Bonds hits 755!

[West Karma]

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[I_H8_Crawford]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Any word on if he gave it to Bonds?

Apparently, before he hit 755, a little kid came up to Bonds and told him "if I get your homerun ball I will give it to you"

Bonds replied "Are you stupid? Sell that thing, make yourself some money!"

I guess calling a kid stupid is bad, but the fact that he's telling people to make money off of his record is a good thing.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Any word on if he gave it to Bonds?

Bonds doesn't want the ball. And even if he did...I wouldn't give it to him.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Would you?

I was thinking about that last night, and the way Bonds has done everything in such a selfish, "Barry looks after Barry" manor, I'd give Barry a chance to beat any other offer I would get, but no way in hell I would just give it to him.

Barry deserves the same respect he gives his teammates, the media, and the fans, which is to say little.

If I had the ball and he wanted it, he would pay dearly for it.

A public confession that he used steroids would be a starter

[troutman]

People are already calculating when and if Griffey and A-Rod will break the record.

[Jiggy_12]

Originally Posted by troutman

People are already calculating when and if Griffey and A-Rod will break the record.

I don't think Griffey has a shot...maybe 700 at the most. But A-rod should do it. I hate A-rod even more than Bonds but at least A-rod "appears" to be doing it naturally.

Pujols should have a shot at it a long time from now if he keeps up his pace.

[Bobblehead]

I find it a bit weird that there are all these players that have a chance at the HR records, yet at the same time there may only be one more pitcher get to 300 wins, and 20 wins is becoming even more rare.

Perhaps protecting the starters arms and all this specialization in pitching isn't working.

Then again, I kind of like seeing a 3-1, 2 hour 10 minute pitchers dual.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by troutman

People are already calculating when and if Griffey and A-Rod will break the record.

A Rod, yes.

Griffey, not so sure. He's been suffering a lot of injuries over the years. The key is can he stay healthy enough. I say no.

[Jiggy_12]

Originally Posted by Dion

A Rod, yes.

Griffey, not so sure. He's been suffering a lot of injuries over the years. The key is can he stay healthy enough. I say no.

With Griffey being 38 in November, and about 170ish back of Bonds...I just can't see it happening even if healthy. 40+ a year at that age is almost unheard of.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

With Griffey being 38 in November, and about 170ish back of Bonds...I just can't see it happening even if healthy. 40+ a year at that age is almost unheard of.

Yeah, Griffey would need an average of 34 HRs/year for the next 4 years to reach the record by the time he's Bonds' age, and that's assuming Bonds doesn't hit anymore. A-Rod only needs to average 25 HR/year for the next 10, which is completely achievable.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

With Griffey being 38 in November, and about 170ish back of Bonds...I just can't see it happening even if healthy. 40+ a year at that age is almost unheard of.

Unless he takes steroids.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Would you?

I was thinking about that last night, and the way Bonds has done everything in such a selfish, "Barry looks after Barry" manner, I'd give Barry a chance to beat any other offer I would get, but no way in hell I would just give it to him.

Barry deserves the same respect he gives his teammates, the media, and the fans, which is to say little.

Oh I didn't mean give it to Bonds for FREE, you know sometimes they ask for Bats and Jerseys or whatever. But it is probably safe to say if the guy put his trip to Australia on his credit card it will be paid off shortly

Considering someone wants $1,000 USD for just the Ticket Stub, I could just imagine what the actual ball will go for.

If you had caught that ball how much would it be worth to you or what would you want from Bonds if he actually wanted it?

[Flash Walken]

Too bad the grif had such terrible luck with injuries after leaving seattle.

He's the best baseball player I've ever seen.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Too bad the grif had such terrible luck with injuries after leaving seattle.

He's the best baseball player I've ever seen.

Along with Robbie Alomar (before the spitting incident) he was always my favorite player. Class act the whole way. My dad met him in Vegas once and said he was about the nicest guy you could meet.

[dionfan]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Too bad the grif had such terrible luck with injuries after leaving seattle.

He's the best baseball player I've ever seen.

I just love seeing his swing when he hits a homerun. It's so smooth, like hes putting little effort into hitting it. It's like when the pitch is coming he's like "ah, here's a good one" and then after the swing its like "aaaaahhhhh yeah". Just so relaxed.

[dionfan]

I have no doubt though that A-Rod has a chance. He was 4 years younger than Bonds was when they each hit their 500th. At A-Rod's current pace, Bonds will only have the record for 5-6 years.

[flambers]

AROD has a chance but its tough to stay healthly for so many years. Look what happened to Griffey as an example. Of course I assume Bonds will continue to play for awhile he may hit 800 before he is done.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by flambers

AROD has a chance but its tough to stay healthly for so many years. Look what happened to Griffey as an example. Of course I assume Bonds will continue to play for awhile he may hit 800 before he is done.

I wonder about that. Bond's average has slipped the past few years. The team gives him days off, he isn't as good in the field as he once was, and the Giants are last in their division.

If I'm the Giants I need to consider the option that a younger guy with a lower salary to help the team rebuild may be a better option than an expensive, divisive, older player on the downside of his career. Although I think SF fans would cause a huge stink if that did happen, Giants staff are going to need to consider it.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I wonder about that. Bond's average has slipped the past few years. The team gives him days off, he isn't as good in the field as he once was, and the Giants are last in their division.

If I'm the Giants I need to consider the option that a younger guy with a lower salary to help the team rebuild may be a better option than an expensive, divisive, older player on the downside of his career. Although I think SF fans would cause a huge stink if that did happen, Giants staff are going to need to consider it.

Bonds still has an OPS of 1.040, which just happens to be about 200 points higher than ANY starting member of the Jays team.

That said, the guy could play a full sched of games if they made him a full time DH in the AL, and maybe let him play 1B in interleague. One thing Bonds always had and still has is one of the greatest batting eyes the game has ever seen.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

Bonds still has an OPS of 1.040, which just happens to be about 200 points higher than ANY starting member of the Jays team.

That said, the guy could play a full sched of games if they made him a full time DH in the AL, and maybe let him play 1B in interleague. One thing Bonds always had and still has is one of the greatest batting eyes the game has ever seen.

I was thinking the same thing, I could see him going to an AL team like The A's or The Angels. I know many of the fans of that team probably don't like Bonds but he is kinda like a Darcy Tucker. You hate him but you would love to see him on your team.

I just don't see Bonds quitting after this year he has stated he would love to play for another 3-4 years and if he did that and played a good chunk of games a year with a team in the AL I could see him maknig the record impossible for Griffey to catch and make things a little harder on Arod.