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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Bonds again misses the mark
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
Nice try, Barry.
Yes, with a nasty war overseas and hurricanes pounding the Gulf and economic woes everywhere, Congress has more important things to worry about than steroid use in professional sports. But no, this doesn’t mean that Congress can’t, as a spokesperson said, “walk and chew gum at the same time.”
Anyway, Barry Bonds is unleashing a new strategy to counter the performance-enhancing drug rumors swirling around his Louisville Slugger: He’s trying (and I place a heavy emphasis on the word “trying�) to divert attention elsewhere as much as possible while pursuing Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron for most home runs during a career.
With Bonds’ Giants currently in Washington, where congressional hearings were held earlier this year on drug testing in pro sports, Bonds told reporters, “I think we have other issues in this country to worry about that are a lot more serious. Right now, people are losing lives, don’t have homes. I think that’s a little more serious. A lot more serious.â€?
Soon after Bonds’ Declaration of Independence from those wishing to talk about his possible role with steroids, he strolled to the plate against the Nationals to slam No. 706 to move to within eight of Ruth and 49 of Aaron. Still, before, during and after Bonds’ latest blast, he was smothered with boos from the Washington crowd.
Good. Sounds like National fans aren’t the gullible type.
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