CalmDragon

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:11:42 -0800

Or sit in the stadium club and order another round.

Jimmy Bramlett

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:12:44 -0800

Breaking news: Dodgers trade Wilson Betemit for Yankee's relief pitcher Scott Proctor. Proctor's ERA is a bit over 5 this season.

Jimmy Bramlett

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:27:29 -0800

Surafel, that's a great idea. :)

surafel

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:21:31 -0800

Perhaps a compromise?: We can boo all we want as he rounds the bases. We can let out all our anger and hatred and frustration in that first minute. But once he crosses home plate, and we're out of contempt, we can give some polite applause.

AsherBaruch

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:58:42 -0800

I hate Barry. His pirouette in '97 was a disgusting display of unsportsmanship during what was to be a competitive battle on the field and instead became a big F-You finger to us all. He can eat dirt, but it is inevitable that the career home run record will be his, and I can accept that. Sort of. What baseball needs is a new era. The players of today are so much different than the players of yesterday, and so is the sport. No one has an off-season job (unless they are a youngster improving their skills in Mexico, Arizona, and wherever else Winter Ball is played). The ballparks are smaller and with considerably less foul territory. Players have operations that prolong their careers. And, of course, we've got enough Cream and Clear to turn the U.S athletic department into a musclebound East German women's swim team of the '80s. This is the Ultra Modern Era of baseball, with Barry Bonds as the first perennial home run champion. Let's not be coy about it, and follow through with changing the early days of baseball's "modern era" by calling it the Segregated Era. Babe Ruth only played against whitey, and so Josh Gibson never had a chance to challenge either the 60 or the 714. That being said, Henry Aaron will forever the homerun champion of the Modern Era. No pills, more foul territory, a growing playing field, and 755 homeruns to prove how he conquered it all. Barry built his legacy, too, which is why it will include boos, and jeers, and folks like me remembering more fondly the past than being amazed by the supposed prowessness of the present.

guest

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:48:30 -0800

Nightmare? Dodger fans would be applauded themselves if this happened.

LAist: There's Something about Barry

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