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Liotta: Barry whiffs at another chance for love
- Just when they serve up an All-Star Game as a distraction to the depression that is this Giants season, Barry Bonds rains on everybody’s parade. Again.
This All-Star Game could have served to remind us here in the Bay Area just how much Barry’s star towers over the rest of baseball — I think we lose sight of that with him standing out there in left field every night. Instead, for me, the event will remind me that Barry is a pill of personality.
In terms of baseball talent, there will be some fine young players out there — Justin Morneau, Victor Martinez, Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera, to name a few. There’ll be some players in the early stages of what could be Hall of Fame careers — Albert Pujols, Vladmir Guerrero and Johan Santana. And some solidly on their way to Cooperstown — Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ivan Rodriguez.
And Barry should tower over them all in terms of adulation. A highlight film of what Bonds has done on a baseball should be a No. 1 seller. If only he’d act gracious just once when given the chance.
I’m sick and tired of the stories about what Barry won’t do. He won’t give the Hall of Fame anything more significant than the sunflower seeds chewed the night he breaks Hank Aaron’s record. And now he won’t participate in the Home Run Derby.
Barry’s inability to recognize what would endear him to his fans may be the saddest thing in the history of sports personalities. I realize the unquenchable
- Just when they serve up an All-Star Game as a distraction to the depression that is this Giants season, Barry Bonds rains on everybody’s parade. Again.This All-Star Game could have served to remind us here in the Bay Area just how much Barry’s star towers over the rest of baseball — I think we lose sight of that with him standing out there in left field every night. Instead, for me, the event will remind me that Barry is a pill of personality.
In terms of baseball talent, there will be some fine young players out there — Justin Morneau, Victor Martinez, Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera, to name a few. There’ll be some players in the early stages of what could be Hall of Fame careers — Albert Pujols, Vladmir Guerrero and Johan Santana. And some solidly on their way to Cooperstown — Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ivan Rodriguez.
And Barry should tower over them all in terms of adulation. A highlight film of what Bonds has done on a baseball should be a No. 1 seller. If only he’d act gracious just once when given the chance.
I’m sick and tired of the stories about what Barry won’t do. He won’t give the Hall of Fame anything more significant than the sunflower seeds chewed the night he breaks Hank Aaron’s record. And now he won’t participate in the Home Run Derby.
Barry’s inability to recognize what would endear him to his fans may be the saddest thing in the history of sports personalities. I realize the unquenchable
