A ranar 9 ga Janairu, mun koyi cewa manyan 'yan wasan ƙwallon kwando guda biyu na zamaninsu, Barry Bonds da Roger Clemens, ba za a shigar da su cikin Hall Hall of Fame a shekarar farko ta cancanta ba. Bonds da Clemens' gazawar cin nasara a kan babbar "zaɓe ta farko" ba ta da alaƙa da nasarorin da suka samu, amma yana nuna duhu duhu na zato game da amfani da su na steroid. Lokaci ne mai ban sha'awa, ba kawai don wasan kwaikwayo na kasa ba, har ma ga al'ummarmu gaba daya.
Ko da yake da yawa daga cikin magoya bayansa suna fatan jin daɗin wasanni ba tare da tunanin siyasa, tattalin arziki da zamantakewa ba, hakan ba zai yiwu ba ga masana'antar da ke ba da biliyoyin daloli da sha'awar dubun-dubatar Amurkawa kowace rana. Tabbas, saga na Bonds yana magana kai tsaye ga al'amuran adalci, ɗabi'a, ƙwaƙwalwar tarihi, rawar kafofin watsa labarai da kallo a farkon ƙarni na 21st, kuma, ba shakka, manyan abubuwan kasuwanci. Don haka, wannan bala'i na yau da kullun yana nuna Amurka da alama ba ta da kyau, ƙalubalen ɗabi'a, cikin raguwa kuma tare da babban asarar imani a cikin cibiyoyi da aka kafa.
Sabanin ra'ayin da aka sani, Bonds ba mugu ba ne a cikin wannan wasan kwaikwayo. Maimakon haka, na gan shi don abin da ya kasance: daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan kwallon kwando na kowane lokaci, wanda ya yi wasa a kan matakin da al'ummar zamaninsa suka samar.
Babu wanda ya yi iƙirarin cewa Bonds sun yi amfani da steroids kafin lokacin 1998 (lokacin bazara na Mark McGwire da Sammy Sosa), lokacin da zai iya ƙare, tare da kyakkyawan dalili, cewa ba tare da shan kwayoyi ba ya kasance a cikin rashin nasara. A wannan lokacin, gabaɗayan kafa wasan ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon a baya sun ɓarke kamar na wasan ban dariya a matsayin manyan ƴan wasan sluggers da masu ceto.
Ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Baseball ta Amurka ta kasance mai haɗin kai a cikin wannan ɓarna, kuma membobinta bai kamata su hukunta Bonds da sauran 'yan wasa ta hanyar hana wuraren da suka dace a cikin Hall of Fame ba. Kamata ya yi su nemi Cooperstown (shafin National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) don gina babban nunin martaba na dindindin wanda ke bayyana bayanan zamanin steroid. Duk wani abu da ya rage zai zama rashin adalci ga 'yan wasan da rashin alhaki ga tarihi da makomar wasan gaba.
Aikin Barry Bonds ya rabu da kyau zuwa matakai huɗu: Na farko, farkon shekarun zuwa 1993, lokacin da ya kafa kansa a matsayin babban ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball, ya lashe MVP uku da ba a taɓa gani ba cikin shekaru huɗu; na gaba, zamanin steroid bayan yajin aiki (1994-1998), a lokacin da ya kalli sauran 'yan wasa kama har ma ya zarce matakin yawan aiki; na uku, shekarun da ya ɗauka na amfani da steroid (1999-2004), wanda ya haɗu tare da mafi girma na tsawon shekaru hudu wanda ya taba bugawa a tarihin wasan; kuma, a ƙarshe, coda ga aikinsa (2005-2007) lokacin da ya fuskanci zarge-zargen da ba a so ba na amfani da steroid kuma ya karya tarihin tseren gida na Major League Baseball na Henry Aaron.
Bonds wata babbar baiwa ce, bugawa ga matsakaita da iko tare da saurin makanta da ƙwarewar tsaro na musamman. Amma ya fi haka. Yana da ido marar kyan gani, mai tarbiyyar batting ido. Ba a cika samun lamuni na korar filaye daga yankin yajin aikin ba kuma sun tara yawan tafiye-tafiye. Masu adawa da juna sun ji tsoron Bonds, wanda zai iya murkushe kwallon idan kun jefa shi yajin kuma ya yi barna a kan hanyoyin tushe idan kun bi shi. Kowace shekara, Bonds ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin jagorori a cikin kashi na kan tushe da kashi slugging, mafi mahimmancin fihirisa guda biyu na bajinta.
A cikin 1980s, ƙungiyar manazarta wasan ƙwallon kwando da ake kira SABRmetricians suna zuwa ga shahara. Sun yi amfani da lissafi don tantance waɗanne hitters ne da gaske suka fi fa'ida. A farkon 90s, ya bayyana a gare su cewa Bonds ya kasance kai da kafadu sama da takwarorinsa.
Bonds bai yi amfani da steroids a farkon aikinsa ba, duk da cewa sun kasance mafi shahara a wasan. ’Yan wasan sluggers a kan dynastic Oakland Athletics na ƙarshen 80s da farkon 90s, “Bash Brothers,” ana zarginsu da yin ruwan sha, kamar yadda taurari suke a sauran ƙungiyoyi. Duk da haka, steroids ba su karkatar da wasan gaba ɗaya ba tukuna yayin da ƙungiyoyin da suka fi nasara a farkon 90s suka ci gaba da ba da fifikon saurin gudu kamar ƙarfi, tare da Bonds da sauri sun zarce A's gigantic Jose Canseco a matsayin babban tauraro na wasan.
Daga nan ne 'yan wasan 1994 suka fara yajin aiki. Ba zato ba tsammani, wasan, wanda ya ci gaba a cikin shekarun 80s zuwa 90s, ya kasance cikin rikici mai ban tsoro, wanda za a iya cewa mafi girma tun lokacin 1919 Black Sox betting abin kunya. Shahararren, ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon baya ya ci baya baya baya baya da ya yi a baya a baya bayan nan a cikin shekarun 1920 tare da godiya ga nasarar da Babe Ruth ta yi na juyin juya hali a gida. Dogon kwallon zai sake zuwa ceto, a wannan karon tare da taimakon sinadaran.
Yayin da wasan ƙwallon kwando ya yi ƙoƙari ya dawo da shahararsa a tsakiyar shekarun 90s, ƙaramar sluggers matasa sun fito, lambobin wutar lantarki sun karu, kuma biceps ya girma yayin da kafa wasan ya zaɓi kada a lura. Sharuɗɗa sun kasance babban tauraro na shekara-shekara. Ken Griffey Jr. ne kawai ya tunkare shi a matsayin ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararru. Wani SABRmetrician zai yi bayanin cewa Bonds ya kasance mafi kyawun ɗan wasa na wasan, amma tare da kafofin watsa labarai suna ba da kulawa sosai ga jimlar gudu na gida, tauraronsa ya yi kama da raguwa. Ya kasa lashe MVP daga 1994 ta hanyar 1998. Uku daga cikin masu cin nasara na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa a cikin waɗannan shekarun yanzu an san su (ko ana zargin su) sun kasance masu amfani da steroid.
A kunnena, bikin ba tare da tambaya ba na Mark da Sammy na kafofin watsa labarai na wasanni ya yi daidai da halayen masu ba da rahoto game da kuɗi na wancan lokacin lokacin da kumfa na fasaha ke ƙaruwa, wasan da za su maimaita shekaru goma masu zuwa tare da kumfa gidaje. Ba wai kawai kafafen yada labarai sun kasa bankado gaskiya a cikin wadannan al'amuran ba, sun yi matukar farin ciki da yaudara da yaudara. Me yasa ya damu da kayan aikin kamfani? Abin da ke da mahimmanci shine ƙimar hannun jari. Wanene ke buƙatar biyan kuɗi? Adadin gidaje zai ci gaba da karuwa har abada. McGwire da Sosa su ne Ruth da Maris na zamaninmu. Jaruman Amurka, girma da girma da ƙarfi. Gida yana gudana da kasuwanni: sararin sama yana da iyaka.
The orgy na taya murna da kuma makanta da gangan wanda ke nuna labaran wasanni a cikin 1998 ya tuna da wani sanannen trope na kafofin watsa labarai na Amurka na zamani - kishin kishin ƙasa na haɓaka zuwa yaƙi. Hanyoyin ESPN suna buɗe "SportsCenter", kusan, kusan sakewa na batsa na sabon fashewar fashewar Big Mac wanda ba za ku iya tserewa ba a cikin '98, suna da amsawar su a cikin kwamfuta da aka samar da hotuna na CNN da Fox News' na sabbin '' Yakin da babu makawa, lokaci mai daraja lokacin da Amurka ta tayar da na'urarta don kashe mugunta. Mikiya ta yi sama da F-16, taron cikin tashin hankali, Sosa tare da sa hannun sa mai kauna, Amurka ta kare duk abin da ya dace, wasan kwaikwayo na kasa ya ajiye-babu lokacin tambaya. Musamman ba "wa ke amfana ba?"
Shekaru da yawa bayan haka, gaskiya ta fito, da dadewa bayan na gaskiya, kusan masu amfana da ba a iya gani ba sun sanya abin da suka samu a aljihu. Ba a yi wani abu da yawa daga fallasa ainihin abin da ke faruwa ba-duk an goge shi a ƙarƙashin kafet. Eh, mun san gwamnatin Bush ta yi karya kuma dubbai sun mutu saboda ita, amma abin ya wuce; kuma eh mun san McGwire da Sosa an rutsa su akan 'roids. Amma magoya bayan sun dawo, ribar ta karu.
A cikin kowane irin wannan yanayin akwai masu adawa, suna ƙalubalantar ƙarya-ko, a cikin yanayin McGwire-Sosa, yana kawo shakku. Amma waɗannan muryoyin ba su kai ga al'ada ba.
A cikin 1998, Barry Bonds ya taka leda a wasan da ƙananan ƴan wasa suka zarce shi ta hanyar yaudara yadda ya kamata. Ba wai kawai McGwire da Sosa sun shayar da jama'a da yabo ba, amma aƙalla na wannan shekara guda, sun zarce ayyukan sa na cin zarafi. Ƙara zagi ga rauni, Sosa's Cubs sun kawar da Giants na Bonds a cikin wasan wasa ɗaya a cikin '98.
Bonds ya yi aiki ba tare da gajiyawa ba gaba ɗaya aikinsa don zama mafi kyawun ɗan wasa mai yiwuwa; yanzu yana guje wa wata hanya ta zahiri don kara ingantawa, wadda abokan hamayyarsa ke runguma. Za mu iya zama a kusa mu gaya wa kanmu cewa Bonds ya kamata ya yi abin da ya dace kuma ya kasance da tsabta, kamar yadda ya yi har sai lokacin. Amma bari mu kasance masu gaskiya: Ba a ɗauki Barry Bonds don zama tauraro mai matsakaicin matsayi ba. An biya shi ya zama fitaccen jarumi. Duk abin da ya rage ya gaza.
Bonds sun yi aiki a matakin sama da sauran ƴan wasa a wasan cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. Ko da tare da yanayin yanayi na steroid na takwarorinsa, jagoran SABRmetrician na ƙasar, Bill James, ba wai kawai ya sanya Bonds a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasa na shekaru goma bayan kakar '99 ba, ya lura cewa wasansa ya zarce duk sauran waɗanda ke matsayi na biyu. dan wasa a cikin shekaru goma, Craig Biggio, ya kasance kusa da na 10 mafi kyau fiye da Bonds.
Kuma duk da haka Bonds dole ne su gane abin da lambobin SABRmetricians kuma suka nuna: A farkon shekaru goma, ya kasance kai da kafadu fiye da kowane ɗan wasa amma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, steroids ya motsa 'yan wasa har zuwa matakinsa na samar da mummunan aiki.
Hakanan, Bonds ya kasance 34, kuma wataƙila yana da wasu ƴan shekarun da suka rage a wasan. Sharuɗɗa ba su da alatu na jiran fitar da guguwar zamba don sake fitowa a matsayin fitaccen ɗan wasan wasan. Duk da haka dai, babu wanda aka fallasa a lokacin kuma yawan 'yan wasan da ke amfani da su yana karuwa, kamar yadda aka yi. Amma abin da lalle shi ne juyin mulkin de alheri, abin da ya aika da saƙon a sarari kamar rana, shi ne canonization na McGwire da Sosa. Waɗannan masu shayarwa guda biyu, tare da manyan jikinsu na ɗan adam, sun kasance abin yabo ba kawai na al'adun baseball ba, amma duk al'adun pop na Amurka, waɗanda ke yaduwa a duk faɗin duniya. A waje da wasu ƴan rubuce-rubucen da suka fito daga ofishin kwamishinan lokacin da aka tabo batun maganin steroid, duk wata shaida a lokacin ta yi ihu cewa wannan ɗaukaka ta sabon zamani na dogon ball zai ci gaba har abada. Wata sabuwa ce kuma akwai hanya ɗaya kawai don yin gogayya da manyan mutane.
Abin da ya faru a cikin shekaru shida masu zuwa abu ne mai sauki. Barry Bonds ya kasance kusan kashi 15 zuwa 25 cikin ɗari fiye da kowane ɗan wasa na zamaninsa a cikin shekarun da suka gabata kafin cutar ta steroids, kuma ya tabbatar da hakan. 15 zuwa 25 bisa dari fiye da kowa a sabuwar duniya jajirtacce. Tabbas, 15 zuwa 25 bisa dari mafi kyau fiye da juicers irin su McGwire, Sosa, Amurka League MVP Juan Gonzalez da Alex Rodriguez yana nufin yin aiki a matakin da ya wuce duk wani abu da aka gani a tarihin wasan.
Me yasa wasanni suka shahara sosai? Gasar tana da ban sha'awa, wasannin motsa jiki suna da ban sha'awa, muna shaida baje kolin hali da ƙarfin hali, kuma, a kwanakin nan, manyan wasanni na kuɗi sun zama abin kallo na zamani. Har yanzu, akwai wani abu kuma, wanda ke magana game da ma'anar adalci: A cikin duniyar rashin adalci, wasanni suna da dokoki. In ba haka ba, gasar ta lalace.
A shekara ta 1998, wasan ƙwallon kwando ya daina samun matakin wasa. Lallai, ƴan wasan da aka fi yin bushara sun kasance mafi nasara maguɗi. Dole ne slugger ya karɓi wasa ba tare da lahani ba ko kuma ya nutse cikin amfani da steroid. Ken Griffey Jr. a fili ya zaɓi hanyar adalci. Ya kasance ƙarami fiye da Bonds kuma a cikin ƴan shekaru ba ya zama babban gasarsa a matsayin mafi kyawun wasan.
Zamanin steroids yana wakiltar gabaɗaya daban-daban fiye da batun caca. Idan dan wasa ko manaja yayi fare akan wasan ƙwallon kwando (musamman, amma ba kawai lokacin yin fare da ƙungiyarsa ba), gasar ta lalace. Shan steroids yaudara ne, tun da akwai shaidu masu yawa da ke nuna cewa suna inganta aikin (kuma tun da sun zo tare da mummunar haɗari na kiwon lafiya, zai zama rashin da'a don karɓar su a matsayin wani ɓangare na horo na ɗan wasa) - don haka suna lalata wasan. Amma a lokacin da amfani da steroids ya zama endemic a cikin wasan, kamar yadda aka samu ta 98, to, halin kirki laifi na kowane 'yan wasan da suka fara shan steroids bayan amfani da aka tartsatsi ne mafi m.
Lokacin da kuka yanke hukunci game da shari'ar Barry Bonds, kamar yadda marubutan wasan ƙwallon kwando na Amurka ke da alhakin yin da zaɓensu na Hall of Fame, kuna yi wa kanku ƙarya sai dai idan kun gane cewa a shekara ta 1998, Bonds - a matsayin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun 'yan wasa. m hasara. Lokacin da, kamar yadda ake zarginsa da aikatawa, ya dauki hayar mai koyarwa Greg Anderson don gudanar da ayyukan haɓaka magunguna kafin lokacin '99, yana daidaita filin wasa da kansa sosai.
Kafofin yada labaran wasanni suna nuna duality na karya: Shin kuna zabar 'yan takara na Hall of Fame bisa ga nasarorin da suka samu a filin wasa kawai, ko kuna la'akari da batutuwa irin su zarge-zarge na yaudara? Amsar, ba shakka, ba haka bane. Wannan ko dai-ko tsarin yana samun duk kuskure. Amsar da ta dace kawai ita ce, dole ne a yi la’akari da ’yan takara a cikin mahallin tarihi da suka yi, tare da tantance nasarorinsu da halayensu bisa la’akari da wannan mahallin.
Shin Bonds sun cancanci zama a Cooperstown? Ee. Ba za a iya zarge shi da faduwar yanayin wasan ba. Amma Hall of Fame, a matsayin babban mai kula da tarihin wasan ƙwallon kwando, dole ne ya bayyana wa baƙi abin da ya faru da wasan a cikin 90s. A shekarar 1998, wasan ya lalace.
Ɗaya daga cikin sirrin zamanin steroid shine dalilin da ya sa kusan babu wanda ya fito don fallasa cutar. Ƙungiyoyin 'yan wasan ƙwallon kwando suna da ƙarfi sosai. Ana adana sirri, kuma kawai mutum zai iya tunanin yadda rayuwa zata kasance mai wahala ga snitch. Amma shiru-kusa da kowa? Ka yi tunani game da shi. Idan ba ka yi jucing ba, kana yin wasan ne bisa ka'ida yayin da wasu ke yaudara. Har yanzu shiru. Wasan da kansa ana batawa. Ba abin da aka ce.
A cikin shekarun 90s, kalmar "mai nasara-duk al'umma" ta shiga cikin lafazi na gama gari. Wani ci gaba mai ban mamaki na rashin daidaituwar kudin shiga ya faru a cikin shekaru goma. 'Yan wasan MLB sun yi banki, godiya sosai ga ƙungiyar su, amma yawancin suna da iyakacin ƙima daga lu'u-lu'u, kuma babu ɗayan da za su iya dacewa da albashin wasan ƙwallon kwando. Wanene zai yarda ya yi kasada ya zama ɗan fariah, ya watsar da shi duka?
Haɓaka gudu na gida yana dawo da magoya baya, kuma tare da su, kudaden shiga. Masu ba za su fashe wannan kumfa ba, kuma yanzu kwamishinan da kansa ya kasance mai (na Brewers).
A daidai lokacin da wasan kwallon kwando ke murmurewa daga koma bayan yajin aikin, kafofin watsa labaru na gargajiya sun fuskanci gasa da ba a taba ganin irinta ba da karuwar mallakar kamfanoni da hada-hadar jama'a, tare da mai da hankali kan nuna riba. Rashin tsaro na tattalin arziki yana haifar da daidaito. Jama'a sun cinye labarun game da farfadowar wasan ƙwallon kwando da kuma tseren gudu na gida, kuma 'yan jarida na wasanni sun yi farin ciki don samar da jin dadi na zamanin steroid. Irin wannan al’amari ya faru ne a lokacin da ruwa ya juya aka sauya labaran jarumtaka da labaran badakala, jama’a har yanzu suna karatu da kallo suna dannawa da kyau. Don haka irin mutanen da suka kasa fallasa-kuma, a zahiri, sun taimaka mai - haɓakar steroid a wasan ƙwallon ƙwallon kwando yanzu cikin munafunci sun mamaye babban ƙasa, suna zaɓe ƙasa Bonds da Clemens da ƙananan taurarin da suka shahara.
Ta yaya ya kamata masana tarihin wasan ƙwallon kwando, gami da ƴan jarida, su bi da lokutan ɓarna na Bonds daga 2001 zuwa 2004? Shawarata ita ce in sanya su a cikin mahallin tarihin da ya dace kuma a yarda da abin da suka kasance: mafi girman nuna rashin tausayi a tarihin wasan. Rana a cikin, rana fita, Bonds ba kome ba ne mai ban mamaki. Ted Williams da Babe Ruth, biyu sluggers SABRmetricians za su rike a matsayin mafi girma a gaban Bonds, ba su da wani kwatankwacin gudu.
Tabbas, ƙididdige lambobi ba ya yin adalci ga ɗanyen iko, ladaran ladabi, na Bonds a cikin akwatin batter, da farin cikin kowane jemage ya ba da magoya baya.
Miliyoyin mutane ne suka buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin ƙarni da rabi da suka gabata. Wani mutum mai girman gaske ya inganta fasahar bugawa cikin farar fata, baki da lemu. Beauty a cikin bala'i. Gidan kayan tarihi ne.
Shin za mu taɓa iya kallon hotunan Bonds daga waɗannan shekarun kuma mu yi mamakin fasaharsa? Ina fata haka ne. Mamaki ne a plate. Hanyarsa ta banbanta—masanin hankali kaɗai ya taɓa tsinkewa jemage. Buga wasan ƙwallon kwando sana'a ce, kuma zai zama laifi ga wasan kar a ƙarfafa matasa masu buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa su yi nazarin dabarunsa.
Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Ƙasa ita ce mafi daɗaɗɗen gasar wasannin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun yanki a duniya. Wasan wasan ƙwallon kwando babban kadara ne ga masana tarihi, yana ba da taga da aka rubuta da kyau har zuwa farkon lokacin masana'antu. Kamar yadda labaru da abubuwan da Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson da Cincinnati Red Stockings na 1860 suka ba mu haske game da zamaninsu - haka Bonds da Clemens. Yaya wauta a gare mu mu yi tunanin za mu iya ɓoye su. Ya kamata mu kalle su kamar yadda masana tarihi za su koyi wani abu game da al'ummar zamaninsu.
Bayan kakar 2004, kumfa Bonds ya fashe. Gidan 53 ne kawai ya gudu daga karya tarihin kowane lokaci, ya shafe kusan dukkanin kakar 2005 a gefe tare da mummunan rauni na gwiwa wanda ya buƙaci tiyata da yawa.
Sa'an nan, kafin lokacin 2006 ya fara, 'yan jarida guda biyu daga takarda na garinsu sun buga shaidu masu tayar da hankali (wanda aka tattara a cikin littafin su "Wasanni na Shadows") suna da'awar yin amfani da magungunan steroids da sauran kwayoyi masu haɓaka aiki. Ko da yake ya ci karo da zaɓen adalci, a ƙarshe marubutan sun yi abin da ya kamata a yi na ɗan lokaci: aikin jarida mai zurfi.
Duk da haka, wani mummunan ɗanɗano ya daɗe a cikin baki, yayin da wani tauraro Ba-Amurke ya zama makasudin farautar mayya da ba a taɓa ganin irinsa ba wanda farar tauraro kamar McGwire bai taɓa fuskanta ba. Da sauri, Bonds sun zama marasa farin jini kamar OJ Simpson. 'Yan jaridun kasar sun yi wa dan wasan da ta yi imanin bai nuna cikakkiyar girmamawa ba. Kamar wani tsohon labari ne: an yi wa wani farin tauraro mai kyan gani a matsayin mai gasa; wani bakar fata mai tsini abokin gaba ne na 1.
Rashin amincewar Bonds ga manema labarai da kuma launin fata na iya haifar da dalilin da yasa aka ware shi da kuma bincikar shi ba tare da bata lokaci ba. Tabbas bai ji rauni ba cewa shima yana kusa da karya watakila mafi sanannun rikodin wasan ƙwallon kwando. Duk da haka, ƙungiyar ƙiyayya da ta sauko a kansa ta taka rawa wajen kawo ƙarshen steroid ya haifar da dogon lokaci.
Sharuɗɗa sun riƙe matakin tsakiya kamar ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba a lokutan wasanni biyu na ƙarshe, yayin da ya ci gaba da kamawa kuma ya zarce rikodin gudu na gida na Haruna. Wasannin Amurka ba su taba ganin irinsa ba. An sadu da shaidu tare da ɗimbin yawa a cikin kowane filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a wajen San Francisco, inda ƙaunatacciyar ƙauna ta rungume shi (ana kallon bond daidai a matsayin mutumin da ya ceci wasan ƙwallon kwando a San Francisco, kamar yadda Kattai za su iya tashi idan ba don haka ba. Komawarsa ga tawagar mahaifinsa a 1994-wani labari da zai kasance yana jan hankalin kowane Ba'amurke idan da gaske ne na wanin Barry).
Yakin da ke kewaye da Bonds ya kasance na gaskiya, kuma ta hanyar mu'ujiza a cikin hargitsi ya kiyaye hankalinsa. Masu zaginsa sun ba da misali da raguwar sa daga 'yan shekarun baya, kuma sun yi watsi da cewa yana samar da mafi girma na yanayi wanda ya wuce 40. Har ila yau, sun kasa gane cewa yanzu ya kasance mai kyauta. A cikin 2007, yana da shekaru 43, Bonds ya jagoranci Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Ƙasa a cikin slugging kashi da kuma a kan tushe kashi, wanda, a wancan lokacin (godiya ga SABRmetrics) aka gane a matsayin mafi kyau da kuma sauki hanya don tantance yawan aiki. Abin da ya fitar zai kasance, babu shakka, ya fi girma idan ya sami damar tsallake buga filin hagu a kafafun sa da ya gaji kuma an ba shi damar yin wasa a matsayin wanda aka keɓe a gasar ta Amurka. Amma babu wanda ya sanya hannu kan Bonds a shekara mai zuwa. Ba shi da ma'ana kamar yadda ake iya faɗi: Duk wani ɗan wasa da ke samarwa a wannan matakin da an sanya hannu a kan wasu ƙarin shekaru biyu. Ya ƙare aikinsa yadda ya kamata a baƙaƙe.
Shin Bonds sun cancanci a ba su cikakken uzuri don rawar da ya taka a zamanin steroid? A'a. Idan muka ɗauka ya ɗauki steroids, to, a bayyane yake cewa shigarwar sa biyu mafi girma a cikin littafin rikodin, yawancin gida yana gudana a cikin kakar wasa da kuma aiki, ba zai kasance a can ba. Don haka, waɗannan nasarorin dole ne a sanya su cikin mahallin da ya dace.
SABRmetricians za su sanya 'yan wasa a cikin mahallin, amma saboda wani dalili daban, don kwatanta su a cikin tsararraki. Bill James ya ce hanya mafi dacewa ta yin hakan ita ce tantance su da takwarorinsu, ganin cewa a cikin manyan mutane wane ne ke da gibi mafi girma a kan mutanen zamaninsa. Ta wannan ma'auni, Bonds koyaushe za su yi matsayi kusa da manyan manyan ƴan wasa. Amma labarin Bonds game da fiye da lambobi.
A nan ne zaure na shahara ya shigo. Ya kamata a ƙaddamar da shaidu, amma gidan kayan gargajiyar da ke wurin kuma ya kamata ya mayar da shi wani muhimmin bangare na nuni na musamman inda babu ɗaukaka a matsayin mai da hankali.
Lallai, ba zan iya tunanin wani kyakkyawan sabis ɗin da Hall of Fame zai iya yi don ci gaba da jin daɗin wasan fiye da kafa babban nuni na dindindin akan zamanin steroid na baseball. Cooperstown wuri ne mai daɗi, amma kuma gida ne ga wasu manyan ayyuka na masana tarihi. Don haka, wannan sabon baje kolin ya kamata ya tafi tare da aikin bincike wanda ba wai kawai ya samar da tarihin tarihin zamanin ba, har ma yana bin diddigin amfani da steroids a halin yanzu a cikin wasanni da kuma sabon bincike game da hatsarori na haɓaka aikin ƙwayoyi. Yana da babbar dama ga cibiyar da aka keɓe don yin sabis na zamantakewa mai mahimmanci, ba da haske inda manyan jaridun wasanni suka gaza da kuma taimakawa wajen kare makomar ƙwallon baseball.
A karshen aikinsa, Bonds ya fuskanci binciken da ba a taba gani ba, miliyoyin daloli na tarayya, wanda ya bar shi ba tare da saninsa ba, ko da yake maudlin, hanyar neman jinƙai wanda dan wasan da aka wulakanta ya zo (a wani bangare) mai tsabta kuma yana neman jama'a gafara. An cire wannan zaɓin daga tebur don Bonds (da kuma na Clemens), tunda an ɗaure shi cikin kulli ta hanyar yin rantsuwa da kuma toshe laifukan adalci.
Cewa waɗannan manyan shari'o'in na iya haifar da wani faffadan neman rai ba zai taɓa samun ƙarfi ba. Kuma duk da haka kowa zai iya da gaske kalubalantar ra'ayin cewa zamanin steroids na baseball ba kawai 'yan apples mara kyau ba ne, a'a, wani lamari a cikin jerin abubuwan da ba su da iyaka wanda ya dace da al'ummar da ke shirye ta sadaukar da jin dadin mutane, amincin cibiyoyi masu tsarki, har ma da kyawawan halaye na gaskiya da ladabi-duk don neman riba na ɗan gajeren lokaci? A'a. Mafi aminci kada ku je wurin.
Shin wuce gona da iri ne a da'awar irin wannan mahimmancin ga makomar gungun 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa? Za ka zama wawa don tunani haka. Wasanni na samar da dandali wanda yawancin Amurkawa ke muhawara akan ma'anar rayuwa. Ana ƙayyade abin da ke daidai da abin da ba daidai ba a cikin zazzafar musayar radiyo, a mashaya, da gadaje a cikin ramummuka da dakunan zama a faɗin ƙasar. Haƙiƙa, ba ƙaranci ba, cewa kowane babban matakin ƙwallon ƙafa, ƙwallon kwando da wasan ƙwallon kwando (akwai dubbai) suna samun ƙarin bincike fiye da kusan kowane lissafin majalisa.
Kamar tsegumin fitattun mutane wanda kuma ke mamaye tarukan kafofin watsa labarai, wasanni wani yanki ne mai gata inda mutane ke kokawa da tambayoyin ɗa'a. Koyaya, har ma a cikin lokacin da ake iya samun dimokraɗiyya na Twitter, maganganun wasanni suna ci gaba da ƙayyadad da su ta hanyar manyan muryoyi a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na Intanet kafin Intanet (TV da bugu) - babu shakka a wani ɓangare saboda wasanni suna ciyar da abubuwan kallon rayuwa waɗanda ke buƙatar abubuwan more rayuwa na dala biliyan. Har ma fiye da yadda ake nuna kasuwancin kasuwanci inda mai rubutun ra'ayin yanar gizo kamar Perez Hilton zai iya, zuwa mataki, ya zama mai tsara ajanda, yarjejeniya kan kowane takaddamar wasanni ba ta taɓa ƙalubalantar lambar da aka kafa ba, balle kuɗin da ke bayan labule.
Yi magana game da "tatsuniya da wawa ya faɗa, cike da sauti da fushi ba ya nuna komai." Ta yaya kuma za a iya faɗi da yawa game da yanayin wasan ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon amma duk da haka rashin ɗa'a kamar Kwamishinan Baseball Bud Selig, yana son ayyana wasan yana bunƙasa yayin da yake kula da manyan ɓangarori biyu (yajin 1994 da steroids), yana gudanar da mulki. wasan motsa jiki na kasa fiye da shekaru ashirin ba tare da kalubalantarsa ba?
Babu musun cewa wasannin kallo sun yi riko da tunanin daruruwan miliyoyin Amurkawa, cewa wasanni wani yanki ne na al'adunmu, kuma duk wanda ya damu da su yana da ra'ayi na gaske a kansu. Canje-canjen da ke faruwa a cikin wasanni suna jin dadi. Tabbas, sun fi nuna halaye da yanayin al'umma, amma hakan baya hana yuwuwar wasanni na iya jujjuya dangantakar lokaci-lokaci da kuma isar da hanyoyin daban-daban.
Baseball ya kasance cikin rikici bayan zamanin steroid. Sai kawai watsewar Red Sox na la'anar Bambino ta haɗu da abubuwan McGwire-Sosa-Bonds a matsayin tarihin kwanan nan abin tunawa. Kallon Talabijin ya ragu, kamar yadda sha'awar wasan take. Hanya daya tilo da wasan zai iya kwato zuciyar kasar ita ce ta rungumar komawa kan sikelin dan Adam.
Babban abin fara'a na Baseball shine cewa wasa ne na dimokuradiyya. Duk 'yan wasan suna samun lokacinsu a cikin tabo. Har ma da mahimmanci ga rikicin na yanzu, ba kamar ƙwallon kwando da ƙwallon ƙafa ba, duk wanda ke da tsarin jiki na al'ada yana da damar yin fice-babu buƙatar zama sama ko girma. Yana raba wannan yanayin tare da shahararrun wasanni a duniya, ƙwallon ƙafa. Koyaya, ya bambanta da ƙwallon ƙafa, wanda ke samun ci gaba sosai a matsayin abin kallo na ƙarni na 21, ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ki ya ruruwa cikin rudani.
Kamar yadda yake faruwa a lokutan wasannin kasa da kasa, yanayinsa ya yi daidai da yanayin al'amura gaba daya. A cikin shekaru 15 na farko na lokacin yakin cacar baki, lokacin da manyan kumfa guda biyu na kudi suka ayyana tattalin arzikin Amurka, wasan kwallon kwando ya kasance a cikin bunkasar steroids. Wadanda suka ci gajiyar wannan lokacin, a cikin duka biyun, su ne titan-musamman ma masu yaudara a cikinsu. Yanzu, kamar yadda yake tare da tattalin arziki, wasan dole ne ya sami hanyar da za ta sake kasancewa ga kowa da kowa.
Shingayen biyun suna da mahimmanci. Ba boyayye ba ne a tsakanin sauran jama'a cewa ƙananan tsirarun da suka ci gaba da bunƙasa a lokacin kumfa sun kasance masu cin gajiyar tsarin tattalin arziki na yanzu, yayin da matsakaitan gidaje ke fafutukar samun abin dogaro da kai. Har ila yau, ba boyayye ba ne cewa kashi 1 cikin XNUMX na dukiyar ta fito ne daga hannun jarin da suka ta'allaka da babban jari na kasashen ketare, ta yadda samar da arzikin zamani ba zai amfanar da jama'a ba kamar yadda ya yi a duk zamanin baya a tarihin Amurka. Dangane da haka, babban batu na tattalin arziki na siyasa a zamaninmu shi ne ko za a iya sake fasalin al'ummar Amurka ta yadda za ta sake yin aiki ga dimbin jama'ar Amurka.
Game da wasan da kansa, kalubalen da ke gabansa ma yana da wahala. Wani abin tunawa na makiyaya daga farkon shekarun juyin juya halin masana'antu, ba a tsara wasan ƙwallon ƙwallon kwando don haɓaka abubuwan farin ciki cikin sauƙi ba. Mafi girma, sauri, ƙarfin zamanin steroid a fahimta ya jawo hankalin sababbin magoya baya, saboda bambancin wasan ƙwallon kwando ne wanda ya dace a cikin duniyar wasan kwaikwayo na karni na 21-baseball na shekaru millennials. Amma tallar da ta cika duniya da aka haifi wannan tsara a cikinta yanzu tana ci. Shin wasan da yake a hankali, ɗan adam kuma yana aiki tare da yanayi zai iya ɗaukar tunaninmu?
Abu ɗaya tabbatacce ne: Don wasan ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallonn dole ne ya zama darasi ga al'umma. A ra'ayi na, wannan yana nufin tsarin rashin haƙuri na sifili don amfani da steroid, wanda aka aiwatar tare da tsabtataccen yanke-da-bushe kamar yadda aka haramta akan caca. Kuna iya jin jama'ar Amurka suna komawa zuwa tsakiyar aji, dabi'un dimokiradiyya, har ma da kudi. sha'awa suna tsayayya. Jama'ar kasar, da na duniya, na iya sake shiryawa don rungumar wasan rani da samari ke yi wanda za su iya ganin nasu tunanin. Don isa can, wasan ƙwallon baseball dole ne ya sami adawa ta gaskiya tare da abubuwan da suka gabata na baya-bayan nan don gane har yanzu rundunonin da suka jagorance ta zuwa ga bata.
Ofaya daga cikin martanin gama gari ga Bonds da Clemens shine su yi shuru su ce "abin kunya ne, sun riga sun yi girma sosai, da sun yi zauren idan ba su taɓa kayan ba." Bonds, sun ce, da sun kasance ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball na farko na 500-500. Masoyan ilimi da sun san sun haɗa shi a cikin kowace tattaunawa na mafi girma da aka taɓa gani. Madadin haka, muna da Bonds a matsayin mafi ƙanƙanci memba na ƙungiyar 'yan wasan ƙwallon kwando, ba za a taɓa samun fansa ta Americana mai hankali kamar Shoeless Joe a cikin "Field of Dreams."
Al'adun kafofin watsa labarai na zamani na Amurka da alama ba za su iya sarrafa saga mai rikitarwa kamar na Bonds ko Clemens ba. Madadin haka, gogewar iska mara zafi na tarihi yana faruwa kuma ba a koyo komai. Lokacin da aka fuskanci tatsuniyar, ana tambayar mutane su juya abin da ya faru a can. Bala'i, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun nau'ikan adabin duniya, yana ba da buƙatu mai daɗi ga masu sauraro fiye da duk abin da manyan cibiyoyinmu za su iya fuskanta. Bala'i yana koyar da darussa masu wahala, masu raɗaɗi. Wannan ba ya gwada kasuwa sosai kwanakin nan.
Baseball, kamar yadda tsohon Kwamishinan Bart Giamatti ya saba cewa, an “tsara shi don karya zuciyar ku,” farawa kowace shekara tare da begen bazara da watsar da ku a cikin dusar ƙanƙara ta faɗuwa. Giamatti ya kasance mai son Red Sox. Duk wani wawa a waje da birnin New York zai iya gaya muku an ƙi Yankees, kuma babu ƙungiyoyin da aka fi ƙauna fiye da ƙananan Cubs da BoSox. Ƙarni na Midwestern da New England sun koyi darussa masu raɗaɗi daga kasawar ɗan adam na jaruman su. A zamanin steroids, wasan kwaikwayo na ƙasa da kansa ya rushe. To, wane darasi ne al’umma za su koya? Ko zai zabi jin zafi? Shin wasan ƙwallon kwando zai iya ci gaba ba tare da adawa ta gaskiya ba? Za a iya Amurka?
Alan Minsky mai ba da gudummawa ne na Truthdig kuma marubucin littattafai guda biyu akan wasan ƙwallon kwando: "Home Run Kings" da "Wasan Ga Duk Race." Meleiza Figueroa ta ba da taimakon bincike.
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