http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/12/11/the-unofficial-end-of-a-career/ America's longest-running baseball-only magazine Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.baseballdigest.com/2009/12/11/the-unofficial-end-of-a-career/#comment-2338 Josh Landsburg Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:17:18 +0000 http://www.baseballdigest.com/?p=4037#comment-2338 Very good story Bill. I grew up loving Barry Bonds even as a Phillies fan, because I simply respected and admired his game. After I found out about the steroid accusations, which even though he hasn't been fully convicted of, they seem undoubtedly true, I have since become indifferent toward Barry Bonds. The thing that probably upsets me the most about Bonds is that he had the talent to be a Hall of Famer without the steroids. It is hard to say if that would have come true for sure, but personally, I believe that he would have been a 400-400 (homers and steals) guy for his career without "the juice," and it's a shame that he resorted to performance enhancing drugs. He may have not put up the numbers to be considered one of the greatest of all time, but he still would have been a Hall of Famer, and he would not have been looked at nearly as negative as he is today and as he will be in the future. I just had to get that off my chest! Very good story Bill. I grew up loving Barry Bonds even as a Phillies fan, because I simply respected and admired his game. After I found out about the steroid accusations, which even though he hasn’t been fully convicted of, they seem undoubtedly true, I have since become indifferent toward Barry Bonds. The thing that probably upsets me the most about Bonds is that he had the talent to be a Hall of Famer without the steroids. It is hard to say if that would have come true for sure, but personally, I believe that he would have been a 400-400 (homers and steals) guy for his career without “the juice,” and it’s a shame that he resorted to performance enhancing drugs. He may have not put up the numbers to be considered one of the greatest of all time, but he still would have been a Hall of Famer, and he would not have been looked at nearly as negative as he is today and as he will be in the future. I just had to get that off my chest!

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