[T]oday, Pelosi issue a statement on Bonds' achievement:
"Tonight, Barry Bonds etched his name into baseball's history books and took his rightful place among sport's immortals," Pelosi said. "It was a great night for baseball and a great night for San Francisco -- the crowd went wild. It was particular exciting to see Willie Mays embrace him on the field and see Hank Aaron congratulate him on the Jumbotron. As a season ticket holder, I am particularly glad it happened on the Giants' Italian night."
Personally, I think the idea that Barry Bonds hadn't "etched his name into baseball's history books" or taken "his rightful place among the sport's immortals" until last night is absurd and the Speaker should retract it.
Anyhow, while it's pretty damn evident that San Francisco values are to blame for Bonds' apparent drug use, I was at first hesitant to blame his narcissism and general unpleasantness on those same values...but I'm coming around.
Also, I found this graph, which I think is interesting. Hooray for The Google.
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