Sticking up for Barry Bonds?

Okay, so we can all agree that I hate the Yankees, correct? So you should never be surprised about me posted trash talk about them, right? But do you also realize that I have never been a big Barry Bonds fan? This of course is something I’ve been actively trying to get over, as I’m a newly sworn Giants girl now. J

Personally, I think the guy acts like a jerk. Not necessarily to teammates & coaches & family & such I guess, considering that those seem to be the only people who ever have anything nice to say about him, & repeat it every time they’re asked as though they truly mean it. But he has been a real booger in the past to those of us who (I deem) really matter, the press, i.e. the fans, & worse, the fans who blog.

Professionally, the guy is a true ballplayer. Just because I think his attitude is crap, doesn’t give me the magical ability to simply ignore his stats. Asterisk *them maybe, but that’s a whole other topic.

But here’s where things get interesting. Here is some history in the making folks, because I am about to defend Barry Bonds. Or at least call Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle a rat bastard for turning his traitor pen upon the truly faithful Bonds fans in the Bay Area. This ‘reporter’ has actually had the audacity to ‘predict’ exactly how Bonds’ season will go by publishing ‘Your Official Barry Bonds Calendar Of The Chase’’ Here’s the highlights, click here if you want the whole thing.

“…already give you the days on which he won't hit record No. 756: April 9 through 17, April 23 through 29, May 10 through 20, May 24, May 28 through June 7, June 14 through 21, June 28, July 2 through 12, July 16 through 22, July 30 through Aug. 5, Aug. 13 through 20, Aug. 30 through Sept. 6, Sept. 13 through 19, and any day after Sept. 26. These dates cover the days in which the Giants either do not play at home, or at all, and you may rest assured that he will not be wasting 756 on people who might boo him.”

“Bonds will at some point in mid-May announce that all is forgiven between him and his good friends in the media and wants to get along with everyone. He will then go 7-for-38, announce he has been too nice to everyone and declare that nothing is forgiven and he needs nobody outside his immediate family (and agent Jeff Borris). He will then hit again.”

“His knees will act up right around July 3, and depending on the All-Star Game voting, he will either be back on the 9th or the 13th. He will also have an undisclosed muscle pull (undisclosed because Major League Baseball now controls all medical information about the players, a development the players will rue in good time) early in August that might cost him the Dodgers and Padres road series, but he will try to come back in time for the softer and gooier Nationals and Pirates.”

“He will play one of the three games in Atlanta Aug. 14-16 upon learning that Aaron will be "out of town." Just as, once he hits 753, Bud Selig will be just as out of town, no matter what town that happens to be at any given moment.”

“He will hit The Homer Sept. 11, at the Big Phone off Arizona's Livan Hernandez. It will be a warm evening, the game will be delayed for 35 minutes while chairs and microphones are set up and everyone associated with the team tries to figure out how to celebrate without looking too effusive, and the video tribute will be properly grainy to give it that historically significant/Bonds On Bonds feel. Barry Zito will monitor all questions to make sure the tone is properly reverential.”

I realize that a seasoned player like Bonds does tend to seem a bit predictable, but even I would stoop this low & pretty much all him out like this. Way to ensure that mid-May, Bonds will want to talk to anyone & everyone but you Ray.