It has been reported that the baseball player's association may be looking into why no team is signing Barry Bonds, suspecting possible collusion. Okay I'm all for players' union sticking up for its players, but this may be going too far.
Of course, we've all been bombarded with the whole Barry Bonds career mess: home run king, allegedly shot up on 'roids and lied under oath about it; blah, blah, blah. The posters on ESPN had a field-day talking about how Barry should be out of baseball because of his character issues.
This is a part of my response to them: "You idiots know good-and-well you don't care about a player's personality as long as the team that player is on is winning.
"People didn't like Dennis Rodman's personality or Rasheed Wallace's, but they sure rooted for the team when they won an NBA championship, (Rodman with the old Pistons and the Bulls, Wallace with the new Pistons). Babe Ruth was no saint either (a heavy drinker, womanizer, and gluttoness eater from the looks of his body), but he is still honored as one of the best. Ty Cobb was a racist pig, but people are still talking about how great he was. The point is that players who are jerks come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Most people don't care that they are jerks as long as they are winners!
The issue isn't really whether Bonds shouldn't play because of his character. It's whether any team wants to spend any money on a guy who is 43 and can't really run. Granted, he still may be a productive player, but there's only a handful of teams who have enough money to pay him, and they can spend their money a lot more wisely.
Bet I can get a job.
I was intentionally walked 44 times last year and you are telling me I can't get a job.
I can't get a job either
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First of all I think Bonds is the best pure hitter I've had the pleasure to watch during my lifetime, Griffey Jr. is a close second. I don't think there's any conspiracy theory about why Bonds never got picked up. I think it's because he's an a**hole and every team in MBL knows it.
Wallace and Rodman may not have been loved by the fans all the time but they could play as a member of a team.
NOBODY likes Bonds. Teammates, coaches, fans.....NOBODY. Even when he was in Pittsburg as part of the killer B's....A**hole. Wouldn't sign an autograph and he felt he was above the team. He spent his career being better then his team and now when he's asking for something back(i.e. a team to sign him as a DH so he can hit some other landmarks like 3,000 hits and 10,000 at bats)he's finding out he's on the outside looking in because of his attitude over the years.
You don't think the Yankees could have afforded him? Of course they could have but his cancer wasn't worth the HRs.
It's sad but it's poetic justice.