Barry is an effing Boss & Jim Rome has finally gotten on the Gravy Train... Peep this transscript from the radio show:
"The Giants lost to the Rockies in Denver last night 8-7, but Barry did his part, as he always does, hitting a home run number 698. That’s right. He's 2 home runs shy of 700. Only the Babe and Hank Aaron have hit 700, and he is right there, and no one seems all that impressed. 7-FREAKING HUNDRED! That’s ridiculous. And considering that he has another one in Coors Field tonight, it could come as soon as this evening. 700!
Shouldn’t this be a bigger deal than it seems like it is? Didn’t 500 used to be a big deal? When guys would get 500, the game would stop, they would give a little speech, they would unravel some banner on the outfield wall, and everyone would give the guy a standing ovation? And now the guy is going to get 700, and just keep right on going? Then again, I guess when everyone else hit these milestones, they were at the end of the line and it might have been their last moment in the sun. Not Barry.
Hell, the way he has hit the ball the last 5 years, he is going to go over 800 in mid 2006, so why bother stopping to admire number 700? And the guy could go right by 700 without even taking a breath. Coors Field tonight. Then three against the Diamondbacks. (And real quick, there is absolutely no way to describe how bad the Diamondbacks are this season. Unless you watch them play every night, it is incomprehensible.)
And then Barry gets 3 more in Milwaukee. Granted, he will probably only see 5 or 6 strikes total in those 7 games, but with those 5 strikes, he’ll hit 4 of them for jacks. 700? TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! And give Barry his MVP Award. I don’t want another Jeff Kent, Terry Pendleton situation. Give it to him. He is the only guy on the team and he has single handedly kept them in it. He changes the entire complexion of games by himself. He’s the MVP. With all due respect to Pujols, Rolen, Edmonds, and Beltre, Bonds is the guy.
If Barry stays interested and healthy, and it looks like he will, he could finish with 800+ homers. And that is easily the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Maybe when he hits number 800, people will get excited. 40 homers a year for 5 straight seasons in his late 30’s. That’s normal."
as posted on www.jimrome.com
"The Giants lost to the Rockies in Denver last night 8-7, but Barry did his part, as he always does, hitting a home run number 698. That’s right. He's 2 home runs shy of 700. Only the Babe and Hank Aaron have hit 700, and he is right there, and no one seems all that impressed. 7-FREAKING HUNDRED! That’s ridiculous. And considering that he has another one in Coors Field tonight, it could come as soon as this evening. 700!
Shouldn’t this be a bigger deal than it seems like it is? Didn’t 500 used to be a big deal? When guys would get 500, the game would stop, they would give a little speech, they would unravel some banner on the outfield wall, and everyone would give the guy a standing ovation? And now the guy is going to get 700, and just keep right on going? Then again, I guess when everyone else hit these milestones, they were at the end of the line and it might have been their last moment in the sun. Not Barry.
Hell, the way he has hit the ball the last 5 years, he is going to go over 800 in mid 2006, so why bother stopping to admire number 700? And the guy could go right by 700 without even taking a breath. Coors Field tonight. Then three against the Diamondbacks. (And real quick, there is absolutely no way to describe how bad the Diamondbacks are this season. Unless you watch them play every night, it is incomprehensible.)
And then Barry gets 3 more in Milwaukee. Granted, he will probably only see 5 or 6 strikes total in those 7 games, but with those 5 strikes, he’ll hit 4 of them for jacks. 700? TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! And give Barry his MVP Award. I don’t want another Jeff Kent, Terry Pendleton situation. Give it to him. He is the only guy on the team and he has single handedly kept them in it. He changes the entire complexion of games by himself. He’s the MVP. With all due respect to Pujols, Rolen, Edmonds, and Beltre, Bonds is the guy.
If Barry stays interested and healthy, and it looks like he will, he could finish with 800+ homers. And that is easily the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Maybe when he hits number 800, people will get excited. 40 homers a year for 5 straight seasons in his late 30’s. That’s normal."
as posted on www.jimrome.com