Now that Bonds the vilified had broken Hank's record his place in history is up to the scribes. Imagine if Bonds, already one of the greatest players of any generation, hadn't taken steroids.
Even with his surly demeanor, he would be greeted and yes cheered as the greatest player of his generation. Of course, he wouldn't have the record, but by my estimate he would have close to 600 clean homers. The irony is he could have achieved this with his old physique and probably wouldn't have missed those games due to weightlifting related knee problems.
He would be the antithesis of Sosa and Mcgwire. He would still be a complete player without the bulk, and in the end the hero. He went on the juice because of his jealously of Sosa and Mcgwire, but could have won over the writers and the fans while maintaining clean numbers.
Steroids make good players great, great players incredible and make the best seem inhuman. As Bonds was already the best, he became God like in his numbers. He got the record, but will never be able to deny the tainted sample. If only he had been able to resist the temptation, fate would have still have made him the greatest. What if?
3 comments:
if bonds hadn't juiced, he would be a hero now, basically what griffey could have been if he didn't get hurt. still, what i want to know if why does the nfl get such a free ride?
Bonds is the nicest guy in baseball. There should be several statues of of him erected in every city in the world.
What if Clemens was outed as the steroid abuser that he is.
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