Bonds: "I'm Not Retiring"

He's not playing either.

Does anyone know what TMZ stands for?

Like a Japanese team, eh?

He has little chance of every playing again, and even less of a chance to make the Hall Of Fame.

thirty mile zone.

also bernie williams and barry should try out together.

tim-your wife helping you out with TMZ links on a slow news day?

Doesn't his trial begin this spring?

Is there a real difference between espn and tmz these days?

Speaking of steroid trials, what's the latest on Clemens?? Dropped completely out of site, eh?

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it's really, really stupid that someone won't sign him to DH, or just platoon at DH/ left field, for the league minimum. i'm sure he's still better than the league average, and for the base salary, it makes no sense not to sign him-- not when every other juicer got off the hook. and doesn't it look like the case against him is finally going to be thrown out?

sign him already!

Yeah, I agree.
Houston could have signed him last year when El Caballo got hurt. He is definitely a better bat than Geoff Blum, so they could have kept Wigginton at third last year. Anybody can play Left field in Houston with a little practice.

Whether Bonds would be better than XXXXX player is obviously not the issue here. Nobody will sign him. It was proven last year and there is no reason that someone will suddenly change their minds after an entire year off at his age without PED's.

If the white sox had a vacancy in left field and bonds would sign for a REASONABLE price, I would jump out of my shoes to get him. He's no slower to the ball than Carlos Lee and he couldn't make worse angles to ball like Podsednik made. Either, way it's not gonna happen.

Although Bonds is my favorite player, sometimes I wish that Sammy Sosa broke the home run record instead, just to see no one bitch about it and so he could just live a normal life like the hundreds of other players involved in the steroid scandal. If you dislike Bonds his character I understand, but the constant painting of Bonds ruining baseball while Sosa and Big Mac lay back in all their scot-free glory is unfair. Guilty or not either pick on every single steroid guy, or leave them all alone, just because Bonds and Clemens were the best just shows that they were superior athletes all along, cus lets face it no one is accusing either of them for doing steroids their entire careers...

Bonds is Dusty's Boy...Bring him to Cincy! hahaha

"Bonds hitting in front of Manny...........
Scary thought if Bonds has anything left.
That'd be pretty sick for the Giants lineup no?"

What is scary about that is the defense in the outfield. Mark Grace could come down from the booth and turn a double into an inside the parker!

Yeah, the bottom line is Barry is a prick of a person but MLB scapegoated the entire steriod era on him somehow. This makes very little sense because by almost all accounts what barry did was a reaction to the rampant use. In a way the uber-beast he became is what ended the era. Seems to me he had a much greater impact in ending the era than creating it. Once giambi signs a 10 mil or more deal this offseason bonds has a nice amount to sue the owners for. You can argue about the case for this year but I doubt they want to set a precedent claiming they do not want players on their teams with pending trials.

The thing I don't get about Bonds using steroids:

You had a Hall of Fame career lined up before you started using 'roids. Why even start? Why jeopardize your future with the game?

"When Bonds' charges all get dropped, I can't wait for someone to sign him."

Agreed? What is with all the absolute bone heads who want Bonds and Manny to leave baseball? If that is the case, why don't you just go follow highschool baseball? 2 of the best hitters in the history of the world and people don't want to see them play. I also see a couple of posts above mine somebody compared Barry Bonds to Kenny Lofton. Very, very intelligent stuff.

If i was a GM, I would sign him. Hes a better player to have on a team than a Manny. They both are below average fielders at this point in their careers but both can hit. Bonds would also require a lot less money and a much shorter commitment. And the media circus surrounding both of them would be about the same. Bonds won't quit playing though so he is much better than Manny.

Considering how many teams get below-avg production from their DHs someone should sign Bonds at the league minimum.

"What the problem is that Barry still wants to play and thats OK--so does Kenny Lofton, but here are the issues."

Bonds actually still can hit and be a serviceable MLB player. Lofton can't.

Huge difference. LOL @ your stupid comparison.

"@ the people who keep mentioning "league minimum"
Do you guys really think the most arrogant player in recent memory will take league minimum?"

he has already stated he'd play for the league minimum. so, yes, i do.

"How amazing would it be if the Pirates signed him? What do the Pirates have to lose? Let him start and end his career here in Pittsburgh,"

Yes, yes, yes.

Pittsburgh, Oakland (yes, Cust in the field is bad, but its Barry Lamar Bonds guys), or Tampa Bay are my three preferred teams for Bonds.

First off I apologise bout the Bonds/O.J. comment.
But now lets compare some recent players not signed after decent careers. This the last season played
The stats posted are
HR/RBI/R/BA/G
Bonds
28/66/74/.276 126
Sosa
21/92/53/.252 114
Lofton
7/38/63/ .303 136
Raffy
18/60/47/.266 110
Now I agree Loftons stats are nnot impressive except the 300 avg. Sosa had good production in his last season but the MLBPA doesnt coem to hos defense.
Can Bonds help a team?? Maybe, at 44 with bad knees it is a risk. But we cannot allow the union to dictate to teams who they can sign.