Monday Sports Roundup
So Barry did it.
Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth’s HR record***
Thankfully, as long as it took for Captain Cheat to break Ruth’s mark, he won’t have enough gas left to challenge the great Henry Aaron’s mark of 715.
In other news, since even talking about Barry Bonds makes me want to toss my cookies, could I become an IRL fan?
Hornish edges Marco Andretti at last second
Now that I have a favorite IRL driver for the first time ever, it’s a distinct possibility. How can you not love a guy who, at 19 years of age, running in his first-ever Indy 500, not only comes within a few feet of winning the thing, but afterwards, says, “Second place is nothing. They don’t remember people who finish second here. They really don’t. You gotta take advantage of every shot. How many times did my dad finish second? He never won it and neither did I.” I’m sorry, but that is just awesomely cool; the kid comes within an eyelash at 19, and he’s disappointed. This young man has a great future, and at least one new fan.
***Many of these “home runs” came as a result of unethical ingestion of steroids, commonly known as “cheating”
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
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One Response to “Monday Sports Roundup”
As we watched the Pirates soundly defeat the Brewers last night, they played a clip of former Buc’s pitcher and now announcer Bob Walk’s home run from many years ago. In the caption it read, “Only 714 fewer than Barry Bonds.” Ol’ Whirly Bird can be far more proud of that single homer than Bonds ever can be of his 700+.
Laura Byers ~ May 30, 2006 at 6:35 pm