When I first read the headline, I thought Jesse Jackson was talking about getting a good hitter in the order behind Barry Bonds, so he doesn’t get walked all the time.  He was referring to Bonds getting a syringe thrown in his direction the other day in San Diego and the police and MLB not doing anything about it.  When I first heard news of that, I thought it was a fairly amusing joke, but after some time to digest the situation, it is heading in the wrong direction.  Sure it is fun to boo the guy, but when it gets to the point, where Bonds is afraid of his personal safety, that is just wrong.  After the Ron Artest/ Auburn Hills melee, we as a society should get our act together.  Despite dressing up as Paula Abdul, Bonds has not endeared himself to the fans.  Where did it all go wrong for Bonds and baseball fans?  Bonds’ life sure has had better days, to top it off it was recently reported that his aunt was severely injured in a car collision.  Usually when athletes get older, they learn from their mistakes from their youth.  I would say America started officially hating Bonds for good after fighting in the dugout with ex-teammate Jeff Kent.  I hope the fans are smart enough not to do something stupid to the Bonds, like pick a fight with him over a foul ball in the left field seats.  If such an event should occur, I would like to say now that the media should not throw Bonds under the bus for his behavior,  if the situation were to present itself.

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