Guest Writer Bryan on Barry Bonds

It was said that, "Bonds is the best hitter of our generation." No, he's not. How about Tony Gwynn, or Paul Molitor?

Benjamin Disraeli once said, "There are only three types of lies. Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics." Let's look at Barry Bonds' statistics and see where he exactly lays in that statement.
If you look at his career numbers you will see that his numbers peaked in the year 2000, his 15th season. Here are Barry Bonds' stats in the 14 years prior to the 2000 season. 2010 hits, 445 home runs, 1299 RBI's, a .288 career average, .407 on base percentage, and a .561 slugging percentage. Those my friends, are hardly Hall of Fame numbers.

Let's now look at the previous five years for Barry Bonds. 720 hits, 258 homeruns, 544 RBI's, a .339 batting average, .535 on base percentage, and a .782 slugging percentage. Those are Hall of Fame Numbers. But you are talking about a guy that averaged 32 homeruns in his first 14 years, and 51 over the next five.

I did all of that with a simple calculator, these are not that hard to find out. Bonds has used steriods, and just because everyone else may come forward to admit it, does not make it any less of an offense. That is what I used to say when my parents caught me smoking, everyone else is doing it, why can't I?

I agree with the Godfather, kick him out of the game, he is no longer needed. Bonds is a pud, plain and simple.