On Saturday, Barry Bonds caught Babe Ruth’s career home run record. As expected, his milestone was met with mixed responses. While some viewed it as a remarkable accomplishment, others saw it as a low point in baseball’s storied history. As one commentator put it, the primary posterboy of American sport had finally been supplanted.

My question is, why are we spending so much time talking about Babe Ruth? The last time I checked, Hank Aaron was baseball’s homerun king. The fact that much of the American public hasn’t accepted this fact makes it easier for me to understand some of the anti-Bonds rhetoric that pervades much of current discussion.

On another note, watch how the public is quickly turning away from Bonds career homerun chase and focusing on Albert Pujols’ attempt to catch Bonds’ single season homerun record. It seems that baseball would love nothing more than to have someone other than Bonds’ hold its most revered title.