Letters to the Editor
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Q & A
The Question:
Why does Jeannie Velasco get to be snotty about Barry Bonds? But let me not be sexist; why do so many tedious unworthy men get to be snotty about Barry Bonds?
The Answer:
For the same reason they - and every other baseball fan out there - get to be snotty to Pete Rose. Both of them tarnished the sport that made them who they were.
Without the 'roids, Bonds probably could have broken the home run record legitimately...and would have definitely been one of the greatest of all-time.
But he made an active choice to cheat. It's analagous to one of the best marathoners in the sport running at a world-record pace through, say, mile 21 - and then jumping into a car and driving the last 5 miles to the finish line. (And worst of all: thinking he fooled any of the spectators by claiming innocence...as he steps out of the frickin' car!)
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Because of his choice, Bonds will be merely remembered in the annals as an unrepentant cheater...and his asterisked record will be rendered meaningless by Pujols and/or A-Rod in ~10 years, anyway.
That is why Zelasko, unspecificed "unworthy" men, and any other person out there even remotely familiar with Baseball and its tradition get to be snotty to Bonds.
Any other questions?