Congratulations To Hank Aaron & Barry Bonds: Long Live The Kings

dichalk posted 8/8/2007 from bugsandcranks.com [flag]

Hank Aaron's incredibly classy gesture and message should inspire us all. Maybe, just maybe, Barry Bonds should too. [link]

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Barry finally did it — and we move on
Published 8/8/2007 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... This record of records falling should inspire people to pursue their dreams, but it has been so sadly diluted, perhaps by all involved, players, owners, the league, and the media. I still hold out hope that Bonds really is getting royally shafted — that he has been hounded by an ill-spirited media, that he really is a good man, driven to play and perform in the place he grew up in, for the team and the city his father and godfather played for, that what he accomplished came more from determination, will and guts than from chemicals. — ...

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Thoughts on #756

Obscure Sports Quarterly found this 8/8/2007 on zachls.blogspot.com

The wait is over. The post-home run ceremony was tasteful, we think, especially the Hank Aaron video-message tribute. It was a nice touch. We aren't feeling anything, good or bad. Our reaction wasn't one of excitement or disapproval, joy or anger. ...