Barry Bonds has managed to alienate an entire city of people this time...he probably wonders why people hate him. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1824716 Barry Bonds is open to ending his career in the American League as a designated hitter -- just not in Boston. The Boston Globe reported in Friday's editions that Bonds said the town was "too racist for me" and that he would "never play there." According to the report, Bonds is relying on word of mouth for his opinion. "[My impression is based] only [on] what guys have said," he told the paper, "but that's been going on ever since my dad [Bobby, who played 14 years in the majors] was playing baseball. I can't play like that. That's not for me, brother." Bonds went on to dispute a suggestion that Boston's racial climate was improving, saying "It ain't changing. It ain't changing nowhere." Giants general manager Brian Sabean, speaking with ESPN Radio on Friday night, didn't seem troubled by his star's latest comments. "I don't know how and when and what the context was that he put them out their to quote the way he did," Sabean said. "But that's really not my business. This is a country of free speech, and again, I don't know the context. "If those are his feelings, those are his feelings. He's the guy that has to live with what he says and what he does, and we all know you're in charge of your own responsibility to say and do the right thing but I don't think it was anything malicious from being on the outside looking in. And again, I don't take this to any degree. I take it with a grain of salt."
Bonds is an idiot but there's some truth to what he says. There were always rumors that Fenway did not "welcome" minority fans. Jim Rice was heavily criticized despite being a very good player in the 70's. Cornbread Maxwell said he couldn't wait to get out of Boston. Even ML Carr, the obnoxious Celtics homer, said people harassed him and his wife in the streets. Boston's rep is well known.
Byron Scott said it was bad when the Nets played in the Fleet Center. Plus, Boston groomed Larry Bird, that bigot!
Cool, maybe he'll go to a city where everyone hates everyone equally....like NY. Bonds in pinstripes.....sweet. Seriously, I have been a Bonds fan since he came into the league along side his "Original Killer B's" partner, Bobby Bonilla, but even if his latest quote does have some merit, the guy is definitely in his own world. Maybe it's because of his upbringing behind Willie and Bobby that molded him into a guy with a chip on his shoulder. Who knows.
i think bonds is more than certainly entitiled to his own opinion...but so am i...and i think he is a moron
