Barry, Barry, Barry. Barry Bonds. What can we say?
Barry Bonds is officially: 0 for 2008.
Zero at bats, zero hits, zero walks, zero home runs. Zero for 2008.
But it is not just about 2008 or the steroids or the charges by the Federal government is it?
It is, and will always be, about one thing.
Barry Bonds.
That crazy, wacko, narcissistic kind of guy that happens to be the all-time home run king in major league baseball history. It is about the quest for #1 and he got there. He sure did. He got the prize he always wanted and now he has 2008.
Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008.
We all saw it coming, didn’t we? And it began with Daddy Bonds: Bobby Bonds.
In high school, kids used to drive Barry nuts with comments about Bobby and his love of wine, women and song. Barry took all that abuse and said to himself: there will be a time of reconciliation, a time when he will shut everyone, a time when they will eat their words, a time when Barry will be King. The time would be 2007.
In college, the craziness of the Bobby and Barry Show continued. One afternoon at Packard Stadium at Arizona State University, Bobby Bonds drove a car on the field to talk to ASU coach Jim Brock about all-things-Barry. Later, for some reason, Coach Brock asked Barry’s teammates to vote if Barry should stay on the team. His teammates voted no, "send him packing." Barry stayed on the ASU baseball team.
Then it was the Pittsburgh Pirates, then eventually the San Francisco Giants, and then the record in 2007.
In 2008 it started out promising, since it appeared as if everyone agreed that Barry would be such a great fit with the Oakland Athletics.
When the A’s said no, every two weeks a new trial balloon, a new team was floated in the press to keep the name of Barry Bonds alive. It was the Tampa Bay Rays, and others, and the Boston Red Sox, and still others. Finally there were no takers. Finally the season ended.
Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008.
Barry Bonds got his wish, his payback, his record in 2007.
Yet, Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008.
The stadiums are now quiet, except for the playoff teams. The courtroom is being prepared and the lawyers are as well. Barry Bonds will have his day in court and will be heard.
What will Barry Bonds’ record be in 2009?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008
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A selection of Barry Bonds' comments regarding PED use:
- "Doctors ought to quit worrying about what ballplayers are taking. What players take doesn't matter. It's nobody else's business. The doctors should spend their time looking for cures for cancer. It takes more than muscles to hit homers. If all those guys were using stuff, how come they're not all hitting homers?" -- May 21, 2002, Associated Press
- "No. I don't have to [use steroids]. I mean, I'm a good enough ballplayer as it is. I don't need to be any better. I can't get any better at this age." -- June 2002, On the Record with Bob Costas
- "I never asked. When he said it was flaxseed oil, I just said, 'Whatever.' It was in the ballpark.. in front of everybody. I mean, all the reporters, my teammates, I mean they all saw it. I didn't hide it." -- Dec. 4, 2003, during grand jury testimony, according to the San Francisco Chronicle
- "I don't know Tim Montgomery. I've never met him. When accusations come from someone you don't even know, what can you do?" They'll be talking to my lawyer." -- June 25, 2004 to USA TODAY in response to allegations from a former world-class sprinter that he received steroids from BALCO
- "All you guys lied! All of y'all and the story have lied. Should you have asterisks behind your name? All of you lied. All of you have said something wrong. All of you have dirt. When your closet's clean, then come clean somebody else's." -- Feb. 22, 2005, first public comments after testimony was leaked
- "I don't know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don't believe it. I don't believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination [and] technically hit a baseball." -- Feb. 22, 2005, first public comments after testimony was leaked
- "You wanted me to jump off the bridge; I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down, you've finally brought me and my family down. You've finally done it. So now go kick a different person. I'm done. I'll do the best I can and that's about it. [I'm talking about] inner hurt. I'm physically, mentally done. I'm mentally drained. Tired of my kids crying." -- March 23, 2005 on MLB
- "I went through the system. And that's what it is. And that's what I got. I went through the system. I'm in an appeal process right now. I was never convicted of steroids. Do I have any regrets? What happened happened. It's there. It is what it is. I live with it. I'm a convicted felon for obstruction of justice, and that's who I am. I live with it." -- May 29, 2012
- "I gave my life and soul to that game. That's what's heartbreaking. That's the hard part of it." -- May 30, 2012 on MLB
- "Not winning? [the 2002 World Series] It doesn't stick with me anymore. Right now, it's just good to see everyone and have a good time. Win or lost, it's nice just to come home and reminisce with each other." -- July 1, 2012
- "Oh, without a doubt. There's not a doubt in my mind." -- August 6, 2012
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