Bonds, the HR chase & the race issue

Nice to see Red Light Curt weighed in on this today on WEEI. We were all holding our breath waiting for you, Schill.

 

The standard of proof the Chronicle has regarding the testimony of Bonds is very weak. If you reread their article which contains information from the Bonds transcript, you will see that nothing directly attributed to Bonds is incriminating in any way. The two Chronicle reporters painted a picture with their narrative that is inaccurate and misleading. Bonds said nothing that was incriminating. If what the two Chronicle reporters suggested in their article were true, then Bonds would have been indicted already. In short, the two Chronicle reporters' article does not provide an accurate representation of Bonds' transcript.

 

If someone could cue up the right photo.....Schilling runs his mouth on Bonds.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/05/08/schilling.bonds/index.html

You know the photo I mean.

 

It should be noted that ESPN Radio, in reporting on Schilling's comments about Bonds, is noting that Bonds never admitted to using steroids publicly. At least they're getting it correct, unlike Schilling.

 

Bob Coasts, for what's it worth, said this when he spoke at Drake several weeks ago:

"You know there is, without a doubt, circumstancial and damning evidence from the book "Game of Shadows." However, critics continue to say that 'we need to see the actual evidence.' What do you mean actual evidence? LOOK AT HIM! It doesn't take a scientist to figure out how dramatically he has morphed into something that average non-athletes and athletes at his age can't possibly do. That is not a matter of opinion. That is a matter of FACT."

That book is as graphic and close to describing what the fuck was going on in not only Barry's locker room, but damn there every locker room in baseball. You don't go from being scrawny to Lou Fergino in a week.

I haven't read or analyzed the numbers that ABC and ESPN gathered up, but I wholeheartedly agree with Tony K. and Wilbon's take on it today on PTI: anytime someone puts out something about race, you are guaranteed to get a large response and a divisive response as well. Personally, I said this in the past about Bonds: the fucker don't give a shit about anyone, white or black, except himself. He wouldn't give us the time of day if we were in pre-school tugging his pants and politely asking him. Anyone black who is rooting for him, I can only pray for him. 'Cause hell hath no fury and I will never recognize that record when Bonds surpasses it. It's tainted.

Whatever # of people they surveyed (or # of blacks they asked) hardly makes a dent. Go ask 100,000 people, not 800. That's not a good representation of the citizens of this nation.

 

RokSki,

Good point. Most posters here repeatedly say that Bonds has admitted to using "the clear and the cream" and this is simply untrue. People here routinely act like his socalled admission is fact. This is a result of the very misleading article written by the two Chronicle reporters. The sad part is that they reportedly had access to Bonds' transcript, so they knew full well that what they wrote was misleading. Yes, I belive that it was intentional. They took Bonds' statements which were not incriminating whatsoever and attempted to distort the truth. What's amazing is how other sports journailists have perpetuated the misleading information.

 

Truth is there may be something to what Barry is saying in regards to race. Unfortunately, until this steroid situation is resolved to the satisfaction of the public or to the media members that control the public perception, not many will listen to what he is saying.

 

In no point in this paragraph did you mention the real reason people hate Barry. He is an asshole. Who cheated. He cheated the game to pass a BLACK MAN.

There is racism in the world, but Bonds is not an example of it.

 

What the hell do you mean? He may or may not have cheated, but the one sided media scrutiny is the same old routine run by the white male dominated media that have their minds made up automatically criminalizing black men.

Those two reporters for the Chronicle took that shyt all the way to the bank.