Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds
Barry Lamar Bondsis an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseballwith the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Bonds is currently the co-hitting coach for the Miami Marlins along with Frank Menechino...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth24 July 1964
CityRiverside, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm playing. Moises (Alou) has been out there every single day. His legs are a little bit sore. I'm playing. I've got to get through it, regardless.
I'm just going to listen to what the doctors tell me. The doctors are telling me to let it heal, so I'm going to let it heal.
I'm just as nervous as anybody, thinking about, 'Am I going to be able to make it the whole game?
I just feel like I want to go back to San Francisco and be with these guys, ... I'm ready to go home.
Call it age, knee, everything, anything you want to call it.
But who knows? My knee may be like this for the rest of my life, ... I have to give it an honest effort. I have to give it a shot ... to say I did what I did to try to get it back to normal. And if it doesn't go back to normal then that's just the way the knee is.
I have no doubt in my mind my playing ability, ... I can still play the game at a high level. I just have a short period of time and hopefully it doesn't hurt the team. That's the one thing that goes in the back of my mind. They've been there all year. Their timing is a little bit better than mine. I'm having to make fast adjustments for 20 baseball games.
I never had a problem with that player.
I'm used to it. It's harder with my leg, though, a lot harder. Why should it be different past to present?
I need to go back to the hotel and put my leg up,
I'm not thinking about the games yet. I want to be there with the guys. I can't wait to get home, to see the fans in San Francisco. I love the ballpark, the city, the fans. I feel I will play this season, but I don't know when.
I'm happy with what I've already done. If I get it, I get it; if I don't, so be it. That's life, baby. That's life. It was fun while it lasted.
I'm BACK, ... and I'll see you on Monday when I take the field with my team.
I may wake up and I'm so sore I feel like I can't do it and by two hours later, I feel great and I do it. I've been doing that for years.