He did it! He did it! Bonds ties the Big Bam....

.....and the fan who catches it couldn't be......more excited......to sell the thing.........as soon as he @#$%&$% can.

The joylessness of Bonds pursuit of reminds me of Yaz struggling to get his 3,00th hit and 400th homer back about a quarter century ago for the Sox. Of course Yaz was absolutely beloved (at least by the end of his career) by Boston fans and the unfunness of the whole thing was that we all were desperate for him to get the hit/homer because he was at the end of the line and nowhere near his peak. There seemed to be a possibility that he woud NEVER get there. The Boston papers treated it kind of like the Bataan death march of record chases, since it took weeks and was agony for all. Not because everybody despised the man (like Bonds) but just the opposite: he was an all timer in the city of Boston. We hated to see him struggle.

Compare that with the negative reaction leading up to today by fans, fellow players, and media. The above link describes fans booing the announcement of Barry's historic bomb almost everywhere there was a game being played.

And as far as using any enhancements, anyone that ever saw Captain Carl with his shirt off KNEW that he was not exactly rigorous in his off field training, outside of a sixer and a pack o' smokes every evening; no steroids for him, that's for damn sure.

Okay Barry, you have your "record". Now please retire. Please.