There’s only one way Barry Bonds knows how to do things, and that’s to make everything about Barry Bonds. While attending a recent special speaking forum, Bonds was introduced by a host who listed of all his on-field accomplishments. Afterwards, a radio host asked Bonds if he had really accomplished everything the host had listed, to which Barry replied, “I did, and then I got fired. Shame on me, huh?”
“I told (Giants owner) Peter Magowan, ‘If I’m a part-time player, I’m still better than your full-time player, and it’s a wise idea to keep me,”‘ Bonds said. “We still have time. Things might change.”
Bonds also said that if he were running the franchise, the Giants would have won a World Series by now. They fell five outs short in 2002, and one thing the slugger is still missing on his remarkable resume is a championship ring.
“They’ve been here since 1958,” Bonds said. “We’d win a World Series. I know the game so well. I can see talent. I know exactly what I’d be looking for.”
Is the club any closer to winning it all?
“I can’t answer that. I don’t work there anymore,” Bonds quipped, then howled in laughter. “My philosophy in sports is you don’t break things up. You add to it.”
1. If the Giants bring him back next year as a bench player, he’d complain about not getting enough playing time.
2. If he were running the franchise the Giants would win a WS? Wasn’t he already running the franchise? I mean, he might have well been with all of his absurd demands and special privileges, not to mention the fact that GM Brian Sabean had to build the team around him for years.
3. The Giants don’t have a core group of players to add to, Barry. Besides the pitching staff, they need a complete upheaval and they can’t rebuild with a part-time player with creaky knees and a slowing bat commanding $16 mil a year.
It’s over Barry. Let the Giants break away from all the distractions and daily grind of trying to make you happy.
