Healthy living, a good work out routine, and some chemical enhancements, and you can show personal growth like Barry too. Maybe at 42, there's still a shot for me in the Big Leagues!All the steroids in the world couldn’t save the Giants today, as the A’s applied the whooping principle and won 6 to 0 off a 16-hit outing. It had to leave Giants fans wondering if they’re getting their money’s worth out of Barry Zito. He was gone after only four innings and throwing 106 pitches. Ouch…that’s gotta hurt!
As I listened to the game on the radio, I wondered if Barry Bonds will ever achieve the record he was willing to sacrifice everything to get. Those home runs are getting fewer and far between now that the chemical enhancement is wearing off.
Yeah, yeah…I’ve heard the arguments. Steroids don’t help you make contact with the baseball. That takes skill. Ugh…I think I might vomit.
You gotta read GAME OF SHADOWS by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. I’m a data person. And the data is stacked against Bonds.
By 34 years of age, Barry was putting up numbers that would surely put him in the Hall of Fame on their own merit. But, that wasn’t good enough. It’s reported that Bonds began using steroids in 1999. So, in the years when most players are winding down their careers, Barry becomes the bomber at 35. In fact, four of Bonds’ best seasons came after age 35, including a record year of 73 homeruns in 2001 at age 36.
Yeah…steroids don’t help you hit homeruns. Whatever.
So, in order for Bonds to get his record-with-an-asterisk, the Giants brought him back for one more year. The commissioner won’t be there. Hank Aaron won’t be there. So…really…who cares? And, at the pace he’s currently on, he may not even get it. Early projections suggested he might get it in July. Now they’re saying August. I say wouldn’t it be cool if he fell one short?
As I listened to the game on the radio, I wondered if Barry Bonds will ever achieve the record he was willing to sacrifice everything to get. Those home runs are getting fewer and far between now that the chemical enhancement is wearing off.
Yeah, yeah…I’ve heard the arguments. Steroids don’t help you make contact with the baseball. That takes skill. Ugh…I think I might vomit.
You gotta read GAME OF SHADOWS by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. I’m a data person. And the data is stacked against Bonds.
By 34 years of age, Barry was putting up numbers that would surely put him in the Hall of Fame on their own merit. But, that wasn’t good enough. It’s reported that Bonds began using steroids in 1999. So, in the years when most players are winding down their careers, Barry becomes the bomber at 35. In fact, four of Bonds’ best seasons came after age 35, including a record year of 73 homeruns in 2001 at age 36.
Yeah…steroids don’t help you hit homeruns. Whatever.
So, in order for Bonds to get his record-with-an-asterisk, the Giants brought him back for one more year. The commissioner won’t be there. Hank Aaron won’t be there. So…really…who cares? And, at the pace he’s currently on, he may not even get it. Early projections suggested he might get it in July. Now they’re saying August. I say wouldn’t it be cool if he fell one short?
Anyway...I digress. The A’s are awesome. The Giants are juicers. And all is right with the world!
Oh...and don't get me started on what we did to the Red Sox!
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