the masses.”-Steven A. Smith 2007 
Quite frankly, I hope you’ll Pardon the Interruption.
Get over Steven A. Smith, an untrained actor, appearing on General Hospital as a reporter at the scene of […]

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