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Posted By: Jim Dale

Of course the guilt or innocence is important, but so is the opinion. People outside of the bay area (and some inside) have a dim view of Barry. He's earned that with his demeanor, special locker room, leaving a tie 1-1 game in the 7th (I don't mean just sitting down but leaving the dug out). Then of course the shady statements about not knowing what he was taking; I'm sorry but I think most of us expect a professional (hence term) athlete to know what they are taking. The growth, the difference between his actions in his 20's and then in his 30's, and the list just seems to never end. Thank GOD the man wasn't fighting dogs; his issues are with him and the record books and not with others. In this day and age, media, Internet, etc, the public does not need a criminal conviction to have a less then favorable view of an athlete.