Top 3 Reasons Barry Bonds Will Break Hank Aaron's Record

The closer we come to that ultimate homerun that will put Barry Bonds past Hank Aaron on the all-time homerun list, the we debate whether Bonds will actually achieve the unthinkable. So what are the best arguments for Barry Bonds to surpass Hammerin' Hank? The following are the top three reasons why Barry Bonds will break the all-time homerun record:

3. Watered-down pitching in this era can't contain the best hitter in the game. With all due respect to Albert Pujols and the game's other great sluggers, make no mistake, Barry Bonds is still the best hitter in the game. Since 1999, Bonds has seen fewer quality pitches than any hitter in the game, almost assuredly by a factor of at least 2 to 1, yet he continues to pound weak pitching. The struggle for Major League teams to find great pitching is at an all-time high. Teams regularly pull starters from their farm systems to make starts and the bullpens of much of the league are shaky at best during the key moments of games. Barry Bonds is likely to feast on a buffet of belt-high heaters and hanging breaking balls. The pitchers in today's era are no match for the greatest hitter to ever play the game. Steroids or not, Bonds sees sloppy pitching from the instant it leaves opposing pitchers' hands and that's sure to rack up the homerun total again this year.

2. An older Bonds will see more pitches. With Barry Bonds beginning his 20^th season as an older, slower player, he will likely hit for a lower average and thus see more pitches to hit throughout the season. It's unlikely that Bonds will be a .300 again in his career, but that doesn't mean that he won't have the opportunity to hit the long ball on a regular basis. The Giants would be more than willing to take a .260, 30 homerun season from the 7-time MVP. Look for more inside heaters to sail into the bay in right field in San Francisco this season. Who knows for sure how careful pitchers may be once Bonds gets within 10 of the record, but until then he may see his share of pitches and with one of the best eye's in the league he's sure to hit the easy ones into the stands.

1. There is no turning back. Barry Bonds has ultimately come to far to quit this remarkable run to immortality and the all-time homerun record. The longer this debacle continues, the more apparent it becomes that once Bonds arrived at 500 homeruns that he clearly had his sights set on Hang Aaron's record all along. No steroids controversy or talk of cheating has slowed Bonds yet and he has suffered the worst Hero to Villain turn in the history of sports. No figure in sports has endured the hatred that Bonds has dealt with, not even Roger Maris during his chase of Babe Ruth in the summer of 1961.

Only 21 homeruns from the record, there is simply no one to stop Barry Bonds from displaying his mastery of the hardest skill in sports, hitting a baseball. It's time to stop the conspiracy theories and negativity that we have shrouded Barry Bonds in and appreciate the moment. Ladies and gentlemen, we are witnessing greatness as it happens, so start your DVRs and get ready to record a great moment in our era of sports.