Once again a major league baseball team over spends on a player that they probably could have signed for almost nothing. Giving Barry Bonds 16 million dollars is the stupidest thing I have ever seen a pro team do. Remember I have witnessed the New York Knicks blunders as well.
Lets take a look here from the outside looking in and see if we can figure out what they are thinking. Lets say I am the Giants GM am I thinking that we need a old outfielder that only hit 20 something homeruns last year. Ok he was hurt but he was absolutely horrible swinging at pitches last year. You could see the bat speed slowing down. At this price he will average a little under 1 million dollars per homerun. That is just sick.
Did the GM think he was going to sign with another team? I didn’t see any teams asking for Barry’s agents phone number. Not one team outside the bay area was thinking about Barry Bonds as they all have scouts that know he is done. He may be a gate attraction for one week IF he gets close to Hank’s homerun record.
I just don’t understand why a team would give this guy 1 million to play baseball for a year never mind 16 million. How much is a beer and hot dog in the stadium $100 each.
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