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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    Quote Originally Posted by BradK View Post
    This has been done for one reason and one reason only. MLB wants to see that HR record broken by someone who is not definitely associated with steroid use. A-Rod, Pujols anyone but Bonds would be good for them.
    No... it was done because... no one wants that elephant in the room...
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

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    I don't buy that, the Rangers gave Sammy Sosa another try.
    he doesn't bring the baggage Bonds brings...haha, not many, if any, do

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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    Quote Originally Posted by BradK View Post
    I don't buy that, the Rangers gave Sammy Sosa another try.
    Sammy Sosa isn't an elephant in the room though. He's a comforting, helpful veteran presence who is relatively good with the media, teammates, and fans, and also has much fewer (if any) steroid rumors surrounding him.
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    and also has much fewer (if any) steroid rumors surrounding him.
    He doesn't?!?
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    Quote Originally Posted by metsguy234 View Post
    Sammy Sosa has much fewer (if any) steroid rumors surrounding him.
    If any? Really? The guy who forgot how to speak English when questioned by Congress about steroids?

    Sosa is less of a clubhouse hazard than Bonds, but it as nothing to do with steroids accusations

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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    I've never heard any steroid accusations related to Sosa. That's like accusing Griffey of using steroids...
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    wow
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    To anyone who thinks Barroid Bonds should be allowed to put on a major league uniform again....
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    Quote Originally Posted by metsguy234 View Post
    I've never heard any steroid accusations related to Sosa. That's like accusing Griffey of using steroids...
    head in the sand much
    not to mention we KNOW he cheated with the coarked bat... or do you believe that was REALLY his batting practice bat???
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    corked bat
    There's been several guys caught with corked bats. Now I could see the steroid thing much more so than using a corked bat all the time, bats break to often anymore to try that to much.

    Who was the guy that broke a bat and a bunch of rubber balls sprayed the infield?

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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    At that age pretty big injury risk, probably not worth the money risk.

    I think Juan Gonzales had the same thing happen with him near the end of his career. It wasn't colluding then.

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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    Bond was really bad defensively the last few years that's why he needed to goto the AL and DH. No one could risk him playing left field.

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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    Quote Originally Posted by Reade View Post
    There's been several guys caught with corked bats. Now I could see the steroid thing much more so than using a corked bat all the time, bats break to often anymore to try that to much.

    Who was the guy that broke a bat and a bunch of rubber balls sprayed the infield?
    Graig Nettles

    On September 7, 1974, Nettles, then with the New York Yankees, was caught using a bat that had six superballs inside it. He said that he had received the bat from a Yankees fan in Chicago and did not know that the bat had been altered.
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    Re: Players' association says teams acted in concert to not sign Bonds

    He's an injury risk, and while he may not the the 'clubhouse cancer' the media has made him out to be, he WILL bring such a superheated media presence to any team that signs him that it CAN'T HELP but be a distraction. So, is he really worth it considering all that?

    I also find it hard to believe Barry would be all that willing, at this stage of his career, to play for a small market team with no hope in Hell of winning.

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