Bonds to Red Sox talk in the Beantown

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Maybe Ortiz is not coming back from wrist tendon issue. Gammons reporting a potential move that make sense. A rested Bonds for second half of season and he can make a run at 3000 hits and hit a few more bombs at DH.....
 

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I'd seriously throw up.

I wouldn't quit on a team when they picked up other athletes I've disliked (TO, Pacman), but this would make me consider it. Bonds is a worthless piece of ****.

Go Redsox...unless you pick up Bonds.
 

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I hope Bonds does play again ....

Do it Red Sox, it will help spice up a very boring baseball season
 

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Bonds commands respect from Sox

Friday, June 15, 2007By GARRY BROWNgbrown@repub.com
BOSTON - Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants come to Fenway Park tonight. Good news or bad news?

Apparently, it all depends on how an observer feels about Bonds' pursuit of Hank Aaron's home run record. It's a quest tainted by the innuendo of steroid abuse, thereby becoming a hot-button issue throughout the baseball world.

In the Boston Red Sox clubhouse, Bonds gets high marks from several players who know him from times as a teammate or as a fearsome slugger facing them in the batter's box.

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Julian Tavarez, who starts for the Red Sox tonight in the opener of the three-game interleague series, played with the Giants from 1997 through '99.

"I played three years with him and never talked to him - just a high-five when he scored after hitting a home run," Tavarez said.

"I can tell you he prepares himself and is serious about what he does, and that's why he's so good at it. I'm proud of Barry for the way he works and for what's he's done and is still doing. He was a good teammate. He showed up every day and played hard. I never had a problem with him."

Lefty reliever Javy Lopez, who could be facing Bonds in the late innings of this series, said Bonds can be intimidating because he stands right on top of the plate.

"He has total command of the strike zone. When he takes a pitch, he knows it's going to be a ball. For me, he's the greatest hitter I've seen, for average and power. I relish the fact that I might get to face him," Lopez said.

"He's the best power hitter to play the game if not the best player ever," reliever Kyle Snyder said. "In recent years he's been amid a controversy (about steroids) and that adds to the attention he gets. I don't think we have an appreciation for how difficult it is to hit a baseball. Everybody has their opinions, and are entitled, but with all the speculation I'm sure it's very difficult on him and I'm sure some players sympathize with that."

As a Seattle player last season, Sox reliever Joel Pineiro saw Bonds turn on a Felix Hernandez fastball.

"It was like 96 (mph) and he pulled it like it was 88. Tip your cap to him because he's so good. It's just too bad about what's going on off the field with him, because on the field he's the best hitter and he makes pitchers pay. Every time he gets to the plate, it's like a magical moment because people expect a home run and that's what he's done his whole career."

Red Sox manager Terry Francona recalled a game in San Francisco when he was managing the Philadelphia Phillies.

"I went to the mound to talk to my guy about pitching to Barry. I wasn't even back in my seat when he hit one out," Francona said.

"We got him out a few times (three-game series in San Francisco in 2004). Will we walk him? Depends on the situation. I remember when I was with the Oakland A's, we walked him leading off the ninth inning. YOU walked him," Francona said with a grin, pointing to NESN analyst Ken Macha, who was in the crowd at his pre-game press conference.

Francona served as Oakland's bench coach in 2003, when Macha had the managing job.

"Having Bonds here won't affect our approach. We just want to get him out. We don't want anybody hitting a home run against us. It'll be an electric atmosphere with him here, but we're used to that. Every game at Fenway has a playoff atmosphere."
 

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Red Sox interested in Bonds?
Posted on Sunday 6 July 2008

Peter Gammons reported on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball that the Red Sox have had “internal discussions” about Barry Bonds. Gammons also noted that bringing in Bonds for a workout was unlikely, however.

The BoSox are looking for more pop with David Ortiz out of the lineup, but he’s supposed to return soon after the All-Star Game so bringing in Bonds doesn’t make a ton of sense.

I get it – Bonds won’t cost much, he can DH and he can still hit home runs. But he’s also a circus that would bring the wrong kind of attention to Boston. Is the risk worth the reward? It doesn’t look like it in this case.





Note - There are more than a few reports out there that Bonds has already worked out for the Red Sox. This would be a big story and Sox need a big bat from Left side and moles tell me Ortiz may not be coming back. And if he does this could be similar to the Nomar injury years back. Ultimately requiring surgery.
 

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Ortiz took bp for the 2nd day in a row hitting 6 homeruns and said he felt no pain in doing so.
 

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What a worthless organization. Barry Bonds, sad really, Red Sox always playing second fiddle to my Yankees.
 

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Dreadnought;2138560 said:
What a worthless organization. Barry Bonds, sad really, Red Sox always playing second fiddle to my Yankees.
really? have you been watching baseball lately? besides you guys already have your steroider dh in giambi
 

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Dreadnought;2138560 said:
What a worthless organization. Barry Bonds, sad really, Red Sox always playing second fiddle to my Yankees.


Hello? Giambi, Sheffield, Clemons all roided out and caught red handed. Stray Rod mr Choke in Playoffs. Red Sox have won 2 of the last 4 World Series.

And other than a Manny being Manny moment here and there a classy team.
 

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Dreadnought;2138560 said:
What a worthless organization. Barry Bonds, sad really, Red Sox always playing second fiddle to my Yankees.

:lmao2:

You can tell that to Jeter, A-rod, and Posada when you sit down next to 'em at the bar during the playoffs.
 
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