Clarification on Barry Bonds' 'Talks' with Yankees

Bugs & Cranks found this 7/18/2008 on www.mlbnewsonline.com [flag]

The Bronx Bomber's report that former Giants outfielder Barry Bonds is in contract negotiations with Yankees general manager Brian Cashman comes from a source within the Yankees organization, though not through conventional channels. The variously reported denials eminating from the office of Bonds' agent Jeff Borris give us pause, but the world of free agent signings and negotations, ... [link]

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Trade for Ichiro? No thanks
Published 7/18/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
The Yankees need offense and the Barry Bonds rumors are swirling, though they are likely base-less. New York did make one move Thursday, signing right-handed hitting first baseman Richie Sexson in hopes he can help them against left-handed pitching. That’s a no-lose move for the Yankees, even though Sexson hit just .218 with the Seattle Mariners this season with 11 home runs and 30 RBI. Wilson Betemit, the Yankees’ switch-hitting backup infielder, is a horrid right-handed hitter (.227 from 2005-2007). ...

Baseball Today: Friday, July 18
Published 7/18/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... the Yanks don't have the pitching, and now, says the New York Post's Joel Sherman, neither do they have the offense to overcome bad pitching. As old friend Bill Simmons might say, not good times in New York. WHAT I MEANT WAS NO: Just as the Diamondbacks did last week -- saying strongly they don't want Barry Bonds after waffling for a bit -- the Yankees are now calling Bonds-to-the-Bronx reports "nonsense" (New York Daily News) Even so, the rumors persist. BESIDES, WE JUST GOT A BIG BAT: Or at least a big ...

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Don’t do this — please!

NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 7/16/2008 on www.bugsandcranks.com

Uh-oh! Hideki Matsui might be facing-season ending knee surgery . Johnny Damon has also had a setback in his recovery from a shoulder injury. And New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman isn’t denying that Barry Bonds might look better in the ...

Source: Bonds-Yankees Deal Imminent

Big League Stew found this 7/17/2008 on www.mlbnewsonline.com

Embattled former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has entered into formal contract negotiations with the Yankees, and a consummation of the deal is anticipated forthwith, a confidential clubhouse source told MLBNewsOnline.com. The deal, being hammered ...

Friday Fire: Did the Yankees Pass Over Barry Bonds for Richie Sexson?

Mizzo posted 7/18/2008 from thestartingfive.net

Check out Costas Now when you get a chance. Great show about the state of baseball is airing the next week or so. The best part of the show was the exchange between Hank, Willie and Bob Gibson...

Sign Bonds

Greg C. posted 7/18/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

I've been against this idea for a while, but over the past few days I've been thinking about it and made a complete 180 on the idea. The Yankees should definitely sign Barry Bonds. Before responding, ask yourself this question; Do you want the Yankees to make the postseason or not? Then remind yourself that Andy Pettitte (a cheater) and Jason Giambi (a cheater) are on the roster, and two fan ...

Barry Bonds Deal Hinges on Hideki Matsui

Green Pinstripes found this 7/19/2008 on www.mlbnewsonline.com

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is in the process or has completed a proposed contract offer for free agent slugger Barry Bonds , an offer that hinges on the medical condition of left fielder Hideki Matsui , a confidential source within the ...

Yankees call Bonds rumor nonsense

Posted 7/18/2008 on MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

When Internet reports about the New York Yankees negotiating with Barry Bonds kicked in Thursday, phones buzzed in the Yankees' corridors of power. But there's no truth to a pinstriped pursuit of Bonds, according to a Yankee official, who said, "It's all nonsense." The rumors even made their way down to Wall Street, the official said. The official had calls from friends who work ...

…. About time

Posted 7/18/2008 on Only Baseball Matters

Seems like Barry Bonds might be swinging a bat again : Embattled former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has entered into formal contract negotiations with the Yankees, and a consummation of the deal is anticipated forthwith, a confidential clubhouse source told MLBNewsOnline.com. I’ve read nothing significant about this in the NY paper…. well, by nothing, I mean, nothing but ...

Heyman's Latest: Yankees, Manny, Bowden, Pudge

Posted 7/18/2008 on MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

SI.com's Jon Heyman has a new column up. Given Richie Sexson 's expected part-time role, the Yankees are in the market for an everyday outfielder to replace Hideki Matsui 's bat. Barry Bonds is not under consideration. Heyman tosses out names such as Matt Holliday , Xavier Nady , Jason Bay , and Adam Dunn , while noting that the price on most is too high (the Pirates deny this ...

Cashman Says: No Bonds

Posted 7/18/2008 on MLB Rumors and Latest Mlb Trade Rumors

Despite numerous reports yesterday that the Yankees were in the process of negotiating a deal with Barry Bonds, GM Brian Cashman reiterated his position on the matter saying, " We have had no discussions regarding Barry Bonds." Check out MLBnewsonline.com where, this morning they are still standing by the story and citing an unnamed source inside the Yankee organization as their source.

The Perils of Bloggers Trying to Break News

Posted 7/18/2008 on FanHouse

Earlier today, an blogger named Jose Aguirre (posting under the pseudonym "Bronx Bomber") made a bold announcement on MLBNewsOnline.com : Embattled former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has entered into formal contract negotiations with the Yankees, and a consummation of the deal is anticipated forthwith, a confidential clubhouse source told MLBNewsOnline.com. Who knows? Maybe it's true. Maybe ...

Bonds To Boston? No Way, No How

Posted 7/18/2008 on Blogcritics Section: Sports

Rumors of Barry Bonds playing in Boston have bared no fruit thus far. Here's several reasons why it likely won't ever happen. It all started on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball during the Red Sox/Yankees game on July 6, when Hall of Fame reporter Peter Gammons informed the viewing audience that the Sox have had "internal discussions" about signing the once immortal Barry Bonds, ...

Bonds Rumor Alive?

Posted 7/18/2008 on Baseball Musings

Despite denials by Barry Bonds's agent, MLBnewsonline.com is standing by their story that the Yankees are working on a deal for Barry Bonds: MLBnewsonline.com publishes news and other confirmed facts, but also is a conduit for ephemeral rumors which may...

Yankees Reach Tentative Agreement with Sexson

Posted 7/17/2008 on MLB Rumors by MLBnewsonline.com

The Yankees, who have no interest in Barry Bonds * , have reached a tentative agreement with Seattle send-off Richie Sexson. Before his release, Sexson was hitting .218 with 11 homers this year, but was hitting .344 against lefties. This sounds like a move the Dodgers would make - using success against lefties to justify the signing of sub-.220 hitter - but the Yankees beat them to it. ...

Sexson the City

Posted 7/17/2008 on Baseball Musings

The Yankees reach an agreement with Richie Sexson, not Barry Bonds. The Yankees plan on using Sexson exclusively against lefties. His line against southpaws this year is .344/.423/.623. I guess this doesn't rule out signing Bonds, the two could platoon...

Richie Sexson, not Barry Bonds, will be your newest Yankee

Posted 7/17/2008 on Big League Stew

This morning, a blog I had previously never heard of — MLB News Online — posted an item saying that Barry Bonds and the Yankees were close to a deal and that it was "anticipated forthwith." I didn't put much stock into the site's "confidential clubhouse source" and that was before my Y! Sports colleague Tim Brown backed up my hunch with good evidence. ...

Rosenthal: Sources: Yanks on verge of signing Sexson

Posted 7/17/2008 on BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Wasn’t NY just trying to dump those useless statues? Odd. The New York Yankees aren’t interested in signing Barry Bonds. But they are on the verge of adding another hitter — Richie Sexson. Sexson, released by the Mariners on July 10, is closing in on a deal with the Yankees, major-league sources say. He will play first base against left-handed pitching, likely reducing the playing time of ...

Yankees To Sign Richie Sexson

Posted 7/17/2008 on MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

According to ESPN's Buster Olney , the Yankees reached a tentative agreement with first baseman Richie Sexson . The idea is that Sexson will improve the team's performance against left-handed pitching. There's little risk, so you can't blame Brian Cashman for the move. However, it should be noted that Sexson didn't hit lefties much in 2006-07 and only faced them 70 times this ...

Bonds to the Yankees?

Posted 7/17/2008 on Baseball Musings

MLB Rumors runs an anonymously sourced story that Bonds is about to sign with the Yankees. I don't know about this. With Posada still not throwing well, the Yankees need him to DH somewhat. Would they stick Barry in leftfield?...

Yankees Agree To Sign Bonds On One Condition

Posted 7/17/2008 on Bugs & Cranks

Concerned that a few Yankee fans might not embrace Bonds in pinstripes , Jason Giambi offered the perfect solution….

Blackballing Barry

Posted 7/16/2008 on Straight Flushing

Brian Cashman is making a point of not denying the possibility that the Yankees might sign Barry Bonds. What I can't figure out is why no one else has tried. As far as I can tell he hasn't officially retired. It's that no team has offered him much money to play baseball. My impression was that last year he was starting to look washed up, and there was the chronic and ultimately season-ending ...

Barry Bonds: Blackballed!

Posted 7/15/2008 on The Starting Five

How can the game’s most prolific home run hitter have a clean bill of health and a desire to play, but none of baseball’s 30 teams are interested in his services? Here’s my take on it. I find it troubling that tonight’s MLB All-Star game in Yankees Stadium is going to be short the game’s most dominant player over the last decade. Barry Bonds played ...

Giambi Gets Fan Campaigns While Bonds Sits And Waits

Posted 7/15/2008 on Signal to Noise

A column like this is why I’m a big fan of the New York Times’ William C. Rhoden : why is a former steroid user like Jason Giambi, someone who really didn’t fully admit he used (”stuff” is not a complete explanation), getting a campaign with fake mustaches to get the fans to vote him in for the last slot in the All-Star Game (which he lost to Tampa ...

A Personal Story About Bobby Murcer

Posted 7/13/2008 on Dugout Central

Bobby Murcer became a Yankee just after the glory times of the franchise (1949-64), and I followed his baseball exploits along with millions of others. There was always a pleasing presence about the man. It was a stunner when he was traded on October 21, 1974 to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds, Barry’s dad. That was where I entered the story. The summer of 1975 I was ...

Randy Wolf's Preference May Not Include New York

Posted 7/13/2008 on MLB Rumors by MLBnewsonline.com

With pitchers CC Sabathia and Rich Hardin off the market, speculation has intensified that the Yankees and Mets will continue to press for the acquisition of lefty Randy Wolf from the Padres -- but Wolf may have a thing or two to say about that. Though Wolf's 14-team no-trade clause is widely believed to leave both New York teams as a possibility , the Southern California native native has ...

Yankees' links, rumors and transactions

Posted 7/12/2008 on BASEBALL HOT CORNER

Assorted Yankees' links of interest: I've been befuddled by the never-ending support Jason Giambi gets in light of his transgressions. The NY Times writes a side of the story you won't read often in Gotham: "As he watches Jason Giambi morph from pariah to hero, being feted with mustache day at Yankee Stadium in support of a failed All-Star candidacy, Bonds has to be thinking, “You mean, all ...