the sad thing about bonds is we'll never know if he would have been this good without steroids. maybe it's only a twenty home run difference. he's about to break the most hollowed record in sports and people boo him, rightfully so.
I slept with his handler, an enormous man named Carlos Carlos. Mr. Sedaris has been staying in my apartment for over a week now. He thinks the rain today is so romantic.
Actually, I just heard on KFAN today that we might have some clue as to how good Barry Bonds would have been.
In the years leading up to 1998 - when he started the juice - Barry Bonds was hitting home runs every 16th at bat. That trajectory would put him about 150 back today, just coming up on Rod Karew's HR record.
After 1998, Barry Bond's has turned it up a 'notch'; slamming a HR every 8 at bats.
I think his neck hurts carry around that enormous melon all the time.
He's talking about Mauer, who at 23 should show some power later.
Players hit their prime around 30-33 - however, you just don't go from a 30-30 (hr - steals) threat (young Barry Bonds) to a 70-0 threat in the span of 5 years. Thome is a dang fine example of a guy who doesn't take the juice.
Back in the day, inspired by the unflagging wonderfulness of the film Gladiator, my peeps and I stated a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with, yes, a gladiatorial theme. My friend The Jewish Giant played a Human character who had been magically enhanced. He had absolutely ridiculous stats: I think he had 20 Strength and a 22 or 24 Constitution. He was unstoppable in the arena. But was he cheating? Was he less of a gladiator for this? After all, he was giving the crowd what they wanted...
I am not a big believer in the "dignity of the game" and suchlike. I think players have always done whatever they felt necessary to achieve and excel. This rampant steroid use of recent years is I think regrettable and uninspiring — particular to the countless young people who really do look up to these players as heroes and rôle models — but it is not deserving of boos, asterisks, or congressional hearings. After all, this is a merely game which we, collectively, have elevated to a false religion, turning the players into gods. Is it any wonder that some of them will attempt to fit the rôle, no matter what the cost?
That's a good point, Beaner. This D & D character you speak of reminds me of Superman, a hero everyone has loved since his birth on the pop culture scene even though all his strengths seemed to be handed down to him, with kryptonite thrown in as sort of a "Whoops, we made a character who's almost indestructible."
Yet, I've heard many people say, who aren't comic book fans, that they like Batman best because he's just a "normal" human being fighting crime as best he can.
Why the hell am I commenting on an old post at 4 Am?? That's just good blogging!
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I don't.
good for you. just remember this when you ask a guy what he think's of your outfit, hair style, etc.
the sad thing about bonds is we'll never know if he would have been this good without steroids. maybe it's only a twenty home run difference. he's about to break the most hollowed record in sports and people boo him, rightfully so.
Either way, he still kind of a jerk. The anti-Puckett, if you will.
You and your baseball, silly pants.
David Sedaris!
Why aren't you reading my blog, too!??!!
Dave, who did you have to sleep with to get David Sedaris to comment on your blog!
OH MY GOD!
I slept with his handler, an enormous man named Carlos Carlos. Mr. Sedaris has been staying in my apartment for over a week now. He thinks the rain today is so romantic.
I stayed at Blogagaard's on Friday night. David Sedaris is such a couch hog. And he kept stealing the blanket.
Barry Bonds:
Liar, cheater, a-hole...a darn fine ballplayer whose hubris has left him without the one thing steriods could never give him - his honor.
David, you forget, I'm married. I no longer ask any guy what he thinks of my outfit, hair style, etc. ;)
Actually, I just heard on KFAN today that we might have some clue as to how good Barry Bonds would have been.
In the years leading up to 1998 - when he started the juice - Barry Bonds was hitting home runs every 16th at bat. That trajectory would put him about 150 back today, just coming up on Rod Karew's HR record.
After 1998, Barry Bond's has turned it up a 'notch'; slamming a HR every 8 at bats.
I think his neck hurts carry around that enormous melon all the time.
But good ballplayers often don't become big power hitters until mid-career. How many freakin' times has Byleven said, "Power comes later."
Juts like politics.
He's talking about Mauer, who at 23 should show some power later.
Players hit their prime around 30-33 - however, you just don't go from a 30-30 (hr - steals) threat (young Barry Bonds) to a 70-0 threat in the span of 5 years. Thome is a dang fine example of a guy who doesn't take the juice.
I want to arm wrestle Bonds. We will see who is laughing then.
Back in the day, inspired by the unflagging wonderfulness of the film Gladiator, my peeps and I stated a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with, yes, a gladiatorial theme. My friend The Jewish Giant played a Human character who had been magically enhanced. He had absolutely ridiculous stats: I think he had 20 Strength and a 22 or 24 Constitution. He was unstoppable in the arena. But was he cheating? Was he less of a gladiator for this? After all, he was giving the crowd what they wanted...
I am not a big believer in the "dignity of the game" and suchlike. I think players have always done whatever they felt necessary to achieve and excel. This rampant steroid use of recent years is I think regrettable and uninspiring — particular to the countless young people who really do look up to these players as heroes and rôle models — but it is not deserving of boos, asterisks, or congressional hearings. After all, this is a merely game which we, collectively, have elevated to a false religion, turning the players into gods. Is it any wonder that some of them will attempt to fit the rôle, no matter what the cost?
That's a good point, Beaner. This D & D character you speak of reminds me of Superman, a hero everyone has loved since his birth on the pop culture scene even though all his strengths seemed to be handed down to him, with kryptonite thrown in as sort of a "Whoops, we made a character who's almost indestructible."
Yet, I've heard many people say, who aren't comic book fans, that they like Batman best because he's just a "normal" human being fighting crime as best he can.
Why the hell am I commenting on an old post at 4 Am?? That's just good blogging!
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