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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke the MLB career homerun record last night. Congratulations Barry. When asked by reporters whether or not he thought his record was tainted, Barry replied "No". Frankly, I don't agree with that answer. Do I think his record should be erased? Nope. You can't deny that he actually hit all those homeruns and it would be difficult to tell which homeruns to erase when he was hitting them while on steroids.

A lot of people say that being stronger doesn't help you hit a baseball. That's B.S. I'll tell you why. About two weeks ago I made a trip to the batting cages for the first time since little league. That must have been at least eight years ago and probably longer. Since that time I hadn't touched a baseball bat let alone swing at a live pitch. I did however start lifting weights since starting college (and no, no steroids. Just a lot of hard work and determination). So I stepped into the batting cage (slow pitch to start out) and whiffed for about the first five pitches. I then started to make contact fouling a few pitches off. By about the third round of pitches I was hitting solidly. Pitches I didn't make full contact with were going pretty far (note the ball in the picture at the top). By the end of the day I was in the Very Fast pitch lane. So, speaking from personal experience being stronger DEFINITELY makes one a better hitter. Now imagine if you are a pro baseball player AND you are on steroids. I guess we can start cheering for Alex Rodriguez now right?