record-breaking
08/08/2007
Barry Bonds Hits Home Run 756*
Well, we got that over with. Last night, Barry Bonds smacked his 756th dinger over the fence, breaking Hammerin' Hank's record.
There were no boycotts (Bud Selig decided to show up, Hank Aaron sent in a respectful videotaped message), there weren't any boo-birds (he jacked it out at San Fran's AT&T park, which in recent years has functioned as a giant enabler for his gargantuan, rationalizing ego).
But still, something didn't feel right. This is the kind of record that's supposed to give even the most casual baseball fan chills. It didn't. If there wasn't the stink of steroids trailing Bonds wherever he went, whole families would have stayed up late, every night, to see if Barry was gonna do it. They didn't.
In the end most people probably reacted much like I did -- they just shrugged at one of the most hallowed records in all of sports being broken by an big-headed (steroids do that), obnoxious, stunningly-talented cheater.
