Maris- why is he under appreciated

[chaddurbin]

barry was a product of his time. i don't blame him for juicing when a majority of the players were and seeing lesser talents get more recognition.

what did him in was when you added PED on top of his enormous talent he made a mockery of all the numbers put up by historical immortals like ruth williams gehrig etc. but if scrubs like brady anderson and luis gonzalez can hit 50hrs with ped, what did you think bonds was going to do? his surliness with the media also got him no point there. there are already suspected juicers in the hall and looks like david ortiz is trending that way too, would be a real crime if bonds is shut out. bonds is penalized because he was TOO great with ped.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

barry was a product of his time. i don't blame him for juicing when a majority of the players were and seeing lesser talents get more recognition.

what did him in was when you added PED on top of his enormous talent he made a mockery of all the numbers put up by historical immortals like ruth williams gehrig etc. but if scrubs like brady anderson and luis gonzalez can hit 50hrs with ped, what did you think bonds was going to do? his surliness with the media also got him no point there. there are already suspected juicers in the hall and looks like david ortiz is trending that way too, would be a real crime if bonds is shut out. bonds is penalized because he was TOO great with ped.

That was his justification I believe, and according to his GF -- it pissed him off to see McGwire and Sosa, who couldn't hold a candle to him talent-wise, get all that recognition.