Barry Bonds- .400 season?

[Heckeroo]

ya know what, i think he can do it, he's just sick

 

please don't this into ANOTHER 'roids thread, PLEASE

[Beinfest4Prez]

Not if Roger Clemens pitches to him everyday.

[MVPosey]

Not if Roger Clemens pitches to him everyday.

he'll only have to fact clemens once more this year, if that

[KJC]

I think he can.

 

BUT

 

If he does i do not expect him to have over 40 HRs.

 

Once he is in the late months of the seasona nd close he will take more liners to LF instead of trying to BLAST one to RF.

 

I would love to see it...

[Heckeroo]

i should've asked the question as will he.

 

oh well

[MVPosey]

yes

[RippyO]

yes

You could've just voted and saved yourself a post there, bud.

[Beinfest4Prez]

yes

You could've just voted and saved yourself a post there, bud.Spammer.

 

:spam

[MVPosey]

By Eric Neel

Page 2

 

Forget Hank and the Babe. Never mind 714 and 755.

 

 

Think Teddy Ballgame and .406.

 

We're all in a lather about the home runs but you watch, Barry's going to backdoor us with a .400 season.

 

Through 15 games, he's got a line straight out of Little League. He's hitting .500, nine homers, 20 walks, 19 RBI, a .672 on-base percentage, and a 1.342 slugging average.

 

We shouldn't be asking him about steroids, we should be asking him what life is like on his home planet.

 

The safe bet says he'll cool off some between now and October. The pragmatist will tell you it's only 15 games, and great as Bonds is, he'll eventually dip below the Splinter-line and stay there.

 

But my momma didn't raise no pragmatist.

 

I say he's gonna do it, and here's why:

 

One, he walks about as often as a hummingbird flaps its wings, strikes out about as often as Dick Cheney makes a public appearance, and never, ever misses a mistake pitch.

Like Williams, his official AB numbers stay in the 400s, and like Williams, he don't waste 'em.

 

Two, with the possible exception of the equally freakish Jore-El Clemens down in Houston, every pitcher in the league bugs out a bit when Bonds digs in.

 

 

Some guys are afraid and miss their spots, and other guys feel bold and challenge him. Either way, like Costanza's girlfriend, Barry's got "hand" every night, and like Costanza, the pitchers facing him are just hoping to avoid humiliation.

 

 

The swing of a .400 hitter ...

 

Three, I saw him pull a 99-mph Eric Gagne fastball 500 feet foul at SBC Park last Friday night. Then I saw him hit the next pitch, which was traveling just a little it faster, deep into the center-field seats.

 

And those two pitches marked my official and permanent retirement from the business of underestimating Barry Bonds.

 

Four, he hit .404 after the All-Star break in 2002 and .388 last year.

 

Five, he knows a whole lot of people would hate to see him do it. And motivation matters.

 

Six, he knows a .400 season, and a blow-by of Hank in 2006, would pretty much put the greatest-player-of-all-time debate to bed. And like I said, motivation matters.

 

Seven, every spray single, inside-out double against the shift, and ball to the gap works like a BALCO-rumor smackdown.

 

Eight, after his birthday in July, he'll like the sound of ".400 at 40 in '04," and he'll picture logo T-shirts and hats, and that'll be all she wrote.

 

Nine, the home runs are so yesterday.

 

A run at .400 is a fresh challenge, and the perfect distraction from the pressures of chasing down the Babe and the Hammer.

 

Ten, that cushy chair in the clubhouse is the X-factor.

 

And finally, .400 is just a number, just like 70 and 660 and 755 are just numbers, and nobody knows that better than Barry. He won't tighten up in the home stretch, and he won't be afraid to tramp on sacred ground.

 

It all adds up -- .400 is going down. I'm sure of it.

 

In fact, I'm so sure, that even as a lifelong Dodger fan, I'll make this promise:

 

If it doesn't happen, I'll attend the last series of the season, three games between the Dodgers and Giants in L.A., wearing black and orange face paint, a San Francisco cap, and a Barry Bonds jersey.

 

You have my word. And if you happen to be in L.A. that weekend, you can come have your picture taken with me.

[RippyO]

5.) is bulls***. Everyone would like it if Barry hit .400, Quit treating him like a modern-day Jackie Robinson.

[Ramp]

he wont do it

 

if he is close, i will take a bat to his knees and wound him

:thumbup

[JBurque]

he wont do it

 

if he is close, i will take a bat to his knees and wound him

:thumbup

WITNESS

 

 

 

 

 

I think he might be able to do it. I don't care if your doped up or not, hitting .400 ain't too easy.

[SorianoFanHFW]

Guys, he's not going to do it. I would think the fact that no one hit .400 years would nullify this fantasy.

 

People screamed at me when I said bernie williams wouldn't bat .400. Scream at me now at the risk of being a moron come end season.

 

Bond's won't do it. If Gwynn couldn't, no one else for a while can. Pujols and Helton probably have the best shots, but even they have close to no chance.

[The Mike Mordecai Experien]

He can do it.

Can somebody say .400 50 hrs and 200 walks?

[Heckeroo]

Guys, he's not going to do it. I would think the fact that no one hit .400 years would nullify this fantasy.

 

People screamed at me when I said bernie williams wouldn't bat .400. Scream at me now at the risk of being a moron come end season.

 

Bond's won't do it. If Gwynn couldn't, no one else for a while can. Pujols and Helton probably have the best shots, but even they have close to no chance.

Gwynn would've done it in '94

[Special K]

I think he can do it if he was playing against the Bad News Bears every night. Whoops, my bad. He plays FOR the Bad News Bears every night, so i think theres a .0000000000000001 chance he can pull it off. Logically, no chance in hell. He's too hell bent on jacking the ball out of the yard.

[SorianoFanHFW]

Gwynny is the only man who could of done it in my opinion. Gwynny is gone.

 

If anyone here wants to make bets with me I'm open? Any takers? If you bet be 20 bucks barry will bat .400, I will give you 40 bucks.

[MVPosey]

Gwynny is the only man who could of done it in my opinion. Gwynny is gone.

 

If anyone here wants to make bets with me I'm open? Any takers? If you bet be 20 bucks barry will bat .400, I will give you 40 bucks.

you're on

[Craig]

He can, and I would say he has about a 50/50 chance to do it.

[Rebirth]

Maybe in MVP Baseball.

[Izzie]

I don't see it happening.

 

If he someway somehow pulls it off, power to him

[Special K]

Maybe in MVP Baseball.

The create-a-bonds could. But we all know the class act himself wouldnt allow his name or likeness to be used in the game.

[SorianoFanHFW]

Gwynny is the only man who could of done it in my opinion. Gwynny is gone.

 

If anyone here wants to make bets with me I'm open? Any takers? If you bet be 20 bucks barry will bat .400, I will give you 40 bucks.

you're on I'm PMing you

[Guest Juanky]

I personally don't think so. God knows if he'll even get enough at bats to qualify, besides if he is close into the final month pitchers will actually pitch him so he can't get a hit instead of walking him, and he isn't going to succeed 4 out of every 10 actually getting pitched too when he is a career .297 hitter. Sorry.

[SorianoFanHFW]

Doesn't the batting title using PAs, not ABs?