psssst - Don't hire Barry Bonds. Pass it on.
You go conspiracy theorists!
The baseball players' union is in a tizzy over the lack of offers from any major league team for the services of one Barry Bonds, alleged home run king. The argument is, stats like his don't ride the pine, and somebody has to be doing something illegal to keep him at home, sitting on his...ummm...needle.
Ummmm. No, they don't.
Baseball, like any other sport, lots of movies and monster truck rallies, is part of the entertainment business. People have to want to pay to see the product you put out there. Frankly, nobody wants to shell out money to put Barry Bonds on a baseball field, because nobody thinks people will pay to come see him play. I know I wouldn't. The guy's a melon headed fake. I don't care what you can prove or not prove in his game of shadows. I, and many like me, are convinced he's lying when he says he never knowingly took steroids. The court of law may or may not be able to prove it, but the court of public opinion has already ruled. Next, the guy's an asshole. In fact, he's a bigger asshole than he is a fake. Being an asshole costs dearly in the public relations department, no matter how much assholes think it shouldn't. Third, the guy has a bum knee. Fourth, he's probably going to jail on perjury charges sometime soon. Despite his assholiness, he used to help teams win games. Even that part's not a given anymore, so what do you have in Barry Bonds that you want? You have a public relations/clubhouse nightmare that could, maybe, hopefully, sorta, almost make your team marginally better until he probably goes to jail.
Put all that together and NO, Barry's not exactly a cost effective draw to put butts in seats at your baseball park, so why is everyone surprised when clubs aren't lining up for his services? It's not a conspiracy. It's common freakin' sense.
Memo to the players union - let the guy just fade into obscurity, where he belongs. If you keep lobbing his oversized mug at us, we're going to keep knocking it out of the park.
Memo to the owners - note I didn't go with the "Owners have scruples" argument. I know better than to try to slide that one past anybody.
The baseball players' union is in a tizzy over the lack of offers from any major league team for the services of one Barry Bonds, alleged home run king. The argument is, stats like his don't ride the pine, and somebody has to be doing something illegal to keep him at home, sitting on his...ummm...needle.
Ummmm. No, they don't.
Baseball, like any other sport, lots of movies and monster truck rallies, is part of the entertainment business. People have to want to pay to see the product you put out there. Frankly, nobody wants to shell out money to put Barry Bonds on a baseball field, because nobody thinks people will pay to come see him play. I know I wouldn't. The guy's a melon headed fake. I don't care what you can prove or not prove in his game of shadows. I, and many like me, are convinced he's lying when he says he never knowingly took steroids. The court of law may or may not be able to prove it, but the court of public opinion has already ruled. Next, the guy's an asshole. In fact, he's a bigger asshole than he is a fake. Being an asshole costs dearly in the public relations department, no matter how much assholes think it shouldn't. Third, the guy has a bum knee. Fourth, he's probably going to jail on perjury charges sometime soon. Despite his assholiness, he used to help teams win games. Even that part's not a given anymore, so what do you have in Barry Bonds that you want? You have a public relations/clubhouse nightmare that could, maybe, hopefully, sorta, almost make your team marginally better until he probably goes to jail.
Put all that together and NO, Barry's not exactly a cost effective draw to put butts in seats at your baseball park, so why is everyone surprised when clubs aren't lining up for his services? It's not a conspiracy. It's common freakin' sense.
Memo to the players union - let the guy just fade into obscurity, where he belongs. If you keep lobbing his oversized mug at us, we're going to keep knocking it out of the park.
Memo to the owners - note I didn't go with the "Owners have scruples" argument. I know better than to try to slide that one past anybody.
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John put this out here at 7:21 AM
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