Bonds "I can't catch Aaron

[Texsox]

SI Article

 

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Barry Bonds says he is determined to make it through the 2006 season, but when asked if he will be able to break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, the Giants slugger told MLB.com, "Heck no."

 

On Saturday in Colorado, Bonds inched closer to Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time list by hitting career home run No. 709, leaving him five shy of the Babe. But Bonds told MLB.com that the combination of playing on a surgically repaired right knee and dealing with bone chips in his left elbow makes his chances of catching Aaron a longshot.

 

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[Pauly8509CWS]

I think he doesn't want to pass Aaron, he just wanted to pass "that white guy" that everyone loves.

[ChWRoCk2]

He will pass ruth hes doin good lately, only time can tell for aarons record.

[rventura23]

yes ruth, no aaron

ive had enough bonds for one lifetime though

[HuskyCaucasian]

He will pass ruth hes doin good lately, only time can tell for aarons record.

But no celebration for passing Ruth...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2424449

 

NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds will have to wait until he passes Hank Aaron before baseball throws a party for him.

 

Major League Baseball is not planning any celebration for Bonds if and when he tops Babe Ruth's mark of 714 home runs, commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday.

 

"Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record," Selig said. "We don't celebrate anybody the second or third time in."

 

Bonds has been the subject of steroids speculation for several seasons. The recent book "Game of Shadows" detailed allegations against him, and a federal grand jury is investigating whether he committed perjury when he told another grand jury that he had never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.

 

Bonds hit his 711th homer Wednesday. His San Francisco Giants were off Thursday, and open a three-game series Friday night at home against Arizona.

 

Selig does not figure to be in San Francisco -- or in Milwaukee or Philadelphia, where the Giants play next week -- as Bonds nears Ruth.

 

"We celebrate new records, that's what we do. We're being consistent," Selig said during the Associated Press Sports Editors annual meeting with league commissioners. "There's nothing to read into that."

 

Ruth is second on the career home run list, trailing Aaron's total of 755. When Aaron broke Ruth's record in 1974, commissioner Bowie Kuhn was not in attendance. Kuhn's absence rankled many, including Aaron.

 

Bonds has been hobbled by bad knees, and missed most of last season.

 

"He's had a remarkable career. Whatever happens, happens," Selig said. "We're going to let nature take its course. Commissioners don't sit around and say, 'I hope this guy breaks it or not.'"

 

Selig said he had read "Game of Shadows" but not seen "Bonds on Bonds," the ESPN reality show about the slugger's life.

 

Selig said the book was among several factors that prompted him to launch a baseball investigation into steroids, headed by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. There is no timetable for completing the probe.

 

Baseball's investigation, Selig said, is "not affected at all by the grand jury" looking into whether Bonds committed perjury.

[Phuck the Cubs]

But no celebration for passing Ruth...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2424449

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I was watching SC last night and they were saying that if it had been someone like Ripkin or Gwynn, they might celebrate such a thing, but b/c it's Bonds they aren't.