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Agent: MLB blackballing Bonds

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Forget about Barry Bonds signing with the Tampa Bay Rays. And forget about the players' union filing a collusion grievance on Bonds' behalf anytime soon. Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, said Friday that Rays general manager Andrew Friedman failed to respond to a text message he sent this week inquiring about the team's possible interest in Bonds. "With (Carl) Crawford and (Evan) Longoria going down simultaneously, I thought I'd make one last vain attempt to reach out to Tampa Bay, and to no avail," Borris told FOXSports.com. "That's because Major League Baseball has been successful in their pursuit in blackballing Barry out of the game."

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August 16, 2008  10:22 AM ET

my i be the first to say

thank you major league baseball
matt

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August 16, 2008  10:35 AM ET

If black balling means that no team wants an aging injury prone slugger with a monumental ego who everyone hates..... then yes..... he's black balled.....

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August 16, 2008  10:41 AM ET

LMAO!

August 16, 2008  10:48 AM ET

he can take a seat next to Canseco

August 16, 2008  10:48 AM ET

No, I'm from Tampa, it's not collusion, we just don't want him. Thanks for trying.

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August 16, 2008  10:56 AM ET

It's because his first name starts with a B right? C'mon, whats the excuse? Is it because baseball is racist? Not against blacks, but against STEROID USERS!!!

August 16, 2008  10:57 AM ET

This is the kind of crap that makes me want to move to Australia...

August 16, 2008  10:59 AM ET

shame they didnt blackball needles back around 2000.

August 16, 2008  11:03 AM ET

if baseball truly wanted him out the druggie would have never broke the home run record

August 16, 2008  11:19 AM ET

No, I'm from Tampa, it's not collusion, we just don't want him. Thanks for trying.
Bdorm | 08/16/08, 10:48 AM

I LOVE IT!!!

August 16, 2008  11:34 AM ET

I'm sure Barry will be the star of the prison team after he is convivted of perjury. Of course he may be blackballed there as well.

August 16, 2008  11:35 AM ET

'convicted'

August 16, 2008  11:42 AM ET

hey barry you made your bed now you have to sleep in it!!

August 16, 2008  11:46 AM ET

MLB is full of hypocrites. Barry Bonds is one of the greatest baseball players of all time. If they can show a positive test then by all means proceeds with the "blackballin" . But until then, they need to stop with the Bull. Barry put butts in seats.

August 16, 2008  11:59 AM ET

don't need a test. HE said he took the clear, he just didn't think it was steroids.
ignorance is no excuse

August 16, 2008  12:05 PM ET

OK now what about the rest of the league? How much you wanna bet if some team needed a gun for hire at the end of the season, Roger Clemmons be considered an option?

 
August 16, 2008  12:11 PM ET

This could be a very good time for the Rocket to slip back in pine stripes while the true focus of all THINGS STEROID are back in the Bondsville ...

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