"... having a raging juiced-up misanthrope break the greatest record in sports is a ray of sunshine compared to everything else on the sports page."

Article Du Jour: Barry Bonds Home-Run Scandal Somehow Becomes Feel-Good Sports Story of Summer (The Onion, 7/26/07).

"Bonds is not exactly my hero," said Braves fan Bradley Hanson, who flew to San Francisco for Monday night's Braves game in order to pointedly not boo Bonds. "But he's a reminder that in these troubled times for sports, there are still players whose crimes are simple, pure, and only tarnish our beloved sport and everything it stands for without killing anybody."

Awesome. Thank you, Mr. Peacock, for bringing this to my attention.