Selig To Take a Pass on Bond’s Milestone
6/24/2007

The most coveted record in baseball is about to fall and the commissioner doesn’t even intend to be in the stands to witness it. San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, who has been deeply involved in the steroids scandal, is about to crack Henry Aaron’s home run record. There is a good chance, barring injury, that it will take place during the 2007 season. Selig’s avoidance of the event is symptomatic of general fan apathy and malaise that is based not so much on outrage but just indifference.

Not only is his tainted by the steroids issue, Bonds also has a reputation of in the words of Newsday’s Sandy Grady A "sullen, bristling, boorish personality."

(What kind of a sports system can spawn this kind of thing to happen? Here one of the coveted records in the sports is about to fall, and fans could care less. Moreover, what kind of a role model is an alleged cheater with a "sullen, bristling, boorish personality."

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