BONDS IN THE ALL-STAR GAME?? - NO QUESTION ABOUT IT

So now the media haters have made Tony LaRussa the next rabbit they're going to hound down with questions like "Will you pick Bonds for the All-Star Game?". They're shamelessly trying to turn the screws of public opinion into making this some sort of late career protest against Bonds. As if having the HOF vote later on isn't enough.

Here are the top ten leaders in OPS, the holy grail of major league stats to evaluate hitters productivity among gear heads.

Sortable Batting
1 Alex Rodriguez NYY 1.119
2 Magglio Ordonez DET 1.118
3 Barry Bonds SFO 1.075
4 David Ortiz BOS 1.046
5 Prince Fielder MIL 1.014
6 Matt Holliday COL 1.007
7 Miguel Cabrera FLA .998
8 Vladimir Guerrero LAA .986
9 Casey Kotchman LAA .967
10 Chase Utley PHI .962

Hmmmm, dude is third in baseball overall, 1st overall in the National League, and 1st among NL outfielders. And he doesn't belong in the All-Star Game?

Get a clue guys, you're not doing him any favors, giving him any lifetime achievement appointment, like has been done in the past for guys like Ripken.

DUDE HAS EARNED HIS SPOT.

It would take a monumental flip-flop on LaRussa's part to go from his lawyerly and scholarly defenses of McGwire and his current harboring of Scott Spiezio to a public rebuke of Bonds.

And it was amazing to see the guy portrayed as the most unpopular , the most hated guy in the major leagues (a title that Elijah Dukes clearly should have) hanging in at third or fourth in the FAN VOTING.

Maybe the media portrayals are not a realistic picture of what is actually going on. WOW, what a concept. And the media hacks on the political front get on Bush for misleading the public and shaping the agenda dishonestly. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Sometimes I wonder what they teach these SOB's in journalism school.

As much as they seemingly tried to whip public opinion into a frenzy prior to Bonds trip to Boston, it seems as if the crowd and Bonds seemed to enjoy a rather cordial relationship. The fans had their fun booing Bonds at all the appropriate times, like the black hat in wrestling, but nobody left their seats when Bonds was up.

Guess you can't believe everyting you read in the papers.