"I was a dumbass, I was straight stupid." - Barry Bonds

[RallyPanda]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15880107/miami-marlins-hitting-coach-barry-bonds-says-acted-straight-stupid-mlb-career

 

[RallyPanda]

Gee, ya don't say Barry? Is someone attempting to do damage control to garner some positive PR in hopes of sneaking into the HOF?

[Jason]

7 minutes ago, RallyPanda said:

Gee, ya don't say Barry? Is someone attempting to do damage control to garner some positive PR in hopes of sneaking into the HOF?

Sure sounds like it. He's dusting off the knee pads

[Erstad Grit]

too late, you suck, think I'll re-watch now you falling over several times in game 6 

[RallyPanda]

Too little, too late. The damage has been done, his image is far beyond repair! At least he admits he was a dick to his teammates though.

[Angel Oracle]

The clear and the cream...that is all a lot of people will remember about Barroids' career. 

A shame, because he was one helluva player while with Pittsburgh, pre-clear/cream.

[Sully151]

Was?

[nate]

Wasn't he a dick to Joc Pederson just last month?

[AngelsLakersFan]

9 minutes ago, elixir said:

It feels good that Joe Maddon and crew denied this guy a world series ring 

[totdprods]

I still think there's a slight chance this is all building up to him signing a contract to play with Miami when rosters expand in September as a PH. 

[Make Angels Great Again]

Barry seems to be doing pretty well as hitting coach, 3 players have an OPS over 900 that haven't come close to that in the past, and none of them are named Giancarlo. Only one of them hit an .802 OPS before one time.

Two more have an OPS over 800.

Team wise they are ranked in the bottom third as far as runs scored go, not sure how with the big hitters they seemingly have.

[Make Angels Great Again]

I'd take Bonds as hitting coach all day.

[Slegnaac]

32 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I still think there's a slight chance this is all building up to him signing a contract to play with Miami when rosters expand in September as a PH. 

But wouldn't that reset the HOF clock? 

[totdprods]

56 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

But wouldn't that reset the HOF clock? 

Exactly why he'd do it. 

Also gets to end on his terms and on a better note, and gives him an opportunity to prove all his talent wasn't the doing of steroids. Improve his image for HOF voters (as well as resetting his clock) and gives him the chance for a second life in baseball as a coach. He looks like he's in great shape and the article goes to great lengths to explain how much he's training and getting fit. There was also the article in spring training about him launching bombs during batting practice. Fish also didn't cut their previous coach.

The hitting coach job was a way for him to ease back in without it being an obvious PR attempt by going right back into the game. If any owner would try this, it'd be Loria. 

Also gives him a chance to add to his HR total.

 

[California Cajun]

He acted like a dumbass because he was on steroids.

[Ray McKigney]

It was Barry who convinced Dee Gordon to use PEDs.

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, Sully151 said:

Was?

Well, his Pirates days were way back in the day.    Was means way back in the day, and he was a great player even before the ungodly steroids induced numbers with SF.

[Angelsjunky]

Barry was the best player of the 90s before he started taking steroids in 1998/99. Take a look.

Or for the linkophobic, here are the top five players by WAR from 1990-98:

1. Bonds 78.0

2. Griffey 61.1

3. Frank Tomas 51.7

4. Jeff Bagwell 49.1

5. Biggio 46.4

To put that another way, the second best player, Ken Griffey Jr, was 18% better than everyone else. Bonds was 28% better than Griffey.

 

[Sully151]

17 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Well, his Pirates days were way back in the day.    Was means way back in the day, and he was a great player even before the ungodly steroids induced numbers with SF.

I meant he "was" a dumbass.

[Angels#1Fan]

33 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Barry was the best player of the 90s before he started taking steroids in 1998/99. Take a look.

 

Everyone always says Bonds wasn't taking PED's in the 90's and it gets repeated as the gospel.

I'd like to know how anyone besides Bonds himself would know this for a fact.

He may or may not have been juiced then, but I'm suspicious of that entire generation of players including Griffey Jr. Just as I'm suspicious we are not in the post PED era now.

As far as Bonds being a giant jerk goes, that alone shouldn't keep him out of the HOF. It's the drug use that should disqualify him or anyone else. I realize that not everyone got caught and that users are going to wind up in the HOF because they weren't busted but that's how life is.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, elixir said:

It feels good that Joe Maddon and crew denied this guy a world series ring 

your act is stale 

[Lou]

58 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Barry was the best player of the 90s before he started taking steroids in 1998/99. Take a look.

Or for the linkophobic, here are the top five players by WAR from 1990-98:

1. Bonds 78.0

2. Griffey 61.1

3. Frank Tomas 51.7

4. Jeff Bagwell 49.1

5. Biggio 46.4

To put that another way, the second best player, Ken Griffey Jr, was 18% better than everyone else. Bonds was 28% better than Griffey.

 

what day did he start taking steroids ?

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

The clear and the cream...that is all a lot of people will remember about Barroids' career. 

A shame, because he was one helluva player while with Pittsburgh, pre-clear/cream.

Agreed. Hes a prick, but i honestly cant say hes any worse than anyone else in that era.

Gear or no gear, he was still one of the best hitters if all time.

[Angel Oracle]

55 minutes ago, Angels#1Fan said:

Everyone always says Bonds wasn't taking PED's in the 90's and it gets repeated as the gospel.

I'd like to know how anyone besides Bonds himself would know this for a fact.

He may or may not have been juiced then, but I'm suspicious of that entire generation of players including Griffey Jr. Just as I'm suspicious we are not in the post PED era now.

As far as Bonds being a giant jerk goes, that alone shouldn't keep him out of the HOF. It's the drug use that should disqualify him or anyone else. I realize that not everyone got caught and that users are going to wind up in the HOF because they weren't busted but that's how life is.

How else did ungodly HR totals get put up from 1994 into the 2000s?

[Lou]

3 hours ago, Slegnaac said:

But wouldn't that reset the HOF clock? 

yes

that's what he's doing! he gets a few September at-bats and by the time he's on the ballot again, maybe the HOF voters ease up on him.

is that allowed? like if you're close to be taken off the ballot? 

Edited June 2, 2016 by Lou