Actually ESPN just did a story on this very subject, noting that whites think he shouldn't get the record way more than people of color. However, I think most people don't care about the home run record. It's not a compelling story in the steroids era. However, Barry doesn't help himself in the media and he never really has, except when everyone loved him during his record-breaking season. He recently "disrespected" Babe Ruth, which is something that gets sports media types riled up. It's nonsense.
<br><br>Meanwhile I'm<br><br>Heartbroken after a 16 inning loss...to the Mets,<br>J T.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/23/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dennis Claxton</b> <<a href="mailto:ddclaxton@earthlink.net">
ddclaxton@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It's great when a major league sport is in<br>chaos. Like William Burroughs used to say,
<br>that's when the bare lies shine through::<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<br><br>Hating Barry Bonds has become a national passion<br>– or so the very sportswriters who have whipped<br>up this hate tell us. What they don't tell us is<br>that this passion is prevalent almost exclusively among a few white men.
<br><br>Not that others, including myself, don't think<br>that Barry probably used steroids. Though not<br>proven, the circumstantial evidence is<br>overwhelming. However, most people have better<br>things to do with our lives than hate Barry. And
<br>one's mind must be seriously clouded to overlook a number of important factors:<br><br><a href="http://www.blackcommentator.com/184/184_hating_barry_bonds_pf.html">http://www.blackcommentator.com/184/184_hating_barry_bonds_pf.html
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