Bonds: "I don't sign for white people."

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Kittle Book
Charity case? Barry, Barry disappointing
Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Ron Kittle is no fan of Barry Bonds — not after his tense encounter with the slugger at Wrigley Field in 1993. Here's an excerpt from Kittle's book, describing how he approached Bonds with a couple of Bonds' game-worn San Francisco Giants road jerseys, asking him to autograph them for an auction for Kittle's charity for children with cancer:

"I paid about $110 of my own money for them, so they could be auctioned off at the golf outing. I did that all the time for stars like Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Derek Jeter and Roger Clemens. When I tell them how their autographs help the cause, every player gladly signs — with one exception.

I walked up to Bonds at his locker in the Wrigley Field visitors' clubhouse, introduced myself and said, "Barry, if you sign these, they'll bring in a lot of money for kids who need help."

Bonds stood up, looked me in the eye and said, "I don't sign for white people." If lightning hits me today, I will swear those were his exact words. Matt Williams and other Giants were in the room and they heard what Bonds said.

I stood there for a minute, and the veins in my neck were popping. I've only been that mad a few times in my life. I was going to beat the (heck) out of him, really kick his (butt), but Williams saw what was happening, so he came over and got between us. Matt said, "Ron, that's just the way he is."

I said, "White guys aren't the only ones who get cancer," but Bonds had turned his back on me and walked out of the clubhouse. Somebody must have run in and alerted Dusty Baker, who was the manager of the Giants then.

So Dusty came out of his office, put his arm around me, gave me a big old hug and said, "Aw, Kitty, he's just got that (bad) attitude again." Dusty gave me an autographed team ball for the auction, but I never got the Bonds jerseys signed. Later, I gave one of them to Scott Paulson, the Wilson sporting goods representative, and shredded the other one. But that day, I drove from Wrigley Field at about 150 miles per hour and sat there, fuming.

I'll never forget what that man said. So if Barry Bonds is looking for a breath of fresh air to live and I'm the only one who has to give it to him, unfortunately, the man will die. I just don't like guys like that."

Asked about the incident, Kittle replied, "It's a true story. How could I make up something like that?"

Bonds' spokeswoman declined comment on Kittle's story. A Giants team spokesman also declined comment.
 
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lol. what the fuck did he expect, barry tells everyone to fuck off in the lockerroom, dudes a certified dickhead to the media, and i cant blame him.

i remember when i was a little (white people) kid Bonds was warming up at candlestick, after he was done he started walking to the dugout, i called him and asked for an autograph and he gladly came over and signed my hat, he also signed some asian people and black peoples memoribilia.

I remember a few years ago (i was and still am a white people) and pacbellsbctheirfeildinSF park, same scenario. He signed my baseball and BS'd with the fans for a little bit, then a reporter came over and started to ask a question and Bonds just bounced. I was laughing hard.
 
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^^exactly

and how hard is it to sign your fucking name? and for a cancer patient? unreal. bonds is a hoe. dude gets paid millions on top of millions... and he cant sign his fucking name.
 
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When he played for the Pirates I got stuffed outside of a game. Ran up to the dude with my Barry Bonds rookie card to get him to sign it. Walked right past me. Understandably, I was one of about 10,000 kids. But fuck it, I still tore the card up and never bought a baseball card again. Fuck that guy, I was like 5 or 6.
 
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I can understand not signing, even if someone NEVER signs, it's not their job to, but there's never a reason to be a dick about it if people aren't being unreasonable (i.e. coming up during dinner, in a bathroom, during a game, etc.)
 
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What most of you don't understand is Ron Kittle is a former major leaguer,who had a very legit career,and won a Rookie of the Year award.Very respected former player of the CWS.He has no reason to lie,and maybe Bonds did'nt like being bothered in the Locker Room,after all that's the players sanctuary,and maybe he thought Kittle was bullshittin,or did'nt recognize him.Either way,he is an asshole who takes steroids,and will never git a ring.
 
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Gringo Starr said:
Im still confused on why Matt Williams didnt say anything to Bonds after that racist remark...wtf?!?!?!?
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Everyone in the Giants organization pretty much walks on eggshells around Bonds and kisses his ass. It seems to be company policy.
 
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Giants fans on the official Giants website say that it's an old story, and Matt Williams verified that it was true in the preseason.
 
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The Giants would kill for some of the young talent the A's got.

However there is NO WAY the Giants will EVER trade Bonds to the A's EVER, or to any other team for that matter. Seriously dude what is it with you wanting Bonds to go to the A's?
 
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1) You can't trade someone who's on the DL. Not meaning that you can't because a team wouldn't want him, but it's against the MLB rules.

2) Barry Bonds IS the Giants. They've built their entire team around him, they built their park for him, they do all of their marketing around him, and he's the only reason they draw the fans that they do.

3) The Giants built their current team for Barry Bonds. They went out and got Alou and Benitez and put together this old team because they aren't concerned with the future, they want to make a World Series run before Barry retires. They've traded away their future and put all their eggs in one basket because they want Barry to be the center of a championship team.

4) A's fans don't like Barry Bonds, and Giants fans don't like the A's. He wouldn't be much of a draw in Oakland, he'd have to go somewhere else.

5) I'm pretty sure the Giants are going to want more than Charles Thomas (.116 BA) for one of the best hitters of all time.

6) Billy Beane traded for Charles Thomas because he expects him to be a big part of the team's future. He's not going to trade away the future for someone who might only play one season if he even plays again. If he wanted an expensive player that he would have had to let walk he would have kept Tim Hudson.

It's not going to happen. A more likely scenario would be Bonds comes back, plays for the Giants, and then a team like the Yankees would trade for him if it looks like he's physically capable of playing. Bonds to the A's will never happen.
 
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Here is Barry's response:

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds blasted former White Sox slugger Ron Kittle, whose recently released book quotes the San Francisco Giants star as saying "I don't sign for white people" before a game at Wrigley Field 12 years ago.

"Who is Kittle? How long did he play? He played in our league?" Bonds said, lying on a clubhouse couch before Thursday's game against the Royals. "Ha! Do you guys believe that? ... Do you guys know my life history a little bit? ... One, you insult my children, who are half-white.

"I was married to a woman who was white, so let's get real. I don't even know the guy. Tell him he's an ... idiot. Somebody said he wanted a piece of me. Tell him I'm at 24 Willie Mays Plaza and he can come get me anytime he wants to -- with pleasure. Don't insult my family."

In Kittle's book, "Tales from the White Sox Dugout," he writes that he approached Bonds at his locker in the visitors' clubhouse at Wrigley Field about autographing some jerseys to be auctioned for a cancer charity. Kittle retired after the 1991 season, and Bonds and the Giants were in Chicago to face the Cubs.

"It's the truth. I don't lie," Kittle told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday. "I tell it as it is. It's unfortunate it happened. And I didn't bring it up to sell the books."

Kittle said the book's co-author, Bob Logan, asked him to write about the good and bad aspects of the game.

"This was one of the rotten things that happened," Kittle said.

While he was furious at Kittle, Bonds said Thursday he was pleased with the progress of his surgically repaired right knee. But he dismissed a report that he hit soft toss in the batting cage Wednesday, saying he was just playing catch.

"Hey, Murphy, have I touched any of my bats?" he hollered to longtime equipment manager Mike Murphy. "I don't even know where they are."

Bonds has had three operations on his right knee since Jan. 31, the most recent on May 2 to drain fluid and examine an infection. He has not played this season.

Bonds said he isn't ready to guess when he might be back in the batter's box. Bonds has a routine doctor's appointment Friday to have his blood tested and another Sunday. Trainer Stan Conte believes Bonds could be off antibiotics sometime next week.

Will Bonds he back this season?

"I still don't know," Bonds said. "You guys will know when I'll be ready. You'll see. There's no reason to discuss that stuff until I'm with my teammates on the field."

Bonds said in spring training he could miss half the season or even the entire year, but has been more optimistic recently about a return. One popular timetable -- though the club won't make any predictions -- has Bonds returning sometime around the All-Star break. He turns 41 on July 24.

Bonds is third on the career home run list with 703, 11 behind Babe Ruth and 52 from tying Hank Aaron's record. Bonds batted .362 last season with 45 homers and 101 RBI and walked a major league-record 232 times on the way to his record seventh MVP award.
 
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