The Giants distancing themselves from Bonds in every way possible

creamora wonders why his head just exploded

 

Ingrates.

 

Probably from all the steroids.

 

Truthfully, the Giants are setting a new standard for hypocrisy here.

They raked in every last dollar they could on the steroid freak's overinflated head for the past few seaons, now they want to distance themselves from him and purge him from the franchise forever?

Damn, on second thought, they made their money and now they're finally saying "Fuck you, Barry."
I love it!

 

I don't really see the hypocrisy here.

It was a loveless but profitable, mutually beneficial relationship for many years. Now it's over. I don't keep pictures of my ex-girlfriends on the mantel; why should the Giants?

 

Every other team with great players finds a way to memorialize them. The Giants are seemingly scrubbing away all existence of Bonds. I loathe Bonds, but Ragu nailed it with his first graf.

 

You lie.

 

They were the host team to the career leader when he set the career record. For whatever hill of beans any of you may think that's worth, it's a record that will stay on the book till someone breaks it. Fine, don't have him in your marketing materials. But you gotta keep some historical reference somewhere in that park.

 

How is it business, though? What do the Giants lose by keeping that stuff? I'm assuming it cost them money to remove all that signage. IMO, it's just the Giants trying to feign having a conscience after at least five years of looking the other way while Bonds filled the seats.

 

I don't mean business in the sense that they're going to spend money or earn/lose a profit by taking down a few signs or putting up a plaque. Just that they have nothing to gain by his presence anymore, because he's not on the team, and clearly he's persona non grata around baseball. How much Sosa memorabilia is there at Wrigley or McGwire at Busch? I'd guess not much -- although probably more than nothing, like the story says San Fran has. But give 'em time (and wait for the Bonds trial to shake out), they'll put something up again.