Aug. 7, 2007.

History was made.

Giants fans across the nation cheered in unison as Barry Bonds ran the bases after hitting his 756th career home run, passing Hank Aaron’s previous record.

Despite Bonds’ historical entrance into the record books, his team failed to defeat the Washington Nationals, losing 8-6.

Maybe steroids before the game would have helped him lead his team to a win.

It really does not bother me when players use steroids, or any other drug for that matter.

However, it never ceases to amaze me how athletes are put on such a high pedestal in our society.

So much in fact that they feel they have to resort to such measures as these, and risk permanently damaging their reputations for bragging rights, simply because they play at such a high level.

And once we discover a player who has done that, we have the nerve to point our fingers, gasp in amazement and say, “How could he do such a thing?”

Including Barry Bonds who has been accused of using steroids along with various other players like Jason Giambi, designated hitter for the New York Yankees, and Mark McGwire, former slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals.

The difference between Bonds and those other players is that he testified before the Grand Jury in 2003, and plead not guilty to taking any steroids.

Despite his plea, prosecutors claimed he used two different forms of the designer steroid THG.

However, I believe that if they give him a blood test and it comes back negative for steroids, then we can conclude that he is not using them.

Period. End of story.

The tests do not lie, but people trying to permanently ruin Bonds’ reputation do.

It seems that Bonds’ can achieve a negative image all on his own, especially because Bonds’ trainer, Greg Anderson, has been accused of supplying illegal drugs to various athletes in the past.

It was Anderson who had access to the steroids and was providing them to the athletes he was training.

Yes, I said it. His trainer was the one who was providing the drugs.

Illegal drugs he knew he wasn’t, by law, supposed to give to any athlete.

Not necessarily to Bonds himself, but since Anderson allegedly supplied some baseball players with steroids, who’s to say Bonds’ wasn’t just a mere victim in Anderson’s evil scheme?

I’m not implying that Bonds’ isn’t guilty too, but he definitely should not be the only one blamed.

Even the Major League Baseball Association assumed that every person Anderson was involved with had been using them.

But do you see Anderson hitting home runs running around the bases wearing a Giants jersey?

No? I didn’t think so.

So why doesn’t the society point the finger at him for supplying steroids when they can target the superstar home run record holder?

It makes no sense to me, but it seems that every serious “law” that society comes up with somehow either targets or excludes the celebrities.

And even though Anderson was sentenced to jail time, his name isn’t being splashed around the news pages.

I think they should consider harsher punishment.

But until then, the spotlight will remain focused on the reputations of celebrities like Bonds, who really doesn’t deserve all the blame.