Friday, August 10, 2007
Hooray, the wait is over
As much as Barry Bonds sickens me, I'm glad he finally broke the record. Not because I'm happy for him, but because I finally don't have to hear about him any more. To quote Phil Rogers at ESPN.com,
So it's official. Every facet of the great American pass time has been tainted. There is no sacred ground left. Now I just feel bad for the handful of decent men who tried to preserve the integrity of the sport — guys like Ken Griffey Jr., who is only 11 homers away from 600. His mark — heroic in my mind — will never hit the radar in a world dominated by the juice, the cream, and the clear.After a 30-day stretch in which a .279 hitter on a last-place team has dominated the headlines in baseball — that is, from the time that Barry Bonds spent an hour in front of reporters on the eve of the All-Star Game until Tuesday night, after a home run that set out the jubilant celebration that extended from AT&T Park almost all the way to Alcatraz — the focus shifts back to simpler pursuits.
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