Barry Bonds: 1986 - 2007

what are the chances of bonds going to japan and making a run at sadaharu oh's number?

"With Crawford and Longoria going down simultaneously, I thought I’d make one last vain attempt to reach out to Tampa Bay, and to no avail. That’s because Major League Baseball has been successful in their pursuit in blackballing Barry out of the game."
— Barry Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris

barry bonds rip

I don't want Bonds in the HoF or record books but this is kind of a bullshit place to draw the line: wife beating, cocaine, being jason giambi - are somehow more acceptable?

Clemens is fine though amirite?

I honestly don't see how it could hurt to sign Bonds at this point. If it's just for the remainder of the season, and it could mean the difference between making the playoffs or not? Why not go for it?

the all-powerful zeitgeist

zeitgeist? what's that? some sort of commie plot?

...but seriously, let 'em all in. asterisks are for the birds.

id imagine the combination of his reputation as the worst person in the world demanding the most special treatment and the fact that you might lose him to court dates anyway is whats keeping teams away

good post.

Let me fix your post, higgins: ...but seriously, let 'em all in. asterisks are for the redbirds.

^racist

i know a few of you were holding on hope, but alas:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/10/SPUI1B20LT.DTL

He's a lousy tipper too!

Bonds' agent: "I'd say it's nearly impossible. It's an unfortunate ending to a storied career."
Amazing: "storied" is an anagram of "steroid"!

He came that close to a first-ballot HOF Freudian slip.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2010-02/52175382.jpg

http://www.kingkaufman.com/2010/10/27/barry-bonds/

Whoever says the SF fans dont like Barry Bonds have never set foot in AT&T/SBC/Pac Bell park

Agreed.

LOS ANGELES (CBS / BCN)

Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was cited for a traffic infraction in West Hollywood on Monday night in the hours after the Giants’ World Series win over the Texas Rangers.

Bonds was pulled over in his Lexus by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department about 10:10 p.m. on San Vicente Boulevard near Sunset Boulevard, sheriff’s Detective Thomas Brooks said.
He was cited for making an illegal left turn and driving without insurance, Brooks said. Bonds was also talking on his cell phone at the time but was not cited for that.

“He was actually in the middle of a phone interview about the Giants when he was pulled over,” Brooks said.

weho cops (la county sheriffs iirc) suck

A friend linked to an old Grant Brisbee piece about Bonds the other day, and when I clicked on a clip embedded in the piece, this turned up in the sidebar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNS5G0BxWs

Never knew anything about this--only a year after George Brett.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20279388/barry-bonds-says-wishes-played-one-more-year

The San Francisco Giants have announced that they will retire Barry Bonds’s number on August 11th prior to a matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Is that ice cold or thoughtful?

depends if Jim Leyland shows up? (I don't think Jeff Kent will)

seems thoughtful i guess? the only person currently affiliated with the pirates who has any memory of him is bob walk, tho