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cougjunkie · 05-07-2007, 07:19 PM

Let me weigh in on this with my theory. First of all i saw Barry in person on Friday, i had front row seats down the left field line he was about 15 feet from me the whole game. Fans in San Francisco love the man, standing ovation every time. My guess is the Giants will sit him so that he can break the record at home.

Now the steroid era. After the strike in 1994 baseball was losing fans very quickly. Teams were going bankrupt and their was talks of possible contraction. Over the next 5 years nothing exciting was happening in the sport. It only got worse in 1997 when Florida bought a world series and then dismantled their team the next year.

So the players decided to take it upon themselves to bring fans back to the game and what do fans love the see? Homeruns. They started juicing. It started with just the big sluggers, Mcgwire, Bonds, Sosa. No one would have said anything they could have sailed in to the sunset, broke all sorts of records etc etc if it was only the big name players.

But then players like Bret Boone, Brady Anderson, Steve Finley, Luis Gonzalez start hitting 50 homeruns in a season, this raises some serious suspicion. But baseball lets it continue and turns their back because attendance is climbing, the game is becoming interesting again, then in 1998 we get the Mcgwire vs Sosa homerun race that captures the nations attention and brings baseball completely back.

In 2001 Ken Caminiti who is a former MVP comes out and says that he did steroids and so did plenty of other players. This happens right in the middle of Bonds homerun chase to catch Mcgwire and break 70. This raises some suspicion and a few people start digging deeper. Baseball quickly sweeps it under the rug with all the September 11th festivities and a great World Series between New York and Arizona. No one really brings it up for a few years.

Then you get the whole BALCO bust, Cansecos book and Caminitis death. Everything surfaces and baseball doesnt have a choice but to intervene. So to stay attractive in the public eye they throw the players taht brought baseball back to its glory days under the bus. Mcgwire retires, Palmeiro cant find a team to play for, Sosa is even gone for a few years.

They were hoping by getting rid of these players everything would once again go away. Well Barry Bonds is stubborn and he wouldnt ride off in to the sunset like the rest of them. He realizes what he has the potential to do, and he hangs around. He is now approaching the most sacred record in all of sports. Baseball tried to get him to go away before it happened and he wouldnt so then they tried to ignore him, saying they wont do anything for him when he breaks it, Hank Aaron wont be there eventhough when Mcgwire broke Maris record Rogers kids were there.

My guess is because Bonds wont go away and that it is inevitable Hanks record will fall they will eventually start to embrace the fact that he is the new Homerun King, they will realize that people tune in to Sportscenter just to see if Barry hit another homerun. Whether you like him or not people are following the chase, whether you think he deserves it or not you know exactly how many homeruns he is away from the record.

Baseball will once again capitalize on this, Barry will ride off in to the sunset after this year as the new homerun king. The steroid investigation will miracalously go away and the league will start embracing A-rod, Pujols and Howard as its next trio of superstars.

05-07-2007, 07:19 PM	#22
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	Let me weigh in on this with my theory. First of all i saw Barry in person on Friday, i had front row seats down the left field line he was about 15 feet from me the whole game. Fans in San Francisco love the man, standing ovation every time. My guess is the Giants will sit him so that he can break the record at home. Now the steroid era. After the strike in 1994 baseball was losing fans very quickly. Teams were going bankrupt and their was talks of possible contraction. Over the next 5 years nothing exciting was happening in the sport. It only got worse in 1997 when Florida bought a world series and then dismantled their team the next year. So the players decided to take it upon themselves to bring fans back to the game and what do fans love the see? Homeruns. They started juicing. It started with just the big sluggers, Mcgwire, Bonds, Sosa. No one would have said anything they could have sailed in to the sunset, broke all sorts of records etc etc if it was only the big name players. But then players like Bret Boone, Brady Anderson, Steve Finley, Luis Gonzalez start hitting 50 homeruns in a season, this raises some serious suspicion. But baseball lets it continue and turns their back because attendance is climbing, the game is becoming interesting again, then in 1998 we get the Mcgwire vs Sosa homerun race that captures the nations attention and brings baseball completely back. In 2001 Ken Caminiti who is a former MVP comes out and says that he did steroids and so did plenty of other players. This happens right in the middle of Bonds homerun chase to catch Mcgwire and break 70. This raises some suspicion and a few people start digging deeper. Baseball quickly sweeps it under the rug with all the September 11th festivities and a great World Series between New York and Arizona. No one really brings it up for a few years. Then you get the whole BALCO bust, Cansecos book and Caminitis death. Everything surfaces and baseball doesnt have a choice but to intervene. So to stay attractive in the public eye they throw the players taht brought baseball back to its glory days under the bus. Mcgwire retires, Palmeiro cant find a team to play for, Sosa is even gone for a few years. They were hoping by getting rid of these players everything would once again go away. Well Barry Bonds is stubborn and he wouldnt ride off in to the sunset like the rest of them. He realizes what he has the potential to do, and he hangs around. He is now approaching the most sacred record in all of sports. Baseball tried to get him to go away before it happened and he wouldnt so then they tried to ignore him, saying they wont do anything for him when he breaks it, Hank Aaron wont be there eventhough when Mcgwire broke Maris record Rogers kids were there. My guess is because Bonds wont go away and that it is inevitable Hanks record will fall they will eventually start to embrace the fact that he is the new Homerun King, they will realize that people tune in to Sportscenter just to see if Barry hit another homerun. Whether you like him or not people are following the chase, whether you think he deserves it or not you know exactly how many homeruns he is away from the record. Baseball will once again capitalize on this, Barry will ride off in to the sunset after this year as the new homerun king. The steroid investigation will miracalously go away and the league will start embracing A-rod, Pujols and Howard as its next trio of superstars. __________________ LINCECUM!