Barry Bonds, Giants agree to $16M, 1-year deal

Bill Jempty | Friday, December 8, 2006

From AP-

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Barry Bonds is headed back to the
San Francisco Giants, agreeing to a $16 million, one-year deal just hours after the winter meetings ended with just one major trade and only a handful of free-agent signings.

While most team executives packed up and left Thursday, the Giants kept trying to re-sign the 42-year-old slugger. Bonds has 734 home runs and is 22 from breaking Hank Aaron’s record.

Bonds and the Giants wound up with a deal that includes performance bonuses that could make it worth a total of $20 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because there had been no official announcement.

Bonds has played 14 seasons for the Giants and is coming off a $90 million, five-year contract. He is a seven-time NL MVP and, despite steroids allegations, is a fan favorite in the Bay Area.

I wish Bonds would just go away so we could have a break from the ‘Did he use steroids?’ controversy for a few years till coming up for the Hall of Fame. Apparently the Giants want to milk Bonds till he breaks Aaron’s homerun record, no matter how bogus questionable much of Bonds stats and accomplishments look to baseball fans today and the general apathy outside San Francisco for the day Bonds will become the Steroid Homerun king.

• Barry Bonds won’t be playing for the San Francisco Giants in 2008
• Bonds Resumes Aaron Chase But Eyes Future
• 22 Reasons Bonds Won’t Pass Aaron
• Russ Springer Suspended for throwing at Barry Bonds
• Aaron Would Rather Golf Than Watch Bonds
• Barry Bonds May Leave San Francisco
• Bonds and Steroids: Circumstantial Evidence?
• Barry Bonds, Steroids, Pittsburgh, and Pirates Memories
• Barry Bonds Hits 714th Homer, Ties Ruth
• Barry Bonds Hits 755, Ties Hank Aaron

• Backup power- Miami Dolphins beat Carolina Panthers 24-17
• Steve Elling of CBS Sports is jealous
• Detroit Lions put two defensive backs on Injured Reserve
• The Dirty Dozen- Milwaukee Bucks beat New Jersey 99-85
• Outdueled- Florida Panthers beat Buffalo 6-2
• Collision Course: LPGA and Champions Tour in Oregon on Same Week
• Cleveland Brown QB Brady Quinn fined by NFL
• Cyprus soccer fans will need IDs for tickets
• The 2010 LPGA Schedule is out
• Rolling Thunder- Oklahoma City beats Miami 100-87

Tags | MLB Bill Jempty, San Francisco Giants

| | Permalink | Send TrackBack

• Barry Bonds won’t be playing for the San Francisco Giants in 2008  linked with  OTB Sports
• PoliBlog’s Deportes: A PoliBlog Sideblog  linked with  Barry Bonds won’t be playing for the San Francisco Giants in 2008

Comments are Closed