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I just read that someone threw a syringe at him in San Diego yesterday. Now, I really don't care for the guy, but that seems to be a bit on the low side.
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He's been juicing for years. Went from an onbase kinda guy to a HR guy overnight. Any HR records he sets should definitely have an asterisk IMO.
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Was their an actual needle attached to the syringe?
If Bonds isn't juiced, he must be a mircle of modern science, because as he's aged, he's actually gotten bigger, stronger, and more muscular.
Bonds has been in MLB for at least 20 years, right? His performance over the past 5 seasons defies all logic and science. The only conclusion I can come to is that he's enhancing his body with something manufactured in a lab.
So, let them keep throwing syringes all they want (without the needles). If the nice folks in San Diego threw syringes at him, I can just imagine what the maniacs in Philly or NYC will do to him...
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No, there wasn't a needle attached, it was just the plunger portion from what I read. I read something in a magazine (and I can't remember the magazine now) that went into the sting that caught the guy who was providing him with his stuff. I guess what he was taking was referred to as the "cream" and the "clear" and were supposedly undetectable by any test. There was documentation of him provding urine and blood to this guy to ensure he wouldn't "pop" positive if he was ever tested. This may get ugly.
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quote:Originally posted by HILANDER: I just read that someone threw a syringe at him in San Diego yesterday. Now, I really don't care for the guy, but that seems to be a bit on the low side.
That's the way I feel too..
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Greatest hitter of all times, you can say the steroids gave him power but the amount of times he makes contact with the ball is unbelievable and that has nothing to do with steroids. He has never cared for the press, but there is a reason for that. But the better story is the guy that replaced him last year he is a kid from Wash who was considered one of the top pitchers in the state back in high school, but no one drafted him very high up. They said he was to small to be a pitcher even though i think he never lost a game in high school and threw 90+MPH fast ball. He ended up going to Wash State(played outfield) and then went on to the pro's, my son use to play against him and with a couple others that are now in the pro's.
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quote:Originally posted by Pagan: He's been juicing for years. Went from an onbase kinda guy to a HR guy overnight. Any HR records he sets should definitely have an asterisk IMO.
The very same thing with Palmero, except even more extreme. One fall he was a whispy quick fielder (but never worth a flip, just whispy)...the next spring he's doubled his neck size (and except at bat, a klutz). I sort of feel sorry for Bonds, like he was suckered into something he hadn't thought through......but Palmero turns my stomach He knew exactly what he was doing and meant to cheat.
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It's funny that this is all breaking now. These guys (most pro ball players) have known this crap has been going on for years. What sucks is that anything prior to the 2000 season isn't counted since roids weren't banned til that year (I think). What surprises me is how long this has all taken to come out.
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Jackson: Baseball and police failed to protect Bonds
By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer April 4, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Major League Baseball and San Diego police failed to protect Barry Bonds and should be trying to find out who threw a syringe at him in the Giants' opener.
The object was thrown near the San Francisco slugger as he came off the field following the eighth inning Monday night in San Diego. Bonds picked up the syringe -- about the size of a fat cigar -- and carried it off the field.
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"That fan should have been arrested," Jackson said. "That object could have had a needle in it. It could have hit him. The commissioner of baseball must be outspoken in protecting any players whose lives are in jeopardy, whose security is at risk."
The object did not appear to have a needle, and Bonds called it a syringe.
"It appeared to be of the size of something you would use to baste a turkey, and not a syringe per se," Padres chief executive officer Sandy Alderson said.
Richard Andersen, the Padres' official in charge of Petco Park, said he was told by security officials that it was a toy syringe. He also said approximately a dozen other toy syringes were confiscated from fans entering the ballpark on Monday. One fan had several in his pocket and others had syringes taped to their shirts.
"It did not appear to be a medical syringe," Anderson said.
"This knucklehead doesn't represent the fans of this city," he added. "It was just one fan doing something stupid."
The Padres planned to close off a standing-room-only area just beyond the left-field corner while the Giants are in town because some fans were "acting very inappropriately" on Monday while Bonds was playing left field, Andersen said.
Jackson, a longtime civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, said Bonds has been treated unfairly by those who accept as fact accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
"For some people, it's about suspicion of drug use because they have no proof. For others, it's a cover for other anger that they have," Jackson said. "For example, the closer Hank Aaron got to Babe Ruth's record, the more violence and hate mail he received.
"You cannot let this thing build to the point of irreversible danger," Jackson added.
Alderson said the Padres were attempting to identify who threw the object but he did not think they were likely to do so.
"There is no indication that he was hit," San Diego Police Department spokesman Dave Cohen said, adding that no arrests were made and police are not investigating. The person who allegedly threw the syringe was gone when police arrived, Cohen said.
Jackson disagreed with the decision not to investigate.
"That's unacceptable," he said. "He deserves another level of security."
Alderson, a former executive vice president for Major League Baseball, said the Padres had prepared extensively for Bonds.
"We had extra security at the field yesterday, both uniformed police officers as well as private security, on field as well as in the stands," he said. "We've taken some additional precautions for tonight that we think will address some of the issues that arose yesterday."
Bonds entered the season with 708 homers, trailing only Ruth (714) and Aaron (755) on the career list. Following the publication of a book that alleged Bonds used performance-enhancing drugs for a five-year period starting in 1998, baseball commissioner Bud Selig picked former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell last week to investigate steroids use in the sport.
Several fans brought signs to Monday's game critical of Bonds.
"I guess none of this is unexpected," Selig said in Chicago. "I'm saddened by it in the sense that opening day was such a good, positive day. Every game was sold out. It was really a great baseball day. But controversy will spawn with that type of activity, whether I like it or not."
Major League Baseball has had a security official with Bonds since spring training. Kevin Hallinan, baseball's senior vice president for security, plans to be at Dodger Stadium this weekend when the Giants play there.
"I can assure you that baseball is protecting all of its players and it's an important priority to us," Hallinan said.
Associated Press Writers Rick Gano in Chicago, and Elliot Spagat and Bernie Wilson in San Diego contributed to this report.
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The main thing that worries me is not so much the players but that some kids tend to worship these pro players and follow their actions.
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Throwing anything at ball players for any reason should get whoever threw whatever a special vacation in the manybar.
There is no excuse for meanness and assault is not only despicable but also is a criminal act, no matter who is being assaulted.
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sports has become a non-issue with me... too many players are juiced up...no more fun for the average joe...football is all about the celebration of me,me,me,,,baseball is pumped up juice heads with wayyy toooo much money...a bunch of prima donnas... it sucks!!!they all make way too much money for somethings i did in my past for free!!!!!!!!!!!its just a game for chrissake!!!!Barry Bonds can kiss my white azz!! Should i continue???
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throw anything and everything at them... until they can prove that they are more privileged than you or I... I'm sick of these thugs
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