That’s all I care about right now.

Without a doubt in my mind if Josh Byrnes were to sign him it would make up for some of the other f ups he has been accountable for. I mean this would send me flying in the air if we were to sign the third greatest hitter of all time, AT LEAGUE MINIMUM.

Problem is no GM wants to pull the trigger on this because they are afraid of the media consequences but it comes to a point now where his impact on the field will out weigh his impact off of it.

Anyways from a statistical point of view Bonds is one of the greatest hitters in the game. Even in his 40’s when guys are usually done his EqA is still in the .300’s every year.

2005 40 yrs. old- .339 EqA
2006 41 yrs. old- .329 EqA
2007 42 yrs. old- .345 EqA

Note that EqA has the same exact scale as batting average (.260 is average while anything above .300 is great) and as you can see by this Bonds still had a great year in 07. I think if someone were to sign Bonds I think he would easily post a EqA above .300 and seeing how CoJack is the only regular to have one in the .300’s we could use it badly.

I don’t mind the steroids thing simply because it would be stupid for me to judge and criticize Bonds for doing it when I did not criticize the many on our 01 team or Mark McGwire when he broke the homerun record.

when people first started bringing him up, but when I heard a few days ago that not only was he willing to work for minimum, but give it away too? Come on, this is the easiest decision you could make.

Or, to be more accurate:
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On a whole number of levels. Too many issues.
1) What condition is Bonds in to hit? He hasn’t seen a pitch in nine months, as far as I know.
2) The ongoing legal proceedings. At best, they’ll be a distraction. At worst, he’ll be behind bars.
3) His knees have caused him to miss a total of 216 games over the past three seasons.
4) What impact would Bonds, his barcalounger, flat-screen TV and entourage have in the locker room – and the other players? Every report I’ve seen is that he was utter poison for the Giants.

And then there’s the whole moral question of signing a tax-evading, abusive, lying, steroid-abusing cheat. Oh, alright: “allegedly.”

I think Ben’s poll options above are more than slightly skewed towards his personal biases. I wouldn’t “boycott” the D-backs. But it would certainly and significantly reduce my level of interest in and support for, the team. After a decade of hating Bonds – not just because he’s a Giant, but because I think he is pond-scum – it would basically be impossible to cheer for him.

Frankly, there are more important things than reaching the playoffs this season. If that requires us to hire Bonds, I’d rather not go there.

okay, here’s some guys from that team:

Matt Williams
Randy Johnson, not exactly a friendly guy especially towards the media.
Luis Gonzalez, a lot of people look at his 2001 powerfest with suspicion.

Of course, Bonds seemlessly blends these qualities together to make him easier to dislike, but the 2001 team wasn’t a bunch of saints either.