Odds & Ends: Bonds, Bay, Astros, Mulder

Who cares what the astros bullpen looks like they're not going to win that many games anyway not with Mclame(Mclane) lowering payroll even more cheap bastard.

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Bonds would have been better than 2/3 the DH's in the AL the past 2 years.

As Darion pointed out, he publicly stated that he would play for league minimum. His agent even added to that, saying that Bonds would donate the league minimum salary to charity.

Bonds would be an upgrade at virtually every OF position for the 2010 San Francisco Giants. The man was run out of the game...

you obviously dont know what i mean Mickey Mac he could easily raise the payroll to 120-130 million range without even putting a dent in his pocket. Okay they have a 100 million dollar payroll and still have to go thru arbitration with several players and have to worry about the bullpen and get some pitching and he is still trying to lower the payroll. The guy is cheap tell me what other owner does not let u take food into the ballpark because it is not Houston tradition what kind of crap is that pay 8 dollars for a hot dog and almost 10 dollars for a beer its insane then he tries to encourage fans to come and see the games when he is not even putting enough to have a championship caliber team his motto is to be competitive but we want a championship team not just one that is just competitive. How can you even be competitive with the how the team is right now he knows the team needs alot of more pieces but he still is lowering the payroll. THE GUY IS CHEAP!!!!!

uhm i'll be honest id like to see bonds come back only if he gets drug tested weekly

"A quick add, I took a look at Kawagoe's numbers. The guy's career stats are: 51-73 record, 4.04 ERA, 280 BB's, 721 K's, throws no higher than 92mph, and hasn't had a winning record since 2000! Why would there be interest?"

your argument is with wins? wins is probably the most pointless stat for a pitcher, its all about the WHIP and ERA

As for Bond's, I hope that S.O.B come's back to the game, sign's with a team, and get's back on steroid's and is finally caught in the act.
Busted by 4-5 player's/coaches with their camera-phone's recording. This time, action might be more swift, and the game will no longer hear jack-$hit about him returning to the game. 755 is still the record in my book.

The single biggest travesty in MLB history is not the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Pete Rose, the rampant cocaine use during the 1980s, or the steroid problem... It's the owners' collective decision to deprive me of the privilege of watching the greatest hitter since Babe Ruth for a couple more years... Unforgiveable.

"uhm i'll be honest id like to see bonds come back only if he gets drug tested weekly"

Why, so he won't fail another drug test?

Oh yeah, that's right.

"you obviously dont know what i mean Mickey Mac he could easily raise the payroll to 120-130 million range without even putting a dent in his pocket. Okay they have a 100 million dollar payroll and still have to go thru arbitration with several players and have to worry about the bullpen and get some pitching and he is still trying to lower the payroll. The guy is cheap tell me what other owner does not let u take food into the ballpark because it is not Houston tradition what kind of crap is that pay 8 dollars for a hot dog and almost 10 dollars for a beer its insane then he tries to encourage fans to come and see the games when he is not even putting enough to have a championship caliber team his motto is to be competitive but we want a championship team not just one that is just competitive. How can you even be competitive with the how the team is right now he knows the team needs alot of more pieces but he still is lowering the payroll. THE GUY IS CHEAP!!!!! "

You're kidding.

McLane had the 4th highest payroll in the league, and you're upset because you think he needs to up it another 20%? And that is what is holding the team back? He spent over $100mill last year per baseball-reference.com. It was just spent poorly. Spending even more money equally poorly is not the solution.

If you watched someone spend $100 of yours and get nothing for it, would you decide to give them another $20? If so, can I borrow some cash?

and no thanks Japan, you can keep that guy. We're all set over here

well said dunkindonuts, u said it perfectly. couldn't have put it better myself.

i used to be bat boy. i would see and hear more info then you could imagine. i can guarantee you more than 90% of players. especially pitchers used steriods. manny, when he was with cleveland used steriods, and kyle farnsworth used to be called quadzilla because his legs were so big from roids. i am a giants fan, and i know he didn't use them. just ask him. he'll tell you. kidding. everyone knows he did.

Bonds, you are a media hungry JOKE.

I agree with GoTribe, if Bonds really wants to play be like Rickey Henderson and sign with an independant team and earn your way back to the bigs.

I for one don't want to see Bonds, or as i like to call him, CHEATER, back in baseball.

All those who don't think he took steroids, you are just lying to yourself. His body changed so much from when he was hitting a ton of home runs to when he came up from the minors. His shoe size increased from a 10 1/2 to a 13, hat size increased and uniform size increased.

Bonds, stay home!

i don't know anything really about steriods. you think the thing a-rod had on his hip was his injection spot?