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Originally Posted by pdrift1
well i'll tell you this, there is only so much that is going to be done -us fans likeing it or not. i think youve seen just about all your going to see. i believe he does have to show up and acknowledge this most important event , and record.until we prove otherwise we let history sort it out. it was a era that was bad for baseball but part of baseball's history. as a fan if you keep holding on to it, it will ruin the game for you. must accept the fact we have new guidelines and we must impose them. if you get caught you get the boot from now on- whats done is done. we had the era of spitballs,and later after years of being banned i'm sure some would question gaylord perry etc. i feel just as bad that hank aaron's record will go down. and will always incoperate this into my thinking. he will still be the all time hr leader to me.i couldn't agree more with the old timers being upset, i would be also.i think by showing up doesnt mean its kosher, but unless you can prove it it won't help by turning a blind eye to his accomplishments either. like i said its going in the books as barry bonds all time hr leader - like it or not. whats done is done and no matter what happens thier will always be questions. time and history are the only things that will sort this out. don't let it ruin the game for you.we start anew. thats how i'm going to deal with it. i love this game and am not going to let this record and its outcome make me sit at a game and be suspicious of everone and question everything and get so cynical that i start to hate it. we will always have baseball-it may not be the most popular sport but its the most important.
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I understand your point. However, I don't think it's a question of like it or not. We are talking about the alleged regulatory body and their corporate governance -- or in this case, lack thereof. I accept that this record will be broken, and it will be acknowledged -- in the record books and as part of history. However, in my eyes, to acknowledge this as some sort of great accomplishment where it should memorialized as "absolute" -- that is just as wrong as the complete lack of governance I referred to.
In my mind, Bud Selig needs to take a stand and make a very clear statement -- right here and right now, and very different than the statement that has been put forth in the past. You cannot convene an investigation, stand up and say you are going to clean up the game, and enforce a set of rules, put the game on trial in front of a Congressional committee, and then not give the entire process validity. Well, actually you can do that -- however, by doing that you have made your statement, and it is a very bad one.
Let Bud Selig stand up and restore credibility and integrity to the process and the game. It won't happen, but I think that is what's neccessary.
Eric