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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. Um, nope.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 04:12 PM

Jul 2015

What if Bonds, we asked, had said he had surrendered to steroid use because it had practically become an institutionalized necessity, the key to unlocking the door to statistical and lifestyle riches?

I'd still call him a cheater who did whatever he could to get rich, no different from other fraudsters.

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It�s Time to Reconsider Barry Bonds for the Hall of Fame [View all] ghostsinthemachine Jul 2015 OP

Um, nope. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #1

Not just no, HELL no tkmorris Jul 2015 #2

So should they toss all drug users out then? ghostsinthemachine Jul 2015 #3

'They all did it' is not a very convincing argument. Dawgs Jul 2015 #8

no artislife Jul 2015 #4

His chances are jack and shit... London Lover Man Jul 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jul 2015 #6

Fuck that shit -- I could name a bunch who belong in the HOF before he does... Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #7

I don't think so madokie Jul 2015 #9