Bonds or Ruth?

Is Barry Bonds better than Babe Ruth? Not many think so. I tend to agree. Although Babe Ruth may have his HR record eclipsed by another before this decade is over, there is no real comparison between Ruth and the players of today--including Bonds.

Bonds is playing during an era where offense is the name of the game. Ruth played at a time when the home run was rare; he outhomered whole TEAMS. For Bonds to perform an equivalent feat, he would have to had hit 70 HRs at this point in the season to beat even the banjo hitting Dodgers. At the end of it all, he would have to end up somewhere north of 120 when the playoffs start.

Ruth is still king.

I find the comparison between Hammerin' Hank and the Babe more compelling. Bonds, as good as he is, is difficult to root for because of his loud mouth.