Thank god for this!!! All you Giants fans, the season is over before it begins!!! What a glorious year for baseball without this person in the game!!!!I am tired, what a crock!!! He is the most over rated player in the league hands down!!! I hope he never returns to the game, that way one of baseballs most sacred records will remain intact without the use of STERIODS!!!!!! What a Winer, "Tired" amazing that word never came out of Cal Ripkens mouth, what a joke Bonds is!!! Enough said!!

yeah, he's definatly pu$$y for goin out like this this season. goin at the media and blamen them for his families problems. i might have a little respect for him if he actually came out and said he uses steroids. it's gonna be great to watch him come back and struggle to hit 20 hrs a year.

"wa wa wa.... stop picking on meeeeeeeeeeeeee"

"I'm gonna take my ball and go home waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

thats about how the interview went EL.

He'll be back. He just wants everyone's pity. He has a whole deck of cards he wants to play. He already played the race card. Now he is playing the "woe is me" card. Later it will be the "Despite all my personal challenges, I'm making a comeback. Please cheer for me" card.

On the flip-side, perhaps he is playing the media. They arent the sharpest knives in the drawer. He's gonna be out for rehab. What a better way to hype a future comeback than to make himself look "down". Then, if he comes back and continues to break records, the idiotic media will play it up as a success story.

Professional athletes have such a rough life.

I am sure we have not heard the last from this overblown braggard! He will come back, I hope not, and be the same pompous ass he has always been! The cry (bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) for Barry session was a joke as were all of his other press conferences!

I personally hope he comes back, but I also hope he never hits another home run!

Charlie

puskarich is right. He thinks he can get people to feel sorry for him. What he doesn't realize is that, because he is such an arrogant lying ****, nobody is going to feel sorry for him (except the Giant fans that are blinded).

My feeling on this is that he is taking the steps to end his career, so that he DOESN'T break the record, but he can blame it on an injury and the "tormenting" media. This way, he won't face the inevitable blasting he would get if he DID break the record, but people will still debate that he was one of the greatest and that he COULD have broken the record.

Personally, I think he's an a-hole, and I'd be happy to see him retire for good - w/out breaking the record.

Ryan

The jerk will be back with another story as to why and how much the media is against him.....he is not going to retire! I wish he would, but don't believe anything he says from one day to another!

Charlie

Charlie: I can dream. I can dream.

Ha.

Bonds overrated!!??!! ....puleeeeze. How missinformed and clueless can one be. Ok, you dont like him, you think hes a putz, but when the entire professional basebal community (I mean the players, you know, the ones that know the game) are in awe of his skilz, YOU think hes over rated. I guess you stayed at a Holiday Inn in Express last night.

Charlie...you really need to see a shrink about your hatred.

Beat. Do you think he would be as great without the use of steroids?

where's keith (KNOF)? you'd think he'd be on this thread like stink on ****.

My guess is that w/o the roids his season would be less than good. Then people would point and say,"See,I told ya so". He's taking the easy way and bailing. X

Without the steroids he cannot perform up to previous levels. So if the numbers drop and his body shrinks, like they most assuredly will, he will have to listen to the rap about how he only hit 73 because of his steroid enhanced condition.

I don't think he has the stomach to deal with the media and fans when clear evidence of his use and lies are crystal clear. It is easier for him to blame the media for driving him out of the game. Well you know what...........Adios!!!!

Tim aka Beat Dragon

Next time I go to my analyst, I will discuss my hatred of Barry Bonds with her! LOL, I agree that he is a great player, but he is a far greater jerk and smartass than he is a player! Pulllllllezzzzzzzze, "the media finally got me, etc" whine, cry, sniffle and cry some more!

Charlie

EI...YES. Without a doubt

I have been involved in baseball for my entire life. As a player, a coach, and a fan. His skills with a bat are absolutly amazing. The roids dont help with your patience, hand eye coordination, his ability to recognize a pitch, his skills at breaking down a pitcher and knowing the pitchers tendancies and his stuff...The art of hitting as very little to do with strenght. Strength just allows you to hit it harder. But if you dont have the skills to hit the ball it doesnt matter how strong you are. Case in point...Cardinals series about 2 years ago, he sees 5 strikes ina 3 game series and he hits 3 out of the park. Roids you say??? Um no...just because you can bench press a Volkswagon doesnt mean you can hit a baseball.

Have any of you tried to hit a 90+mph fastball?? Even when you know its coming? I have. It aint easy Babe...not by a long shot. Oh yeah...those fastballs move. They bonce, they hop, the break in and out. Then you have to worry about ungodly breaking pitches that explode at you. Break 2 feet. Change ups (GOD FORSAKEN CHANGE_UPS!), sinkers, fork ballls, knucklers, split fingers, screw balls, up and in low and away...and he makes it look easy. All I know is when his peers, the guys who really know how hard it is to do what he does, are amazed at how easy he makes it seem. Then, hey, he must be pretty good. But persoanlly I dont need them to tell me. I can just see it. Its a lot of hard work, studying, time in the cage, hours and hours of swing after swing. They all work this hard, but they can't do it like Barry. Rubbing some crap on your arm doesnt give you the overall hitting skilz he possess. Give every player from the past, and present what Barry has been exposed to in his conditioning and if he did use that crap, give them that too. Rub that shiz all over Ruth, Aaron, Mays, Robinson, all of um..hell dip them in it up to their necks! Barry would still be one of the best ever.

Yeah Charlie (aka Charlie), that was pretty pathetic...

And how can a man that size posses such a weeny ass voice....

beat, why do you keep saying the same thing about roids and homers? you know that being stronger helps players hit the long ball. it's a fact. everyone knows it. improving bat speed and control will improve any hitter's chance of going yard. tell you what, when they legalize corked bats and no homerun stats change, i'll believe you. i'll also be shocked. you know his 'roid use helped him. i don't know what's worse. him denying the intentional use of steroids or your denial of its benefit. admit it. he cheated, and he's still lying. he's still a great baseball player, but he's also a liar that benefitted from steroid use. everyone knows it. why can't you admit it?

Beat

I agree with each and every sentence in your post above! I played collegiate baseball and lots of semi pro over the years, and yes hitting a 90 plus mph fastball that is moving (they never go straight) is damn near impossible, and this is why it is the hardest thing to do in sports! The skills that Bonds possesses are phenominal to say the least. He is one of the best hitters ever, and hardly gets a pitch in the strike zone to hit, and when he does, he generally hits it~! I do not sell his ability as a player short.....not at all! It is his ability as a person and a human being that is lacking! In summary, he is a f--king jerk! Brings most of the hatred on himself and while there is no I in TEAM, there is a big ME in there and that is what Bonds is all about!

Charlie