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Barry Bonds is being exploited, yes exploited by a press that's hated him for years. Not because he's black but because he's Baseballs Bill Russell who honestly could not give a fuck what the press said or how they said it and who actively went after them calling them the metaphor challenged assholes that most of them are. In other words he's been a dick. Now that they have something on him they'll beat him to death with it. It's not racism, it's high school and never let it be said that sportswriters aren't angry petty martinets who hate the sports they cover as much as they love to hear themselves blather on about them. Which is fine, that's their job. Barry Bond's job is to hit the long ball.
BTW why is it no one cares about extra base hits, or juiced hitters hitting juiced pitchers? And why is it we've forgotten Ball Four's claims that just about every player in the 60's was wired on amphetamines? Oh well if you want purity go to convent.
