Baseball's Larry Flynt

As the ongoing steroid saga is thrown in our faces yet again, let us all remember that the stars, especially in baseball, we root for can be flawed. Now I am not an A-Rod apologist nor am I a Yankees apologist, I am just an observer of the way baseball likes to hide its problems. What I mean is that A-Rod will be playing baseball for the Yankees come spring and yet one of the greatest hitters of all time cannot find a team.
Barry Bonds might be a complete asshole on the surface and he might of lied about his alleged steroid use, but the man can flat-out hit a baseball. In Bond’s last season in 2007 he hit .276, had 28 homeruns, and 66 RBIs. Those numbers might seem ordinary, but then take a look at his OBP(On Base Percentage)of .480, his walks at 132 and his OPS (On Base + Slugging) at 1.045. In 2007, at 43, Bonds led the league in walks and would have led in OPB had he qualified. Please look at those numbers again, .480, 132 and 1.045. I don’t care that Barry Bonds is perceived as a menace by the media, fans, and the owners. Just look at Barry Bonds from a pure baseball standpoint and tell me why he is not on a major league roster? And as the A-Rod story goes away, as we all know it will, the greatest hitter I’ve ever seen in person will still not have a job. While others who made the same mistake will still be playing come spring. Again look at 480, 132, and 1.045, along with .276, 28, and 66 then explain to me why Barry Bonds wouldn’t help a ballclub. If you can’t, don’t worry I can’t either.