24 June 2002
Five days ago, I went off on Barry Bonds and what a huge pile of dogshit he is. I'd say "what a huge pile of dogshit I THINK he is," but I don't think there is a person on the planet (save for maybe his dad and Willie Mays) that likes the fucking prick.
As we all know (unless you don't follow sports or have been under a large rock for the last six months) the threat of a work stoppage looms large over Major League Baseball. This would be only eight years after the last one, which caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series, something that not even Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito, or Osama bin Laden have been able to do.
I have decided this time to simply take the article from ESPN.com and add my own observations to the article in red, my interactive reactions to what the stupid cunt says. Here goes:
Bonds says stoppage would not destroy baseball
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ESPN.com news services
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds does not want to go on strike (because he makes $15 million dollars a year, and if he went on strike, he'd have to go back to court and try to get his child support payments cut down like he did in 1995). However, Bonds says that if major league baseball players do walk off the field yet again this year -- the World Series was wiped out by a work stoppage in 1994 -- he expects the fans to come back.
"If you have kids who might (grow up to) be major league baseball players, we're fighting for your kids, possibly" Bonds told The Washington Post before the Giants beat the Orioles on Friday night. (The truth is, Barry could give a fuck less about your kids. Hell, Barry doesn't even care about his own.) "If I work for your newspaper and you're in the union fighting for your equality and rights, sure I would strike, and so would you..." (The reporter doesn't make $15 million a year for writing for six months a year, he makes MAYBE 1/750th of that. To put that in perspective, if a reporter makes $40,000 a year, Barry Bonds makes 750 TIMES MORE THAN THAT if you prorate his salary out to a whole year ($15M/6 months = $30M/12 months).
The players' union feels it might need to strike, considering the owners could force a lockout or even implement a new salary structure during the next offseason. (Seeing as how the average baseball player makes over $2 million per year - which is really $2 million for six months - I feel absolutely no sense of remorse or empathy.) The two sides are not close to a resolution, and the players might vote on a strike date during the All-Star break.
Bonds was asked whether baseball fans would be able to side with the players, considering the average salary is now $2.4 million.
"It's not my fault you don't play baseball," (Ah, Barry stroking the heartstrings of the public that should throw broken glass and razor blades at the asshole when he goes to get the paper in the morning) Bonds told The Post. "It's not our fault you're not an actor or Bill Gates or anybody else. (It's not our fault that we're a greedy bunch of fucking crybabies that treat the common baseball fan with slightly less reverence than a small piece of dog shit stuck in the heel of my Bruno Maglis, which I was able to buy because of the team owners raising ticket prices AGAIN.) Nobody is complaining about their salaries, or the owners' salaries. So don't complain about ours. We have the right to make it." (Um, Barry, Bill Gates, for all his shortcomings, has done more for the world than you ever will. Even if you hit 1,000 home runs. You dumb prick.)
Bonds, 37, has 589 career homers after hitting a record 73 last year. He has said he might not play more than a couple of more years. (Seeing as how hell be standing on the doormat of 40 in a couple of years, and how much everyone hates him, he'll just take all that money and buy himself an island no he doesn't have to deal with anyone ever again. You know, assholes like you and me.) He's on pace for another record-breaking season with a .572 on-base percentage (and 22 homers) going into the game Saturday against the Orioles. He's fourth on the career homer list, and a work stoppage would certainly hamper his chances for moving up the list. (Because Barry cares about NOTHING except money and his place in the Hall of Fame. Nothing. Not you, me, your grandmom, your kids, no one and nothing.)
Ultimately, Bonds believes baseball would survive another stoppage.
"It's entertainment," he told The Post. "It will come back. (It took Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to revive baseball after the '94 strike and that was four years later. McGwire's retired, and Barry, you're no Mark McGwire. He has a personality.) A lot of companies go on strike, not just baseball. (For things like health benefits and paid leave, not because their employers want to test them and make sure their not juicing themselves up). And people still ride the bus." (The difference between Barry and the bus driver is that the bus driver makes a lot less money, people HAVE to ride the bus - baseball games are not crucial to people's basic lives, bus drivers work eight hours a day, driving a bus is a thankless job, and when someone gets on the bus, the bus driver may actually talk to them. Unlike Barry.)
