Barry Bonds Interview after Game 7

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: NutBucket A co-worker put it best; Bonds never learned what playing team sports is all about. Granted he is a good player, but otherwise he is a tool and an @sshole to boot.

So batting .370, hitting 40+ home runs, and walking 198 times isn't helping his team? I always hear about how he isn't a "team player" but that is SUCH bull. Who cares what he is like off the field? Why does it matter to you whether he likes to talk to the media or sign autographs? If pro athletes were paid and judged by their off-field personality, then 95% of the NBA would be better off working at McDonald's. If people would look at Bonds' stats and see what he does on the field instead of crying about how he won't answer questions from the media, they would realize that he is one of the all-time greatest offensive baseball players. Is it really any of your buisness how he conducts his personal life?

To bad he is a roid monster. You can not tell me that he bulked up like that just from lifting.

Baseball should ban all the supps. Legal or not.

 

[LXi]

What's the significance of dwelling on Bonds' personality?? I mean, Bonds will be Bonds, it is what you get if you want those hall of fame numbers at 38+ yrs of age. Nowhere in baseball rules does it say WS rings don't fit on the fingers of players who aren't nice and popular. And plus, if everyone in baseball is like Sammy Sosa, it'd be so much less interesting.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Digobick
<< "Next question. That's a stupid question," he said when asked whether he felt his best chance at a World Series had just passed him by. >>

Source: ESPN.com

That IS a dumb question.

 

[calbear2000]

Despite all the stupid questions the media asked him (which by the way, leads to spoonfed ignorant responses by some of the public that Barry's not a team player, Barry's an arrogant prick, etc, etc as exemplified in this thread), Bonds' replies were mostly noble and classy:

"You want the results to be different but what can you do about it?" he said, stoic as ever. "They outplayed us."

"What are you going to write? 'He had a good postseason and they still lose?'" he asked. "Doesn't that just show you that it takes a team to win it?"

"It was great," he said. "I was more ready for it than ever. Unfortunately, I'm on the short end of the stick but I tip my hat to them, those guys played well. They played very well. [They had] luck on their side and good baseball."

"They come back and they battle," he said of the world champion Angels. "They take advantage of mistakes and they're a good contact hitting team one through nine. They're tough. There's not a lot of holes over there and they play you 'til the end."

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

Once again I must bow to your wisdom Red, because the fact that Barry can hit a ball farther than I can makes the world a better place. I guess any of my volunteer or charity work pales in comparison to what that man can do with a bat.

Or are you just bitter that your A's lost?

Hell yes I'm bitter that they lost. They were one of the few teams that owned the Halos this year

If you do charity work then you are a better person than 99.9% of the those here..me included. Still your accomplishments still pale in comparison to Bonds. That's not to say you are sh!t, only that you are foolish for whining about Bonds.

 

[DeafeningSilence]

Barry Bonds:
1) Is a sensational baseball player.
2) Helps his team on the field, but erodes team chemistry off the field.
3) Has every right to be pissed at such a retarded question.

What the heck has happened to sports reporters??? When was the last time you heard an insightful question? The women on the sidelines at football games get criticized by people who think they don't add anything to the game except beauty. But the male reporters out there certainly don't excel at getting meaningful information either.

Gosh, you're on national tv. Spend the extra 5 seconds thinking of a decent question instead of fixing your hair for the camera. (That's a tip for the ladies AND men.)

 

[calbear2000]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Once again I must bow to your wisdom Red, because the fact that Barry can hit a ball farther than I can makes the world a better place. I guess any of my volunteer or charity work pales in comparison to what that man can do with a bat.

Yep, you guessed right. You pale in comparison

You'd probably have to dedicate your entire life to volunteer time to match the charity donations Bonds makes...

 

[Red Dawn]

In fact the real asshole of the Giants isn't Bonds, it's Jeff Kent. He's a red ass from the get go. The flare up him and Bonds had in the dugout this season was due to Kent giving another player grief over a fielding mistake. Bonds told him to stop being a jerk to his fellow teamate and when Kent continued Bonds shoved his punk ass. Even with their outward hostility towards each other Bonds has come out and said that he wants the Giants to sign Kent for next season as his cintract is up this season.

BTW, it looked as if Bonds was a team player this whole season. In fact when he is asked about his personal accomplishments he always alludes to Baseball being the ultimate Team Sport. Now if you want to see what a cancer of a teamate is just look at Sheffield when he was with the Dodgers. Of course it was the Dodgers he was playing for and he probably felt dirty playing for them. He's getting along fine in Atlanta reportedly

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

What accomplishments? that he can hit a ball 500+ft or hits for .370? pft
The real accomplishments I admire is the fact the lady down the street is raising 3 good boys by herself. I admire the Pastor at my church for all the work he does for the homeless and poor. I admire my wife for putting up with me.

Yes what bonds is amazing nobody ever said it is not. But to say you must admire a guy who does drugs to do all of that is wrong.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

What accomplishments? that he can hit a ball 500+ft or hits for .370? pft
The real accomplishments I admire is the fact the lady down the street is raising 3 good boys by herself. I admire the Pastor at my church for all the work he does for the homeless and poor. I admire my wife for putting up with me.

Yes what bonds is amazing nobody ever said it is not. But to say you must admire a guy who does drugs to do all of that is wrong.

Your wife is amazing

 

[BlamoHammer]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

#1. Mark McGwire, outside of 1998, was basically accused of being the same kind of guy that people complain Bonds is now, and he is right back to where he was prior to breaking the HR record (temporarily). He endeared himself to the public during that run, but before and after he has been a pretty abrasive and unreachable athlete.

#2. If you are going to suggest that Bonds is jacked up on roids, you might as well just go ahead and say the same thing about McGwire.

#3. The Giants clubhouse morale certainly didn't seem to affect their play this year, both in the regular season and in the playoffs. I wouldn't say the rest of the team played like crap because of Bonds being there. Would you?

1. McGwire was a lot nicer and a better team player. His team mates never said anything bad about him, even after he left a team for another.

2. Yea he used them too, Caminnita (sp) retired and came out and admitted it and so have a lot of other players. Look at Bonds when he started and look at him now. I have a couple of his rookie cards, and even a McGwire rookie card. They were average size then, now they look like a Roid freak.

3. Are you sure, THEY LOST!!!

I am pretty sure that just about every Giant in that clubhouse is happy that Barry Bonds is on their team. Big whoop if people don't get along. He helps their opportunity to win. And I am still waiting for someone to explain to me how Bonds is not a team player.

Yeah, the Giants lost. But that wasn't the question. The question was did the rest of the team play worse because of Bonds being on the team? You were the one suggesting that they would and I am asking you why you think that. If you don't think the Giants' season was a success, then you are dead wrong.

Good point made. I doubt ANYONE on the Giants would choose to not have Bonds on their team. He gives them a shot at winning and that is the point of the team...to win. They dont have to go to each others house and play hopscotch or give each other piggyback rides or like each other. Its about winning.

 

[habib89]

jeez.. everyone hates barry like they actually know the guy.. i have no problem with barry or his attitude.. he gets the job done.. that's what he's paid for.. he's not there to kiss your @$$ and call it honey.. he's there to win games, and that's what he's doing..

 

[nitsuj3580]

well put habib...

granted for the millions of dollars athletes make, being friendly to the media should be part of an athlete's responsibility but I often sit on my couch amazed at some of the retarded questions reporters ask theses days. Plus reporters have a great way of asking the same question a million times by just wording it differently. If I had to put up with that everyday, I'd start avoiding it as well.

These last two years have put Bonds on a level above anyone else during this baseball era. When I'm watching him, I don't think about what he does the off the field cuz who cares! that has nothing to do with the game.

Oh and the whole roids thing. You can shoot up and get as jacked as you want to but that has nothing to do with actually making contact with a 97 mph fastball or hitting a breaking ball that starts at your chest and ends up at your knees.

If athletes had the training, strict dieting, etc that they have now, he'd be just as huge now back in his early playing days. I was never a fan of weight training and track workouts but I started taking them seriously a year ago and I have now put on 15 lbs of muscle and can run 400 meters indoors in under 50 seconds. No supplements needed. It'd be scary to think how good I could be with a personal trainer and all day to work out like professional athletes. Bottom line though, hard work can pay off and I personally think Bonds has done just that.

 

[zippy]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Barry Bonds = Stuck up tool

This is a player that has in his contract he must have his own little room with a Big screen TV and chair and nobody else is allowed to use it.

I am glad the Giants lost, just because of Bonds. Why can't he be more like McGuire or most other nice good ball players?

McGwire has basically turned into Bonds now that he is retired. He doesn't do interviews, he doesn't sign autographs and he is very distant with his adoring public. How is that different?

McGwire did some interviews after his retirement. However, if he has become what you say he has become - who the hell cares? He has retired, perhaps he wants to live a normal life as a private citizen as opposed to always being in spotlight? I respect that. He is a human being...

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

He hits a ball with a stick. That's some accomplishment.

 

[brtspears2]

I remember the many times I've came close to a win in a tennis match. Say last game of the whole match, winner of the game wins it all. So I lose. I goto the bench and cuss a few times. If I just happened to be a pro player of tennis, and some jerk reporter comes out and goes "So, how does it feel to let your chance at a win go by?" I'd want to punch someones lights out.

Good question, wrong time. Ask later when you get a chance to breathe.

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

He hits a ball with a stick. That's some accomplishment.

No but the millions of dolalrs he has raised and pledged for charity sure is.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

He hits a ball with a stick. That's some accomplishment.

Exactly the response one should expect from a PNG

The hardest thing to do in sports is hit a fast ball. To play at the level he does is a great accomplishment. What is it you do that's so great that makes you feel that you can mock him for what he does?

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: AvesPKS

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
So happy to see that he lost

Here was the question:

Hey Barry, how does it feel that after all your individual accolades and acheivements, you still couldn't win the world series, which is what baseball is all about, playing as a team?

Here's another one:

Hey Gobadgrs, how came you feel the need to deride someone whose accomplishments will make anything you ever do look insignificant?

He hits a ball with a stick. That's some accomplishment.

Exactly the response one should expect from a PNG

The hardest thing to do in sports is hit a fast ball. To play at the level he does is a great accomplishment. What is it you do that's so great that makes you feel that you can mock him for what he does?

I'm not mocking him. I'm not deriding him. I honestly couldn't give a flying fusk whether he's a nice guy or not. People are people; being rich doesn't indebt someone to fulfill some 'rolemodel' figure. I merely fail to see how his 'accomplishments' make him incapable of derision; being rich and famous doesn't mean you have to live up to a certain standard, but it does protect you from derisiveness?

Entertainment is great; I laud all entertainers who can rise to the highest plane of their respective fields.

Finally, what is a PNG?

 

[Red Dawn]

PNG= Perpetually Nice Guy, at least in your case

 

[Stark]

Funny how nobody has even mentioned the key error Bonds made during the run the Angels made in game 6. Who care if you hit 60+ home runs if you can't even pick up a baseball when your team needs it most. He helped cost his team the world series, plain and simple.

And I'd take ARod, Randy Johnson, Kurt Schilling, Ichiro, and a few other players before Bonds. He's the greatest hitter alive, but not the greatest ball player.

 

[m2kewl]

he's a prick and i'm glad giants didn't win. angels deserved it - there's no superstars on that team, all team players!

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Stark
Funny how nobody has even mentioned the key error Bonds made during the run the Angels made in game 6. Who care if you hit 60+ home runs if you can't even pick up a baseball when your team needs it most. He helped cost his team the world series, plain and simple.

And I'd take ARod, Randy Johnson, Kurt Schilling, Ichiro, and a few other players before Bonds. He's the greatest hitter alive, but not the greatest ball player.

Ichiro?? Ahahaha. That's why they pay others to be General Managers instead of some dweeb off of ATOT.

As for costing his team the WS, If it weren't for Bonds the Giants wouldn't have even been there nor would they have made it to the sixth game. Hell the only reason Glaus got the MVP was because he was on the winning team as Bonds had a Monster series. If the Angels had balls enough to pitch to him instead of walking him so much (Yeah I know it's better to have brains than balls) He would have probably hit 12 or 13 Homeruns and the Giants would have won it in 5

I see your point regarding Schilling and Johnson. I'd rather have a Sandy Koufax than any other player that ever put in the uniform. Also A Rod has more productive years ahead of him than Bonds. Ichiro though is just a phenom for a year who will end up a trivia question. In the end it will be Bonds who will be remembered as the most Awesome Ball Player of Modern Times.

 

[PlatinumGold]

OMG i've never seen so many pro bonds responses in one thread before. the others, ur just ordinary, i see it all the time and it all means nothing.

bottom line is what they do on the field. The WS this year was lost by the Giants in Game 6 top of 7th inning, giants up 5 - 0, kent on base and 2 outs. Barry bonds up to bat and HE K's. AMAZING. Freaking AMAZING. here is a guy that k's less than 50 times all season and BB's almost 200 times (4 to 1 ratio) and the most crucial at bat of the season he K's.

Now, do you honestly think that Bonds doesn't have that at bat on his mind?? can you blame him for losing the game?? well no, there were the outfield errors, the bad pitching and some good hitting by the angels that lead to the angels scoring 6 runs but if i were bonds, that would really be sticking in my craw.

BUT despite all that, you have to give it up for bonds, he's a TREMENDOUS baseball player and that is all that counts. me i'd rather watch bonds over SOSA anyday, sosa really annoys me.

oh btw, the ONLY teammate of bonds to say a bad thing about him was Jeff KENT. now talk about a clubhouse cancer. kent really sux.

FINALLY, the myth about the extra chair, extra room in locker room. MOST of that is nonsense.

1. He has his own chair brought it to help his BACK PAINS, Any team would offer their superstar hitter this if he asked for it.

2. He doesn't have his own room, he gets an extra LOCKER BUT it's normal, the extra locker is for his son and EVERY player who has a son out on the field as a bat boy gets the extra locker. SO STOP WITH THIS NONSENSE.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: zippy

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Barry Bonds = Stuck up tool

This is a player that has in his contract he must have his own little room with a Big screen TV and chair and nobody else is allowed to use it.

I am glad the Giants lost, just because of Bonds. Why can't he be more like McGuire or most other nice good ball players?

McGwire has basically turned into Bonds now that he is retired. He doesn't do interviews, he doesn't sign autographs and he is very distant with his adoring public. How is that different?

McGwire did some interviews after his retirement. However, if he has become what you say he has become - who the hell cares? He has retired, perhaps he wants to live a normal life as a private citizen as opposed to always being in spotlight? I respect that. He is a human being...

Exactly. What I am saying is that it is their PERSONAL LIFE. I DON'T care what they do with it, and I don't understand why it is so important to all of the Bonds-haters.