the state of the slate
Viva El Birdos —
... the news that la russa lobbied for barry bonds doesn't give comfort. am i the only cynic who thinks the juan gonzalez signing is not unrelated to the bonds thing? kinda like: "you wanted an old, no-field, steroid-tainted ex-mvp? well, here he is!" only differences being, a) bonds can still hit, and b) bonds costs lotsa moolah. just so i'm not misunderstood --- i am not saying the cards should have signed barry bonds. my position is that the perfect number of old, no-field, steroid-tainted ex-mvps for this roster would be zero. ...
Tony LaRussa's Love Affair With...
Sportsfrog.com —
... ...players who made usage of PEDs is nearly limitless. From the St. Louis Post Dispatch, a recounting that for a second straight off-season that LaRussa asked his organization to go get them some Bonds. Barry Bonds. ...
Has La Russa sold his soul?
Cardinal Nation Globe —
We all know that deep down Tony La Russa is a nice and caring guy - I mean he's a big animal rights advocate. Sometimes, however, I think that TLR has sold his baseball soul to the devil. For one, he continues to invite Mark McGwire to come to Cards camp as a hitting instructor. Next, he invites Juan Gonzalez to camp and make the Cardinals look like the most desperate team in baseball. Now, he admits and that he wanted the team to acquire Barry Bonds to hit behind Albert Pujols! How many former (or current) steroid/HGH users can TLR get on this team (i.e. Troy Glaus)?!? Tony's ...
La Russa Suggested Bonds
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cardinals manager once again suggested the team consider signing Barry Bonds this winter. GM John Mozeliak and company decided to pass on the idea. They've already brought in Juan Gonzalez as an aging wild card slugger, anyway. ...
LaRussa Wants Bonds*, But Cards Brass Says No
MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED. —
... Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that, for the second straight year, Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa has recommended to his bosses that the club acquire slugger Barry Bonds*. And once again, Cardinals brass had shot down the idea. ...
David Wells Denied By Cardinals
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Seems the Cardinals are on track with this one. I'm sure they'd be ecstatic to get those ERAs out of that trio. Goold says the Cards will continue to track free agents. Kyle Lohse and Jeff Weaver are two who are healthy right now, if nothing else. As for Roger Clemens, the Cards aren't terribly interested given Clemens' probable late start. ...
No Barry in St. Louis
baseballmusings.com —
Tony La Russa wanted Barry Bonds to hit behind Albert Pujols : "When you look at somebody dangerous to hit behind Albert, Barry was the guy I thought of," La Russa acknowledged before Sunday's workout. "For whatever reason, at the general manager or the ownership level, they didn't agree." La Russa said he consulted his coaching staff before making the recommendation and received a positive response from some, but not all. Any intrigue surrounding the possibility evaporated when Mozeliak concurred with the owners that signing Bonds would run counter to the club's stated ...
ZONER’S MONDAY MORSELS
Zoner Sports —
... I’ve got to get my Reds/Cubs tickets today. Moving over in the NL Central, Cards’ skipper TLR wanted to sign Barry Bonds to hit behind Albert Pujols. Would that have been the grumpiest 3-4 combo in history? ...
Refocusing
C70 At The Bat —
... Then, I see where LaRussa thought about buying Bonds. Got to say, it's nice to see that he doesn't have the rubber stamp we thought he did. Having the distraction of Bonds is really the last thing the team needs. I understand the attraction of Bonds's offense, though that is declining as well, but when you put it together with everything else, it's too many cons, not enough pros. If nothing else this season, let us have a team we can root for, not one that has such a polarizing figure on it. ...
Tony La Russa and Barry Bonds prevented from hooking up
Big League Stew —
... Count me among those disappointed with the story that Tony La Russa's idea of bringing Barry Bonds to St. Louis was shot down as quickly as his future thought of having ...
Let’s do the time WARP again
Cardinals Diaspora —
... Clearly, Tony needs to be put out to pasture. Does he know it’s 2008, not 1998? The guy’s hung up on aging steroid-connected sluggers, names that regularly appeared on the MVP ballot, when they were in their early thirties not close to or past 40, like Juan Gone and Bonds. (Okay, Bonds did win MVP awards in his late thirities; no comment.) ...
Is Japan in Bonds' future?
Sports Scope —
For the second consecutive year, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa approached the front office about acquiring Barry Bonds . For the second consecutive year, the front office said no."When you look at somebody dangerous to hit behind Albert, Barry was the guy I thought of," La Russa told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . "For whatever reason, at the general manager or the ownership level, they didn't agree." No Major League Baseball team is willing to give Bonds a look this season yet. His agent, Jeff Borris, said ...
La Russa wanted Bonds? Yep, Tony sure loves the steroids (allegedly)
Kawakami —
... How come he hasn’t hired Greg Anderson? La Russa makes Peter Magowan look like Elliott Ness on this one. Like Gary Cooper, cleaning out the steroid mess. (And we know Peter’s not that.) I guess Tony would be happy as a lark if everybody on his team was in the Mitchell Report–and not in a good way. You see, Tony is the anti-Mitchell Report; he’s apparently obsessed about the steroids, in a reverse way. More steroids! More please! I say this because in today’s St. Louis paper, La Russa confirmed that he wanted the Cards to sign Bonds this winter… and basically confirmed that he ...
Cheap Shots #109
Signal to Noise —
... the Arkansas RB high in the draft? After he ran something between a 4.27 and 4.33 at the combine over the weekend, now we have two kids on the way and a paternity suit over a third? Hmmm… [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
Bonds Headed To Retirement Central?: The Tampa Bay Rays have at least discussed the possibility of signing the home run king. Tony La Russa brought the idea up to the Cardinals’ brass, but they shot it down. [St. Pete Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
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Tony La Russa Wanted Barry Bonds
FanHouse —
Filed under: Cardinals, NL Central, St. Louis, PEDsIf Barry Bonds is paid in Japanese yen next year, don't blame Tony La Russa, who admitted this weekend that he actually tried to get the embattled on his team. From Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "When you look at somebody dangerous to hit behind Albert, Barry was the guy I thought of," La Russa acknowledged before Sunday's workout. "For whatever reason, at the general manager or the ownership level, they didn't agree." La Russa ...
Setback in the rehab
Fungoes —
... And if that weren’t enough, apparently TLR can’t get enough media victims on his team, reportedly disappointed that the team didn’t try to sign Barry Bonds this offseason: ...
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