personaly I could care less, bonds is not the babe, and no one in todays game could ever accomplish what ruth did in his day.
For starters, the babe pitched, doesnt sound like much, but he played both sides of the inning for most of the game, these guys dont do that today. Also in his day, they did not play a 162 games a season, they only played 144 games. Also, the babe lead most all stats every season, not just homeruns, he was always in the top 2 or 3 if not 1 for base on balls, batting average, hits, on base percentage, runs, and slugging average, and those dont even include his pitching stats.
And heres the kicker, the babe was "fat", overweight, out of shape, old drunkin man, he was by no means an "athlete".
as for bonds, whatever, i lost all respect for baseball years ago, and he can hit 1200 home runs for all i care, it doesnt mean anything in todays day and age.
its like when people talk about kobe bryant scoring 82 points in one game, I say, who cares, did you know wilt chamberlin scored 100 in a game, and most people say, well hes not kobe, hes not as talented, really, hmm, 82, including 3 point shots, with a 12min qrt clock, or 100, no 3 points shots, and 10 min qrts, they are completly differant.
differant erras, differant rules, and much less emphasis on the game itself these days and more on the "stars" / athletes.
but enough of my ramblings,
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