Barry Bonds' 755: MLB 1895-2007. Rest In Peace. It's Been Fun.

Although we all hope the steroid issue would be over, it will NEVER stop. As long as they are available, there will still be plenty of young players targeting steroids to get the upper edge. Maybe we will stop hearing about them, for a while, but there isnt really a steroid era. Steroids will play a part of baseball for a long time to come, unfortunately. Especially if we can't figure out how people like Barry Bonds can cheat a steroid test and get around it.

Baseball is a game of stats and records. We measure its long history by them. What does 755 home runs mean? It meant that Hank Aaron, who played fewer games per year, did it faster, and didn't do it juiced, holds that record. Maris, likewise produced his 61 on pure play.

McGwire? Sosa? Bonds? Granted, they will pass into the annals of the game as the "Steroids Era" and largely be discounted, BUT... Without asterisk, the game's long history is SPAT upon by Bonds, another FU from a talented player who showcases "Me" ball well in a league full of guys who take the "ME" first in TEAM.

The pendulum has swung too far if Selig can't suspend someone that is clearly a juicer. We continue to pay and pay and say absolutely nothing about the quality of th e game and the ethics that it should have? How stupid are WE, the fans and those who cover the game, if we don't say a loud NO somewhere. It's tough to get involved in Collective Bargaining Agreements. Everyone is out for their piece. As to records, though, these are the legacy of the game. Every fan should stand in utter silence when 756 rolls around. It is a travesty, not a tribute.

Put his "achievement" to the scrutiny of a very public run over his physical status for every game by an investigative/historical committee. He passes that, fine. Otherwise his 'record' is a blot on the game and it does taint it. By your reckoning we should let Pete Rose coach, and probably readmit the 1919 Black Sox. Why not? As long as guys keep stepping up to the plate, what does it matter? Right?

What a joke.