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    Barry Bonds used to commit any spare time before games to lifting weights, working meticulously to build up his leg strength for long nights of standing in left field and on the basepaths following his many walks.

    His bum right knee no longer allows it. He is carrying a few extra pounds around his middle and vows to spend the offseason bringing his playing weight down from more than 228 pounds to about 200.

    "I'm going to be skinny," said Bonds, who weighed 185 pounds as a rookie in 1986 but has not been near 200 for many years.

    Such a drop is hard to imagine for the imposing Bonds, who steps into the batter's box with his body armor and proceeds to crowd the plate. But doctors have told the San Francisco slugger he must lose weight to protect his fragile knee, which required three surgeries since Jan. 31 and sidelined him for most of eight months.

    Considering the way Bonds has been aching after his first four starts, he is likely to listen.

    "I want to get my legs strong again," Bonds said in an interview Friday night with The Associated Press and MLB.com. "Hopefully I'll train hard all winter. I can hit it, but I don't feel like I feel when I'm strong. I can tell out there. I'm older now. It's harder."

    This has been a trying year for the 41-year-old Bonds, who hit career home run No. 704 in the Giants' 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. He didn't start Saturday -- his customary practice for day games after night games -- though he was available to pinch hit.

    Bonds still defends his powerful swing against anybody else's in the game, though he acknowledges he no longer might be able to hit homers at the same rate he has in recent years.

    "I may hit the ball 410 feet and the next one isn't going to go 410 feet," Bonds said. "Maybe I'll grab my ribcage. That's life. I'm OK with it."

    His knee probably will never be the same, either.

    Many think it's remarkable it only took Bonds 11 at-bats to hit his first home run in 355 days, since connecting for a solo shot against the Dodgers' Jeff Weaver on Sept. 26, 2004. But this is Bonds we're talking about.

    He is third on the career home run list, 10 shy of tying Babe Ruth (714). After that will come the pursuit of his hero, home run king Hank Aaron (755).

    "To see Barry here, knowing he's going to go back to the same guy ... you never knew if he was going to ever play again," manager Felipe Alou said. "It's a good feeling for the guys."

    There have been plenty of times this year Bonds thought he might be done, frustrated with his painful knee and how it immobilized him. He just doesn't bounce back the way he did in his 20s or even his 30s.

    Had he never been able to return and resume his chase of Aaron's record, Bonds wouldn't have known what to do. He wants to walk away on his own terms, not with an injury dictating his path.

    "For me right now, it would be devastating," he said. "I know I can still do something and my leg is preventing me. That hurts. ... So be it. I can't hang on forever, man."

    Just how strong his knee is he won't know until the offseason, when he really tests it and tries to regain strength in his legs.

    Shortstop Omar Vizquel is eager to see how fans react to his teammate on the road, where Bonds can expect plenty of chatter about steroids.

    Though Bonds never has tested positive for performance-enhancing substances and repeatedly has denied using steroids, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Bonds testified to a federal grand jury in December 2003 that he used substances prosecutors claim were performance-enhancing drugs.

    "People want to see everything," Vizquel said. "They want to see him. They want to boo him. They want to watch him hit a home run. He's kind of like a Tyson fight. They don't care about the guy much, but they always want to see him fight. But it's not that people don't care about Bonds."

    Bonds looks at recently retired Jerry Rice -- the NFL's career touchdowns leader -- as the example of longevity in professional sports.

    "He could still score touchdowns. And I bet Joe Montana can still throw touchdowns," Bonds said. "As an athlete, your time's going to come and your time's going to go. I can outrun you once, I just can't do it three, four or five times."

    When his day does come to call it quits, Bonds insists he will walk away and not turn back.

    "The same thing when I went to high school, I graduated and said bye," he said. "I left college and said bye. That's the same thing I'll do now, say bye and do something else."

    Source: AP

  • #2
    How dumb does Barry Bonds think the people are? He will have no problem losing weight next season because he'll be off the steroids. Anyone see how skinny Sammy Sosa is now? You think he was dieting? Go to Hell Barry.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Flying High
      How dumb does Barry Bonds think the people are? He will have no problem losing weight next season because he'll be off the steroids. Anyone see how skinny Sammy Sosa is now? You think he was dieting? Go to Hell Barry.
      It must be nice living in Clueless, USA

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Short Irish Guy
        It must be nice living in Clueless, USA
        So how does it feel to be a Jack ass? Just wondering cause all you do is talk shit.

        Bonds will be lucky to hit 35 homers next season. No roids, no record its that simple.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Summer Rain
          So how does it feel to be a Jack ass? Just wondering cause all you do is talk shit.

          Bonds will be lucky to hit 35 homers next season. No roids, no record its that simple.
          I wouldn't know, kid. I speak the truth. I'm terribly sorry you're too fucking stupid to understand big people reality.

          Bonds only hitting 35 next season? I guess his 4 homers in 8 games since coming back is a fluke, right? Tell ya what - you're obviously stupid. Go set a Darwin Award for us

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Short Irish Guy
            I wouldn't know, kid. I speak the truth. I'm terribly sorry you're too fucking stupid to understand big people reality.

            Bonds only hitting 35 next season? I guess his 4 homers in 8 games since coming back is a fluke, right? Tell ya what - you're obviously stupid. Go set a Darwin Award for us
            Not trying to get in a war or anything but Bonds' body still shows the affects of all those roids. Once he loses weight from not being able to take them anymore, I don't see him being such a threat next season.

            I can see Bonds hitting around 30 homers next season.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by AndySMC
              Not trying to get in a war or anything but Bonds' body still shows the affects of all those roids. Once he loses weight from not being able to take them anymore, I don't see him being such a threat next season.

              I can see Bonds hitting around 30 homers next season.
              I think he's good for 35-40 next year. The guy is over 40 years of age so of course his body is going to break down. Every athlete does.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Short Irish Guy
                I think he's good for 35-40 next year. The guy is over 40 years of age so of course his body is going to break down. Every athlete does.
                And you don't find it interesting that his body starts to "break down" right when he can no longer take steroids? Barry won't even come close to hitting 40 homeruns next year.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Kellie-Girl
                  And you don't find it interesting that his body starts to "break down" right when he can no longer take steroids?
                  Not at all. He's had nagging back and knee problems for the past several years. He finally took the time to take care of them.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Short Irish Guy
                    Not at all. He's had nagging back and knee problems for the past several years. He finally took the time to take care of them.
                    Yeah he had knee and back problems that were taken care of as soon used the cream and the clear. Stop being stupid, I know its hard.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Flying High
                      Yeah he had knee and back problems that were taken care of as soon used the cream and the clear. Stop being stupid, I know its hard.
                      This from someone who can't put a sentence together. Idiot.

                      If anything, he was on the cream/clear to help his recovery time between games so he wouldn't have to get the surgery done.

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                      • #12
                        Who cares if Bond's is lying or not. Steroids don't give you a better eye at the plate. He'll still hit for average at the very least.

                        So please stop...

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                        • #13
                          ~I guess Bonds set this whole scenario up, having THREE knee surgeries. Training most of the season. Doctors telling him not to come back this year. THEN doctors telling him if he doesn't lose weight his knee will become damaged beyond repair, just so he can have an excuse to lose weight, so people don't think he was on steroids. The man.........HAS NEVER TESTED POSITIVE FOR ANY PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS..........people can say what they want. Steroids DON'T give you an eye at the plate, Barry has that. Barry had more the 500 homeruns before people started thinking he was on steroids. Barry doesn't only hit for power....he hits for average (.300 +). He walks more, than most players get hits in a season. Most steroid users only hit for power.....NOT average. Yeah, there's a lot of things pointing guiltily at him, but there's also a lot of evidence that makes it plausible for him to be innocent. Also, WHY do we care if he's on 'roids? Don't we want to see homeruns?~

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Short Irish Guy
                            This from someone who can't put a sentence together. Idiot.

                            If anything, he was on the cream/clear to help his recovery time between games so he wouldn't have to get the surgery done.
                            You are a fucking dumb ass if you think Bond's getting hurt this year has nothing to do with him being off the juice. Bonds admitted to a grand jury that he took steroids so it doesn't matter if he was never caught doing them...HE ADMITTED TO DOING THEM!!!!!!

                            He'll have no problem dropping weight without the juice.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Tech
                              You are a fucking dumb ass if you think Bond's getting hurt this year has nothing to do with him being off the juice. Bonds admitted to a grand jury that he took steroids so it doesn't matter if he was never caught doing them...HE ADMITTED TO DOING THEM!!!!!!

                              He'll have no problem dropping weight without the juice.
                              Kid, you're going to win a Darwin Award someday. Plus, you're a fucking idiot.

                              Knee injuries happen to athletes all the time. Steroids aren't some magic substance that protects them.

                              Dipshit.

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