QUOTE (makaveli91 @ Dec 5 2004, 05:34 AM) |
I 110% agree with this. There should be an * next to his number. Its like with Roger Marris.. When he broke the record they placed one next to his 61... Roger had the extra games to get the record.. Bonds had preformance enhancing drugs to get the record. As for him being suspended he should only be suspended if he is caught with the preformance enhancing drugs in his system... And i think that he is still should be eligable for the Hall of fame because of his past stats other than his HR record.. |
People need to stop acting like an asteriks is the end all answer to the record books. Frankly the record books are a sham, since it's near impossible to compare numbers from different time periods. It's not just number of games, but all the other changes in baseball. The mound height was changed. The strike zone isn't called the same way anymore. Do you think things like that don't effect homeruns hit? Or Batting average? It's not just number of games in a season that effect records and people need to realize that. Is it really fair to compare number of wins of guys today versus the old timers who pitched more often since starting rotations were smaller? Asteriks aren't needed. A little intelligence when looking at records is. If not we should put an asteriks next to EVERY record in the books and list all the rules that may have changed and effected the record.
And for that matter we have no idea what Ruth and Aaron may have used to help them along their way. Maybe their bats were corked. Maybe they were juiced. Who knows. We simply need to test now and catch all those we can and hand out punishments accordingly.
If the players Union wants to hold steadfast and let the league go down the shitter then the players need to step forward and push this issue, since this union is SUPPOSED to be representing them.
Lastly, Giambi will be stuck in NY unless HE makes the decision to leave and gets out of his contract. At 20 million a year no one's gonna trade for him and take on his contract for a guy who may never be a star again. And the Yankees aren't gonna pay a guy 20 mil. to ride the pine. And New York really has no outs on his contract. Most contracts have clauses giving an out if the player falls out of shape, which he probably never again will be in his MVP form. But I doubt that it would ever stick unless he showed up to Spring training far beyond anything reasonable, which he most likely will not.
As I see it the only way that the Giambi thing will wor out well is if he were willing to renegotiate his contract and take a pay cut since he most likely isn't gonna put up the numbers they're paying him for.