Billboard in San Fran: "TRADE BARRY!"

[Burnout2888]

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/04/03/sp_tradebarry015ls.jpg

And for the article in the paper about it,
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/baseball/mlb/san_francisco_giants/14266367.htm

[LeftWideOpen]

the best part about it is the CBS logo underneath. This isnt exactly some obscure group of guys calling for it, haha.

edit: so wait, it was bonds who did this? wtf?

[Burnout2888]

the best part about it is the CBS logo underneath. This isnt exactly some obscure group of guys calling for it, haha.

edit: so wait, it was bonds who did this? wtf?
No, it was apparently Topps trading company who got the OK from Bonds to do it... apparently. But I love how someone tried to set the billboard on fire. Priceless.

[xearlynovemberx]

hahahha im still laughin even after you sent me it

[asianxcore]

barry ownz

[LeftWideOpen]

barry ownz

you idolize a cheat and a criminal ..awesome. those are some lofty goals to aspire to. best of luck.

[asianxcore]

you idolize a cheat and a criminal ..awesome. those are some lofty goals to aspire to. best of luck.
got proof?

[Trainsaw]

barry ownz
no he doesn't.

[asianxcore]

no he doesn't.
708 home runs?

[mikeford]

708* home runs?

fixed

[asianxcore]

i love cock
fixed

[sweethypocrisy]

fixed
game, set, match.

[sweethypocrisy]

fixed
shut up dumbass, you are only proving your ignorance by resorting to "jokes" like that.

[asianxcore]

shut up dumbass, you are only proving your ignorance by resorting to "jokes" like that.
so you got proof? im done with arguing, thats all i want.

[kidinthecorner]

Even if Barry Bonds wasn't involved in steroids at all, he's still an ignorant piece of shit. He's a disgrace to people, let alone baseball players.

[mikeford]

wow you got me so good. you changed it to say something that i didnt say, but it looks like i said.

wow youre like some sort of internet wizard.

[asianxcore]

Even if Barry Bonds wasn't involved in steroids at all, he's still an ignorant piece of shit. He's a disgrace to people, let alone baseball players.
if i was one of the best to play the game i would be ignorant too

[sweethypocrisy]

so you got proof? im done with arguing, thats all i want.
look at an old picture of him, look at a recent one. if you have any semblance of knowledge about human growth youll know that he took some sort of steroids.

[asianxcore]

wow you got me so good. you changed it to say something that i didnt say, but it looks like i said.

wow youre like some sort of internet wizard.
i learn from the best!

[wessa]

if i was one of the best to play the game i would be ignorant too

if he hadnt hit this many homeruns, people wouldn't be calling him "one of the best to play the game."

[sweethypocrisy]

if i was one of the best to play the game i would be ignorant too
do you even know what ignorant means?

[Caleb Cattivera]

so you got proof? im done with arguing, thats all i want.

that's all you ever say, you got proof you got proof, game of shadows, 200 documents, multiple resources, that's all we need. look at his body, that didnt come from lifting weights.

[FondestMemory]

if he hadnt hit this many homeruns, people wouldn't be calling him "one of the best to play the game."

people have been saying that about him a long time. he accomplished a lot before the onslaught of homeruns came. it's not like he came out of nowhere and just recently started playing well.

[Caleb Cattivera]

people have been saying that about him a long time. he accomplished a lot before the onslaught of homeruns came. it's not like he came out of nowhere and just recently started playing well.

agreed. i think he was a HOF'er before the roids.

[xearlynovemberx]

do you even know what ignorant means?

the thursday sampler owns

[Adeniz19]

Even if Barry Bonds wasn't involved in steroids at all, he's still an ignorant piece of shit. He's a disgrace to people, let alone baseball players.examples?

[wessa]

you know what, im tired of this shit, everyone saying that he didnt take steroids and if he did than it didnt help his hitting cause he has great hand eye coordination. ASSHOLES, LOOK AT HIS STATS. 4 of his 5 highest averages came in his last four full seasons. Where was his "amazing" hand eye coordination when he was batting right around .290-.305 almost all of his career. His three highest averages were 2002, 2003, 2004. Even with those averages all being above .340, they only pull him up to a .300 career average. A guy with a .300 career average can not be considered one of the best ever. But because he was jacked on steroids and hit tons of homers, people act like he is god's gift to baseball. its unbelievable. He hit .249 during a full season, he also hit .262 during another.

if we want to talk about some of the greatest players ever, lets talk about tony gwynn. the guy batted .289 his first season and then proceeded to hit over .300 for 19 fucking seasons in a row. He hit over .350 6 FUCKING TIMES. Oh wait, but he's not one of the best players ever because the most homers he ever hit in a season was 17 and that was a lot for him.

It is a shame that everybody in the world is infatuated with barry bonds. He is a cheater. It is obvious to anyone with a brain. End of story.

[Adeniz19]

if he hadnt hit this many homeruns, people wouldn't be calling him "one of the best to play the game."so i guess the 9 gold gloves and the 500 SBs mean nothing too?

[LeftWideOpen]

examples?

well for one, there's the time he said he'd never play in Boston because he thinks it's racist and that it hasn't changed since his dad played and that it never will because "nothing ever changes". That won him some award from ESPN Radio ..I think it was the "just shut up" award (i'm serious).

[mikeford]

examples?

the following 4 sentences took place in a Sporting News interview in August of 2004

"Barry would you ever consider going to a contender in the American League as a DH, to a team like the Yankees or Boston?"

"I'd never play in Boston, its too racist there"

"Have you had bad experiences in Boston?"

"No, i've never been there, but my dad played there and he told me"

[Adeniz19]

you know what, im tired of this shit, everyone saying that he didnt take steroids and if he did than it didnt help his hitting cause he has great hand eye coordination. ASSHOLES, LOOK AT HIS STATS. 4 of his 5 highest averages came in his last four full seasons. Where was his "amazing" hand eye coordination when he was batting right around .290-.305 almost all of his career. His three highest averages were 2002, 2003, 2004. Even with those averages all being above .340, they only pull him up to a .300 career average. A guy with a .300 career average can not be considered one of the best ever. But because he was jacked on steroids and hit tons of homers, people act like he is god's gift to baseball. its unbelievable. He hit .249 during a full season, he also hit .262 during another.

if we want to talk about some of the greatest players ever, lets talk about tony gwynn. the guy batted .289 his first season and then proceeded to hit over .300 for 19 fucking seasons in a row. He hit over .350 6 FUCKING TIMES. Oh wait, but he's not one of the best players ever because the most homers he ever hit in a season was 17 and that was a lot for him.

It is a shame that everybody in the world is infatuated with barry bonds. He is a cheater. It is obvious to anyone with a brain. End of story.what makes barry stand out from gwynn is that barry was the complete all around player in his prime. he had speed, power, hit for average and could play defense.

[Adeniz19]

hahaha i love how it's all boston fans. i would see why you would be offended tho

[wessa]

so i guess the 9 gold gloves and the 500 SBs mean nothing too?

they mean something, but when people talk about the best players it always comes down to homers, like it or not. barry knew that, that's why he started taking steroids. And by the way, gold gloves are overrated, once a player wins one, their name carries them to winning a lot more.

[weezer182]

If you could get really good young players for bonds then i'd trade him but as of right now i still think he is the most feared and best hitter in baseball. The success of sf this year will be determined by Bonds

[LeftWideOpen]

hahaha i love how it's all boston fans. i would see why you would be offended tho

you asked for ignorance. i gave you an example. today, boston is about as racist as el paso is homoerotic

[wessa]

what makes barry stand out from gwynn is that barry was the complete all around player in his prime. he had speed, power, hit for average and could play defense.

if you want to talk about defense, as much as gold gloves are overrated, gwynn won five of them. Gwynn also stole 56 bases one year (the most bonds ever stole in a year was 52) and had a couple of other good years of base stealing. He hit for average MUCH better than bonds did. Gwynn didn't hit for power and that is the exact reason i am saying that homers count way too much when people talk about the best players ever.

[sweethypocrisy]

the thursday sampler owns
too bad i dont have it. hook me up?

[Caleb Cattivera]

if you want to talk about defense, as much as gold gloves are overrated, gwynn won five of them. Gwynn also stole 56 bases one year (the most bonds ever stole in a year was 52) and had a couple of other good years of base stealing. He hit for average MUCH better than bonds did. Gwynn didn't hit for power and that is the exact reason i am saying that homers count way too much when people talk about the best players ever.

also a stat that hardly anyone mentions...

gwynn only struck out 434 times in his career. he made contact nearly every at bat, and he's one of the greatest hitters of all time. bonds has struck out 1434 times...

[Adeniz19]

if you want to talk about defense, as much as gold gloves are overrated, gwynn won five of them. Gwynn also stole 56 bases one year (the most bonds ever stole in a year was 52) and had a couple of other good years of base stealing. He hit for average MUCH better than bonds did. Gwynn didn't hit for power and that is the exact reason i am saying that homers count way too much when people talk about the best players ever.touche. i do agree tho. gwynn is a very under rated player.

[wessa]

also a stat that hardly anyone mentions...

gwynn only struck out 434 times in his career. he made contact nearly every at bat, and he's one of the greatest hitters of all time. bonds has struck out 1434 times...

exactly, and please no one bring up walks, that number has been hugely inflated due to the intentional walks and the way they have pitched around bonds since he started taking steroids.

[asianxcore]

you know what, im tired of this shit, everyone saying that he didnt take steroids and if he did than it didnt help his hitting cause he has great hand eye coordination. ASSHOLES, LOOK AT HIS STATS. 4 of his 5 highest averages came in his last four full seasons. Where was his "amazing" hand eye coordination when he was batting right around .290-.305 almost all of his career. His three highest averages were 2002, 2003, 2004. Even with those averages all being above .340, they only pull him up to a .300 career average. A guy with a .300 career average can not be considered one of the best ever. But because he was jacked on steroids and hit tons of homers, people act like he is god's gift to baseball. its unbelievable. He hit .249 during a full season, he also hit .262 during another.

if we want to talk about some of the greatest players ever, lets talk about tony gwynn. the guy batted .289 his first season and then proceeded to hit over .300 for 19 fucking seasons in a row. He hit over .350 6 FUCKING TIMES. Oh wait, but he's not one of the best players ever because the most homers he ever hit in a season was 17 and that was a lot for him.

It is a shame that everybody in the world is infatuated with barry bonds. He is a cheater. It is obvious to anyone with a brain. End of story.
He has the best eyes in the game. In his 21 seasons he has never been lower then THIRD on the list for most walks.

[asianxcore]

exactly, and please no one bring up walks, that number has been hugely inflated due to the intentional walks and the way they have pitched around bonds since he started taking steroids.
jerkoff, before 2000 he still led the majors in walks.

[Adeniz19]

hhahahahaha

[Caleb Cattivera]

He has the best eyes in the game. In his 21 seasons he has never been lower then THIRD on the list for most walks.

yeah he has, in 86, 87, and 88 he wasnt even in the top five. you're wrong.

[asianxcore]

hhahahahaha
ha, if that doesnt justify anything i dont know what will.

[Adeniz19]

ha, if that doesnt justify anything i dont know what will.no i was laughing because he said not to bring up walks and then you did right after. haha

[asianxcore]

yeah he has, in 86, 87, and 88 he wasnt even in the top five. you're wrong.
i was looking at baseball reference, wow, my bad. but still to be in the the top 3 for over 90 percent of career is a feat. The fact that people compare barry to tony is a disgrace. How many MVP's does tony have?

[asianxcore]

no i was laughing because he said not to bring up walks and then you did right after. haha
i didnt read the third page, and when i saw it i was like "fuck". how is the weather in your area today? i dont want tonights game to get rained out.

[Brownpants06]

Bonds is awesome. Put him on the Blue Jays, shit, I'd buy a Bonds jersey.

[Caleb Cattivera]

i was looking at baseball reference, wow, my bad. but still to be in the the top 3 for over 90 percent of career is a feat. The fact that people compare barry to tony is a disgrace. How many MVP's does tony have?

because an mvp is everything right? weak sauce.

[Adeniz19]

i didnt read the third page, and when i saw it i was like "fuck". how is the weather in your area today? i dont want tonights game to get rained out.still raining but SD is like 5 hrs away from me.

[wessa]

i was looking at baseball reference, wow, my bad. but still to be in the the top 3 for over 90 percent of career is a feat. The fact that people compare barry to tony is a disgrace. How many MVP's does tony have?

your right, its a disgrace to gwynn, who was an awesome guy, plus he was ten times the hitter bonds is.

[mikeford]

cool how that dude asked for instances of ignorance... i provide one, and he ignores it.

[LeftWideOpen]

cool how that dude asked for instances of ignorance... i provide one, and he ignores it.

i guess it didnt count cause we're from boston. we must be making it up.

[Yankees' #1 Fan]

the best part about it is the CBS logo underneath. This isnt exactly some obscure group of guys calling for it, haha.



you realize that the cbs logo is just there because they own the outside advertising space, right?

[LeftWideOpen]

you realize that the cbs logo is just there because they own the outside advertising space, right?

yes, thats why i wrote the word "edit" a minute later because i read the article and realized i was wrong.

[Adeniz19]

cool how that dude asked for instances of ignorance... i provide one, and he ignores it.i responded. i really don't know what you want me to say tho haha.

[LeftWideOpen]

i responded. i really don't know what you want me to say tho haha.

"yeah, that was ignorant"

[asianxcore]

http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/sdpadres/Gwynn82.JPG




http://www.onlineathens.com/images/080799/padres_gwynn.jpg


Roids??? hahahahaha

[mikeford]

roids dont put on layers of fat, genius

[asianxcore]

roids dont put on layers of fat, genius
notice the hahahah? it was joke. lighten up.

[mikeford]

FYI: jokes are funny.

[asianxcore]

FYI: jokes are funny.
Your sig?

[Adeniz19]

"yeah, that was ignorant"yea it was, but can you honestly say you have never said anything even similar to that? barry's under this huge microscope so everything he says is going to be exaggerated even more. plus if your dad told you not to go some place would you take his advice on it?

[LeftWideOpen]

yea it was, but can you honestly say you have never said anything even similar to that? barry's under this huge microscope so everything he says is going to be exaggerated even more. plus if your dad told you not to go some place would you take his advice on it?

if i were in my late 30's, no, I wouldnt avoid an entire metropolitan area because my dad told me to.

[mikeford]

plus if your dad told you not to go some place would you take his advice on it?

this is what you gathered from that quote? jesus christ how did you pass 4th grade.

he calls boston racist and his basis is "my dad told me so".

yeah boston is mad racist. the celtics werent the first NBA team to draft a black person or anything. oh wait..........

[wessa]

this is what you gathered from that quote? jesus christ how did you pass 4th grade.

he calls boston racist and his basis is "my dad told me so".

yeah boston is mad racist. the celtics werent the first NBA team to draft a black person or anything. oh wait..........

hahaha

i agree though, you listen to your dad about things like that when you are 8 years old, not when you are grown and have the ability to form opinions on your own. Plus, his dad played in a much different time than barry does.

[asianxcore]

this is what you gathered from that quote? jesus christ how did you pass 4th grade.

he calls boston racist and his basis is "my dad told me so".

yeah boston is mad racist. the celtics werent the first NBA team to draft a black person or anything. oh wait..........
hahaha, your baseing your argument off of the celtics drafting the first black person. that doesnt mean boston isnt racist it means the th gm isnt racist, and probably wants to win.

[Adeniz19]

this is what you gathered from that quote? jesus christ how did you pass 4th grade.

he calls boston racist and his basis is "my dad told me so".

yeah boston is mad racist. the celtics werent the first NBA team to draft a black person or anything. oh wait..........dude i wasnt saying it's right or anything just that you take advice from your parents no matter how old you are. if my dad told me to avoid boston i probably would. i wouldnt take what he said as fact but it would definately be something i think about. i don't think he should of said that to the media but that has always been barry. he just let's everything go and thats what has gotten him into trouble.

[mikeford]

hahaha, your baseing your argument off of the celtics drafting the first black person. that doesnt mean boston isnt racist it means the th gm isnt racist, and probably wants to win.

uh no dude. its pretty significant when youre the FIRST team to take on a player of color because its quite possible that if you DO play in a city that is racist, the city will reject your decision.

[weezer182]

It would be nice to see Barry help the team win tonight

[Caleb Cattivera]

uh no dude. its pretty significant when youre the FIRST team to take on a player of color because its quite possible that if you DO play in a city that is racist, the city will reject your decision.

VERY true. bill russell helped make boston one of the most respectable basketball cities. i dont think people in boston walk around dropping n bombs all the time.

[preppyak]

fixed
haha, excellent

[bigmike]

you know what, im tired of this shit, everyone saying that he didnt take steroids and if he did than it didnt help his hitting cause he has great hand eye coordination. ASSHOLES, LOOK AT HIS STATS. 4 of his 5 highest averages came in his last four full seasons. Where was his "amazing" hand eye coordination when he was batting right around .290-.305 almost all of his career. His three highest averages were 2002, 2003, 2004. Even with those averages all being above .340, they only pull him up to a .300 career average. A guy with a .300 career average can not be considered one of the best ever. But because he was jacked on steroids and hit tons of homers, people act like he is god's gift to baseball. its unbelievable. He hit .249 during a full season, he also hit .262 during another.

if we want to talk about some of the greatest players ever, lets talk about tony gwynn. the guy batted .289 his first season and then proceeded to hit over .300 for 19 fucking seasons in a row. He hit over .350 6 FUCKING TIMES. Oh wait, but he's not one of the best players ever because the most homers he ever hit in a season was 17 and that was a lot for him.

It is a shame that everybody in the world is infatuated with barry bonds. He is a cheater. It is obvious to anyone with a brain. End of story.
I do not like bonds. But the fact that he hit for such high averages without seeing more than 3 quality pitches a game is a testimate to his eye at the plate and great hand/eye coordination. You cannot deny that.


what makes barry stand out from gwynn is that barry was the complete all around player in his prime. he had speed, power, hit for average and could play defense.
He could catch the ball. He did not have a great throwing arm. See: Not being able to throw out Sid-Fucking-Bream.

And besides, Barry before steriods = HOF career. Tony Gwynn = HOF career. it's not like gwynn's being kept out of the hall, so he's not necessarily "underrated".

[bigmike]

hahaha, your baseing your argument off of the celtics drafting the first black person. that doesnt mean boston isnt racist it means the th gm isnt racist, and probably wants to win.
how is being the first black person drafted not significant? isn't the purpose of being involved in sports wanting to win? Does this logic you use nullify jackie robinson breaking the color barrier? I mean, the GM just wanted to win. It wasn't significant or anything.

[LeftWideOpen]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/06/BALCO.TMP

Judge says Bonds sent Anderson to meet w/ Sheffield in 2002 cause Sheffy was "in need".

[NetNerdsRevenge]

This is going to get ugly

[LeftWideOpen]

This is going to get ugly

only if bonds supporters try to attack a federal judge.

[ActorInThisPlay]

because an mvp is everything right? weak sauce.
funny how a fan of Kobe Bryant would say something like that...

[Caleb Cattivera]

all barry bonds discussion now belongs in the MLB thread.