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(Bullard Alternative Reality Baseball): BARRY SITS ALONE: DO WE NOW JUDGE HIM?Scott Hatfield . . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363885800131794994noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-74098778838838280092007-08-09T10:45:00.000-07:002007-08-09T10:45:00.000-07:00http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderbr01.shtm...http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderbr01.shtml<BR/>for brady anderson<BR/><BR/>http://syntaxofthings.typepad.com/syntax_of_things/2004/03/brady_anderson_.html<BR/>Jim Palmer on Brady Anderson<BR/><BR/>http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bondsba01.shtml<BR/>Barry Bonds statsejcMOABShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093964390045580307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-42868695852328030252007-08-09T10:43:00.000-07:002007-08-09T10:43:00.000-07:00For all of those that say Bonds is completely clea...For all of those that say Bonds is completely clean or is NOW! How does his foot, and head size increase in his LATE 30s and early 40s? It is not a normal activity. Also, its a matter of psyche. If a player hits 73 (or whatever the record for a year is now) then pitchers are going to pitch him differently in the next year. Yes anyone can make the argument that contact and recognition cannot be gained from the use of HGH or annabolic steriods, but that contact and recognition translates into balls flying over fences is insane. <BR/><BR/>Take Brady Anderson. There should be little argument that Anderson's 50 HR year of 1996 was suspicious. He hit only 11 HR in his first four seasons, although he averaged about 250 ABs a season. THen in 1993, he hit 21 in 650 ABs. That was easily his finest season until 1996. Two years after the strike shorted season of 1994, he hit 50 HR in 570 ABs. WHY? HOW? For a deadpull hitter to yank so many out only once in his career, while being around 20 for the rest of his career. In 1992, Camden Yards did open and Anderson's HR totals jumped from 2 the previous year to 21. Jim Palmer has been quoted in ESPN TV shows that Brady was juicing. Although he struck out around 100 times annually, he also walked nearly 85 times too. Although Barry never has K'd 100 times, numbers closer to 80, he always had same if not more walk numbers. But Bonds walked intentionally nearly ten -fifteen times more than Brady. <BR/>My point is that yes Bonds is a great hitter with recognition speed, defense, and contact, but he increased his annual HR average of 40 to 73 in 2001. Does that increase the echo of Brady Anderson? Pac Bell Ballpark opened in 2000, receiving rave reviews, but concerns about the RF porch. It should have been harder for Bonds or any lefty to hit homers to RF. Yet, Bonds HRs increased with the new ballpark.<BR/><BR/>My philosophy is once you CHEAT, then you are out. You do not get to keep records, you do not get to take your team to the post-season and nearly win the World's Series in 2002. Pete Rose cheated by gambling and it tarnishes the game in the same way the strike did in '94. He was kicked out. Why does Bonds get more chances? Is it because he is from California, largest state in population? Is it because he plays in San Francisco, neighboring Nancy Pelosi's district, which also legalized MARIJUANA? There is something seriously wrong with Americans that want to ignore when someone cheats, steals, and tarnishes one of our nation's most herald pastimes. Is Barry's situation a more larger problem that the morales of our nation have become so easy that cheaters are still revered as heroes?ejcMOABShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093964390045580307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-24430471041287272042007-08-08T16:16:00.000-07:002007-08-08T16:16:00.000-07:00**ejcMOABShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093964390045580307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-71553345668554441612007-08-08T06:55:00.000-07:002007-08-08T06:55:00.000-07:00Yes. I wrote it. It represents my long-simmering...Yes. I wrote it. It represents my long-simmering thoughts on Mr. Bonds.<BR/><BR/>I understand the way that Matt feels. I don't know about 'the greatest hitter ever', but I'll stand by my comment 'greatest hitter of our generation.'<BR/><BR/>Since the book <I>Game of Shadows</I> was published, all Barry has done is hit: .270, 48 HR, 121 RBI, 229 walks in his last 248 games. And that's all since he turned 41. There's no reason to believe that there was any steroid usage during this period. The cat was out of the bag on the BALCO stuff, he's been tested and he's been under unbelievable scrutiny.<BR/><BR/>How does this compare with the record book? Only Ted Williams hit more HR in a season as a 41-year-old (29 to Barry's 26). By the end of this season Barry will probably have hit more HR than anyone after the age of 41, and he will have done this in far less plate appearances than the guy who's in first at the moment (Carleton Fisk, who played until he was 45 and has 53 career HR after turning 41).<BR/><BR/>To put it another way: if you throw out the 203 HR Barry hit between 2000 and 2003 (when BALCO was in operation), he still has 553 career HR, good enough for 12th all-time. And he's not done. He can play for another two years easily if he wants to, I reckon.<BR/><BR/>800 HR is easily in reach. I hope he plays as long as he wants and gives A-Rod something to chase.Scott Hatfield . . . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/00363885800131794994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-12833418764033221052007-08-08T01:46:00.000-07:002007-08-08T01:46:00.000-07:00im not even going to read this or watch his 755 or...im not even going to read this or watch his 755 or 756 HR. Its obvious to me and the rest of the world, except giants fans, that he used performance enhancing substances, but lets for the moment say he didnt... should the most coveted and sacred record in all of sports be broken by a man with all this controversy?<BR/><BR/>All of this non-sense about him being the greatest hitter of all time just makes me sick?Matt Caskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208039328094452696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-82337140348252746042007-08-08T01:04:00.000-07:002007-08-08T01:04:00.000-07:00I concur. Did you write that, Mr. Hatfield? And if...I concur. Did you write that, Mr. Hatfield? And if so, would you mind if I shared it with a group I'm in on myspace and a baseball discussion board I'm a part of? (Of course, I'd give them the link to the blog and maybe get some interest in BARB, who knows)Andrew Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024898814168249094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776210846026425603.post-57558293692108292012007-08-08T00:55:00.000-07:002007-08-08T00:55:00.000-07:00very well saidvery well saidcjm06https://www.blogger.com/profile/17750546048700108978noreply@blogger.com