Barry Bonds of Riverside, California, will be getting a statue outside Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, according to the Associated Press on Friday. There is no doubt that Bonds is considered one of the top hitters in Major League Baseball history. However, the fact remains he took steroids, and is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as a result.
The question here is why are the Giants honouring and celebrating a player with such a controversial past? Should he be honoured alongside fellow Giants legends who also have a statue? They are centerfielder Willie Mays of Westfield, Alabama, pitcher Gaylord Perry of Williamston, North Carolina, first baseman Willie McCovey of Mobile, Alabama, pitcher Juan Marichal of Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic, and first baseman Orlando Cepeda of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Mays, Perry, McCovey, Marichal and Cepeda are all Hall of Famers, and are considered by many among the best to play the game.
