Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion

max venable · 03-28-2006, 09:09 AM

...this year. And Bonds goes deep...

Wouldn't you as a pitcher (or manager, or anyone on the team for that matter), just be completely pissed? I mean, in light of all the stuff that we know about this guy:

1. He's on roids
2. He wears more armour than a medieval knight
3. He an all-around bad guy

I mean, if this dude burns me for a bomb, I'd just be seething!

I think he's a joke. I think his records and HR totals and all that stuff are a complete sham. Looking back, with the juicing and the body armour...

It'd make me totally sick to see a cheater like him beat my team.

Know what I mean?

blumj · 03-28-2006, 09:09 AM

Julian Tavarez would go after him.

cumberlandreds · 03-28-2006, 09:22 AM

I would either walk him or hit him every time up unless you had a situation where the game was on the line. Such as bases loaded,tie game, bottom of the ninth. Other than that type of situation, I wouldn't give him a chance at hitting a home run to get any closer to Hank or Babe.

redsfan30 · 03-28-2006, 09:55 AM

Like him or not (which I surely don't) he will bring out the best competition in every pitcher he faces. Nobody wants to get beat by him for the reasons listed above.

savafan · 03-28-2006, 11:51 AM

There are some scouts who have been saying this spring that Barry is running so poorly that teams would be wise to walk him every time at bat and have him clog up the bases, even when they are loaded. Sounds like a good plan to me.

KronoRed · 03-28-2006, 01:42 PM

Just bean him.

max venable · 03-28-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KronoRed

Just bean him.

Man, I'd sure want to. But then, what good does it do when he's wearing catcher's gear when he's up to bat?

Dude has to be expected to get booed in every ballpark he visits this year.

Chip R · 03-28-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by max venable

Dude has to be expected to get booed in every ballpark he visits this year.

And there are going to be more people out to see him play than there would be if he wasn't playing. That said, I wouldn't run down to the box office to get tickets to the Giants series just yet. I thought I heard something earlier this year that he wouldn't be making a lot of road trips because of his knee problems. He may just skip some of those longer trips.

Highlifeman21 · 03-28-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by KronoRed

Just bean him.

Batting helmets have earflaps.... Use Bonds' as target practice...

Tommyjohn25 · 03-28-2006, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KronoRed

Just bean him.

Right on...straight shot to the knee, every freaking time he comes up. My hatred for that man grows by the day.

Nugget · 03-28-2006, 07:26 PM

Depends whose pitching. If you have Harang and its the first do you risk losing your starting pitcher for the sake of making a statement?

OnBaseMachine · 03-28-2006, 07:27 PM

Bean him everytime.

Dunner44 · 03-28-2006, 07:28 PM

If he was even in the least bit contrite... Giambi's appology was lame but at least he had one. Instead Barry goes and keeps wrestling with his personal videographer in the club room, before comming off his perch to mingle with the mere mortals in the clubroom...

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He spent the morning slurping a smoothie while sitting in his corner locker, and wrestling with his personal videographer in the clubhouse. He stopped by the card table to socialize with teammates

I love that he is praised for "socializing" with teammates....

03-28-2006, 09:09 AM	#1
max venable Bunn-O-matic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sugarcreek, Ohio Posts: 2,705	Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... ...this year. And Bonds goes deep... Wouldn't you as a pitcher (or manager, or anyone on the team for that matter), just be completely pissed? I mean, in light of all the stuff that we know about this guy: 1. He's on roids 2. He wears more armour than a medieval knight 3. He an all-around bad guy I mean, if this dude burns me for a bomb, I'd just be seething! I think he's a joke. I think his records and HR totals and all that stuff are a complete sham. Looking back, with the juicing and the body armour... It'd make me totally sick to see a cheater like him beat my team. Know what I mean? __________________ For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.

03-28-2006, 09:09 AM	#2
blumj Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,332	Re: Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... Julian Tavarez would go after him.

03-28-2006, 09:22 AM	#3
cumberlandreds Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sterling VA Posts: 7,847	Re: Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... I would either walk him or hit him every time up unless you had a situation where the game was on the line. Such as bases loaded,tie game, bottom of the ninth. Other than that type of situation, I wouldn't give him a chance at hitting a home run to get any closer to Hank or Babe. __________________ Reds Fan Since 1971

03-28-2006, 09:55 AM	#4
redsfan30 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,545	Re: Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... Like him or not (which I surely don't) he will bring out the best competition in every pitcher he faces. Nobody wants to get beat by him for the reasons listed above. __________________ "Strickland Propane... Taste the meat, not the heat." - Hank Hill

03-28-2006, 11:51 AM	#5
savafan Maple SERP Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 17,485	Re: Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... There are some scouts who have been saying this spring that Barry is running so poorly that teams would be wise to walk him every time at bat and have him clog up the bases, even when they are loaded. Sounds like a good plan to me. __________________ This is the Cal Ripkin Jr. of typos. If you ask me to join your fantasy baseball league and I select Legolas in the first round, don't be angry at me. It's not my fault I've read up on the players and you haven't.

03-28-2006, 01:42 PM	#6
KronoRed The Lineups stink. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: West N. Carolina Posts: 55,343	Re: Suppose your team's playing against the Giants and Barry Bonds... Just bean him. __________________ Go Gators!

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