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Hit The Ball, Please
Published: 8/4/2007 11:26 AM
Last Modified: 8/4/2007 11:26 AM

Word on the street is that the media doesn't like Barry Bonds, but let me tell you why the media is rooting for Barry Bonds to hit his historic home run today, or sooner.
Newspapers are tentatively saving space on the front of the sports page every day just in case Bonds hits "the" homer. And every time he doesn't hit it, another story gets put in the spot that was reserved for him.
Editors are trying to figure out which story will get bumped off the front page and which story will be left out of the paper altogether when Bonds finally goes yard.
Rather than put up with that kind of aggravation on a long-term basis, I'm sure newspaper decision-makers would much rather Bonds hurry up and get this thing over with so they don't have to make Barry contingency plans anymore.
Plus, if we have to continually be subjected to daily highlights of Bonds NOT hitting home runs, we will all be driven mucho loco. It's like watching highlights of Marques Haynes not dribbling, Emeril not cooking and Neil Diamond not singing.
Just hit the ball, please.





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