The Astros Don't Want Barry Bonds

Ed Wade and the Astros have been doing some crazy things this year in the name of the pennant race that only they know they're in. At the trade deadline they picked up Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins despite being below .500 and down by double digits in the Wild Card race. Now that they're above .500 and have cut the Brewers lead to 8.5 games, they lose Carlos Lee for the season to a broken pinkie. The only real solution left would be Barry Bonds, but even they wouldn't, would they? The Astros say they're not interested:

"I don't see us pursuing that," Wade said Sunday.
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"I don't think that's a possibility," manager Cecil Cooper said. "Not that he's not a good player, (but) I don't think that's someone we're interested in."

I've made fun of Wade's awful work all year and I'm going to do it again. He's dug his team so deeply into the ground, that the only thing that even makes sense right now is to sign Bonds and hope he gets them into the playoffs. Bonds would actually be the least damaging of all of Wade's moves, because he wouldn't cost them anything in terms of prospects. If you're going to go all-out, you'd better go all the way out or you're just hurting your team.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-11-2008 @ 11:02AM

jb said...

Wish the Yankees would sign Barry Bonds. They sure need all the help they can get.

Any pitchers to recommend!?

8-11-2008 @ 11:14AM

Tony said...

Barry Bonds led the Major Leagues with a .480 on base percentage, teams should be knocking each other over to
sign such a player, but they aren't because MLB is in collusion
to keep one of the games greatest players out of the game.

This is illegal and I hope Barry sues them as Dave Kingman did
20 years ago, BTW, Kingman won his case as was awarded a
settlement.

8-11-2008 @ 11:23AM

Hey JB, the Yankees should sign Barry, as DH he would
lead them into the playoffs and maybe the WS. Without him things look bleak for the Yankees.

Could you imagine Barry hitting ahead of A-Rod?

8-11-2008 @ 2:55PM

Alyse said...

HECK NO, HECK NO, HECK NO! We don't want Bonds, Houston doesn't want Bonds, he's an arrogant a**hole, who needs to retire. He wouldn't play that much either, he's got bad knee problems. Plus I wonder how long it has been since he swung a bat, ran, or even attempted to throw. And we have a Gold Glove outfielder, Darin Erstad, so why should there even be a thought about Barry Bonds?

8-12-2008 @ 2:00AM

Steve said...

Ed Wade has stated that his goal for the Astros is to win now and build for the future. If the Astros are committed to winning now they would sign Bonds. It would cost nothing in terms of the future and could help the team win now.

It is presumptuous of the above poster to say that Houston does not want Bonds. I'm from Houston, and I would like to see him signed because he makes the team better. There have even been people in the clubhouse who have said the would like to see Bonds in an Astros uniform.

From the Houston Chronicle:

“That would certainly sell tickets,” Berkman said. “I’d love to have him on the team."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5935601.html