Do the Right Thing by Matt Waters

I’m sick of it. The absolute contempt that the media holds against Barry Bonds is descending into the depths of pathetic spectacle.

Does anyone else actually see what the hell is going on here? Are we all just mutually pleading ignorance?
Wake up. Tons of MLB players were juicing in the nineties, Bonds was only attempting to keep up with his artificially enhanced peers. Does this make him an innocent victim entrapped by a corrupt system? Of course not, it makes him a man insecure enough to doubt his own immense talent, almost aloof in his utter unawareness to the consequences of his indefensible actions.

But we know that already. We get it. Stop obsessing over Babe Ruth, or more accurately 714. Is Babe Ruth defined by 714, or remembered as an imperfect savior of a perfect game? Insinuating that the Babe’s legacy is tarnished exclusively through his association with another in the record books is idiocy, and it actually degrades Ruth. Is his legend weak enough, that Barry Bonds could assault it, lessen it?

Barry Bonds will never touch Babe Ruth as a player. Could he pitch? Does he out-homer entire teams?

The lynch mob exuberance exhibited in attacking Bonds is rather depressing, and I cast an eye of pity toward all the sports-writers who foolishly defame Barry only to establish themselves as laughable guardians of a justified existence. Hey guys, if Barry Bonds can cause you to question the moral integrity of what you do, writing about the game, than quit. If one man can cause such doubt, expressed only in empty anger, give me your job and salary. If not, grow up. You’re not ten years old, these guys aren’t heroes. Get the hell over it.

Am I suggesting ignoring Bonds, am I pleading a black out of his every activity? No, my real concern resides with the unbelievable ignorance being expressed by supposed writing heavyweights. They attack Bonds, leaving Garry Sheffield mysteriously without tarnish, despite an apparently equal involvement in the Balco Scandal. They ignore Sheffield because he isn’t chasing a hollow number. They need to get over these arbitrary numbers. They don’t matter. It should always be about the overall integrity of the game.

Sheffield’s error in judgment wasn’t as severe?

It’s almost as if they are solidifying their alibis, their anti-steroid stance encapsulated through the fury futilely expressed towards one singular man. Bonds will retire, evaporate out of the public eye, and a new target will be acquired. The beat will go on. Absolutely nothing will change.

How about this, a question I pose toward our all representing, all encompassing American Media: CAN YOU DO THE RIGHT THING? Can you seek out and expose the entire corrupt system that shaped Barry Bonds, instead of playing a ridiculously easy game of piñata? Can you investigate other sports leagues, instead of preening and posturing toward the NFL, and actually attempt an investigation on how exactly the human body can naturally survive 17 weeks of violent abuse? Can you at last, reclaim a lost status of credibility, instead of solidifying an established reputation of pathetic, group badgering and bullying?

Perhaps I should just stop wasting time asking rhetorical questions.