755 And So On

How will he be remembered? I find myself asking that question a lot. In a time where heroes are not what they seem we have a man about to become baseball's greatest home run hitter who is anything but honest. It's been an interesting few weeks in baseball. We have seen Mr. Bonds come to within one homer of tying Henry Aaron's all time home run record. We've also seen the great Hank Aaron tell the media he is not interested in attending any celebrations if and when Barry Bonds does break his record. Maybe it's Aaron snubbing Bonds or maybe he just continues to do it with the class that he always had. You see, when Aaron passed the Babe's home run record he downplayed it to the best of his ability. Class all the way. This past week also saw two greats get inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The great Tony Gwynn and Orioles shortstop Cal Ripkin Jr. Two men the likes Major League Baseball will never see again. With more and more players being accused of steroid use everyday there's no wonder it seems the great game has deteriorated so. Barry is not the only one trying to make history tonight. Tom Glavine is on the mound tonight hoping to pick up the 300th win of his career and A-Rod is looking to hit home run number 500. Making him the youngest player to ever reach that mark. However, there just seems to be something missing. Glavine has always been a great pitcher and he's been around since the beginning of time so he's one of the good guys. A-Rod can be a punk but boy can that guy hit. There is no doubt Bonds will break Aaron's record...whether it will happen tonight or not that's yet to be decided. You see, San Fran would rather Bonds hit it at home instead of in L.A. where Barry's loathed. If justice prevails, he will hit it in Los Angeles and the crowd will boo. So he'll break the record, then A-Rod will follow and he'll break Bonds' record and who knows, maybe even Albert Pujols after him. However, the blame for the steriod conspiracy and the fact that Barry has a chance to break Aaron's record rests solely on the shoulders of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. He's the guy who did nothing when guys were running around hitting the roids. No tests, nothing. Now he has the balls to say he is not going to attend Bonds' record breaking homer (which he has since retracted) In a time where heroes are quickly disappearing, we can only look to the skies. A banner in Philly recently greeted Barry Bonds:

"The Babe did it with hot dogs and beer, Hank Aaron did it with class. How did you do it?"

Indeed. Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?

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