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Should Barry Bonds retire?

Results so far:

Yes
70% 186 votes Total: 265 votes
No
30% 79 votes
  • 1 of 18

    by Todd Pheifer

    It is 2008, and the baseball season is underway. Barry Bond, the man who broke Hank Aaron's record for all-time home runs, is sitting at home. That record is probably the most...read more

  • 2 of 18

    by Dean Adams

    to answer the question should MLB Home Run King Barry Bonds retire? YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Bonds, for the previous 4-5 years had been a detriment to the game, you couldn't...read more

  • 3 of 18

    by Ben Burrows

    Many will say Barry Bonds should retire out of the pure hatred of him after the steroid issue. I will be the first to say Barry needs to be out of baseball after this. This howe...read more

  • 4 of 18

    by Justin Charles

    Should Barry Bonds retire? In my opinion, yes. Barry Bonds is a super star. There is certainly no argument about that. Five time Giant Player of the Year, 14 time All Star, ...read more

  • 5 of 18

    by Dan Dechenaux

    Hang up your cleats, Barry, the time is now. Actually, it is overdue. First of all, nobody wants you anymore. Are General Managers banging on your door? Is the phone ringing ...read more

  • 6 of 18

    by John Wallie

    Baseball is clearly trying to leave Barry Bonds behind. It doesn't look as if any team is going to sign him at this point in the season. The teams in the thick of the pennant r...read more

  • 7 of 18

    by Solarfinder

    Barry Bonds casts a large shadow, one of which causes couch coaches, like me, to speculate when somebody should retire. In researching Barry's career can be summed up as phenom...read more

  • 8 of 18

    by James Mills

    SHOULD BARRY Bonds retire. I was watching this show on the television the other day, and then a commercial came on that was promoting the new season of 'Smallville' (That's a s...read more

  • 9 of 18

    by Bruce Bostwick

    Whether or not the record is legit or not is not the discussion of this matter. It's a question about now that he has the number surpassing Hank Aaron for the most Home Runs al...read more

  • 10 of 18

    by Ted Sherman

    YES: Since San Francisco has announced Bonds won't be asked back in 2008, should he hang up his spikes or go shopping for another team? Other than the fact that the record-holdi...read more

  • 11 of 18

    by george chavez

    Barry Bonds represents all that is wrong with superstar athletes these days. He is a steroid bloated millionaire who seems to place his own tawdry priorities ahead of the great ...read more

  • 12 of 18

    by Mike Pettinato

    Barry Bonds should not be allowed to put a baseball bat back into his hands. First off, the home run record he had set back in September, was just a disgrace to most baseball fa...read more

  • 13 of 18

    by David Furritus

    Well, retiring would be a nice start. This way we could quickly wipe his foul memories from our hearts. Next, he should be required to give back every dollar he made while he...read more

  • 14 of 18

    by Mike Schlottman

    For the sake of baseball, Barry Bonds needs to retire! I grew up watching him with Pittsburgh and then with the Giants. I collected his baseball cards and often tried to trade...read more

  • 15 of 18

    by Kelly Monteith

    It's time for Barry Bond to ride off into the sunset,take his home run record with him and do what most athletes do when they retire, write a book.Barry could possibly play anot...read more

  • 16 of 18

    by Michael Moore

    When you think of Barry Bonds, you think home runs, lot's of them. You also think of good defense, Gold Gloves. You can't mention Bonds without talking about the stolen bases ei...read more

  • 17 of 18

    by Ethen Kim Lieser

    Barry Bonds would never admit it, but his numbers are just as important to him as a World Series ring. Reaching 3,000 hits and extending his career home-run mark will be eno...read more

  • 18 of 18

    by Brandon Wheeler

    Think what you want about him, but Barry Bonds is one of the best ball players of his time. Aside from all of the steroid talk. We all thought about the same question last year....read more

  • 1 of 10

    by James Douglas Doorsman

    Barry Bonds is the one of the greatest players to ever play the game of baseball and the best I've ever seen to swing a baseball bat. Let the man play baseball until he wants t...read more

  • 2 of 10

    by T.C Leonard

    Recently sports columnist and frequent Around the Horn panelist Tim Cowlishaw polled five Texas Rangers players about adding Bonds to the Rangers' roster, and the concensus was,...read more

  • 3 of 10

    by Doctor Bob

    My family and I went to see the Reds play the Giants, in Cincinnati, this prior summer. I wanted to see the great Barry Bonds before he retired or I died. It was worth the 3 h...read more

  • 4 of 10

    by Micah Olson

    Barry Bonds should be traded to an American League team where he can be useful as a DH. Barry can still hit home runs with the best of them and can find a new identity in the A...read more

  • 5 of 10

    by Michael Aubrey

    This writers love of Major League Baseball came from my Detroit roots, often attending games at the original Tiger Stadium. On the subject of Barry Bonds, I am sure he would be ...read more

  • 6 of 10

    by Douglas Robbins

    I don't believe Barry Bonds should retire. At least not under pressure from anyone or any organization! He is still a very talented athlete and has the freedom to do what ever h...read more

  • 7 of 10

    by Matthew Galloway

    The greatest hitter in the history of baseball deserves to finish his career in a dignified way. Barry Bonds is a loathed figurehead of an era that baseball purists are longi...read more

  • 8 of 10

    by Keith Smiley

    Who is to say when any athlete has reached the end of his career? Many thought that Ken Griffey Jr was done after several surgeries, but he bounced back and still may have a fe...read more

  • 9 of 10

    by Anthony Weatherspoon

    No. Not as long as the American League has the designated hitter in place is the number one reason. Number (2) is the fact that the New York Yankees are a part of the A.L....read more

  • 10 of 10

    by Baybe Girl Gause

    I don't believe that Barry Bonds should retire. Why should he? He is at the pinnacle of his career, despite what some critics may say. I believe for him to retire now, will g...read more

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