News Flash: Bonds' career is over!!!!!

[fatkid]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4730658

Barry Bonds still has yet to formally retire from baseball. But the career of the major leagues' reigning home run king is over, his agent says, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.


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Bonds has insisted he won't retire, leaving open the possibility that he might yet catch on with another team. But that hasn't happened, and his agent doubts that it ever will, according to the report.
"It's two years since he played his last game, and if there was any chance he'd be back in a major-league uniform, it would have happened by now," his agent, Jeff Borris, said Wednesday, according to the report.
Bonds, now 45, last played in 2007, when he led the National League in three offensive categories with the San Francisco Giants. But in November of 2007, a federal grand jury indicted him on perjury charges, alleging he lied when he testified he had never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.
No free agent offers came the following winter and spring.
"When 2008 came around, I couldn't get him a job. When 2009 came around, I couldn't get him a job. Now, 2010 ... I'd say it's nearly impossible," Borris said, according to the report. "It's an unfortunate ending to a storied career."
If it's truly over for Bonds, his career ends with 762 home runs, 1,996 runs batted in and seven National League MVP awards.

[BigAlCardsFan]

So, do you think he gets in the Hall Of Fame? And I don't mean by his numbers, because that's obvious.

Will people vote for him?

[Pins McGee]

I think he has zero chance of getting in on the first few ballots, but after more time passes, i think all of them (Mac, Rocket, and Bonds) will all get in.

[wiggly]

I think Bonds gets in on the first ballot, and the argument will be that he was a great player before he started on the steroids.

[BigAlCardsFan]

Originally Posted by wiggly

I think Bonds gets in on the first ballot, and the argument will be that he was a great player before he started on the steroids.

The problem is we don't know when the steroids started..

I believe that when he played in Pittsburgh, he was one of the best players in the game. And I think he was probably clean. The juice helped him out as he got older.

[East Side Jackalope]

Before Pujols, he was the greatest player I had ever seen play.

[DailyBalance]

Originally Posted by BigAlCardsFan

The problem is we don't know when the steroids started..

I believe that when he played in Pittsburgh, he was one of the best players in the game. And I think he was probably clean. The juice helped him out as he got older.

Agree. I think it's funny that now that McGwire is coming back and evidently to admit all of his sins, a lot of the idiot baseball writers have said they are okay with him getting into the Hall, and they'll vote for him. Bonds should get in first ballot, but don't expect it, cause those self righteous assholes need to show everyone who is in charge.

[RolandC]

Originally Posted by wiggly

I think Bonds gets in on the first ballot, and the argument will be that he was a great player before he started on the steroids.

I tend to agree with this statement in theory, but I also think that the personal nature of this whole ordeal (his behavior, the roids, the drama) will keep him out initially.

[East Side Jackalope]

I think we talked about this before and I'm too lazy to look it up, but does the 5 years before voting for the HOF start from the last year he played or when he retires? Maybe he is dumb enough to think everyone will forget what a dick he was.

[BigAlCardsFan]

From the last you played. There may be papers you fiile with the league upon announcing your retirement, but if you haven't played in 5 seasons, they will put you on the ballot..