Steve and the Tank! - Barry Bonds' 756*th home run

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The most hallowed record in sports, the home run record, was broken last night in San Francisco. Under a cloud of allegedly using steroids, Barry "Steroid Boy" Bonds broke Hank Aaron's record of 755 home runs against the Washington Nationals. Mr. Aaron's absence told volumes as he and everyone else "knows" that Bonds abused steroids. Some have criticized Mr. Aaron a while for not following Bonds around. Why should he? Mr. Aaron encountered racist death threats before breaking Babe Ruth's record in 1974. Bonds allegedly cheated to break the record Mr. Aaron risked his life to set. I wouldn't show up to dignify it. Would you? Exactly. Ever the gentleman and probably under lots of pressure from Major League Baseball, Mr. Aaron compromised and sent in a very carefully worded congratulations via video.

On the bright side, congratulations to Mets fan, Matt Murphy, wearing a Jose Reyes jersey for catching 756*. I hope a collector gives him lots of money for the historically tainted baseball.

I hope and pray that A-Rod or someone else breaks Bonds' record soon. I'll go as far as throwing 500 batting practice pitches to David "Big Papi" Ortiz in a single game so he can break Bond's record. If Bonds doesn't retire at the end of the season, we'll see if the federal government will indict him as reported next month.

Posted by a disappointed Tank in NY.