There will be an outcry
Do you ever wonder why baseball is no longer America’s pastime? Comments supporting Barry Bonds, made by former Rockies Larry Walker and Todd Jones, on Thursday, just made me want to puke. The players don’t get it. Bud Selig and the players’ association are out of touch, too.
Bonds will soon pass Babe Ruth’s magical 714 and then Henry Aaron’s monumental 755. And we should cheer? Why? Because Barry built a better body through chemistry and cheated his way to the most cherished record in sports? I don’t know about you other readers, but when that day happens I will be booing. If I wanted to celebrate a chemist I’d congratulate Jonas Salk, who rid the world of polio, not Victor Conte, the head of BALCO.
When those hallowed marks are eclipsed, there will indeed be crying in baseball.
R.J. Koch, Aurora
Frauds deserve the boot
We know now what has long been suspected – Barry Bonds has lied for years about his steroid usage. That, and the fact that he yearns for baseball’s most hallowed records makes him the game’s biggest cheat – bigger than Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa and the rest of the juicers.
It would be poetic justice for Bud “See No Evil” Selig to show some backbone and kick out the impostors. That’s unlikely under his mealy-mouthed proprietorship.
But it’s time for Bonds to slither away into obscurity with the other snakes. Barring that, highlight his bloated 20-year-plus portion of the record book (and the other frauds’) in a putrid shade of blue. That way future generations will know Hank Aaron and Roger Maris own the true records.
T.L. Ford, Denver
Our own Mister Softee
Does anybody else see this trend? Pierre Lacroix seems to be in love with French-Canadian players while running American players out of town (Chris Drury). Hey, Pierre, we have a nickname for one of your boys. It’s “Breeze-By” because that’s how much defense he provides. The other players just breeze by him. Now you pick up a goalie we don’t need, but hey, he’s French-Canadian. What? No French-Canadian defensemen or wingers were available? Might I also suggest you turn the Zamboni into a Mister Softee ice cream truck and play that jingle between periods. You don’t seem to like tough, rugged players, either. That’s right, they don’t come in a “French-Canadian” option. By the way, Pierre, you won a Cup with Drury and haven’t won one without him. The curse of the American Drury will one day haunt this franchise like the Chicago Cubs.
Robert Reinhardt, Denver
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