Missing Barry Bonds...(Not a Lot, But a Little)

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(And for the record, I think that one last thing was winning a championship for the Giants. After passing Aaron's record, I believe he realized he had concentrated so much on individual accolades that he kind of took down the Giants with his self-centered attitude.

I believe he wanted to stay in San Francisco because he wanted to repay them for sticking with him as he chased the records by helping them winning a championship.

But since the Giants let it be known that they weren't bringing him back almost immediately after he broke Aaron's record, we'll never know for sure because he was so mad that they couldn't wait until after the season to let their plans be known).

I'm not going to lie...I miss Barry Bonds a little. I miss his incredible bat. I miss his patience at the plate that went unrivaled in Major League Baseball. I miss the crowds cheering him on as he took the field.

Barry Bonds showed that if you stayed loyal with a city and an organization, that it didn't matter how despicable you were, or how bad you cheated baseball. The fans would embrace you.

And can you blame us? Giants fans have been slighted more times than we can last remember.

Will Clark walked out on us on free agency to go play for Texas. Jeff Kent crying on the day he was introduced as a Dodger is the most painful image I will ever see in my life considering he used to be my favorite player on the Giants, and was a player I idolized back in Little League.

Barry would have never done what Kent did. Even if he went to another team, I have no doubt in my mind he still would have been grateful to San Francisco. Maybe not a lot, but a little. And a little from Barry Bonds, a guy who is considered the most insensitive prick on earth, is good enough for me.

Maybe our team is better without Bonds. Maybe they wouldn't be as loose as they are currently out on the field today if Barry and his four locker space still was occupied in the Giants clubhouse. In the end, it was the right decision to not resign Barry after the 2007 season. We had to move on. Every team does.

But I remember him last year coming back to AT&T before a Dodgers game and being introduced along with other All-Time Giants such as his godfather Willie Mays. I recall him looking and pointing to the Dodgers dugout.

"It's weird for me not to be in uniform with the Dodgers right there. You heard me Torre, I beat you before and I can beat you again."

After he said those words, for a couple of seconds, I wanted Barry back. I wanted Bochy to give Bonds a uniform and bat right there with Joe Torre and the rest of Dodgers looking and say "Do your thing Barry."

I think a lot of the fans felt the same way too. It was a moment we hadn't seen from a Giant since Matt Williams in the early 90's. Bonds talked trash to the Dodgers because he wanted to show he truly was a Giant, and he wanted to be back playing in a Giants uniform. And I was all for it. I was more than willing to bring Barry back, warts and all.

Only for a couple of seconds though.

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