I would love it, I doubt it would ever happen though.

That’s reposted from an earlier Baggs article from the Merc. It’d be cool, but Bonds has said that he’d never become a ML hitting coach because it affects someone else’s paycheck. He’d rather work with college kids.

“No, I’ve never met him, but I hope to,” said Thomas Neal, a power-hitting outfield prospect. “Oh man, I’d ask him all kinds of things. What did he do to really control himself … get the pitch he was looking for? What was the process that helped him become so selective and know his strike zone?”

In an unrelated story, Thomas Neal Cut from the SF Giants organization. FO sighted certain quotes to news affiliates not in line with the Giants Way of baseball.

But yeah, it probably won’t happen because [what natto said].

I’ve always wondered if the mega-gifted athletes like Bonds can really coach mortals?

Bonds: “You’re doing it wrong. See, you need to hit for power and average. Oh, yeah! You also need to be historically selective and patient at the plate. And it doesn’t hurt if you can run a little, too.”

John Bowker: /sobs

Buster Posey, the Giants’ ultra-talented catching prospect, hasn’t met Bonds, either.

“Gosh, I probably wouldn’t ask anything,” Posey said. “I’d just listen.”

I think Giants fans don’t need antidepressants, we just need to carry around little Bonds stat sheets. If you’re sad, just whip out the paper and cheer up by looking at .600 OBPs.

“I missed having him here,” said outfielder Fred Lewis, one of few players remaining on the roster who played a significant amount of time with Bonds. “Just watching him take batting practice helped me. His feet were so quiet and his hands were so balanced, so explosive to the ball. He always said, ‘See the ball, hit the ball’ and ‘Be patient, stay within yourself.’ That was big for a lot of guys to hear. I know it was for me.”

He can teach them to have extraordinary pitch recognition skills to go along with their preternatural hand-eye coordination by having numbered ping pong balls thrown at them from a very young age and/or being mentored from childhood by people like Willie Mays.

Bonds can never be a hitting coach for the Giants. He cheated the game way too much.