411 0 All Robert Jones Thoughts on Bonds, Schilling Etc 5/8/07, 11:04pm I watched Schilling's comments today. I felt like Schilling gave an honest answer...of the way he (Schilling) felt about Bonds. I tended to agree with John Kruk's comments on the subject that Schilling crossed the line by getting into Bond's personal life. I think Schilling should have kept his comments strictly to baseball when asked. One thing that infuriates me regarding the Bond's issue was the fact that the race card is being played. The allegation is everyone hates Bond's becuase he is black. I think most people hate Bonds because he can be arrogant, a jerk and people tend to think he cheated to get where he is....under those circumstances how can you not feel for Aaron. I think that if Arod, Sosa, or Griffey, or McGwuire or Juan Pierre for that matter were on the verge of the record the feelings would be different....with Sosa and McGuire the shadow of steroid use and the allegation of cheating would still be there and perhaps even so with Griffey but less so with Griffey. The biggest difference is that Bonds can be so arrogant and such a jerk sometimes that he is easy to dislike. His race has nothing to do with it. The bottom line is that Barry's personality makes him dislikable. His ethics have also been brought into question and people perceive him to have taken short cuts to get where he is. Aaron has an aura of honesty about him and his accomplishment. Aarons record has a purity about it. It is seen as an achievement, a culmination of one man's life's work accomplished with talent, hard work, and under extreme animosity and prejudice. It is like Aaron summited Everest and Bonds took an elevator to get there. Bonds has tremedous talent...and watching him hit homeruns is incredible. It seems to me that it was disclosed by Bonds that he did use steroids unkowingly..... a cream that was applied by his trainer. That coupled with changes in his size and apparent strength makes for very convincing evidence that he did use steroids. The overwhelming consensus of baseball observers seems to be that Bonds is guilty of cheating and that coupled with his attitude and demeanor has tainted his acheivements and tainted the publics perception of the up coming milestone. [Robert Jones from Panama City Beach/FL] Replies: 12