Bud Selig Blasts Barry Bonds in New Book

Barry Bonds is one of the most polarizing figures in baseball history.

He's the MLB's all-time home run king, but many argue that there should be an asterisk next to his name for his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. (To be fair, he never tested positive for banned substances during his career.)

Some people like him, others don't-- and then there's Bud Selig. The former MLB Commissioner has blasted Bonds in his new book, saying that the former superstar "wasn't likeable" and that he was "miserable" watching Bonds break Hank Aaron's career home run record.

Selig walked on eggshells while Bonds was tearing the cover off the baseball in San Francisco. He famously missed Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run back in 2007, calling that summer one of the only times in his life he "wasn't excited about going to ballparks."

In the book, Selig elaborates on the fact that he simply viewed the former home run king, Hank Aaron, as a far more likeable icon and that it was painful to watch his record fall to Bonds, a player whose achievements were already being tarnished by PED allegations.

If anything, it's just solid affirmation of something that fans everywhere knew all along: Bud Selig simply couldn't stand Barry Bonds. It's poetic, because legions upon legions of baseball fans, no matter how they felt about Bonds, absolutely despised Selig.

All told, it's frustrating to know that the old commish's own love of Hank Aaron and the supposed sanctity of the game are what kept him from supporting Bonds on his march towards history.