Barry Bonds doesnt fit says Dusty

by kcox17 on Mar 4, 2009 5:44 PM EST

So i saw this quote from Dusty after Fay asked him about signing Barry Bonds and I wanted to get the feeling from around here. Excluding all of legal garbage. I am talking about Barry Bonds the player not the purpose and I dont want to sign him this is just hypothetical.

Baker on Barry Bonds, who is trying to catch on with team: "I know he can still hit. I talked to his auntie. She said he's working out couple of time a day."

As for the Reds, Baker doesn't see it. "I don't know where. He might be better suited for an American League team."

The "I dont know where" part really irritates me because of the huge gaping hole at left field. I mean if you dont want him say you arent interested but dont ignore the only real hole on your team. But would you take him at league minimum to play left field for a season or two?

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Yeah, when I saw the quote I was thinking the same thing.

But I’m gonna give Dusty the benefit of the doubt here. He can’t really say, “That’s ridiculous idea. Bonds is a national pariah and on the Reds he’d be exactly the kind of iconoclastic veteran that I just purged this team of.”

If you’re looking for someone to jump ugly with, try Fay (or any other reporter present) who evidently didn’t follow up with the rather obvious “Hey Dusty, left field?” question.

"If you have a van or a car and it gets dark you turn on your lights that are called headlights but that's a funny name because vans and cars don't have heads. And real heads don't have lights."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 4, 2009 6:47 PM EST reply actions

there's a bigger Hole on the dugout steps

This is what you’ll see if you put you eye on opening on the top of the HAVOC can and (while closing the other eye) peer directly into the bottomlessness of it all

Kinda sucks the energy out of everything…don’t it….

Perhaps a a flatbed truck loaded with cadavers will explode in front of a Star Trek convention. One can only dream and hope.

by Madville on Mar 4, 2009 7:54 PM EST reply actions

I am simultaneously aroused and repulsed

by this metaphoric image. Great job, Mads.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Mar 4, 2009 8:39 PM EST up reply actions

You know Pops

Look deeper into the black hole…your feeling drowsy…you’re relaxed..now yu can hear the universe as it expands and contracts…and expands and expands…

Look see Dusty and Barry ?

They aren’t good friends…Barry won’t fit in the black hole…

When I snap my finger and thumb you’ll wake and see that it is true

Dusty “You’ll never fit in a Cubs Uniform
Barry "Blow me old man”
Dusty “Someday you’ll wish you could be Redleg and then we’ll see who blows who”
Barry “That’s who blows whom..you fucking moron”

Perhaps a a flatbed truck loaded with cadavers will explode in front of a Star Trek convention. One can only dream and hope.

by Madville on Mar 4, 2009 9:33 PM EST reply actions

i'd sign him

1 year deal

90 wins in 09!!

by Caleb on Mar 4, 2009 10:34 PM EST reply actions

you would be fired before he was DFA'd

by saboscork on Mar 4, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions

Id sign him

pinch-hitter/ backup 1st base and Strength and conditioning coach.
Then Willie Taveras will be knocking the ball out of GABP Brady Anderson style

by davidmac84 on Mar 4, 2009 11:48 PM EST up reply actions

Which corporate bank did you work for?

"If you have a van or a car and it gets dark you turn on your lights that are called headlights but that's a funny name because vans and cars don't have heads. And real heads don't have lights."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 5, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

as opposed to which non-corporate bank, bitch

"Hey! Look at the kid in the sombrero!"

by obc2 on Mar 6, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions

I would take no pleasure in his successes.

I think this might be true, even in a Reds uniform. What an odd notion for me…I’ll have to genuinely chew on that.

I also would hate to see him take development AB’s away from Dickerson, and – if the fates be kind – Stubbs, Alonso, El Nino…you get my point.

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 5, 2009 12:45 AM EST reply actions

I never liked his singles either

Barry US Bonds

Perhaps a a flatbed truck loaded with cadavers will explode in front of a Star Trek convention. One can only dream and hope.

by Madville on Mar 5, 2009 1:00 AM EST reply actions

what is Bill Gates doing in the front row?

Soy el niño destructor. I eat kids for breakfast. Roar. - Juan Francisco 'spoken with an Italian accent'

by jacob brumfield on Mar 5, 2009 9:13 AM EST up reply actions

Whatever he damn well pleases.

"If you have a van or a car and it gets dark you turn on your lights that are called headlights but that's a funny name because vans and cars don't have heads. And real heads don't have lights."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 5, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

there's no gaping hole in lf ,,, i think dickerson has sewed that up nicely

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Mar 5, 2009 8:57 AM EST reply actions

CDick plug the hole in LF?

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 5, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions

Four play in LF

Godickerston Jr.

"You never pass up an opportunity to talk to a woman in a red dress." -- Buck O'Neil (1911-2006)

by "Red" Moskau on Mar 5, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions

Just to get these platoons straight

If it’s Dickerson, Gomes, Hopper, and Hairston in LF, it’s Godickerston Jr.
If it’s Dickerson, Gomes, and Hopper. it’s Godicker
It it’s Dickerson and Gomes, it’s Dickergomes

What about other combinations?

If it’s Dickerson and Hairston, it’s Dickhair?
If it’s Hairston and Gomes, it’s Gomeston?
If it’s Jones and anybody, it’s LastPlaceFuckDusty?

"Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone." - Dusty

by BK on Mar 5, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions

BK Buddy remeber who the skipper is ?

Its all up to Gonzo, if he’s SS then Jerry Jr. is the primary LF
witn Gomez and C-Dick on the bench until Cherry gets hurt

Perhaps a a flatbed truck loaded with cadavers will explode in front of a Star Trek convention. One can only dream and hope.

by Madville on Mar 5, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions

We'll see who's right

But I will bet you here and now that Hairston is not the opening day left fielder. Or shortstop.

by Brendanukkah on Mar 5, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

agreed

i think dickerson and gonzalez are the plan A’s, if all goes well.

Hairston assumes the Farney role.

"Hey! Look at the kid in the sombrero!"

by obc2 on Mar 6, 2009 11:30 PM EST up reply actions

Those are some small shoes to fill.

But Farney always expressed himself well.

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 7, 2009 1:14 AM EST up reply actions

I'd hate to see Cherry Hudson have to change places in the batting order

which he’ll have to do if he is in LF. DustPan rules.

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 5, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

Bonds

If he didn’t have the legal problems, I could see him as a DH in the American League. Someone might be able to teach him to play first base. That’s a stretch. His outfield days are over. He actually does have those legal problems, and that’s why he won’t play again in the major leagues.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Mar 5, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions

I think almost any pro athlete could learn to play a servicable first base.

Many MLB vets, managers and players have said as much.

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 5, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions

kruk'd

"If you have a van or a car and it gets dark you turn on your lights that are called headlights but that's a funny name because vans and cars don't have heads. And real heads don't have lights."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 5, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions

one ball'd

"Hey! Look at the kid in the sombrero!"

by obc2 on Mar 6, 2009 11:31 PM EST up reply actions

no balls:

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 7, 2009 1:19 AM EST up reply actions

just ask Scott Hatteberg

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 7, 2009 8:40 PM EST up reply actions

Fangraphs sez:

The average fan thinks anyone can play first base and not have it affect their offensive numbers. But players from Mickey Mantle to Mike Piazza have found out otherwise.

But even a bad 1Bman wouldn’t cost his team too many runs, would he? Would bobbling 5 more grounders and dropping 10 more throws on infield grounders make enough of a difference to justify benching a crippled player who didn’t make an easy adjustment to first? Gary Sheffield, Mike Piazza, Mickey Mantle, Jason Giambi – they’ve all been ripped for their lousy 1B defense…but their offense was enough to keep them in the lineup regardless. What’s the OPS tradeoff differential for an approximate 13 one-base errors and 2 two-base errors?

Anyone?

I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 9, 2009 5:48 AM EDT up reply actions

i think bonds should just go to japan and taint Sadaharu Oh's record there

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Mar 5, 2009 2:01 PM EST reply actions

Saying Putting Aside the Legal Problems for Bonds....

…..is like saying putting aside being prosecuted by the federal government for criminal charges over laying about past steroid abuse. It’s kind of hard to put that aside. If you want to go after Dusty, go after him for giving Corey @*!^&#% Patterson 366 at bats.

by tonywf on Mar 19, 2009 4:53 PM EDT reply actions