Remember Barry Bonds? He hit 73 home runs in 2001. After his final at-bat in 2007, he was, and still is, of course, the all-time leader in MLB history with 762 career home runs. He won four straight MVP awards (2001-04), and seven overall.
Barry Bonds Is Still Floating Around Baseball, But No One Cares
↵And now? Well, now, people couldn’t care less about him.
↵Over the weekend, Bonds said that “he doesn’t believe now is the right time to retire.” Problem is, no one cares, says Sports Illustrated’s Jeff Pearlman.
↵↵For a ballplayer obsessed with his legacy, Bonds has no legacy. The once-vaunted all-time home run record? Insignificant and tainted by steroids. His Hall of Fame worthiness? A non-issue. With his performance-enhanced career, coupled with an attitude south of horrific, Bonds is voted into the Hall right after Moose Haas and Keith Garagozzo. His Q-rating? When’s the last time you wore your No. 25 Giants jersey? His odds of being signed as a free agent? Zero. His odds of being hired as a major league coach or broadcaster? Zero. People in the game who truly like him? Zero. People outside of the game who truly like him? Zero.
↵↵As Pearlman accurately adds, “Karma -- it ain’t no joke.”
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