09-18-2004, 02:34 PM
Babe might have made the circus if he was born in 1970. He was a big fat slob who could barely haul his ass around the bases. He was great in his day and comparing who could do what when is retarded to begin with. But if people insist on going there all you have to do is look at Ruth and you can tell he'd not even be in the same class as Bonds. He played in a league with 6 teams and they threw 70mph fastballs the size of grapefruits. Pitching today is way tougher to hit than it was back then. The only reason people keep bringing up the shit about Bonds taking steriods is because he's black...period. When Mark MCGwire was hitting all those homeruns there was hardly a peep (relative to what you hear about Bonds) about his very obvious steriod use. Regardless of the fact that he probably used steriods it has zero bearing on his greatness as a baseball player. You just don't shoot steriods and all of a sudden you're ripped and have godly baseball talent. You have to work your ass off day in and out. I'm willing to guess that Bonds has done more to keep himself in shape and practice his game in one week than Babe Ruth ever did in his whole life.