bxbomb Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 WHy do i not believe BarrySAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A cheery Barry Bonds sprawled himself across a leather clubhouse sofa, stretched his leg and pronounced he was ready to talk -- and after several minutes, the conversation turned from his surgically repaired right knee to Ron Kittle. When told that the former White Sox slugger's new book quotes the San Francisco star as saying ``I don't sign for white people'' before a game at Wrigley Field 12 years ago, Bonds became infuriated. ``Who is Kittle? How long did he play? He played in our league?'' Bonds said Thursday. ``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 three 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.'' The 1983 AL Rookie of the Year 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,'' said Kittle, who claims he wrote the book before Bonds testified to a grand jury in the BALCO steroids investigation. In the book, Kittle wrote: ``I walked up to Bonds at his locker, 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.''' Kittle wrote that former Giants infielder Matt Williams came between him and Bonds, and Williams said, ``Ron, that's the way he is.'' Kittle, who founded Indiana Sports Charity in 1989, told the Associated Press that he was so angry afterward that he tore up one of the jerseys in disgust. Then, he left the ballpark and drove ``about 150 mph'' to his daughter's softball game and sat there in shock. ``I go out of my way to do things for people,'' Kittle said. ``I would have rather had him say, 'Maybe another time.' I would have been all for it.'' While incensed over Kittle's accusations, Bonds said Thursday he was pleased with the progress of his recovering right knee. But he dismissed a report that he hit soft toss in the batting cage Wednesday, saying he was just playing catch. He had done little baseball work as of yet. ``You'll see soft toss when you see those bats hanging up there,'' Bonds said, pointing toward his locker ``I've been swinging around with my heavy bat right now, trying to work on my hands.'' ``Hey, Murphy, have I touched any of my bats?'' Bonds hollered to longtime equipment manager Mike Murphy. ``I don't even know where they are.'' Bonds has been sidelined all season following three operations on his right knee since Jan. 31, the most recent on May 2 to drain fluid and examine an infection. Bonds said he isn't ready to guess when he might step back in the batter's box. He was scheduled for a routine doctor's appointment Friday to have his blood tested and another Sunday with Dr. Robert Armstrong. Trainer Stan Conte believes Bonds could be off antibiotics sometime next week. Will he be 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 runs 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 RBIs and walked a major league-record 232 times on the way to his record seventh MVP award. AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman in Chicago contributed to this story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 Ok so he must be lying that his kids are half white too.Ill tell you how I know hes not lying. He signed a ball for me. I am white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomembername Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 Ill tell you how I know hes not lying. He signed a ball for me. I am white.liar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 No Im dead serious.I have like 50 balls, pucks, b-balls, cards, footballs, posters signed dude.I even got a poster of Magic and MJ sitting next to each other on the bench for some Aids benfit game or something signed by both of them. I won it at a card show years ago. I used to be mad into that ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxbomb Posted June 10 Author Report Share Posted June 10 referring to the incident wtih ROn Kittle , i wouldnt put it past Barry to say that to a "lesser" player , its just his way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 liar is he lying that barry signed the ball or that stymie is white??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpusher Posted June 10 Report Share Posted June 10 No Im dead serious.I have like 50 balls, pucks, b-balls, cards, footballs, posters signed dude.I even got a poster of Magic and MJ sitting next to each other on the bench for some Aids benfit game or something signed by both of them. I won it at a card show years ago. I used to be mad into that ish.wow i bet you'd trade all that in for a signed picture of Sasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 wow i bet you'd trade all that in for a signed picture of Sasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asonofabeachnj Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Barry Bonds has always been a a$$hole, even when he was in pittsburgh but back then he was a no name like this Kittle. Unfortuately Bonds thinks that he's a God and that he can say and do whatever he wants. I wouldnt put it past him to say that about a lessor player or for him to discriminate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStephen Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 I seriously doubt this shit.....this is the first I ever heard about Bonds being a strait up racist even though he is an assholebullshit stories are great for reading purposes only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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