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harrydangler;898505; said:
I doubt anyone at any time is forgetting about Barry and this record, the main reason I think the memory will outlast the feelings people had before is how free information has become. Face it, as a kid you were shown videos of Babe Ruth and told hallowed storys, the facts were all but lost on him as a person except by people who knew him etc...
Aaron was a two-way story, I have heard many say that if Ruth had had as many at-bats as Aaron that record would have been well out of reach for anyone, but that's still not a valid argument and considering the era, a black athlete setting such a record is more what people recognize than anything else.
For Bonds, what's he got to make his story great? He's right in the middle of a scandal that has done tons of damage to the sport of baseball, there's information everywhere that is easily available that will continue to be that way, and his personality has shown, been caught on interviews, and the pictures of his throne in the locker room.
Bonds will most likely be seen as a dirtbag if someone doesn't come along and destroy his record before that time, which I believe will happen anyways.
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Like others have said I don't know why people get so worked up about this anyway, ARod will break the record in 6-7 years anyhow.
hardly. as was shown, he is a very good ball player but post 99 all of his accomplishments (and those would be the big ones, such as entering the 500/500 club, MVPs, HRs, Walks, OB%, etc.) are out the window. Bonds had one of the best eyes in baseball combined with one of the quickest swings, when he started taking roids he went from a top-10 player to a superhuman freak.
Just look at Jr. in Cinci, w/o all of his injuries he would be chasing the record.. alot can happen in "6-7" years..