He Could Do It In Oakland

by OaktownIn06 on May 14, 2006 6:19 PM PDT

He is a controversial figure, to say the least. Amidst numerous steroid allegations, a "Book of Shadows", and Babe Ruth's Home Run Record, is Barry Bonds. The saga continued Saturday, as Barry went 0-2 with 2 base on balls. A record almost as big as this mans forehead has ellipsed the baseball world. Felipe Alou says that Barry will sit tomorrow's game in Houston, and then play the last two games of the series. Most likely, Barry will come to Oakland on Friday and DH all three games. Also very likely, Barry comes to Oakland stuck one home run shy of The Babe Himself. Could you imagine Mr. Bonds breaking the record in our McAfee Stadium? A packed house of Bonds haters: There couldn't be a better scenario. I, as most of you, do not want him to break the record at all; however, I would enjoy booing the shit out of the most hated man in sport. Would it be a negative or a positive to see him break the record in Oakland? There is definitely a huge point counterpoint to this argument. Fellow ANers, to Bonds, or not to Bonds? It definitely would be a story to tell the grandkids...

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Hank Aaron holds the record, not Ruth

by OaklandSi on May 14, 2006 6:29 PM PDT reply actions

ya I actually want him to break Ruth's 714

in Oakland cause I'll be going on Saturday and sitting in RF... hey anything is possible... ;)

by greekpride08 @ Athletics Nation on May 14, 2006 6:31 PM PDT reply actions

he will

do it in houston

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by bballfanr33 on May 14, 2006 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

He'll do it in Houston.

And if he doesn't, I think Macha should walk that bastard whenever possible. I don't want to see that happen on Oakland soil if it's avoidable. Keep that shit across the bay.

"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."

by Kyli on May 14, 2006 7:49 PM PDT reply actions

The guy's 1 for his last 18

Couldn't we just try to get him out?

by Nico on May 14, 2006 8:26 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, Haren's pitching

in that series.

Sorry, Babe.

by Nico on May 14, 2006 8:27 PM PDT reply actions

babe has nothing to worry about from oakland

The Babe need not worry about Bonds dingers in Oakland.

Signed,
--Haren's last two starts.

"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."

by Athletics fan and runner on May 14, 2006 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions

bonds vs. haren

would be interesting. pitching him outside like he did to Giambi isn't going to necessarily work because most of his power this year is to left-center. anyhow, it will be a fun series if he still hasn't passed the Babe with the crowd split between cheers and boos. I've been to A's-Giants games that have gotten pretty close to fistfights in the stands, maybe this weekend it will go over the line.

by vk on May 14, 2006 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope he does it in Houston

I want him to hear overwhelmingly more boos than cheers, not just about 60-70% boos (as there will be many more Giants fans in Oakland than in Houston, obviously)...

Now we'll have fans impregnated with useless Zito trivia. ~~ salb918

by Poppy on May 15, 2006 7:53 AM PDT reply actions

If Bonds is smart

he won't tie or break the record until he gets back to San Francisco. That is the only place where he still has fans, and even there I think his popularity is waning.

Personally, I would like him to get it over with in Houston so that Giants don't feel compelled to make the trip across the bay on the hopes of seeing him break the record and take up precious seats that could otherwise be filled with A's fans, but that is probably wishfull thinking. Oh well.

by twinkle toes on May 15, 2006 11:22 AM PDT reply actions

oops...

it should read "...so that Giants fans don't..."

by twinkle toes on May 15, 2006 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

He is part of Sports History

Like it or not, that is the reality. There is something special and unique about being present at an event that you know will go down in Sports History. An event that one day our grandchildren will ask us about.

This is the little detail that is leading to my personal conflict on the matter. I don't like Bonds, I don't like the Giants all that much. But I have spent the last week watching Giants games because I want to see it. I want to watch it live as it happens, because I know what it means. It is bigger than the steriods issue. It is bigger than many of us have seen in our time. In 20 or 30 years when someone else is about to pass Bonds, or the Babe, or Aaron, someone in our life is going to ask us what it was like when Bonds passed the Babe. And as much as I will want to tell them about the Steriods and about "Bonds on Bonds" and all that, what I will most like to tell them about is the moment, the exact moment when that ball went over the fence.

Because of all this, I would love to be present at the actual game when it happens. I will be one of those fools who takes a picture of every pitch. It would be an amazing thing to be there when he does it. The problem is, as much as I want to be there when it happens, I don't want it to be off A's pitching. My dad said, "Well, that is one way to get into the hall of fame!" And I got this scary picture in my head of Danny and the look on his face as the ball went out. And don't even get me started on the media field day that will be had if this is the actual course of events! I could start a whole diary on my issues with Bay Area Sports media right now, but I won't.

So this is where my issue lies. I want to see it happen, I just don't want to see it happen off A's pitching. We can sit here and say we don't want him to pass 714 till we are blue in the face, but the reality is, it is going to happen, it will forever be part of baseball history, we might as well enjoy it and know that it is something that happens once in a generation and we will be lucky to see something so historic again.

"Now, I'm not the guy who's in trouble, it's the guy on the mound who's in trouble.'' Swisher Pics

by BobbyCrosbysGirl on May 15, 2006 11:48 AM PDT reply actions