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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

This is all very similar to earlier conversations about who belongs in the Hall of Fame. Barry Bonds will hold a ton of lifetime baseball records not because he was an altar boy (sorry for the Catholic reference, but it's my background), but because he posessed superior baseball skills. Dale Murphy will get a bunch of humanitarian awards; Barry Bonds will not. Barry Bonds will be in the Hall of Fame; Dale Murphy will not.

Baseball skills and interpersonal skills aren't always part of the same package. You may not like Barry Bonds as a person (and therefore root against him), but you must give credit where credit is due - he is a hell of a baseball player (his postseason production aside).