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According to Babel Fish, this is the Japanese word for steroids: ステロイド. Wouldn't it be somewhat hilarious if some jokester printed that on Barry Bonds' jersey this year? Because that's where Bonds is likely headed, according to his agent. Jeff Boras, who has been shopping around his client in spring training to no avail, has said that Barry will play in Japan if need be.
"He's not retiring," Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, told Metro yesterday. "He intends to play somewhere. If a door doesn't open for Barry in the major leagues, as unbelievable as that possibility sounds, then Japan certainly is an option."
That possibility becomes more and more believable each day. Hmm, does Barry realize that any home runs he hits over there won't count here?
And then of course there's always the Long Beach Armada.
Blackballed Bonds Has Eye On Japan [Metro Times]
Barry Bonds To Play Ball In Japan? [Larry Brown Sports]
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Right now, Pedro Gomez is heading over to the Japanese Consulate to obtain a work visa.
I thought he was starting for the California Penal League
OK, so Boras or Borris....which is it?
Last season I led this team in 9th-inning doubles in the month of August!
Someone should tell Barry that Japan isnt a non-extradition country.
Volatile American creation on the way to Japan to make an impact? What could possibly go wrong?
How come nobody ever brought up Tom Selleck's name in the steroid investigation? His head is bigger than a helicopter!
/Threadjack
Peter Forsberg signs with Colorado
/Threadjack
Please take Clemens with you.
That guy in the bottom left is the model for UFIA
Barry cant possibly hit the shitaro.
"It's Cream & Clear Steroids Time!
Cream & Clear Steroids Time!
Do the Cream & Clear Steroids
Cream & Clear Steroids
Cream & Clear Steroids With A Baseball Bat!"
"Hey Barry....got any naked pictures of your mistress? Wanna see some?"
Someone with photoshop please make a Barry Bonds Mr. Sparkle. Answer all question 100%.
I'm really Gung Ho for this possibility.
Barry's shriveled testes will fit nicely into Japanese schoolgirl porn.
Bonds is banking on Japanese mistresses not revealing his steroid use, posing for Playboy, and discussing his tiny, tiny nuts.
@Tuffy:
He's really in a situation where he's damned if Edo and damned if he don't.
All Chinese and Japanese characters show up on my computer as question marks. Until I realized that this was because my computer doesn't support those languages, I thought Asians were just a very confused group of people.
@UkraineNotWeak: Weeping openly.
@Sh!tShow: Hiroshima Toyo Carp fans are preparing for impact.
Hey chief, let's talk..why not.
@RedRight88:
The Osaka Seafood Concern has already offered him a lucrative sponsorship.
this news is ridicurous
The real reason he's going to Japan? Sharking.
They not Seibu, they Seibuuuu-onds.
If the Canadian Metro News website printed it, then it is obviously true.
Kwa-kee-ser-pi-ni-ku!!!!!
I hear Hattori Hanzo is making him a bat.
@ Suss
Outstanding.
Fukui-san, the challenger is simmering shallots, capers, and prawns in the cream and the clear.
@MattinglysSideburns: Wow, he made such a difference for the Predators last year.
Mr Baseball Tom Selleck > Friends Tom Selleck.
@Nacho Friendly: Magnum > all of them.
I've been saying it all along, the San Diego Surf Dawgs need to take a look at this kid.
Sadaharu Oh would like a word with you, Mr. Bonds. And it ain't "Hai."
Does this mean we should change the "*" on the 756 ball to "星じるし"?
Isn't there some Independent League team in MN that would take a chance on him?
@MattinglysSideburns: He has to satisfy his yen for the spotlight somewhere
Well, at least for Barry's relaxing times he can make it... Santori times.
Miyagi say, "In Okinawa, we know two things. Fishing, and needles in ass."
Does this mean that Japan does not value honor as much as our stereotypes would lead us to believe?
@thesepretzels: -2. Tardiness.
Barry better grow a bushier mustache
@Its The Beer Talking: Actually, we were looking for "Kwa-kee-ser-pi-PI-ku."
"MOTHER OF MERCY, I DON'T SPEAK JAPANESE!!"
Also in that article: "The Chicago White Sox are on the verge of obtaining veteran pitcher Bartolo Colon"
Yup.
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I have to add that this MetroNews is one of those free transit newspapers, and Marty York writes a piece of shit sports column that illustrates his fantasys.
Like during the winter he suggested Roger Clemens and Andy Petitte were close to re-uniting with the Toronto Blue Jays. And the aforementioned Bartolo Colon / White Sox.
I could have reported that Barry Bonds was going to play in Japan. Not exactly rocket science.
@thesepretzels: The Long Island Ducks are always looking for ex-MLB'ers.
Heh...."Mr. Baseball" is on Encore West as I type this. I hope Barry is watching...
@Coming Into The Game, ♪♪ ♪♪♪ #J23 - The Superstar Receiver,...: Dear lord. Has the Marty York virus infected this site too?
I can't even think of an American equivalent to that jagoff, that's how bad he is.
Someone help me out here. Crappy, rumor mongering sports reporter that burns bridges at both ESPN and FSN, loses newspaper column and ends up writing for a free mag most respectable people wouldn't wipe their ass with. Fred Edelstein without the jail term, maybe?
That said, the Japanese route did wonders for my namesake so...maybe not such a bad career move for Bonds.
@Chuckie Hacks 2 and 0:
At least his mustache should be tested.
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