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Posted By: jay behrens

Bonds may be the "king of roids" according to you, but it still doesn't diminish the fact that he is the greatest hitter most of us have ever seen.

Just imagine if Cobb played today; bitter racist, physical assault on numerous occasions, allegations of murder and attempted murder. Plus, he cheated in every way possible. This is a far worse person on all levels than Bonds, but almost everyone here reveres Cobb as some sort of god while despising Bonds for crimes far less worse than Cobb's. I have no doubt that if Cobb had the chance to use PEDs, he would have been all over it. So save us the sanctimonious crap. There are people in the HOF that are much worse than Bonds.

Here's another question that everyone loves to duck, would you despise Roger Clemens as much if the same circumstantial evidence existed against him that exists against Bonds? He shows all the same physical characteristics that everyone claims proves that Bonds uses. And just imagine if Bonds made that contract demands that Clemens does. Just imagine the outrage.

Just to clarify for the new people, I'm not a Bonds apologist. I have no doubt he uses PEDs, along with most other MLBers and professional athletes. It just irks me that people say Bonds doesn't belong in HOF, on an all-time great list, etc because he cheated. Put simply, everyone cheats, every since the game began. As John pointed out, it's never been proven that there is one player that has not taken PEDs, so it's best to just assume that everyone uses because you have a better chance of being correct with that assumption than if you assume no one uses.

Jay

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