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[Yankee Legend]

Oh c'mon guys!!! A homerun is a freakin homerun!!! And have any of you forgot to think that Aaron played with the Brewers for more games than Bonds playing AL teams??

And while on topic, can you guys please, PLEASE stop using the "*******" bolony in threads that congradulate Bonds with a new record. Save that for the many Bonds-bashing threads on this site.

[Mattingly]

none of this will matter when Bondsie hits 22 more home runs

This presumes, of course, that he'll return in 2007, correct?

[Baseball Guru]

What is the big deal here? It doesnt have anything to do with what park they play in..

It just basically comes down to what league they play in... Barry has always played in the NL so all his HR's count as NL HR's...

Aaron played all of his career in the NL until he was traded to the Brewers (then an American league team)

Aaron hit 733 in the National league with the Braves and then 22 in the Al with the Brewers...

Barry has hit all of his 734 while playing for the Pirates and Giants (all NL teams)

Pretty simple

[BigStellyPADRES4LIFE]

How about this..... during most of Aaron's career the NL played interleague games all the time.... and when that happened, he obviously hit alot of home runs in AL parks. So does this mean it is an NL or AL home run?

Answer it doesnt matter, its all about who he was playing for when he hit the home run.

[Elvis]

And while on topic, can you guys please, PLEASE stop using the "*******" bolony in threads that congradulate Bonds with a new record. Save that for the many Bonds-bashing threads on this site.

You can't unpeel a banana. The phantom asterisks will follow Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro and every other marquee player who was doped and breaks milestone records for the rest of time. You might as well get used to it and accept it 'cause it aint never going away.

[EvanAparra]

You can't unpeel a banana. The phantom asterisks will follow Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro and every other marquee player who was doped and breaks milestone records for the rest of time. You might as well get used to it and accept it 'cause it aint never going away.

And neither will the records.

[Elvis]

And neither will the records.

"Records" themselves are worthless if people know they're phony.

[cardsfanatic]

And don't give me that they were both National Leaguers because as unlikely as it is to occur, what would happen if an AL player went crazy for a few years against NL teams and hit more HRs against NL teams while playing for an AL team?

Would an American Leaguer hold the National League record for the most career home runs against NL teams? Yes, he would.

Uh, they get 18 games a season vs the NL. Let's say a guy has a 20 year career that's 360 games vs the NL the AL player would have. If he can hit 730 HR vs the NL in that many games then more power to him. In otherwords, what you propose is simply impossible.

[EvanAparra]

"Records" themselves are worthless if people know they're phony.

Yes, and "phantom asterisks" are worth much more.

[soberdennis]

Oh c'mon guys!!! A homerun is a freakin homerun!!! And have any of you forgot to think that Aaron played with the Brewers for more games than Bonds playing AL teams??

And while on topic, can you guys please, PLEASE stop using the "*******" bolony in threads that congradulate Bonds with a new record. Save that for the many Bonds-bashing threads on this site.

Bravo. AS a Lifelong Yankee fan, I will never be in favor of ever having an asterisk in the record books again. When they took it out it erased another dark moment in baseball history.

[Elvis]

Yes, and "phantom asterisks" are worth much more.

It's all semantics. Bonds "records" will always be viewed with the same legitamacy the way most democrats view the legitamacy of the 2000 election results.

[EvanAparra]

It's all semantics. Bonds "records" will always be viewed with the same legitamacy the way most democrats view the legitamacy of the 2000 election results.

So then it pretty much doesn't matter either way. The RECORDS will be there whether or not anyone likes it. Just like Bush was president.()