Barry Bonds won’t be playing for the San Francisco Giants in 2008
The announcement was made at a news conference yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds is finished in San Francisco. The Giants told Bonds they will not bring him back next season, ending a 15-year run in which he set the single-season and all-time home run records and became a lightning rod for the steroids debate in baseball.
“It’s always difficult to say goodbye,” Giants owner Peter Magowan said Friday. “It’s an emotional time for me. We’ve been through a lot together these 15 years. A lot of good things have happened. Unfortunately a lot of bad things have happened. But there comes a time when you have to go in a different direction.”
On his Web site, Bonds said he wasn’t done.
“There is more baseball in me and I plan on continuing my career. My quest for a World Series ring continues,” he said.
The 43-year-old Bonds did not join Magowan and general manager Brian Sabean at the news conference. Asked whether he had anything to add, Bonds said, “I already made my statement.”
Putting aside whether you think Bonds homerun records are legit or not,(I personally believe Bonds used Steroids and other drugs) he is still a productive hitter. There has to be an American League team that can use Bonds services as a Designated hitter.
In all honesty, I wish Barry would retire. Though this will not silence the debate over his career and records.
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