After yet another team denied having interest in his services, Barry Bonds’ agent Jeff Borris claims that MLB has successfully “blackballed” his client from playing baseball.
Bonds’ agent, Jeff Borris, said Friday that Rays general manager Andrew Friedman failed to respond to a text message he sent this week inquiring about the team’s possible interest in Bonds.
“With (Carl) Crawford and (Evan) Longoria going down simultaneously, I thought I’d make one last vain attempt to reach out to Tampa Bay, and to no avail,” Borris told FOXSports.com.
“That’s because Major League Baseball has been successful in their pursuit in blackballing Barry out of the game.”The players’ union is investigating possible collusion against Bonds, the game’s all-time home run king. That investigation, however, has slowed down at the request of Bonds’ criminal attorneys, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
I understand that Borris is just trying to do his job and get his client hired by a team. But saying Bonds was blackballed by the league is hilarious. Hmm, I wonder why no team has jumped at the opportunity to have Bonds on their roster? I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that he’s 44 years old, is facing multiple perjury charges and can’t play the field anymore. (And oh-not-to-mention he has a media circus following him wherever he goes.)
No, it must be that the league is blackballing him. That makes way more sense than anything previously mentioned.
