Re: More Bonds
A guy breaks a hallowed HR record, after having a power surge after age 35, and it is later revealed in a book that he admitted to using illegal performance enhancing drugs around the same time as his power surge.
He was hated by many throughout the country during his quest, booed viciously in other stadiums, and given a cold shoulder reception by the commissioner, the subject of snide articles in the press that proclaimed him to be the record holder in number only, but his predecessor was still the "true" home run king.
What may surprise you, however, is that I'm referring to Hank Aaron.
30 years later, the sports media revisionism tells you differently with Aaron, casting him in the role of hero this time around, while at the same time doing it all over again with Bonds.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Life goes on, and the ball still goes deep, despite what anyone writes.
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