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He has a negative public image now because of his race.

McGwire is being kept out of the Hall of Fame because he's white. Kwikstahįrom an independent baseball fans point of view, I thought he was great with the Pirates, but after he became such a late bloomer with serious home run power right after McGwire/Sosa, with a huge increase in helmet size and body size, it certainly raised ethical questions with me. He's been in the 'people have also thought less of him' category-vehemently so-going back to his Pirates days.-Buckboard 21:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)įurthermore, the reason that the 2002 World Series got the worst ratings is probably due to the fact it was a battle between Anaheim and San Francisco, two California cities. Go back and read old Rick Reilly columns in Sports Illustrated pre-dating the steroid mess. These are the major reasons on why people are less happy with Bonds and McGwire rather than Babe Ruth. As for Mark McGwire, he is also under scrutiny for the use of steroids and after the March 17th Congressional hearing in which he decided to 'not talk about the past' people have also thought less of him. Although steroids have not been proven to be used by Bonds, there are allegations and these allegations tarnish his baseball reputation. If you actually believe Barry isn't both a liar and a boor then you're hiding your head in the sand.īut you have to look at the steroid issue as a major contributor to why people are less happy about Barry Bonds. Stretches or not, they are both the same race, and the point is the public in general embraced and loved Kirby and can't stand Barry. Or does the smoke and fire supposition only apply to 'lying boors'?-Buckboard 21:02, 4 April 2006 (UTC) He was a good ballplayer and an outwardly garrulous guy. This is an issue of one being a great, positive person, vesus the other being a self-centered, lying boor.

Compare the love people have for Kirby Puckett to the disdain they show for Barry Bonds. People are happy about Ruth, and to a somewhat lesser extent, McGwire, but generally seem to be much less happy about Bonds.

It is a phenomenon that should be discussed though. This thesis is arguable, but the fact remains that much less was made of his record-breaking home-run streak than was made of McGwire's, and the 2002 World Series - in which he was the star - garnered the worst ratings of any World Series in the history of television.' 'It has been suggested by some observers that Bonds' disdain for his fans, in conjunction with his behavior off the field, has negatively impacted his professional reputation (and, by extension, baseball's).

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