Barry Bonds & the Chicago Bears: Growing Boys
Posted on 31. Jul, 2007 by kchristieh in health, inspirational people, movies, sports
Remember “Brian’s Song“? If you’re like me, the first few notes of the 1971 movie’s theme song are enough to make you cry as you remember Brian Piccolo’s spirit and courage, his deep friendship with Gayle Sayers, and the normal-weight Chicago Bears playing themselves.
Yes folks, those aren’t actors playing football players: the Chicago Bears played themselves. So when they get on the scale and the team doctor yells out their weights, “215″, “220″, etc., those are real weights. What a far cry from the current Chicago Bears! NFL.com says that the average weight of the current Chicago Bears player is 247 lbs., and the average defensive lineman weighs 319 lbs.
Of course, it’s only fitting that I’m reminded of this when Barry Bonds is here in L.A. to take on the Dodgers and possibly break Hank Aaron’s home run record. Did he take steroids? You decide. Check out this slide show that the Mercury News put together showing pictures of Barry between 1990 and 2004. The 1990 and 2004 pictures are also shown below.
Go Dodgers!!!
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It was a beautiful night in San Diego when Barry Bonds hit his 775th home run to tie Hank Aaron’s home run record. That’s what I want to remember about Barry. The steroids controversies are taking away more from the game than they are worth. Let’s play ball!