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Friday, May 25, 2007

AFS (Adjusted for Steroids): A Sabermetric Approach to the Bonds Question

Posted on 12:01 PM by ergeg
The closer Barry Bonds gets to Hank Aaron’s home run record, the higher the hairs rise on the back of my neck. I keep trying to figure out if I’d be less agitated if Bonds was a nice guy. No matter. He seems to be such a surly SOB that it’s easy to let the resentment rise, where it will probably move easily into contempt. (If I’m wrong, Barry, and you’re really a sweetheart of a human being, then
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