So I got home from church tonight and I sat down on the couch. I turned the TV to ESPNEWS to see what kind of interesting news the ticker is going to tell me about today. At the very bottom in the right hand corner, where ESPN tells us the important news, it says this:
“Barry Bonds in starting lineup tonight.”
Thank you, ESPN.
Isn’t Barry Bonds yesterday’s news? I mean I know he broke the greatest record in all sports and all, but that happened yesterday. The record is broken, why is the most important story in sports the fact that Barry Bonds will start tonight? Who cares? Why would anybody want to watch him if he already broke the record? What you’re probably going to see is Bonds swing for the fences every time, or get intentionally walked.
Great TV.
I was so relieved last night when I found out that Barry Bonds finally hit number 756. Finally, they’re not going to go out of their way to tell me that Bonds didn’t HR that game. Finally I don’t have to have my TV program cut into so I can see some pitcher walk Bonds intentionally. But no… it just won’t go away. Forgive me, ESPN, if I don’t crap my pants when Bonds comes up to bat.
How about this news story, ESPN: the San Francisco Giants suck and you couldn’t pay me to watch them. They’re last in their division, nowhere near the playoffs, and yet they get more media attention than anyone else. If they cared about winning, they would have traded Barry Bonds a long time ago. He doesn’t give a crap about his team, about winning the World Series; he draws all this ridiculous media attention; and he swings for the fences every at bat. Of course, he does bring in the money because of the vastly over hyped and controversial record he has been chasing. And since MLB is a business then I guess that’s important and all; but I’d rather my franchise be known for winning, not because the media reports every time my star player wipes his butt.
He broke the record. Great, let’s move on. Let’s talk about NFL training camp, or college football season. Last time I checked there were a few good division and wildcard races in MLB. You’ve got golf, NASCAR, NBA trades, Michael Vick, and the list goes on. Stop with Barry Bonds. Just let it end, please stop.
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matt,
i feel you, but i disagree to some extent. but know that this is coming from someone who drinks the barry kool-aid.
he gets on base 50 percent of the time still, which is insane. just to put that into the context of my favorite team...god bless willie harris and matt diaz, but if barry was batting fourth for the braves and playing left field getting on base 50(!!!) percent of the time, the braves would be in first place by 5 games. i would take him today.
in my opinion, the only guy in the line-up that should swing for the fence every time is the clean-up guy. this is barry.
755 was the greatest number in sports. it only became overhyped when the commissioner and administration decided that what they allowed to happen was wrong and have tried to distance themselves from it. barry didn't get caught. barry played in the grey area. the same way my favorite head coach at alabama does. and so, now we villify the players? i think that's wrong.
the giants do suck, though, but not because of barry. and i am with you. i would rather watch good teams play than barry vs. someone else crappy.
but barry bonds is incredible. i will get off my soap box now.
hope all is well, matt. love the blog.
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