Bonds Weasels Out Of Another Predicament
STEROID-SOAKED SLUGGER MAY NOT BE HEALING AS PLANNED
Playing baseball in a glorified exhibition tournament never made much sense for the decrepit Barry Bonds, anyway.
There's two ways to look at Bonds' decision not to play in March's World Baseball Classic. One, it was a detailed public relations ploy to make sports most selfish player an American hero or that his balky knees are not responding well to training.
Both are plausible.
Never underestimate lawyers and agents and our society's romantic notion that Americans love a good comeback story. The year-long battle of dodging steroid questions took more than the veneer off of Bonds' career accomplishments it flirted with destroying it.
What better time to deflect the harsh criticism with the possibility that Bonds could hit that one defining, uniquely patriotic homer and begin to scrub away the sticky questions of cheating, lying and drug-use.
To believe that this was an orchestrated media ploy designed to be played out for the last two months only to reach its pre-determined end today is not a stretch. For one reason: why would a player with thrice-operated knees who barely withstood the rigors of one month of the baseball season risk his precious health for the Team USA? It makes no sense, especially if you eliminate the aura of Bonds from the equation. It just made no practical sense.
That his health is not progressing as planned is also very possible. As Mike Celizic of MSNBC.com wrote, the mere mention that his family entered into his mind when deciding not to play is a red herring designed to distract us from the truth.
To go further, every instance where trouble has arisen in Bonds' life during the past year and a half, the use of his family and especially his son, has functioned as a smokescreen to either not perform on the field or deflect harsh questions and criticism.
What Bonds may be deflecting is the fact that the guy who hit five homers in 42 at-bats last season playing three times a week might be the best the Giants can hope for in 2006.
Playing baseball in a glorified exhibition tournament never made much sense for the decrepit Barry Bonds, anyway.
There's two ways to look at Bonds' decision not to play in March's World Baseball Classic. One, it was a detailed public relations ploy to make sports most selfish player an American hero or that his balky knees are not responding well to training.
Both are plausible.
Never underestimate lawyers and agents and our society's romantic notion that Americans love a good comeback story. The year-long battle of dodging steroid questions took more than the veneer off of Bonds' career accomplishments it flirted with destroying it.
What better time to deflect the harsh criticism with the possibility that Bonds could hit that one defining, uniquely patriotic homer and begin to scrub away the sticky questions of cheating, lying and drug-use.
To believe that this was an orchestrated media ploy designed to be played out for the last two months only to reach its pre-determined end today is not a stretch. For one reason: why would a player with thrice-operated knees who barely withstood the rigors of one month of the baseball season risk his precious health for the Team USA? It makes no sense, especially if you eliminate the aura of Bonds from the equation. It just made no practical sense.
That his health is not progressing as planned is also very possible. As Mike Celizic of MSNBC.com wrote, the mere mention that his family entered into his mind when deciding not to play is a red herring designed to distract us from the truth.
To go further, every instance where trouble has arisen in Bonds' life during the past year and a half, the use of his family and especially his son, has functioned as a smokescreen to either not perform on the field or deflect harsh questions and criticism.
What Bonds may be deflecting is the fact that the guy who hit five homers in 42 at-bats last season playing three times a week might be the best the Giants can hope for in 2006.
You seem to have quite the hard on for Bonds. If I didn't know better, I'd say that you sound like a scorned lover. Is there something going on that the rest of us should know about?
Posted by
MrYosemite |
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:37:00 AM
Nothing worse than a bitter fan trying to pass his contempt onto others. Life is more fun as an optimist- you should try it.
Posted by
Anonymous |
Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:24:00 AM
The bitterness stems from people like you who support false heroes like Bonds.
Your statement is not one of optimism but of a lack of moral values.
Hop on a rainbow and keep popping Prozac.
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