Rick, you don't know a damn thing about baseball and it is quite apparant in the statements you made "dissing" the National Pasttime! Pitchers do throw at batters to get them off the plate, and not at their heads! There is only one guy in baseball who throws at a batters head and he isn't in the same league that Bonds is in! Bonds plays in National League and Roger Rocket plays in American League! If you think that the NBA is so great-enjoy watching it! But until you know anything about baseball, best to not try and put a spin on something you do not understand! You seem to love the NFL, well, what in the world do they do the quarterbacks in the NFL? A lot of teams try to take them out of the game? This is not a nice act, and it is against the rules yet they hit quarterbacks late and injure them pretty badly! How about the cheap hit Tony Siragussa, of Baltimore, put on Raiders qb in AFC championship game of 2000? Took him out of the game and Baltimore went on to win NFL Championship (Super Bowl)! They bragged about what they did to win the NFL, taking out quarterbacks! All sports have their bad apples I like baseball and football and I do not think you understand either game! There is no social implications involved in sports? There is no Political Correctness, that is in other things, Rick! So you enjoy watching the Lakers win NBA championship and then be welcome to tend to your hummingbirds and backyard while baseball is going on! Charlie