75 Results for barry bonds

Meet the all-time NL All-Stars

Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

Rob Neyer picks his all-time National League All-Star team since the All-Star era began in 1933.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009

Do older players draw more walks?

Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

With Marco Scutaro, at 33 years old, on pace to triple his career walk rate, it makes one wonder whether patience comes with age.

Story | Conversation | May 05, 2009

Wednesday Wangdoodles

Rob Neyer

...the stands and keeping score. • Dayn Perry makes the case against the case against Barry Bonds. • What's to become of Kevin Millwood? Adam Morris reminds us just how far...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

Maybe money wasn't Manny's motivation

Rob Neyer

...similar to any "top-tier player in his 20s," and that "Manny is akin to where Barry Bonds was" at a comparable age, adding "an argument can be made that Manny continues to get...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

More former players need to address steroid issue

Rob Neyer

...will only speed the process along. The toughest barrier that players such as Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds face is the sportswriters' bizarre notion that the players of the 1960s and '70s were pure...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Wednesday Wangdoodles

Rob Neyer

...eternal. • I don't know if the Nation's Dave Zirin is right about Barry Bonds, but any essay that finishes with The Old Man and the Sea is OK by me...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2009

Kittle's apparent fixation with Canseco troubling

Rob Neyer

...several big-name players to performance-enhancing drugs. Subsequent revelations impugning the likes of Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez have vindicated him. "My first thought was: 'I wonder who's going to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009

Friday Filberts

Rob Neyer

...is a professional and probably does know what he's talking about -- says the case against Barry Bonds is effectively dead. All those millions of dollars … • Terribly disturbing 9-1-1 Call...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009

Looking at a fallacy that's often tied to PED use

Rob Neyer

...like so many leaves of grass. Look, if you want to argue that Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens and all the rest of them should be disqualified from future honors because...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009

Pedroia plays big

Rob Neyer

...t know that he'll ever win another MVP -- that takes some luck, unless you're Barry Bonds -- but I suspect there's still a batting title and a 25-homer season in Pedroia...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 16, 2009

Hall's character clause unnecessary

Rob Neyer

...that he's the greatest pitcher ever. What is the Hall of Fame without Roger Clemens? Barry Bonds is obviously the front man for the Steroid Era. He's the all-time home run...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2009

Leave the record books alone

Rob Neyer

...did. What's amazing to me is that we hashed through these exact same issues with Barry Bonds, and so I naturally assumed that all such arguments were beaten down with the brute force...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2009

Monday Mendozas: Special A-Roid edition

Rob Neyer

...public humility. • To hear Bill Madden tell it, Rodriguez has joined Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds and (presumably) Rafael Palmeiro on the list of great players who needn't even knock on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 09, 2009

More drug test drama

Rob Neyer

So, why did Barry Bonds' urine test come up negative the first time but positive the second? Here's Will Carroll...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009

Friday Filberts

Rob Neyer

...nbsp;Shea Stadium? It's almost gone. • When it comes to United States v. Barry Bonds, I think ShysterBall's probably right: Enough already. But on the other hand -- and I should...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2009