The Great Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds is a part of the 700 Homerun Club with just two other players: Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755). He needs only 7 more homeruns to surpass the Great Bambino. He surpassed his godfather, Willie Mays who is the sole member of the 600 Homerun Club. Bonds is the current single season homerun leader, with 73 in 2001.

After being on the DL for all but 14 games of the 2005 season, Bonds has started the 2006 season by not starting. He has played in 11 games and sat 3. He has no homeruns yet. It could be due to knee and elbow injuries, as Giants' Manager Felipe Alou says. Or it could be the never ending steroids issue. Or it could be that his new TV series on ESPN, Bonds on Bonds is taking up too much of his time.

Regardless, Bonds is around for his 20th season for one reason: to become #2 on the career homeruns list. Why stop when you're only 7 homeruns away from being the second greatest hitter of all time? Bonds is not expected to reach Hank Aaron’s 755 mark, at least not this season.

But what most want to know is what's up with the steroid deal. It's comparable to Pete Rose's continual denial of gambling, up until last year when he finally revealed the truth we all knew. Steroid use could potentially take Bond's credibility away, never allowing him into the Hall of Fame, despite his countless records.

Yet many insist that he passed every drug test he's taken and that should be enough to drop the subject. Maybe that’s why Bonds on Bonds is being made—to enhance Bonds’ public image, which is known for not being so great. The reality show or ‘documentary’ as ESPN is calling it, is a way for people to see what it’s like to be one of the greatest, or depending on your position, worst athletes alive today. Regardless, if the stats show, and they’re legitimate, let the man play.