Comments on: OK, I’m Convinced: K.C. Should Sign Barry

By: Russ Smith

Russ Smith — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:06:29 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:41:05 +0000

Absolutely sign Barry today. The VALUE is better than any other free agent available. Increased revenues and attendance, low financial risk (if the story is true) and most of all a POWER hitter that walks a ton. You walk him late in the game put Gathright in. Lets be honest next year is the year unless we could sign CC Sabathia tomorrow and add another power bat to the lineup. With that said we are only 9.5 games out. Wasn’t it the Royals who had a huge lead a couple years ago and missed the playoffs??
In terms of steroids…..we act like he is the only player to ever use them. Let’s agree that a high percentage of players have used them and probably still are.
Whatever the Royals do I am totally happy in the direction Dayton is taking the team and hope to be a contender real soon.

By: Shonepup

Shonepup — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:22:13 +0000

Barry cheated, and so did half the rest of the league (at least half, in my opinion) and he still OPS+’d (in order, from 2000-2004_

188

259

268

231

263

Those pitchers he was hitting off were in ‘roids too – he was just better, on the juice or off. Oh yeah, he also had a 170 OPS+ last year.

And more than any player in my lifetime, and perhaps since Williams or even Ruth, he’s the one player that you absolutely HAD to stop and watch if he was at the plate.

I feel blessed to have been able to watch him in San Francisco as much as I was able. Will Clark forever, but Bonds gave me more memories than I can count. And they aren’t tainted in my mind one bit. The playing field was just as level when he played as it’s always been. Whether it was greenies,roids, spitballs, whatever, cheating’s always been in the game. Shoot, Mays and Morgan and Mantle took amphetamines….aren’t those illegal? And don’t they enhance performance?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:41:39 +0000

I say sign Bonds because clearly he is a great player and will dramatically improve the team. As a Giants fan I’m sorry to see him go but it was the right decision since we have no chance of contending.
With regards to Bonds’ use of steroids, seriously just get over it. In 30 years people will just refer to this as the steroids era in much the same way people refer to the deadball era (God I hope I’m right on this one). Plus just to make a point how do we know that Junior Griffey, yeah Junior, never used steroids, because hes a nice guy? There is no definitive proof either way, with the amount of drugs that must have been used EVERYONE has to be considered not just the players we don’t like. I hate to make that point but seriously being a nice guy is a great way of covering for the fact you use steroids.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:58:33 +0000

Yeah. Keep the young players far removed from the selfish negativity that is Barry. Plug their innocent ears and cover their sensitive eyes.

And don’t tell those impressionable kids that Barry is donating his salary to charity.

By: Kyle Davidson

Kyle Davidson — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:37:40 +0000

I beg to differ El, Barry Bonds IS good baseball, “gritty” Ross Gload is not.

By: El

El — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:20:41 +0000

its all about GOOD baseball

Watched BB here in SF since ‘93.
He hits, but Good Baseball is something you will not see.

Got young players with a future?
Keep ‘em far away from this selfish negativity.

By: Kyle Davidson

Kyle Davidson — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:17:08 +0000

I really don’t understand the arguement that Barry Bonds is worse than Jose Guillen. Honestly.

The only difference is Bonds was a better player prior to his (accused) steroid use. Jose Guillen has been on, what, 8 teams? Been kicked off of one after LEADING THE TEAM to the playoffs, bought thousands of dollars worth of HGH and gets a new $36M paycheck over 3 years.

The only difference is those people who were hoping for some “magical moment” as we “chased Aaron”. C’mon. Bonds is no different than Guillen, Guillermo Mota, Paul Lo Duca, Jason Giambi etc.

Wait….he is…..He’s one of the greatest players of all time; he gets on base .450+; he slugs the hell out of the ball; he already was a hall of famer; I guess that makes him more guilty?

In the end, its all about GOOD baseball. Would Barry Bonds make this team better in the same manner as Jose Guillen has made this team better? Anybody that argues no is either a perfect human being themselves, or an idiot.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:28:48 +0000

I like Jerry’s post.

That said, I’m kind of leaning toward getting Barry now, thanks to most everyone below my initial post.

The point that he’ll bring in serious revenue is one that, for some untold reason, I didn’t even consider. It’s true; think about how many people came just to see Bo Jackson play, and multiply it by 2 or 3. THEN think about the national coverage and attention we’d get, and there’s got to be something financially attractive about that.

What I fear, though, is making the playoffs, and then witnessing the hordes of balloon-poppers chiming in with, “Yeah, but the only reason you guys made it is Bonds. You had essentially the same team you’ve had for the last 20 years, except for Bonds.”

For some reason that just feels like achieving some great feat, getting all excited and proud of yourself, but then seeing your name in the history books–with an asterisk beside it.

By: jerry

jerry — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:00 +0000

You guys who want to sign him just don’t get it. This is something that has to be let go of. Great, bring him back because he can still hit a few homeruns–meanwhile, you have to drag the whole ugly steroid issue along with him and to your team. Why? There is something larger and more important to the game of baseball as a whole than one team getting a few more wins from Barry Bonds. Think larger, guys. And PLEASE don’t bring up some crap argument that he didn’t kill someone. Most people don’t, but that doesn’t mean you use it to excuse people who do some very serious and wrong things. Gee, why do we have to get parking tickets when there is a war on terrorists, blah, blah, blah. Barry Bonds is dead weight and a dark mark on baseball, and the logical and healthy thing to do is let it and him go once and for all. Kansas City’s team, season, and future will go on fine without Barry. If you think that is not the case, and you need Bonds to save your team, season, or baseball, then K.C. is doomed anyway, so . . . get over it, let go!