SFist: Barry Bonds: It's A Friggin' Conspiracy!

Christopher Rogers

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:01:17 -0800

@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!

Christopher Rogers

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:57:44 -0800

@wchase >precisely. and that probably required about 10 seconds of thought. If that.

Christopher Rogers

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:55:54 -0800

@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.

Christopher Rogers

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:51:51 -0800

@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.

Christopher Rogers

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:47:53 -0800

@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.

DJBurrito

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:59:43 -0800

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.

wchase

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:32:38 -0800

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. precisely. and that probably required about 10 seconds of thought.

feedthebirds

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:10:30 -0800

go away barry

hilarie

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:06:10 -0800

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.

Slappydafrog

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:34:14 -0800

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!

A_Native_Son

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:53:12 -0800

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.

Christopher Rogers

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:29:48 -0800

cv

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:22:47 -0800

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...