Bonds On The Rays? We Had It First

When I read this story at work, two things popped into my head; the July story we wrote about Bonds hitting his 869th home run for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays had the Giants moved to Tampa. And this picture.



Now that Bonds’ agent is apparently in town and Rays owner Stuart Sternberg is making one of his four yearly trips to Tampa at the same time, there is a possibility something could happen.

Of course, it shouldn’t. A team stocked with young talent and trying to get a new stadium from a bunch of cheap old white people should not court the most controversial figure in baseball history. Plus, Bonds will not accept what the Rays offer most veterans. You know, the minimum salary.

If anything, this demonstrates how completely insane the Rays are. The original article and accompanying picture might have been the most fanciful thing we have ever thought of. Even more than the Chad Johnson ‘Half-man, half-horse.’ The fact that the Rays have discussed it blows me away. Yes, he is a great hitter and he could DH in The Trop and hit 43 homers. He could also be in prison by the all-star break. (By the way, DRaysBay tried to pull off the ‘Barry in a Rays uni’ and it’s pretty weak. Nice try guys. Let us know if you need some photoshop help.)

The Rays problem has always been signing the wrong veterans to go with young talent and getting Bonds would be another step in that direction. I thought the whole point of the new uniforms was to prove this wasn’t the same old terrible franchise?