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Posted By: jay behrens

Let me make something clear, I am NOT an apologist for Bonds. What I am, is tired of the hypocrisy surrounding Bonds. People say he cheated. As has been pointed out, cheating has gone since the inception of the game. Get over it. I loved the Jax comparison. He did something far worse, took money to throw World Series games, yet most of you revere him as some sort of god.

I'll take a player that is trying to make himself better over a player that is throwing games. At least we know the games with the guys cheating to make themselves better are on the up and up.

I have no illusions about whether or not Bonds used performance enhancing drugs. He did, along with most of baseball, including Roger Clemens. The guy is a generally miserable person who almost no one likes. So what. I don't watch baseball, or any other sport for matter, for the athlete's personality. I watch sports to see these people perform.

Whether you like the guy or not, you cannot take away the accomplishments that he has. The playing field was as level as it could since Bonds was not the only one using enhancers. Everyone, including pitchers, was using.

Bonds is single greatest player any of us has had the luck to watch.

Yes, Bonds is a miserable, detestable person. Yes, Bonds used enhancers. So did everyone else, but no one else put the numbers that he did, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. You may never seen another hitter as good as Bonds for the rest of your life.

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.