Barry Bonds to Play Ball in Japan?

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 Barry Bonds to Play Ball in Japan?
His agent says he could wind up in Japan with no bites from MLB teams yet. Yomuiri Giants, anyone? We already know Bonds looks good in Black and Orange. [link]

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  • allonthefield allonthefield
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    I don't see Bonds stooping to that level. **That is not to say, of course, that Japanese baseball is not good baseball. It's just that for Bonds' ego, that woud be a big step down.
    Posted 2/25/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Throwing it around
Published 2/24/2008 by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... -In case you haven't heard, Barry Bonds is considering playing baseball in Japan this season, is he serious? [Larry Brown Sports] ...

Daily Dump: Bruce Pearl Gives Great Interview, Pete Carroll Facebook, Bonds To Japan And Erin Andrews
Published 2/24/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... Dump:  Bradley basketball captain busted girlfriend’s lip, police say [PJStar.com] Bama racking up arrest statistics, one of SEC leaders [AL.com] Pete Carroll down with Kayne West, Facebook [Sports By Brooks] A site after my heart, the chicks of Flickr [Hottest Flickr Girls] Barack Obama crowd looks like ‘cult’ or ‘craze’ [Mlive.com] Barry Bonds to Japan? Go, asshole! [Larry Brown Sports] From Blazers dancer to Gladiator competitor [ ...

Is Barry Bonds Going to Japan?
Published 2/25/2008 by PostmanR at FanHouse
... Japan certainly is an option." Borris, remarkably, has been driving from training camp to training camp in Florida, hoping to persuade a general manager of some major-league club to give Bonds a new opportunity. It would be a bit odd, but perhaps fitting last chapter for a man that -- PEDs or not -- is going to go down as one of the best hitters of all time. Although, this could make it easier for him to take down Sadaharu Oh now, right? HT: Larry Brown SportsPermalink | Email this | Comments

Barry Bonds May Be Leaving Our Shores [The Time Has Come To Say Sayonara]
Published 2/25/2008 by Rick at Deadspin
... Borris, told Metro yesterday. "He intends to play somewhere. If a door doesn't open for Barry in the major leagues, as unbelievable as that possibility sounds, then Japan certainly is an option." That possibility becomes more and more believable each day. Hmm, does Barry realize that any home runs he hits over there won't count here? And then of course there's always the Long Beach Armada. Blackballed Bonds Has Eye On Japan [Metro Times] Barry Bonds To Play Ball In Japan? [Larry Brown Sports] ...

What Barry Bonds needs is a little patience
Published 2/26/2008 at Big League Stew
The "Where Will Barry Bonds Land" game continues this week with Tampa and maybe Japan being the destinations du jour. There's an interesting article, though, in today's San Francisco Chronicle which has Bonds' ex-Giants teammates expressing their doubts he'd haul his huge noggin down to Tropicana Field and play for the Rays. Turns out that some of them are as skeptical of that plan as a lot of us are of Bonds' status as the Home Run King.  From Randy Winn, an ex-Ray: "We had a lot ...

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