Diamondbacks Bullpen

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The Giants have not been sellers at the July 31 trade deadline during Brian Sabean’s decade-long tenure, but with the club 10 games out and firmly in last place, the general manager conceded that he could be forced into that mode.

Sabean wouldn’t dismiss that possibility either.

“I don’t know if there is (a chance), because of all the factors involved,” Sabean said. “And it wouldn’t be my decision unilaterally. So it’s a complicated question and it’s not a simple answer.”

“They can trade me,” Bonds said. “They can do that. I don’t think they will, though. It’s not like I want to be traded, man. I’m a Giant. I’m stuck here till the end.”

The Giants were swept in three games at Fenway after a 9-5 loss. Their 10-game deficit is their largest on this date since they were 13 out in 1991.

“I think if you’re honest with people and they understand what the landscape is, they’ll be accepting,” Sabean said. “I’m confident in that. Our fans are very loyal. To buy their tickets and get their seat licenses, they’re making long-term commitments --some of them for seven years.”

Sabean said it’s up to the players to turn things around before mid-July and prevent the roster from becoming a junkyard for scavengers.

But whether a buyer or seller, Sabean said he won’t give up young pitching.

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[XB3]

Bonds would get booed in church, he already gets it in any park but SF. Seriously, what team would want him and all the baggage. Yankees?

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[Chris24Young]

He could go to Oakland and that's it. He could get some(maybe) support there.
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[tmar]

If they could trade him even as a salary dump they'd make up the difference in lost attendance.

My guess is there'd be a few teams willing to take on his salary and baggage for a playoff run if they feel he'd be a difference maker.

[matt]

It would be different if he was healthy enough to play everyday.

[TAP]

[B. O. N. D.]

Duh.

I mean we talk about this every night up here.
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[EvilJuan]

[B. O. N. D.]

Lol... There's just some die-hard Bonds apologists up here. They love their Giants, but can't seem to fathom why their team sucks it so much. So, it usually comes down to the discussion that TAP quoted... along with arguments on farm systems and syphoning of resources, etc. And they still don't get it.

And it's hard to make any point when the Gnats own your team every time they show up here.
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[jimbo4net]

It can now be called a full-blown slump, which is not the best position for Barry Bonds to be in with his Giants facing 45 games in the next 45 days, during the heat of summer.

"I don't know how much I'm going to play, brother," Bonds said before the Giants were swept in a three-game series by the Dodgers, losing, 5-3, on Sunday at AT&T Park. "But I know one thing: I'm going to need my rest."

Slugger in 0-for-20 slump, hasn't homered since July 3

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Aaron vs. Bonds: In the eyes of peers:

Only a handful of players remain working in the Major Leagues who were active on April 8, 1974, when Aaron passed Babe Ruth into first place on the all-time home run list at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Only two were on the field that day when Aaron hit his homer against Dodgers left-hander Al Downing: Dusty Baker and Davey Lopes. And only two played on the Braves with Aaron and later managed the Giants with Bonds in the lineup: Baker and Felipe Alou.

Who better to seek for opinions on that comparison than some of the guys who played with or against Aaron and managed with or against Bonds? MLB.com tracked down and interviewed Baker, Alou, Lopes, Frank Robinson, Larry Bowa and Joe Torre.



Player and manager contemporaries compare sluggers

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