Hal Eisner's Blog

I am a big Giants fan but with all this stuff going on just want to watch the game.
So Hal for me its

Giants: all
Bonds: nothing

and I used to be a Bonds fan!! Brenda : )

The difference is that we have facts that Pete Rose cheated. There's proof that he didn't pay his taxes and bet on baseball. One is a legal problem, one a baseball one.

Although most of us feel that Barry took these creams (just look at the guy) there isn't any, and probably never will be, any definitive proof that he took steroids.

Mark McGwire will be a precedent of sorts, since he took substances (some legal at the time) to get enhanced. He didn't make the Hall of Fame this year.

Actually I would like to have reported this little piece of baseball history had it happened at Dodger Stadium. Now, my colleague Phil Shuman is in San Diego to follow the action. We'll be able to catch his stories on the news tonight and this weekend. And, Brenda you know at some point its going to be

BONDS: Something

So, will it be special when he ties and then breaks the record?

This is sure a perplexing topic. I love baseball, and I respect Mr. Hank Aaron for his amazing record! He did it on his own with less then stellar equipment, always dealing with negative harassment. What a guy! Then you have Barry a talented ball player that took a chance on adding something extra to bulk up his strength. Could he have accomplished this goal without help? I don't know. He can still hit the ball out of the park even though his neck has lost it's bulk.
Is Bonds record equal to Hank Aaron’s record absolutely not! So the question is," What do you do with Barry Bonds?"

Last night was the first time I heard Barry talk with gratitude and humility.
We all know that it isn’t easy for celeb’s to express their real thoughts when interviewed. Usually the reporter leaves out the important words that identify the true feelings of the person speaking. Congrat’s Barry on your personal Victory!

Like Brenda and Mel my ears perked up when I heard Barry Bonds speak. I stood next to the man on the field at Dodger stadium and had no idea what his voice even sounded like. He never would talk to us. I'm on my way back from a story with photographer Gary Brainard and he wanted to add a thought here. Says Gary: "whether of not he used steroids it was a history making event and if the title is someday taken away that too will be a history making event."

Barry Bonds made history, wheither we liked it or not.

Call him what you will. You know they talked about Jesus Christ and you now he was right? LOL... Get over it people.

I for one loved it and danced the cabbage patch for Bonds. Wish I was the one who caught the ball.

Time to move on....

I personally think that Barry Bonds did not breaking the home run record steroid free. It was reported that he did test for steroids but,,,,,,,, he went to his own personal doctors. Did anyone else hear that?? If that is true that shouldn’t have been allowed. Barry should have been forced to go an outside testing facility out of his own personal network. We all know that doctors are not all upstanding physicians. It is so heartbreaking as a fan that all these athletes don’t follow ethical and moral values to gain their achievements in their careers naturally with out enhancements. It’s down right CHEATING period. Barry Bonds breaking a record means nothing to me. Barry Bonds home run record should not be acknowledged in the Hall of Fame unless he is tested for steroid use and the results come back clean.