Barry Bonds Hits Homerun #756 to Break Record

Tonight, it is with a melancholy heart, that I sit staring at my tv. San Francisco Giants All Star player, Barry Bonds, just hit homerun #756 to break Hank Aaron's, thirty three years standing, Major League Record.

I realize time changes all things and that for every great baseball player today, there is a sand lot somewhere honing the skills of tomorrow's greatest. Knowing that, though, doesn't cease me to be saddened by the passing of an era.

I remember so vividly the tears of my cousin as he sat in Hank Aaron's locker when we visited the Baseball Hall of Fame. I remember the daily debates of Aaron's greatness between said cousin and my nanny all the way from Texas to New York----and back again!!! I also remember the pride and awe Nanny tried to hide feeling for him, as he stroked the bat used by Aaron to set his own record with, and connect with the idol he dreamed of someday being, while on our own practice field.

I've got to ask! Should all records be broken? Or should sometimes we leave the heroes of our youth to stand alone, in greatness, through oceans of time? How many Babe Ruth fans found themselves filled with the same emotions coursing through me now, on that fateful evening in April of 1974 when Old Hank broke his?

I can't say Barry Bonds isn't a ball player. He's an obvious talent. I can't say he hasn't demonstrated outstanding athleticism throughout his fifteen years with the Sand Francisco Giants, because he has. Yet, I have to wonder did he deserve the honor attached to breaking such a record? Or did he cheat?

For years now, Bonds has been shrouded in the controversy regarding steroid use, particularly the Human Growth Hormone, HGH. Can it be proven he's guilty of such an atrocity? It's yet to happen and I feel certain it will go down as one of those great unknown mysteries of which sport legends are made. Do I, personally, believe him guilty? Absolutely! But hey! This is America in which we are innocent until proven guilty----just ask OJ! If he has been dabbling in performance enhancers, though, it stands to reason that with the same given advantages in 1974, Hank Aaron would have hit 855 and today his record would still stand, and it would be another day, another season, before I found myself with all these thoughts to ponder.

"Hmmm........Barry Bonds hits career homerun #756 and breaks all time great, Hank Aaron's, record."

So what do you think? Did he earn it? And does he deserve to hold such an esteemed record? If so for how many years do you think it will stand before his own accomplishments fall victim to the passing of time?