Bonds helps teammates. FACT.
...of course you never hear this from the media.
Folks who enjoy hating Bonds love to point out how much his teammates hate him. Yet today in the comical, there's a nice little anecdote buried:
Frandsen, who had been struggling, homered after having a talk with Bonds between games of Monday's doubleheader in Pittsburgh.
Barry and I worked a little, stuff we needed to talk about, and got me locked in," Frandsen said. "Barry helped me out a lot, told me I could hit and helped me be in the position to do it. He cleared a lot in my mind."
Schulman, Ostler or any other hack could take this anecdote and turn it into a feel-good story about Bonds, but they choose not to. Why is that?
But there it is in plain black and white. Barry even helps the most midget-esque of Giants, Kevin Frandsen. Too bad Bonds doesn't have some good prospects to work with.
Possible comment starter. Would Bonds make a good hitting coach for the Giants in the future? Would he do it?
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Succumb to the Enchanted t-shirt! Adopted dad of Minor Izzy
by hairball on Aug 17, 2007 11:09 AM PDT 0 recs
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by sfgfan on Aug 17, 2007 11:10 AM PDT 0 recs
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Aug 17, 2007 11:42 AM PDT
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Aug 17, 2007 11:48 AM PDT
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Aug 17, 2007 1:34 PM PDT
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Or help your old man spend his money.
(cue jeopardy music)
by E Ticket on
Aug 17, 2007 2:21 PM PDT
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B) This happened last night and the team is on the road. The Ostler-type columnists are just reading about it this morning and not with the team to get more of the story. You might very well see a column on this, but it wouldn't have been in this morning's paper.
I'd wait a few days before getting indignant.
by Goofus on Aug 17, 2007 11:18 AM PDT 0 recs
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by Grant on
Aug 17, 2007 11:24 AM PDT
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by KCE on
Aug 17, 2007 11:57 AM PDT
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I like Hank
by wilriv21 on
Aug 17, 2007 12:04 PM PDT
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Aug 17, 2007 11:59 AM PDT
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Aug 17, 2007 8:00 PM PDT
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With regard to B, well, I'm not gonna hold my breath waiting for the local writers to give Bonds his due. I think we've all been waiting for that for a while...
by The Gene Hackman on
Aug 17, 2007 11:26 AM PDT
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by Goofus on
Aug 17, 2007 12:32 PM PDT
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Ostler and Knapp and Slusser, all take their shots at bonds when they can. Some of them toned it down a little when he broke the record.
My defense would be that you're cherry picking Ostler's most sympathetic piece here. Go back further and you see his bias in full bloom.
Even the article you cite is full of disclaimers and back-handed compliments. The article is entitled "Like it or not..." for crying out loud.
I guess it boils down to: Would you really argue that Ostler writes favorably about Bonds? Fairly? or does he usually write in negative terms.
My experience is that he, and most of the Chron writers, are less pro-Bonds than actual fairness would require.
by The Gene Hackman on
Aug 17, 2007 12:47 PM PDT
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I thought the "like it or not" comment was a jab at Bonds' detractors, not Bonds himself.
by Goofus on
Aug 17, 2007 12:58 PM PDT
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Krukow is the only 'media' person i can think of who never says anything bad about Bonds.
I guess I see 'fair' as somewhere in between Schulman and Krukow.
by The Gene Hackman on
Aug 17, 2007 1:22 PM PDT
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Regarding Krukow: By his standards, he ripped Bonds a new one the other day on KNBR saying he needs to be in there more and even suggesting it might be time for the team to go in another direction.
by Goofus on
Aug 17, 2007 1:35 PM PDT
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not fair and balanced:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/07/SPO1RE6F62.DTL
downright snarky:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/07/29/SPB0R95C82.DTL
Bonds is a crappy teammmate:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/12/SP7GRGDAB.DTL
This last one is an article where Ostler could have balanced his usual bitchy stance towards Bonds with something positive about bonds as a teammate. He does nothing of the sort. He doesn't want to. He dislikes Bonds and it shows. I'd say that's bias, not fairness.
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Aug 17, 2007 1:58 PM PDT
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by Goofus on
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Ostlers conclusion that Bonds has a thick skin and either a 'social disconnection' or a 'Diva Complex' (because he makes Ostler wait) reads like a petty writer's vendetta to me.
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by APGiantsFan on Aug 17, 2007 11:29 AM PDT 0 recs
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by Kitspool on Aug 17, 2007 11:32 AM PDT 0 recs
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Exactly.
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The Dark Side of the Force is Near

by E Ticket on Aug 17, 2007 11:37 AM PDT 0 recs
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by KCE on
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The point I was trying to make is that the press-- even the local press -seem to acquiesce to positive Bonds anecdotes, and labor intensively over the negative ones.
And it's too bad, because Bonds give the youngsters good advice.
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 17, 2007 11:39 AM PDT 0 recs
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by E Ticket on Aug 17, 2007 11:42 AM PDT 0 recs
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Now, with Barry, who cherishes his private life, it seems even less likely.
by thehavenot on Aug 17, 2007 11:44 AM PDT 0 recs
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I think the best coaches is a guy who was good enough as a player to garner respect, yet not so talented that they can't relate to players. Dusty and Felipe are pretty good examples. Bochy was an extremely unremarkable player, but his team's seem to respect him as a man.
by Goofus on
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Ty Cobb was a decent manager
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I would also love to have a "holo-deck" in my house, where I could realistically simulate any situation and live in virtual reality when it suits me.
One of these things is more likely to happen than the other, only I'm not sure which.
Succumb to the Enchanted t-shirt! Adopted dad of Minor Izzy
by hairball on Aug 17, 2007 11:44 AM PDT 0 recs
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Best Bonds story EVER
"Barry Bonds uses Hank Aaron's corked bat during ballgames," writes Riches in the claim. "The bat has a secret chambers [sic] where Barry stores his HGH supplements. Bonds takes them while he awaits [sic] in the batters box."
Bonds also used the errant bat -- which Riches says he won at a Sotheby's auction in 1998 -- to crack the Liberty Bell, the lawsuit states.
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It gets better
Last month's lawsuit against Vick, whose co-defendants pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges on Friday, claims the Atlantic Falcons star stole Riches' pit bulls and sold them on eBay to buy missiles from Iran.
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It further reveals that the location of the clandestine Bonds/Selig meetings was "the I-70 Steak N Shake, Booth #11".
Disappointingly, I couldn't find the details behind the claim of "illegal moonshine".
by EliminateMe on
Aug 17, 2007 1:51 PM PDT
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Who was the teammate, and what had he done? I don't remember.
by biff pocoroba on Aug 17, 2007 12:45 PM PDT 0 recs
And in this corner DAVID BELL
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Or maybe I'm just remembering that wrong.....
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Kent said he was yelling at Bell to get the out at first, which would have meant two out, a runner at second and pitcher Kevin Pickford batting. Bell said he thought the best play was at second.
According to witnesses, once the inning ended Bell and Kent started yelling at each other in the dugout.
"David Bell and Jeff Kent started throwing F-bombs back and forth. Barry stuck up for David Bell. Jeff Kent then started going 'F-- you' to Bonds," according to a fan who provided only his first name, Scott. He was sitting in a small section of field-level seats that are practically inside the Giants' dugout. There is a clear view of the entire dugout from those seats.
A groundskeeper standing nearby provided a similar account to an Associated Press photographer.
Bell declined to comment, saying, "I'd rather not. It's something that just happened on our team."
The fan said Bonds and Kent started yelling at each other before Bonds shoved Kent. Baker pulled Kent away and head trainer Stan Conte restrained Bonds. Baker then started yelling at Kent, later saying the second baseman said something the manager did not like.
Scott, the fan, said Kent yelled that he wanted off the team and Baker responded, 'Don't you ever talk that way to me.' " Another account had Kent telling Baker that this was Bonds' team anyway.
Kent would not discuss anything that he said in the dugout, and Baker sniffed, "How are you going to believe what some fan said?"
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C'mon, how fun would this losing season be if we had Dusty making ludicrous excuses after ever game. Answer: a lot of fun.
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by rxmeister on Aug 17, 2007 7:02 PM PDT 0 recs
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I don't see him as a coach in any capacity. He DOES, however, go to ASU every Spring Training to give the college kids some pointers.
Ted Williams wrote the bible on hitting, period. I'd love to see what Barry could put together in his own words about hitting. It would be interesting to compare the two at the least.
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