Barry Bonds, baseball legend, has grown in every way since first joining the ranks of baseball's greats. In the course of normal training, his hat size has increased by one, and his chest is 11" broader than when he first swung a bat in anger. As a result of this supreme physical development, the great big player has waddled around the diamond without any urgency more times than anyone else in baseball history.

His dedication to baseball and the metamorphosis of his body came at great sacrifice. He deserves respect! Yeah right, just like the guys producing bloated broiler chickens at your local hormone-riddled factory deserve respect.

Since revelations about steroid abuse, Bonds now stands at the top of the baseball tree with the cynics beaming a spotlight on his every achievement. As of this week, it has been proven that Barry Bonds sports a bigger head than he is supposed to have, and he carries more rippling muscles than Arnie under his shirt.

Is this sort of criticism fair? After all, he is a dedicated sportsman and there is no definitive proof. No, it isn't fair. It is a racist slur propagated by the press with a grudge against people from the land of Steroidia. Shame on the media for picking on a minority athlete whose only aim in life has been to hit a record winning run and make the simple baseball fan who caught the ball nearly half a million bucks richer. He should be applauded for putting a ball sponsor in the media spotlight for a couple of days.

He should be applauded for turning me off baseball. My wife is eternally grateful that I won't bother tuning in any more. If I want to see true steroid abuse, perfected and honed without remorse by sportsmen, I will continue to watch The Worlds Strongest Man.