Yet another player has become outspoken on the subject of Barry Bonds.

Speaking to the Philadelphia Daily News on Wednesday, Phillies right-hander Cory Lidle told the newspaper he doesn't think Barry Bonds' run at Hank Aaron's all-time home run record is "legitimate."

Lidle told The Daily News he has no problem with Bonds being remembered as a good hitter; just not the best.

Lidle said he has a serious problem with Bonds and his alleged steroid use as Bonds closes in on Babe Ruth's 714 home runs, chasing Hank Aaron's 755. He doesn't think the record 73 homers Bonds hit in 2001 should stand, the newspaper reported.

"What he could have done without performance-enhancing drugs - which he hasn't been proven guilty of [using], which I'm not buying - you can maybe take what he had done in his prime, before his head started growing at an enormous rate, and just make those projections," Lidle told the newspaper. "Say that, 'This is what he could have done.' Maybe it's 550 home runs. I don't know. It definitely wouldn't have been anything close to 700."

For Lidle, both what Bonds now represents and who Bonds is are personally offensive.

"I've never met him," Lidle told The Daily News. "I don't know him. I know what I've heard. I've heard a lot of things where he doesn't treat people very well. That doesn't sit well with me."

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Lidle also told the newspaper he was saddened by Mark McGwire's elusive performance before a congressional hearing last spring.

"Anyone who can sit in front of Congress and not be able to answer questions - there's something wrong with that," he told the newspaper.

Lidle told the newspaper he understands the backlash his speaking out may produce, but he believes it is up to him, and, presumably, other players, to stand up for what they believe is right.

"The reason I'm not scared to speak out is - I don't think he's a dumb person - basically, he had decisions to make," Lidle told The Daily News of Bonds. "Whether he wanted to treat people good or treat people bad. Whether he wanted to pump drugs into his body or stay clean. I believe he chose the [former].

"There are consequences in every decision. He's a grown-up. He's got to live with those consequences. I don't feel sorry for him."

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And he will not rejoice if Bonds cranks 714 or 715 against a teammate. He will mourn if Bonds passes Aaron.

"I don't want to see him break records," Lidle told the newspaper. "If he breaks them, it will be a shame, because I think when all is said and done, the truth will come out. It hasn't yet, but I think if he was in front of a jury, and there had to be a verdict, I think the verdict might be - with everything that I heard was in that book - I think the verdict might be guilty."

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