should Selig be on hand and give him an award and all that and should the Giants throw a big celebration if and when it happens at Giants field.

I think its the right thing to do, innocent until proven guilty for Bonds
Selig not making a big deal of it just shows how guilty he thinks Bonds is.

He needs SOME recognition from baseball and the Giants especially.

7/25/2007 2:22:29 PM

it's all kind of water under the bridge, since selig said he'd try to be there yesterday

7/25/2007 2:24:51 PM

I know he will attend

but that doesnt mean he will go on the field and give him a handshake and take pics and all that I personally think he SHOULD do.

7/25/2007 2:26:03 PM

yeah selig will be there unless he has some kind of emergency...and giants fans will definitely celebrate...not so sure how it would play out if he broke the record in another park though...like in atlanta where aaron broke ruth's record...i think they'd be pretty pissed

7/25/2007 2:26:54 PM

MLB should recognize it and Selig should be there. As much as I hate Barry and am a fan of Hank's, the fact remains that Bonds is breaking the most hallowed record in all of sports (currently).

I'm just glad that A-Rod will break whatever Bonds sets in 5-6 years.

7/25/2007 6:32:28 PM

i hope he does break it in another park, and the boos come long and loud

7/25/2007 8:50:24 PM

I hate Barry, but baseball should recognize it for one reason: baseball looked the other way when all the records were being broken in the late 90s. It was great for the sport, so it seemed. The strike dealt a pretty bad blow, but fans were filling the parks again. Baseball (meaning the administration) knew what was going on and refused to do anything about it.

Baseball created Barry Bonds* and they can't throw him to the curb now. They're just as guilty.

7/25/2007 8:53:20 PM

How do the Giants fans feel about him?

7/25/2007 8:53:51 PM

Wow, Curt Schilling calls out McGwire and Bonds... good for him.

Quote :

" NEW YORK - Curt Schilling says that Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire's refusals to address accusations of steroids use are tantamount to admissions. "If someone wrote that stuff about me and I didn't sue their (butt) off, am I not admitting that there's some legitimacy to it?" he said on HBO's "Costas Now." ADVERTISEMENT Schilling said "this will be the steroids era forever" and proposed that Jose Canseco and Rafael Palmeiro should be punished for steroids use. "Jose Canseco admitted he cheated his entire career," Schilling said. "Everything he ever did should be wiped clean. I think his MVP should go back and should go to the runner-up." As for Palmeiro, Schilling said: "The year he tested positive, nothing he did that year should count, which I think would take away 3,000 hits for him." Schilling discussed accusations by Bonds' former mistress, Kimberly Bell, who testified before a grand jury that Bonds told her of his steroid use in 2000. She also said Bonds gave her $80,000 in cash to buy a house, the proceeds of which allegedly came from a paid autograph session that authorities also are investigating as going unreported to the Internal Revenue Service. "If I wrote a book about Bob Costas and in that book I wrote about Bob Costas' girlfriend being on the road, and Bob Costas giving that girlfriend card show money and I outlined your daily steroid regimen, I've got to believe your first line of defense is to sue my (butt) off," Schilling said. "It goes to the Mark McGwire thing in Congress. I mean, I'm a huge Mark McGwire fan. But I just always thought it was very simple: If you did something and someone asks you if you did it and you didn't do it, you say no. Any other answer than no is some form of yes, isn't it?" Bonds' lawyer, Michael Rains, in the past accused Bell of trying to extort money from his client and using the platform to promote a book that never was published, but Bonds has not filed suit against her. Rains did not immediately return a telephone message Wednesday. In March 2006, Bonds did sue two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who published a book claiming the Giants slugger used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, but Bonds dropped the suit three months later. During a March 2005 congressional hearing, McGwire repeatedly refused to answer questions about his alleged steroids use. Schilling also testified during the hearing and was more muted in his steroids comments. "I think while I agree it's a problem, I think the issue was grossly overstated by some people, including myself," he said then. Schilling said the circumstances of testifying caused him to be reticent. "When you're sitting in front of Congress and you're under oath, you'd better be damn sure if you're going to mention a name that you are 100 percent guaranteed sure somebody did something," he said during the HBO interview. Schilling said he thinks some players still are using performing-enhancing drugs. "There were teams that had a subculture of it. Obviously, guys are still getting caught, which shows me that even with all of the safety nets in place, people are still doing it," he said. "My understanding is that steroids and HGH, one of the main benefits of them is regeneration. If I can show up Sept. 1 and feel April fresh, I've got a huge advantage, not just that day but on everybody. And I think that's why a lot of pitchers have been caught.""

7/25/2007 9:07:23 PM

Schilling is a tool.

7/25/2007 9:52:47 PM

If the past is any indication, Schilling will take it all back within a day or two anyway.

7/25/2007 9:59:12 PM

Curt Schilling is like the Cindy Sheehan of baseball. I agree with the basic premise of their arguments, but I also wish they'd shut up, or have someone else step up in their place.

7/25/2007 10:08:47 PM

i think MLB should make yet another thread about Barry

7/25/2007 10:33:33 PM