Bonds just beat out Rickey Henderson for all-time walks...

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Posted By: steve k

I grow tired sometimes from the Ty Cobb and Barry Bonds bashing. I will admit that Ty Cobb is one of my favorite players. Comparisons between Ty Cobb and Barry Bonds are not valid. Ty Cobb was not like Barry Bonds. Barry Bonds is a pompous jerk. The HOF has a fair amount of pompous jerks. Ty Cobb though played the game to win, and his on-field behavior was similar to many other players of his era. The faults Ty Cobb had, have been magnified because of his greatness.

Ty Cobb and Barry Bonds are great assets to the game of baseball. I don’t care what Ty Cobb allegedly did off the field. I don’t care what Barry Bonds is swallowing or injecting. Virtually every player in professional sports is swallowing or injecting something to improve and enhance their performance. If you are thinking this can’t be true then that is being very naïve. This is happening even at a high school level. Do I condone this? Of course not! Would I like to see all drugs and steroids go away? Of course! But Ty Cobb is clearly the second greatest player of all time, next to Ruth, and Barry Bonds is going to go down in MLB history as one of the greatest players (top five) of all time - whether the Bonds bashers like it or not.