Griffey and Bonds to wear #42

F N 11 · Post #1 » by **F N 11** » Thu Apr 5, 2007 4:49 pm

isnt Mo the only person left in the majors to have that number?

Post #2 » by **nyknicks2k2** » Thu Apr 5, 2007 4:58 pm

Yes. He had the number before it was banned to wear.

NYKnSTILL! · Post #3 » by **NYKnSTILL!** » Thu Apr 5, 2007 5:13 pm

yeh but it Jackie Robinson day so I see no problem. w/o Jackie there is no Mariano, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Reyes, Griffey Jr. and yes even Barry Bonds :nonono:

ccvle · Post #4 » by **ccvle** » Thu Apr 5, 2007 5:48 pm

i dont know about that

Squirrel Boy · Post #5 » by **Squirrel Boy** » Thu Apr 5, 2007 9:04 pm

Respect the man. That's how it's done.

yanksknicks101 · Post #6 » by **yanksknicks101** » Sun Apr 8, 2007 10:10 pm

john rocker should wear 42

VinnyTheMick · Post #7 » by **VinnyTheMick** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:04 pm

yanksknicks101 wrote:john rocker should wear 42

then ride the A train & go on Anderson Cooper 360

34Celtic · Post #8 » by **34Celtic** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:18 pm

nyknicks2k2 wrote:Yes. He had the number before it was banned to wear.

retired is a better word

VinnyTheMick · Post #9 » by **VinnyTheMick** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:22 pm

NYKnSTILL! wrote:yeh but it Jackie Robinson day so I see no problem. w/o Jackie there is no Mariano, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Reyes, Griffey Jr. and yes even Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds was great before the steroids so we should be able to appreciate his pre-size 9 hat size days

34Celtic · Post #10 » by **34Celtic** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:40 pm

VinnyTheMick wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Barry Bonds was great before the steroids so we should be able to appreciate his pre-size 9 hat size days

Everone was on steroids, the fact that Barry Bonds gets pointed out because people dont like his personality is stupid. The real person at fault here is Bud Selig, he and his top officials knew what was going on yet did nothing to stop it. They saw the revenues generated and fans being put into the seats and reaped major benefits from it.

VinnyTheMick · Post #11 » by **VinnyTheMick** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:47 pm

34Celtic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Everone was on steroids, the fact that Barry Bonds gets pointed out because people dont like his personality is stupid. The real person at fault here is Bud Selig, he and his top officials knew what was going on yet did nothing to stop it. They saw the revenues generated and fans being put into the seats and reaped major benefits from it.

Oh I agree. Barry was the best player in baseball before steroids but was getting overshadowed in the media by people that were clearly roided up (McGuire & Sosa) & his jealousy brought him to steroids. It was the culture of baseball & I hate how Bonds is the face of it when in reality he got into the game at the tail end of it.

34Celtic · Post #12 » by **34Celtic** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:24 pm

VinnyTheMick wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Oh I agree. Barry was the best player in baseball before steroids but was getting overshadowed in the media by people that were clearly roided up (McGuire & Sosa) & his jealousy brought him to steroids. It was the culture of baseball & I hate how Bonds is the face of it when in reality he got into the game at the tail end of it.

Plus the fact that San Francisco's ballpark has had the least amount of homeruns hit in it since it opened....yet his power numbers are still off the charts...