BARRY BONDS
Barry Bonds has homered in seven straight games, which is one short of the ML record. Don Mattingly, Dale Long and Ken Griffey, Jr. each homered in eight straight. Barry Bonds is closing in on 40 and is not showing any sign of slowing down. I know Bonds' legacy will always be tainted because of the alleged steroid use and his tie with the BALCO investigation, but one thing is for certain: What Bonds is doing is not just because of performance enhancing substances. There are obviously many other players who have taken steroids or other performance enhancers, but none of those players are assaulting the record books like Bonds is doing. Bonds is the greatest offensive weapon in baseball history, and when he retires will also be known as the game's all-time Homerun King. He may not be a nice guy, he may have a cloud of suspicion surrounding him, but nobody can deny what he has done and what he will eventually do.