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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager
I am probably in the minority. But I believe the year off may actualy help Bonds. It will give his knees and back time to heal. And the man is 44 years old and has over 12,000 plate appearences. He is not going to forget how to swing a back in a year.
But I dont think we will get to test my therory. I do not see a team signing him unfortunatly.
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Well, I dont think he would have trouble on a mental level. But, the body does start breaking down at that age. I think rest could help a player under certain circumstances, if they were younger.
Maybe if an independent team wanted to give him a shot (like Henderson/Strawberry and Bonds was willing to do it) and he proved to be close to 2007 form. An AL team might get interested (though very unlikely, barring injury plagues). Though even if Bonds did start out if he hadnt had offers after a month or 2, I dont see his ego taking him any farther down that path.
It is time to accept that it is the end of Bonds.