Hey, Bud!

Suck it up, be a man, and get your butt out to the ballpark to see Barry hit # 756.


If Hank doesn't wanna go... okay. I'll begrudgingly give him that. Part of me says he should be there too, seeing as how a guy's breaking your record. But then again, Barry ain't the nicest guy in baseball and there is suspicion out there, so you can forgive the guy if he wants to stay away.

But Bud, you're the f'ing commissioner. If you had wanted to catch Bonds or other users any time in, oh, the past 15 years, then you should have tested harder, or more often, or more randomly. But the fact is: you didn't. And as a result, players like McGuire and Giambi and Canseco hit home runs at a more than healthy enough clip to help bring baseball back after a strike.

So you looked the other way. You hoped no one would notice. And in doing so, you presided over this whole so-called "Steroid Era." And if a guy who never tested positive for anything is gonna break a record, then you should be there.

'Cause even if you can't stand him, he's gonna break the record.

And after all, he was playing by your rules.

Or lack thereof.