Because this could cost the pitcher's team a game from time to time. It's actually not as certain if it would really cost the Giants' games if Bonds stopped swinging for the fences. If the allegations of steroids are true, then Bonds was a great hitter whom drugs turned into the greatest.

Right now the Giants are losing games and the team is getting frustrated that all the attention is on the HR record. One player said, "I'm not sure what the goal is anymore. To win games?"

If there is to be any positive legacy here, it is Bonds that must show the class. Otherwise, he's right in that nothing has been proven, and the league is not in a position to sanction.