Why Is Barry Bonds Stuck At 713 Home Runs?
I hope this article becomes obsolete tomorrow, and it’s possible, because Barry Bonds only needs one homer to tie Baba Ruth’s 714.
But it seems Bonds has been stuck at 713 for the longest time.
It makes you wonder why.
Sure, Dodger Brad Penny walked him, intentionally, and that didn’t help. And that pesky Cubs outfielder robbed Bonds of that shot that would have cleared the wall but for the extended glove and that last gasp leap.
But you have to wonder, is Barry’s bat being thwarted by that killjoy, Bud Selig, who said Major League Baseball wouldn’t go out of its way to commemorate Barry’s impending milestone?
Is this famous tough guy, whose body armor can deflect speeding baseballs, becoming a softie, suddenly, while on the threshold of matching the mighty Bambino?
I hope not.
It’s painful for fans to see him sputtering when he should be streaking.
I happen to like Bonds for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that for the longest time he has been his own man. Earning some of the worst P.R. in all of sports, he has still performed, whether “juiced” or not.
So, let’s get to 714, and then 755, and beyond, where no man has ever gone before!
Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of http://www.Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,” published by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC’s Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations from Santa Monica to South Africa. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com
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