Barry Bonds Is Being Less Offensive As He Nears Record

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Tue Aug 7, 2007 6:34 PM EDT

Article Source: The Washington Post

sports, bonds, alex-rodriguez, hank-aarons

Seeded by Scott (Scoop) Butki

... And yet I still don't like the guy

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Whatever we've thought of Barry Bonds in the recent past, he's doing and saying mostly the right things now. Bonds, tied with Hank Aaron atop the career home run list, has for whatever reason stepped out of his historically churlish nature and risen to the moment . . . which cannot be said of Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig.

Nine times since Bonds got really close to No. 755, Selig has attended a San Francisco Giants game. Yet the commissioner has never gone to the Giants' clubhouse to approach Bonds. Best we know, he's never invited Bonds to breakfast, never asked him to come upstairs to one of those plush sky suites for an extended chat. In fact, Selig hasn't spoken a single word to Bonds, despite being in the same ballpark nine times.

Worst of all was Selig's reaction Saturday when Bonds hit No. 755.

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#1 - Tue Aug 7, 2007 6:35 PM EDT

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