If Barry Bonds has 100 percent of the Hall of Fame vote when his name is on the ballot in November, then Barry Bonds is going to Cooperstown on a unanimous decision. Just ask Barry Bonds. Per MLB.com: MLB.com: The Hall of Fame vote is coming up with you on the ballot for the first time. How do you feel about that?
Bonds: I respect the Hall of Fame, don't get me wrong. I really, really, really respect the Hall of Fame. And I think we all do. I love the city of San Francisco and to me that's my Hall of Fame. I don't worry about it because I don't want to be negative about the way other people think it should be run. That's their opinion, and I'm not going to be negative. I know I'm going to be gone one day. If you want to keep me out, that's your business. My things are here in San Francisco. These are the people who love me. This is where I feel I belong. This is where I want to belong. If [the voters] want to put me in there, so be it, fine. If they don't, so be it, fine.
MLB.com: Do you feel you belong in the Hall?
Bonds: Oh, without a doubt. There's not a doubt in my mind.
MLB.com: How do you think the writers are going to handle you and the players of your era who are [linked] to performance-enhancing drugs?
Bonds: You have to vote on baseball the way baseball needs to be voted on. If you vote on your assumptions or what you believe or what you think might have been going on there, that's your problem. You're at fault.
To recap: Barry Bonds believes he belongs in the Hall of Fame, and if you don't vote for him, that's your fault.
