Bonds blows off WBC to pursue HR record

Wow to Mr. Celizic! That was a tough statement on Mr. Bonds and his conceitfulness. And yes Mr. Bonds is a very self center individual. Once he saw that he could actually break the record is when his whole body structure started changing. Think about it. At one time I use to watch baseball a lot. Now I watch it rarely and just read about it. But I do remember when Mr. Bonds body looked nothing like what it does now. He has enhanced his strength somehow through weightlifting workouts or something else that he has been accused of doing. I can't really judge him on what people say he has done. I have no clue what he has done except for what the press says he has done. I think his pulling out of the WBC was very unamerican. He needs to reconsider what he has done and sacrifice a little. It is so surprising that the players of today can not handle the pain and playing with that pain. One example of playing with pain would be Lou Gehrig and the amount of pain he must of suffered with all those broken bones(17) in his right hand yet he played every game in that pain. And then there is Mickey Mantle. The man had to be wrapped from ankle to crotch on both legs just to be able to play and he did. There were quite a few others but then I would be going on about the same thing. But what we have in todays baseball world are a group of whining grown men that have difficulty handling the pain of a hang nail and have to be out for a few days to recover. With the amount of money they are being paid to play they should either play or have money taken from them for each day they don't play. For some of them that would be a lot while others very little. As it is, a few of them make more in one hour of work than an lot of us do in a year. They are good and they are crowd attractions but not to that extent. When was the last time you heard that a pitcher finished an entire game and was paid a small fortune. Very rarely whereas in the 60's and before, that was a common thing and is actually in the books. What about the ERA? Remember Bob Gibson, Harvey Haddix, and the like. Mr. Gibson still holds the record of the lowest ERA I believe. Mr. Haddix pitched all those innings(12) of shutout ball just to lose the game.

Well enough jibber jabber.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


Butch