| First of all, I hate *'s in record books.
Second, I believe Barry Bonds beat all records for homeruns, even when taking into account the number of games it took, so he certainly doesn't deserve one. I'm actually not sure about that, but I believe that's the case.
As for Giambi, he was a little fat when he started playing in Oakland, and over the course of his career he's been getting slimmer each year. That picture doesn't look odd to me.
I'm praying this BALCO trial turns out to be nothing of substance. I don't advocate the use of steroids in sports, but I would hate to see some of sports greatest accomplishments stricken from the record books because of something that probably didn't make that much difference. When Barry Bonds hit 73 homeruns, he wasn't muscling end of the bat shots just barely into the bleachers. He was making solid contact and hitting them about 450 feet. If he was on steroids, then without them those balls would've still gone about 440 feet. Not to mention that altering the record books doesn't work because everyone will know that Barry Bonds has hit the most homeruns in a season, and until someone breaks his record, he will remain the true homerun king in most people minds, and it's a shame to complicate such cool records. |