715*

As a long time baseball fan, I recoil in horror that Barry Bonds has tied the great Babe Ruth for career homeruns at 714. Bonds is now only 41 dingers behind all-time leader Hank "The Hammer" Aaron.

Baseball is a timeless game that has withstood the change that has been thrust on to other sports. There is no overtime shootout, there is no shot clock, it's just 9-innings and 54 outs. As such, long standing records have stood the test of time. Barry Bonds has seemingly found a way around it.

The allegations of steroid use for Bonds has been prevalent for years now. The slugger has never truly commented on them, but rather kept on playing. I am one who firmly believes in innocence until guilt is proven. In saying that, the evidence is now a mile high, and Bonds has no answers.

Through the alleged actions of people like Bonds, there has been a stain set upon not only the records he sets, but also the game itself.

As Bonds sets forth each night to hit his 715th homerun to become #2 on the all-time list, I hope there will forever be an asterisk next to his achievement if he did indeed use performance enhancing drugs. To do otherwise would be to admit it's okay to cheat and still be in the record books.