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Records are made to be talked about.

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Grunts, cheers and the cries of frightened children broke the silence as parents sought to shield their youngsters from the chaos. In the middle of it all was 22-year-old New Yorker Matt Murphy, who emerged from beneath the pile holding the ball Bonds hit for career home run No. 756. His face was bloodied and his clothes stretched and torn from his battle in the bleachers. - Jason Dearen, Associated Press The record is broken. Let the bickering begin. The most iconic record in sports has fallen for the second time in 33 years. I have vague recollections about a lot of things, including April 8, 1974. I remember the announcer saying, "He did it! It's seven-fifteen!" Immediately, I looked at the clock and it was 9:07, not 7:15. How could the guy be off by almost 2 hours? Seriously, the biggest issue over the Bonds record is the stench of steroids or whatever other performance enhancing drug he may be pumping into his body. Does caffeine count as a performance enhancer? If ...

Questions to ask yourself ... and others.

What do these two stories have in common? NEW YORK — Americans are giving bad grades all around. President Bush ’s job approval rating now stands at 31 percent, the lowest ever in the FOX News poll , and almost twice as many Americans say they disapprove of the president’s job performance. And this... Giants outfielder Barry Bonds overcame a 119,000-vote deficit in the final days of balloting and finished 123,000 votes ahead of Alfonso Soriano on Sunday to claim the third and final starting outfield spot for the National League. In a vote taken to determine how many people want to see Bonds pass Henry Aaron turned up 52 percent against , so one man's poll is another man's poison . Two men reviled for different reasons, one is the most powerful man in the world and the other is grabbing headlines and money while breaking the most cherished record in sports. Barry Bonds earned $106 million in the last 6 years, after completing a 5-year $90 million dollar contract. President Bush...

Hammering Hank

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THEM: Hey Hank, ya wanna go to a ballgame? HANK: No. THEM: It's a big deal. Barry's gonna break your home run record. HANK: No. THEM: Aww, c'mon! I'm buying. HANK: No. THEM: It's dollar-dog day. HANK: No. THEM: You'll be on the TV. HANK: No. THEM: Please? HANK: No. I'm not going. THEM: Reconsider. HANK: No. THEM: Wanna go play golf? HANK: OK. What's it going to take to get people to realize that Hank Aaron does not want to go watch Big Head Barry break his home run record ? How many times are they going to ask him? I'm guessing about 755 times. Hank ain't going. He said he'd probably be playing golf, and not watching baseball. It's almost comical - if it wasn't so pathetic. Bud Selig, the Commissioner doesn't want to go, and former Commissioner Fay Vincent told Selig he shouldn't go . Nobody wants to go except maybe Barry and whomever is in the right-field bullpen when Barry is hitting or is floating in McCovey Cove ...