The San Francisco Giants have apparently decided to run a baseball team again, instead of the one-man freak show they’ve been operating for over a decade. On Friday, Giants owner Peter McGowan announced the team would not bring Barry Bonds back in 2008.
“Although I am disappointed, I’ve always said baseball is a business — and I respect their decision. However, I am saddened and upset that I was not given an earlier opportunity to properly say goodbye to you, my fans, and celebrate with the city throughout the season as I truly believe this was not a last minute decision by the Giants, but one that was made some time ago.”
In typical Bonds fashion, he announced the Giants decision on his own website first, so that he could of course break the news himself.
How quickly Bonds forgets that McGowan, although cowardly, and the Giants have given him everything he’s ever asked for the past 16 years, including his own trainers, multiple lockers, a big screen TV, a huge leather chair and essentially his own clubhouse. They’ve bowed to him like Rosie O’Donnell does cupcakes, yet he still had to upstage them by breaking the news first. That’s right Barry – it’s all about you. If McGowan had any stones, he would have let Bonds go years ago. Then he could have allowed GM Brian Sabean to actually develop young talent, instead of yearly being forced into surrounding Bonds with again veterans.
Leave San Fran gracefully, Barry. Yeah the Giants made a ton of money off you, but they also gave you everything. Now it’s time for them to make a team decision and move on. Why don’t you do that yourself?
