“He can be the Barry Bonds of this league. He's dominant and he can make everyone else better. They won't pitch to him.”
Al Gallagher
“... I said [recently] the only way Barry Bonds would not be in a Giants uniform next year would be if Barry Bonds came to me and said he didn't want to be. ... He has said publicly that he doesn't want to be traded. He doesn't want to be a DH. He wants to be a Giant, He's proven in these few games that he can do that.”
Peter Magowan
“The players of today are in such tremendous shape. Look at the size of players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. They have such power behind everything they do.”
Whitey Ford
“I think Barry Bonds was in a unique situation given his injuries from a year ago, the fact that he played in just 14 games. Even though I spoke to Barry in December and he was enthusiastic and excited about the possibility, I think the closer he got to the reality of spring training, and as he got himself in shape for the regular season and the San Francisco Giants, he felt like it may be too much of a challenge to try to push his body at this point in his career.”
Buck Martinez
“I don't want to compare the guy to Barry Bonds, but the streak he's been on is very similar in that people aren't going to pitch to him if they don't have to.”
Spanky McFarland
“They can say what they want, but there's no way they would launch an investigation unless Barry Bonds was not about to break Babe Ruth's record.”
Torii Hunter
“This year, we got the Barry Bonds- style pants that come all the way down. We try to do what's in style every year — keep our uniforms up-to-date. ... We take a lot of pride in what we're doing.”
William Booth
