Those are newspaper stories from 80 years ago. It is completely incomparable to the era of 24/7 media coverage where your every activity is digitized, archived, and broadcast worldwide instantaneously
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pbCXXkym_a8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pbCXXkym_a8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> this is a vid from the stands when Bonds hit his record breaking HR pretty cool to see all the flash bulbs, everyone's initial reaction, and then the pandemonium that ensued - all happening in the course of about 5 seconds.
A moment in infamy. One of the greatest records in sports has been tainted and cheapened. Even though I was very young at the time, the moment when Aaron broke Ruth was magic. This time it was a relief because I don't want to hear about it any more. A tragedy for baseball but the league and the union are to blame for not addressing steroids. The season-ending strike kicked baseball to 3rd place for me. The steroid era pushed it to a distant 3rd. Aaron's record falling to Bonds puts the sport on life-support (for me). Hurry up NFL & NBA.
yeah, i wouldn't call him the best hitter. but maybe the most complete player. 700+ HR's....500+ steals. that's just sick. no one even comes close to that. take away 200 of those HR's, and still no one comes close to 500/500 for a career.
