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Barry! We've missed you! How've you been? Wait, what's this now? Conspiracy?!
MurrayChass.com broke the story:
"I am convinced that Major League Baseball will never let him put on a uniform ever again," said Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris.Bonds did not play this year. The last time he played was on Sept. 26, 2007, when he failed to get a hit in three times at bat against the San Diego Padres. Try as he did, Borris was unable to find Bonds a job for 2008. Did he think his client was a victim of collusion, Borris was asked on the telephone Tuesday.
"There's not a doubt in my mind," he replied emphatically.
Baseball officials deny Borris' allegation.
And your evidence iiiiiis... what, then?
More likely than Borris' paranoid postulation, the scenario processed out like this: each MLB team's front office considered what sort of production Bonds could lend to their team versus the public relations apocalypse that Bonds would bring their franchise.
Then we'd imagine that they moved on to their next order of business.
Quotes via murraychass.com. Photo via AP.
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Borris is a friggin' idiot. That said, I think Al Davis should be able to make some space in the Raiders' front office. Or maybe he could work for the Yorks...
@cv
No, Borris is smart!
This action means that he's still being paid by Bonds to flog an absolutely unfloggable commidity.
And this action means that he'll keep on trying to push the issue -- and get paid.
So, yeah; he's an idiot, and he's s.m.r.t.
(And don't get me started on the ineptitude of SF & OAK's front offices... Well, then-again; the 49ers have a front office... and then there's The Al.)
My head says no, but my heart says yes. I was a 14 year old kid in those bleachers back in '93, and I worshipped at the alter. Don't mess with someone's religion, y'all. Fuck what everyone says, I love Barry. So does my Mom, which, in my book, makes it a-ok.
Not a Bonds fan by any stretch, but, you're telling me that all of the designated hitters in Major League Baseball were better than Bonds would've been?
To quote G.O.B.: Come on!
If only the Major League Players Association hadn't completed a lengthy investigation, determined that owners have illegally colluded to bar Bonds, and announced that they'll file a grievance on the issue.If that hadn't happened, this pointless, snarky recycling of the owners' single, constant, and implausible talking point on this question would have been amusing. Wait. No it wouldn't. It still would have been dumb.
go away barry
precisely. and that probably required about 10 seconds of thought.
Maybe Jose Canseco and Barry can write a book working titles could be "How to get black-balled" or "How to blame someone else for not getting your way and still make money doing it" Or "Did the injections hurt more than the consequences?”
Days like these I commend Marc Ecko.
@Slappy
> Not a Bonds fan by any stretch, but, you're telling me that all of the designated hitters in Major League Baseball were better than Bonds would've been?
To quote G.O.B.: Come on!
Reference duly noted.
O'course Bonds would've been an upgrade to most teams at DH. But it's simply not worth the hassle.
@hilarie
> If only the Major League Players Association hadn't completed a lengthy investigation, determined that owners have illegally colluded to bar Bonds, and announced that they'll file a grievance on the issue.If that hadn't happened, this pointless, snarky recycling of the owners' single, constant, and implausible talking point on this question would have been amusing. Wait. No it wouldn't. It still would have been dumb.
No one in this situation -- MLPA, MLB, the owners, Bonds himself -- has has any credibility. Like with the whole steroid thing, I'll be ignoring what any of these folks is saying and wait until actual evidence is produced. 'Til then, this li'l column shows what I think happened.
@feedthebirds
> go away barry
That would be the Giants' fondest wish.
They wrung all the $$$ they could out of the HR record chase situation -- damage to the brand/franchise be damned -- now they'd just want him to disappear.
Think he'll ever have a statue next to a Giants stadium? Oh hell naw.
Like McGwire -- he's been used-up and now he'll be ruefully remembered.
@wchase
>precisely. and that probably required about 10 seconds of thought.
If that.
@DJBurrito
>Maybe Jose Canseco and Barry can write a book working titles could be "How to get black-balled" or "How to blame someone else for not getting your way and still make money doing it" Or "Did the injections hurt more than the consequences?”
Days like these I commend Marc Ecko.
Ecko's gambit was pretty funny. And he did get into the Hall Of Fame first.
Man, that's gonna be awwwwwkward when Bonds becomes eligible... of course, even MORE awkward is that he hasn't retired!
"How to blame someone else for not getting your way and still make money doing it," indeed!