Swinging for the Fences

Has anyone been following the Babe Ruth homerun chase? I know, I know, I shouldn't add anything to the Bonds saga, but his behavior is interesting. Since hitting HR #713 Bonds has hit 1-19 (0.053) as anyone can clearly see him take monstrous moonshots at every decent pitch. It wouldn't be worth noting except that his latest comments to the media include how he "doesn't care about the homerun record" and just wants to play baseball. However, watching him repeatedly swing for the San Fran bay clues otherwise. On Friday, he hit a line drive towards center and simply turned right back around and walked towards the dugout without even looking to see if it was caught. In tonight's game, he hit a sharp grounder up the middle that hit the pitcher, who then bobbled it to a couple yards away, scrambled to retrieve it, and still threw Bonds out at first as the camera clearly showed him leisurely jogging up the line. He absolutely would have been safe if he put any kind of hustle into it--not the actions of a guy who "just wants to play the game." I don't know, maybe it's just hard watching this clown stick around merely to set a new (tainted) record. He can surely only be a distraction as indicated by the Giants sitting in last place in their division. I can't imagine what his teammates think.