| Bonds finally broke Hank Aaron’s all-time career home run record this week. Bonds currently has 757 home runs for his career. Although he cannot still play the field nor run, Bonds is still out there playing.
Bonds has been under a cloud of suspicion for years now. This is mainly due to the fact that at age 36, his yearly home run totals drastically shot up. Looking over the history of baseball, no other player saw their home run totals shoot up drastically after they turned 36. Rather, players tended to show a drastic decrease in the number of home runs they hit.
Nonetheless, Bonds has set the home run mark. When Bonds grand jury testimony, which has been leaked in parts, fully becomes available, this dark cloud will likely burst into a giant rain storm. More than likely, this will occur right before Bonds becomes eligible for the Hall of Fame.
Bonds could have taken the high road, and retired after he hit home run number 754 or 755 for his career. By doing so, Bonds could have shifted public opinion on his side. Instead, he continued on. When all of the facts of this era are known, Bonds will forever be harmed by it. What a shame. Bonds was a Hall of Fame player without doing anything illegal. However, because of jealously and ego, Bonds went to the dark side. History will have a final say on Bonds’ career. This history will include this week’s Friday Fryer Chair.
Until next Friday, AMF!
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