I am sure that front offices aren’t signing him intentionally. Bonds would take any contract. The Mariners could sign him to a one-year contract for league minimum. The guy just wants to play. And don’t you find it a little suspicious that the Giants weren’t willing to sign him for completely unknown reasons after 2007, and then all of a sudden he’s brought up on perjury charges? I’m sure with the dearth of truly reliable hitters (the list slopes off significantly past Ramirez and Texiera) this offseason there are many teams who could use Bonds, but they don’t want to deal with the admittedly large baggage.

“The deal is this, Sabean’s plan is easy to figure out, if you just watch what he does. He values veterans with proven track records over youth and inexperience. He has taken this strategy to it’s absurd extreme, and, in doing so, has completely derailed this franchise. Magowan has watched him do it, and is either blind to it, or thinks it’ll eventually work. Bottom line; these guys have failed. They have done so by choosing a course of action that disregards conventional wisdom, collective wisdom, and conventional –and unconventional– statistical analysis. It’s as if they have gone out of their way to try and prove that Bill James is wrong.”

I like how you explained that. Very helpful. Thanks.

Anyway, the stench surrounding this team is so awful I wouldn’t blame you for giving up — it’s one thing for a team to lose, it’s another for a team to lose games and its dignity at the same time. Anyway, hang in there, let’s hope there are some bright spots to be optimistic about, although I strongly suspect to see one of the worst offenses in the history of the game and a pitching staff driven to insanity due to a lack of run support.

There’s no way this team is anything but a lost cause this season, so might as well sit in the back row and make fun of their ineptitude. I will get angry if they do make a Sabean trade of young talent for a Crede or other mediocre veteran. Otherwise, we can party like its 1985, or worse.

A new GM that brings modern analytics to building a baseball team will make this season worthwhile. If the Giants/McGowan keep Sabean around and still look to blame Bonds, well then its time to dump the season tix.

As a fan of this team and a fan of Bonds I knew I had to accept all that came with him, to take the good with the bad. The team refuses to do this now. You cannot just pretend the man never existed.

The blatant stupidity at work here is just staggering. It’s insulting to fans of the team.

- Well then right away you can’t call it collusion if half the league has a legitimate reason not to sign him. To say he’s a liability on defense is an understatement.

“This isn’t collusion in the sense that GMs are getting together and saying ‘I won’t sign him if you don’t.’”

- Well then what is it? Because that is EXACTLY what collusion is. If you want to ascertain that there’s a slight undercurrent of racism in clubs not signing Bonds that would sign Clemens, fine. But to suggest that all owners have conspired to keep him out of baseball is laughable at best.

JOHN: The YANKEES? Please, that would about make me ill and I would seriously never return here to read anything. If I want to know about the yankees, I’ll tune in to ESPN thank you very much.