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Booing Barry Bonds: Fans Rooting Against Him
August 08, 2007 4:39 PM
ABC’s Patrick Moynihan on the roles race and steroid use played in their views:
Even though Barry Bonds has broken one of baseball's most hallowed records, more than half the sport's fans hoped he would whiff -- a dramatic difference from Hank Aaron's broad support as he approached the same milestone 33 years ago.
Our May ABC News/ESPN poll found that 52 percent of fans were rooting against Bonds as he approached Aaron's record of 755 career home runs; many fewer, 37 percent, were cheering Bonds on. And while allegations of steroid use play a heavy role in these views, so does race, with black fans far more supportive of Bonds and his quest.
Continue reading Patrick’s analysis here.
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Yes, I believe race is a factor for Barry Bonds. Just like it is for Vick unfortunately. There was a lady that got released today that did something far worse to her husband than Bonds and Vick combined. Yet, Peta did not show up with signs, no one protested her release. The steroids is used against Bonds in a way to make his record inferior to Hank Aaron because they don't like the fact that Bond's record is better than Hank Aaron, so they use these steroids to constantly put him down, which is very unfair. His accomplishments should be recognized just like Hank Aaron. Bond's color should not be a factor, but it is. Hank Aaron was a great baseball player and it does not take nothing away from Hank to acknowledge Barry Bond's accomplishments.
Posted by: Natalie | Aug 16, 2007 2:10:03 AM
Racist? Am I missing something here? I'm fairly sure Hank Aaron is black too. Your excuses for Michael Vick aren't going to cut it. People making sport out of two dogs mauling each other is sick. I guess I can even excuse someone experimenting with it, thinking dogfighting might not be so bad but then coming to their senses after seeing the brutality of it. Vick had no such moment. Any person can watch that and call it "sport" is disgusting and deserves jail & worse.
Posted by: mitch | Aug 25, 2007 11:05:16 AM
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