MLBPA To Investigate....

[Cloak & Dagger]

why Barry Bonds is not receiving any contract offers from major league teams



umm...this makes baseball look bad...when the top home run king of ALL TIME cant even get on a team for the league minimum

Barry said "I have a cell...a blackberry...they work...if my phone rings is does..if it dosent it dosent...Im not going to retire...I'll come back in July if I have to"

so....great people here at the SBR....my question is....any reason why a MLB team wouldnt want the home run king of ALL TIME on their squad?????

[Willie Bee]

so....great people here at the SBR....my question is....any reason why a MLB team wouldnt want the home run king of ALL TIME on their squad?????

Bulked-up home run hitters no longer in fashion for the fans or the media and owners fear a PR backlash for signing Bonds, Clemens right now. Might not be right, might not be fair to cheer a guy one day and then jeer him the next even though he's not doing anything differently than the day before when he was applauded. But that's the way it is.

[matskralc]

He could probably still be one of the most productive hitters in the sport when he plays, but there's too high a chance that you'd wind up paying him a lot of money to sit around and rehab injuries.

[willyback]

Teams feel confident about their minor league prospects right now. If we get to May and teams like Toronto, Baltimore, and Tampa Bay are struggling for runs - I say Bonds gets "the call" despite all the media crap that he brings with him.

[cobra_king]

teams like Toronto

Absolutely zero chance he ends up in Toronto. Aside from the fact Frank Thomas is here and Barry Bonds will be nothing more than a DH in the AL, their is zero chance the Toronto media and fans would accept him here. The public backlash would be too severe.

[purecarnagge]

I should post the pics of him on a cruise during his rookie year... He looks so different...