Bonds Vows Not To Retire

I'd sign him as a LOOGY for the Braves.

collusion? give me a break. maybe we should also look into why best buy and circuit city charge the exact same prices for everything. after that we can look into why gas costs the same at every station. despite what some think, all gas stations do not pay the same for gas. in missouri the market is controlled by quiktrip. collusion is real and there is nothing anyone can do about it. its almost impossible to prove.

Any sort of collusion accusation can be easily countered by all the owners saying, "Sorry ... we just don't want to sign someone who's under federal indictment." That's there prerogative. As Tim said, I don't think there's much to this.

Bottom line, Barry ... you made your big, juiced-up bed and now you must slumber juicily in it. Sucks to be you.

If I was a fan of a team that had a spot for him and my GM wouldn't sign him, I'd be ticked. There are plenty of lying steroid users on major league rosters now, probly guys some of you above posters root for. The guy is still a very productive baseball player, one day an owner is gonna get his head out of the sand and realize he's already got three guys in the Mitchell report on his roster, so what's the difference?

Whats wrong with collusion ???

Thats the backbone of any good free market system. To say it doesn't exist is just hogwash for those stupid enough to believe it.

Bonds being out of work is the product of a good free market system, and hopefully it will continue to work and he'll retire and finally just stop being a nuisance.

Whats wrong with collusion ???

Thats the backbone of any good free market system. To say it doesn't exist is just hogwash for those stupid enough to believe it.

What? Collusion is against every principle of a free market system. It creates barriers to entry and eliminates competition. In a free market, Bonds would be employed because at his price he generates the most wins per dollar. Instead, other left fielders/DHs are being paid more for worse production.

Rossm,

thanks for proving my point.

Just lap it up and pretend you understand =)

Deelron, I completely agree. However, I think he isn't signed because of his impending trial. Drugs or not, he should still be in Seattle. How is JOSE VIDRO keeping BARRY BONDS unemployed?

Ok, I don't think a crappy fielding left fielder or DH are all THAT hard to find.

its sad to see barry bonds mess up his career by using steroids.

without steroids i dont see him hitting that 70+ homers, but could have hit 40-50.

even though he is old he could still hit 30+, its his own damn fault he is outta a job.

It is not so much Bonds, but the effect his entourage and media circus he will inevitably bring. There are so many possibly reasons why Bonds hasn't found a home yet and collusion is way down the list.

First the MLB union should shut up, Bons goes into retirement a multimillionaire. Just because Bonds want to play doesnt mean a MLB team has to sign him. Take a look at Raffy Palmeiro his OBA was not as good as Bonds when Raffy had his last season but the rest of the #s are pretty close. BTW Raffy was 2 years younger and healthier.
Based on 162 games
Raffy 27/88/.266
Bonds 32/95/.270
Raffy was forced into retirement cause of positive roid test.
Next look at who might sign Bonds--
Eliminate the NL cause of no DH and no team will carry a 4th OF at his price
Eliminate the small market teams as they will not spend the $$ on players.
Eliminate teams like Boston and NY as they have established DH/LF. So that leaves a handfull of teams that might have a use for him. MLB union look at the whole picture there is not a call for a high injury risk,40+ ,prima donna,steroid using players

The union should be including him as part of their annual free agency review, it's routine. That's what unions do anyway, look after their membership. If they're not looking, they're not doing their jobs.
Additionally, players arn't being forced out because of positive steroid tests (just look at those who have been signed, how is Mike Cameron these days?). They're being forced out from the percieved public reaction from signing them.
Just to look at who will sign could sign Bonds via ryno's list:
- He wasn't the worst LF last year, and there's nothing to say he'd be the worst this year as well. He certainly isn't good, but at the a higher or similar price teams have players such as Juan Pierre.
- Small market teams arn't afraid of spending $5 mil for a year. Hell the Royals signed Jose Guillen for 3 yr/36 mil. Wait, didn't he fail a Drug test?
- Oh and he's a prima donna. It's pretty rare to see one who isn't one way or another.
Finally for Dave, if you could only have his bat for 100-120 games ideally you would want for him to be on the backend of the season, but wins are wins, and you're trying to make the playoffs, they all count. If your team ends up being a pretender, you have a sunk cost of a one year contract. If it were my team that was on the cusp, I'd rather they spend the ~5 mil for one year and fail rather then trading the future (a la Jones for Bedard) then not. If management truely believes they are serious playoff contenders, then spending the 5 mil to make it much more likely seems like an easy baseball decision particularly when making the playoffs will bring in that much more.
All that being said, the most likely reason is my book is that it's much easier for a GM not to make a move then to make one, and most GMs where he'd fit either don't have the clout or the guts to weather the likely short term backlash.

I absolutely LOVE that Bonds is on the outside looking in.

He's a poor left fielder carrying more baggage than any player in ML history, and he's a lousy teammate to boot.

The Players Union should spend their time investigating what makes a player's shoe size and head grow so much after age 30.