It suddenly feels like 2007 again. We’d be stupid not to mention the pink elephant in the room, the pink elephant being Barry Bonds. According to the unofficial Red Sox spokesperson, Peter Gammons, there have been discussions about bringing Barry to Boston.
We know, we know: Pitching wins games. We proved that in ’04 and ’07. But even with great pitching, you need to score runs. So why not sign a guy who can bring in runs? Maybe you think you’d rather have someone like Mark Teixeira, a great young player whose talents are being wasted in Atlanta right now. But that means you need to deal with Scott Boras. Do you really want to help the guy add another addition (or two) to his house or office?
If we sign Barry, we’re going to get him for a year at a low rate. And, if anything, he is going to do whatever he can to prove he’s worth it. Like Manny and V-Tek, he’ll be playing for a contract. So let’s think about it. Sure, Barry said he would never play here and he even talked about how racist the city is. But forget the charges, forget Game of Shadows, and remember what Bonds can do on the field. It wasn’t too long ago when people balked at the idea of bringing Randy Moss to Boston. Granted, Randy wasn’t awaiting a court date like Bonds, but he came here to prove he wasn’t the troublemaking thug everyone made him out to be. And that seemed to work out for us in the end, right?
Still not sold on bringing Barry to Boston? The top ten reasons to bring Barry to Boston are after the jump!
- Barry and the Boston media: the stories and impromptu press conferences would be priceless.
- Dan Shaughnessy needs a new shtick. He beat the Curse horse till the corpse was oozing and covered with sores. Curt isn’t around to be his punching bag; Shaughnessy needs a new hobby.
- The blog entries on 38pitches.com. Can you imagine what Curt would say? Please. He could even do a whole ‘My Dinner with Andre’ interview with Bonds.
- The Inside Track girls would be giddy like little schoolgirls if Barry came to town. Since most of the movies are done filming in Boston for now and the Tom/Gisele stories are getting old, they need something to gab about. Can you imagine the Bonds stories from the Naked City?
- Roger played here. Canseco did too. With Barry, we’d have the trifecta!
- Mo Vaughn can introduce Barry to the ladies of the Foxy Lady. Lord knows those ladies probably need the money—it can be yet another way for Barry to give back to the community.
- With Manny manhandling everyone lately, who wouldn’t want to see a Barry vs. Manny match?
- It would make the Red Sox/Yankees series a lot more interesting, especially if Joba or Farnsworth decided to throw behind Barry.
- The photo ops. He’d do anything to help his image. Instead of Baywatch, we could have BarryWatch, a “Where’s Waldo” style game where you send in your pictures of Bonds participating in various activities in and around Boston. (Barry re-enacting that famous scene from ‘Make Way For Ducklings’, Barry sitting next to Red, Barry grabbing a meal at Kelly’s Roast Beef.)
- He can’t be any worse than Eric Gagne. Give a brother a chance!
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