S.F. Decides They Want Bonds Around, After All

The Giants are throwing a little party to celebrate their 50th year in San Francisco, and they’re inviting all the organization’s best outfielders on down. Including Barry Lamar:↵↵⇥“We invited all the outfielders who played a certain number of games. He definitely was invited,” team vice president for communications Staci Slaughter said, according to the report. “We would love for him to come. He was definitely a big part of this organization.”↵⇥↵⇥Slaughter said Bonds has yet to respond to the invitation, the newspaper reported. Major League Baseball’s all-time home run king has not made a public appearance at AT&T Park since he was let go by the Giants following the 2007 season. ↵⇥

↵↵Bonds is a “big part of this organization,” you say? That’s funny, ‘cause if I’m not mistaken they took down a bunch of Bonds stuff back in March. Something about removing all tributes to his HR record:↵↵⇥The San Francisco Giants have now removed prominent tributes in the stadium to Barry Bonds, who has steroid allegations and perjury charges hanging over his head.↵⇥↵⇥There are no “756” signs -- signifying the home run he hit to break Aaron’s record -- anywhere in the park, in fact.↵⇥

↵↵Ah, yes, that was it. Remember, Barry: The Giants love you, so long as they don’t need to be reminded on a daily basis that you were the only reason anyone cared about their organization over the past six years.↵