Congrats Barry Bonds

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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 8/6/2007 on www.blogmaverick.com [flag]
You did it. Not only did you tie the record, but you have done it on your own terms. No amount of discussion can minimize how difficult that must have been for him No disrespect to Hammering Hank. I remember exactly where I was April 8Th 1974. Hank Aaron had the mountains of his generation to climb to pass Babe Ruth. He took on segregation, integration and prejudice to pass Babe Ruth.. There ... [link]

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Monday Bullets
Published 8/6/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Mark Cuban is cheering for Barry Bonds. "Barry Bonds has had the misfortune of winding up his career and tying the record in the generation of Massive Media. The last 10 years, with the advent of satellite TV, digital cable, the Internet and even camera phones, have placed every minute of Barry (and most prominent figures) lives under continuous scrutiny. Unlike the legendary stories in baseball history that were never made public at the time they happened to protect the player involved, today there is a 'bounty of fame' on any person or outlet who can catch Barry in anything that can be sold to an Internet site or any of the sports TV networks across the country. The escalation of scrutiny, even since late 90's annual Home Run Derbies , has been dramatic. Everything is on video these days. Barry, rather than taking the 'film me please, I'm a celebrity' approach to media scrutiny, ha ...

Mark Cuban Casts Barry Bonds as Sympathetic Figure
Published 8/7/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... . While the popular stance in the media is to pile on Bonds, Cuban praises his accomplishments in the face of intense scrutiny -- scrutiny that none of the heroes of yesteryear had to endure: ...

Mark Cuban Respects Barry Bonds
Published 8/7/2007 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... He blames the media for the Anti-Bonds sentiment surrounding the great slugger. Cuban, it should be noted, is also ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, August 8
Published 8/8/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... FROM ONE MAVERICK TO ANOTHER: Mark Cuban salutes Barry Bonds. (blogmaverick.com) ...

Mark Cuban Blames Internet And Media For Barry Bonds Disdain
Published 8/9/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
MARK CUBAN REVEALS WHY WE ALWAYS ADORED TY COBB: Hoodwinking Yahoo billionaire Mark Cuban has done it again. He's opened our eyes to the real reason we all have such disdain and disgust for the huge-helmeted one : " ...