[GeoffM]

So, with the media all opposed, I have thought of ways in which to support this guy. The media hates him and I am not surprised at the lashing he is taking for this issue.

First, and it is true, he is playing against pitchers that are also juiced up. In the days of Ruth and Maris guys would be throwing 70-90 MPH fastballs, today they are in the mid 90s, often throwing 3 or four other pitches to complement their blazing fastballs.

Second, the guy still has to hit a round ball with a piece of wood over 350 feet. I don't care how big you are, hitting the ball squarely alone is tough to do, but to get enough air under it to hit it out, incredible.

Third, the guy gets walked a million times a year. When he does see a good pitch, it's gone. This supports the above argument that he almost always hits a ball squarely.

Fourth, in the days of Ruth and Maris, pitchers also pitched a hell of a lot more innings, leading to fatigue. Maris and Ruth no doubt saw a lot more BP pitches in their day then Bonds will ever see nowadays.

Bottom line, if you are going to put an asterisk beside Barry Bonds in the record books, might as well also put an asterisk beside each and every player that broke any record in the last 5-7 years. This whole thing could have been going on with Ruth and Maris for all we know, because as long as they had the avenue to get it, they weren't being tested so how would we ever know.

Sports has became very dumb in my view. They are trying to catch cheaters, but cheaters are always going to be 2 steps ahead of them. They catch the hGH and how much you guys want to bet that is the old stuff, like 2 or 3 years ago. Bonds is likely still on roids and even with the MLB testing, won't be caught because he has moved on to a new super drug that can't be detected. Maybe it is time for sports to say "You want to use steroids, have fun when you need Viagra the rest of your life". Seriously, sports spends so much trying to stop people from juicing up but I got to say that they are never going to catch up. Thoughts? Please be kind if you disagree, which I am sure most of you do, I'm just trying to argue the other side of the picture.