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Hi Redbean

If A-rod ever gets close to the home run record do you think people will hate him as much as Bonds or have they used all their hate on Bonds so they'll have to like A-rod?

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They hate Bonds because of Steroids. AROD will be a freaking god if he passes him.

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They hate Bonds because of Steroids.

[/ QUOTE ]That, and he's extremely arrogant. If he takes a Giambi-type line, the public venom level wouldn't have been so high.

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Hi Redbean

If A-rod ever gets close to the home run record do you think people will hate him as much as Bonds or have they used all their hate on Bonds so they'll have to like A-rod?

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They hate Bonds because of Steroids. AROD will be a freaking god if he passes him.

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Depends how many rings he has.

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Hi Redbean

If A-rod ever gets close to the home run record do you think people will hate him as much as Bonds or have they used all their hate on Bonds so they'll have to like A-rod?

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They hate Bonds because of Steroids. AROD will be a freaking god if he passes him.

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Depends how many rings he has.

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For Yankees fans, yes.

For everyone else, who just hates Barry Bonds, no.

Re: A-Rod total home runs
 

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Hi Redbean

If A-rod ever gets close to the home run record do you think people will hate him as much as Bonds or have they used all their hate on Bonds so they'll have to like A-rod?

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They hate Bonds because of Steroids and he's a prick . AROD will be a freaking god if he passes him.

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51.

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buyout just shot up to 950

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Hi Redbean

If A-rod ever gets close to the home run record do you think people will hate him as much as Bonds or have they used all their hate on Bonds so they'll have to like A-rod?

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They hate Bonds because of Steroids. AROD will be a freaking god if he passes him.

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It is far more accurate to say they hate steroids because of Bonds than that they hate Bonds because of steroids. Obviously neither one is 100% correct, and SOME of the Bonds hate is steroid-related, but certainly not most of it. Whereas the majority of steroids hate is certainly Bonds related.

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Arod needs 2 more homeruns for you to lose this bet. The longest stretch this year where Arod did not hit 2 homeruns is from April 24 - May 18, 22 games with only 1 HR. There are 20 games left in the season. I would give your friend up to $950 to end this bet.

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It is far more accurate to say they hate steroids because of Bonds than that they hate Bonds because of steroids. Obviously neither one is 100% correct, and SOME of the Bonds hate is steroid-related, but certainly not most of it. Whereas the majority of steroids hate is certainly Bonds related.

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This is certainly true. Most people fail to realize that Giambi was collateral damage in an investigation directed at "getting Bonds".

So was everyone named in the Grimsley Report, as it disappeared when Bonds wasn't implicated.

Same with the Mets clubbie investigation.

And just recently, the Signature Pharmacy bust that netted Harrison, Glaus, Ankiel, and Wade Wilson.....was initiated with assistance of Agent Jeff Novitzky and then the two SI reporters rode along on the raid in hopes of finding evidence against Bonds.

Steroids were the convenient excuse of the media to villify Bonds, and if it hadn't been that, it would have just been something else.

It's an unintended consequence that others are getting caught up in the crossfire, and it shows in that the media has been hypocritical in rationalizing their cases, while still spewing vitriol at Bonds despite not being able to get anything concrete on him.