Back in the early 2000's I remember watching in Awe at one of my favorite ball players obliterated the single season homerun record and went on a tear for a good many years his batting average was off the charts as well as the amount of walks this guy received intentional and unintentional.. I saw managers intentionally walk home the go ahead run in a tie game with the bases loaded because this guy instilled terrorizing fear at every at bat.
For people who havent figured out who I'm talking about BARRY BONDS. Barry Bonds in his career was a 5 tool player he possesed every attribute that made him the perfect predator in a baseball sense, I am a Yankee fan but I always enjoyed watching Bonds from his early days as a Pittsburgh Pirate, I watched him hit homeruns, steal bases, hit for 300, had a cannon of an arm and played superb defense. The guy won multiple MVP's and was consistent year after year, his plaque in Baseball immortality was already set aside..
Then came the whispers of Ped's Bonds was bigger, stronger and his batspeed was still as fast in his late 30's as it was in his prime, he transformed into a superhuman Baseball player that was impossible to pitch to absolutely impossible... Then came a shitstorm of media backlash and after unrelenting research and digging it came out that not just Bonds but guys like
Canseco
McGwire
Palmeiro
Pettite
Clemens
Alex Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez
Juan Gonzalez
Manny Ramirez
Ken Caminiti
Jason Giambi
Gary Sheffield
David Ortiz
Sammy Sosa
Etc.
Everyone one of these superstars are linked to some steroid or PED most of them have point blank lied even though the evidence is so overwhelming 3 I think have admitted or apologized and IMO were only sorry because they got caught. The others have blamed teammates others blamed GNC as well as said they didnt know what they were putting in there body..
I would think other elite athletes who witnessed Baseball get picked to pieces and disgraced would know better.. Unfortunately Manny Pacquiao finds himself in the same predicament all those other Superstars were in and seems like the excuses and reactions are cut from the same cloth.
I just hope for boxing's sake Pac is clean what he has accomplished is special and once in a lifetime, it would be a huge let down to all the legions of fans and his country if he is on the Roids... I dont give a shit about the superstitions and who feels offended, Pac owes it to us to do the right thing. Mayweather isn't asking him to do anything that he isn't willing to do himself.. Walk away from this Manny and you just put a huge black eye on your credibility and legitimacy
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