Barry Bonds Homerun Watch

I know the Cubs had a difficult West Coast road trip, going 1-8. But there's one thing they did manage to accomplish. Their pitchers did not give up a home run to Barry Bonds.

Bonds is still at 713 homeruns, one shy of Babe Ruth on the all-time homerun list.

I don't know about you, but I am having a hard time getting excited about Bonds' chase to baseball immortality. True, it is a remarkable accomplishment. But two other players have already accomplished this feat before him, and others may follow somewhere down the line.

(I remember watching Hank Aaron's 715th homerun which surpassed Babe Ruth, but I was too young to understand its significance in baseball history.) As each record falls by the wayside, there will be less fanfare.

Bonds has always been a controversial player. The cloud of suspicion hanging over him regarding steroids usage doesn't help. It makes me wonder how much of his success was achieved by dishonest means.