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Let me ask all you defenders of The Great Sammy Sosa this: How many times has Barry Bonds’ bat exploded with cork flying out of it after a strikeout slump even Jose Hernandez–he of the 186-K 2002 season–would have been proud of?

If you want to be a die-hard Sosa fan, that is your prerogative, but don’t act like it’s OK to cork a bat. He was a desperate man looking for the easy way out. As baseball fans, how can you look past that?