I was reading Todd Jones's column in The Sporting News this week and it seems he's indicating the magazine is going to cover the HR record by putting Aaron on the cover and running a full piece on him.............

Personally, I'll be very happy when A-Rod breaks Bonds' HR record. Currently, A-Rod is only 31 and he's alread hit almost 500 HRs. If he averages a mear 30 HRs a year over the next 10 years, he'll easily hit 800, eclipsing both Bonds and Aaron.

Say what you want about A-Rod, he has never been implicated in any drug scandal. Hopefully, A-Rod breaking the record will put this whole "asterisk" controversy behind us forever.

The fans voted him to start in the All Star game, and I never go against the wishes of the fans when it comes to these type of honors. We'll just have to see how the voting goes for the HOF. Gotta feeling he'll get in. I know I won't be invited to the festivities.

Bonds will get in. The writers' thinking will be that he put up HOF numbers before he was allegedly on the juice. He racked up a few MVP awards before then, too.

Tonight is the Home Run Derby. Surprised to see Bonds won't participate. He'd be at home where HIS fans could cheer him on. Anything he did during those festivities would be received well. Especially since he's trying to break the HR record. Shame he can't do this event for those fans in SF who helped vote him into the All Star game. Makes his last interview where he talks about "defending my house" seem irrevelant.................

I'm sure Bonds is afraid of tweaking something in the derby that might jeopardize his eventual HR record...one more reason to dislike him...he doesn't even care about his hometown fans.

Hey...even Barry Bonds is an A-Rod fan.

BONDS & A-ROD POUR ON THE PRAISE | By KEVIN KERNAN | Sports News | Scores | Results


“Like I told Alex, man, you’ll break it,” Bonds said when asked if - unlike Aaron for him - he would be there if and when someone breaks his record. “And when you do, you don’t have to worry about calling me. I’ll call you. If you want me there, I’ll be there. I’ll be there in a heartbeat.”


Bonds has been a great player throughout his career. It's too bad he got caught up in this steroid scandal. I'm sure he saw much lesser players like McGwire and Sosa hitting 70 HRs a year, and thought, "If those clowns can do it, why not me?"

Bonds to A-Rod: "Only use a small amount of 'flax seed' oil so that it's not detectable." A-Rod listens intently.


All other caption entries are welcome!

A-Rod to Bonds- What was the worst side affect when you took steroids?
Bonds to A-Rod- My wife actually noticed it. He uses hand gesture
A-Rod:

Outstanding, bezeach!