tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post114176702553147182..comments2023-11-05T03:29:20.511-05:00Comments on Mr Furious: Dog Bites Man, Barry Shoots Up (and injests, rubs...)Mr Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1142457186998840132006-03-15T16:13:00.000-05:002006-03-15T16:13:00.000-05:00Frank Deford addresses this in his weekly NPR gig-...Frank Deford addresses this in his weekly NPR gig--you can listen from npr.org. He slams him.<BR/><BR/>Yo' Sista'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141885902476040212006-03-09T01:31:00.000-05:002006-03-09T01:31:00.000-05:00"Otherwise, I agree with what you're saying, S.W.A...<I>"Otherwise, I agree with what you're saying, S.W.A. With one exception. It's less about winning and more about money."</I><BR/><BR/>Right, Mr. F, but what gets TV network contracts, commercials, testimonial deals, product tie-ins, sells box seats, season tickets, etc.? People get excited and pass the plastic for <I>winning</I> teams and standout players.<BR/><BR/>As for also rans and strugglers, not so much.<BR/><BR/>I don't doubt your observation about Bonds' ego and jealousy are dead on. But I think it's also true he got the idea it would be OK to turn himself into a living chemistry experiment because the baseball environment values home-run kings who get that way by whatever means they choose more than good, solid players who stay clean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141835861644231212006-03-08T11:37:00.000-05:002006-03-08T11:37:00.000-05:00I totally agree with your points here. That's why ...I totally agree with your points here. That's why even Selig isn't that tough-on-roids....roid-raged ball players hit home runs, and home runs are all that excite people. It is all about money.<BR/><BR/>By my comment, earlier this morning on CNN and ESPN, each of the mouth-breathing anchors (all 26 of them...ever notice how the morning news shows have like 30 people as some form or another of "anchor?") were all going on about how much of a SHOCKER this is....at forst I thought they were being snide. But no. They were shocked.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141835766184786742006-03-08T11:36:00.000-05:002006-03-08T11:36:00.000-05:00I totally agree with your points here. That's why...I totally agree with your points here. That's why even Selig isn't that tough-on-roids....roid-raged ball players hit home runs, and home runs are all that excite people. It is all about money.<BR/><BR/>By my comment, earlier this morning on CNN and ESPN, each of the mouth-breathing anchors (all 26 of them...ever notice how the morning news shows have like 30 people as some form or another of "anchor?") were all going on about how much of a SHOCKER this is....at forst I thought they were being snide. But no. They were shocked.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141832773846881702006-03-08T10:46:00.000-05:002006-03-08T10:46:00.000-05:00What Bonds personifies most to me is less a commme...What Bonds personifies most to me is less a commment on sports in general and more a question of an ego out of control. We're talking about a first-ballot HOFer widely recognized as one of the all-time greats and he started this shit simply because he was jealous of the attention McGwire got. <BR/><BR/>That's it. It wasn't about money pressure to perform or anything else. And to feed that ego, Bonds tarnished his own reputation and legacy, and will now be lucky to make it in.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, I agree with what you're saying, S.W.A. With one exception. It's less about <I>winning</I> and more about <I>money</I>. Teams want attendence, and players want stats, and ultimately, contracts. Money first, winning and everything else second.Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141832396745225552006-03-08T10:39:00.000-05:002006-03-08T10:39:00.000-05:00Oh, I'm not surprised by the news, Smitty, I'm jus...Oh, I'm not surprised by the news, Smitty, I'm just surprised <I>SI</I> came out with a killer exposé that blows Bonds out of the water. I kkind of suspected he'd get to play out the string in "unsubstantiated rumor mode."Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141827530338855782006-03-08T09:18:00.000-05:002006-03-08T09:18:00.000-05:00I just don't understand why anyone is surprised by...I just don't understand why anyone is <I>surprised</I> by this.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-1141805546304360692006-03-08T03:12:00.000-05:002006-03-08T03:12:00.000-05:00Seems to me Bonds personifies what professional sp...Seems to me Bonds personifies what professional sports in America is all about any more: anything to win, anything to make the big score, the big name and most of all, the big bucks.<BR/><BR/>Once upon a time, most sports pretty much at all levels, were considered a means for channeling energy and competitiveness into body- and character-building strength and pride — individual, team and national.<BR/><BR/>Not that all players always measured up, but virtue was the dominant theme. Black sheep were ostracized. What people thought of those in various sports mattered.<BR/><BR/>But over time the money men moved in and took over. So, any more, it's a matter of getting people who can deliver winning plays and scores. If that means hiring musclebound thugs who are the meanest dogs from the junkyard, so be it.<BR/><BR/>If that means hiring players whose only idea of right and wrong is that anything to win is right and getting caught is the only really wrong thing they could do, so be it.<BR/><BR/>That seems to be where we are. Bonds is a poster child for the power of greed to corrupt, and for how corrupt baseball has become.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com