[montag813]

Prayers for Barry and his family in their time of grief.

[South40]

I believe MLB's bereavment leave is only six days.

Apparently, that wasn't long enough for Barry.

[Fred Mertz]

Poor kid. I'll include him in my prayers tonight.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Baseball Scout Supreme GEORGE GENAVESE discovered both Father & Son BOND, a man with a great Heart.

...GEORGE's Heart must be feeling most deeply for the BONDS on this night.

[bart99]

My father passed away last month from cancer. i had taken an exessive amount of leave from my job when he was critical, then terminal..... and I was a relatively new employee. My bosses were OK with this.

After he passed away, I resigned..... knowing I would have to take even more time (memorial service, funeral, affairs, taking care of mother, etc.) and I didn't think it fair to the company. If I had been at the company for 15 or 20 years, I'm sure I wouldn't have left.

Barry Bonds needs the time that HE needs to go through his greiving process...... not what others may think.

[Atchafalaya]

Steroids=bad. Barry been long time bad!

[csvset]

Giants slugger hospitalized because of exhaustion
MEL REISNER, AP Sports Writer
Sunday, August 31, 2003
©2003 Associated Press

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(08-31) 23:36 PDT PHOENIX (AP) --

At first, Barry Bonds wasn't happy when the San Francisco Giants sent him to the hospital because of exhaustion.

It didn't take long for the slugger to come around.

"When I left him about the fourth or fifth inning, he was resting comfortably, laughing, and he was fine," trainer Stan Conte said Sunday night.

Bonds took batting practice Sunday afternoon and planned to play against the Arizona Diamondbacks. But Conte removed him from the lineup five minutes before the game after Bonds showed signs of being drained as a result of his father's death on Aug. 23.

"The best word is exhausted," Conte said. "He's been through a whole lot last week, up and down physically as well as emotionally. So it just wasn't worth the problems. Everything should be fine, and he'll go on to play (Monday)."

Jeffrey Hammonds got a few minutes' notice that he was going to start in left field and bat cleanup in Bonds' place. The news was a jolt to the rest of the team, but the Giants still beat the Diamondbacks 3-1 behind Jason Schmidt's strong pitching performance.

Conte decided to hospitalize Bonds after consulting Roger McCoy, Arizona's internal medicine specialist, and Giants consulting physician Robert Murray.

"I thought it best that he be monitored overnight just to be sure, especially in light of what happened yesterday -- even though he was over that," Conte said. "So what was the best place for him -- here in this clubhouse resting, or in a hospital where he can get 24-hour monitoring?"

It wasn't easy to convince Bonds.

"He fought the decision (and) said a few choice words that made me think he wasn't completely exhausted," Conte said. "He wanted to continue playing and get out there, and we just felt that it was the best not to."

Bonds returned to the Giants on Saturday after missing six games following the death of his father.

The 39-year-old slugger homered off Arizona's Randy Johnson in the fourth inning of San Francisco's 2-1 victory Saturday.

But he no sooner finished rounding the bases than he began to experience lightheadedness, heart palpitations and trouble breathing. He came out of the game in the eighth inning.

Conte measured Bonds' heartbeat at up to 160 beats a minute. By Sunday, it was down to a resting rate of 65, but Bonds showed other signs of exhaustion.

Manager Felipe Alou still thought Bonds did the right thing by returning to the team within a week, saying being in familiar surroundings should be helpful.

"That kind of stuff doesn't go away -- especially mentally," said Alou, who recalled taking a season off after losing a child during spring training. "It's not going to go away in one week or one month. People take a long time. I think he came back at the right time to be with us."

Bobby Bonds died at age 57 after being ill for nearly a year with lung cancer and a brain tumor. Barry Bonds went on the bereavement list Aug. 14-18 to spend time with his father and again on Aug. 24 after Bobby Bonds' passing.

Bonds' homer Saturday was his 40th this season and the 653rd of his career, moving him within seven of his godfather, Willie Mays, for third on the all-time list.

[jetson]

I'm sure the press had alot to do with his exhaustion.

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

Praying for him and family.

[John Lenin]

STEROIDS !!!!!

[rockfish59]

Stress!

Now you know how the baseballs feel when he's at bat!

[mhking]

Because Barry is a bit immature and arrogant, some folks here feel it's OK to insist that he's wired on steroids. No proof exists; he has gone through the manditory testing that all players in baseball are required to go through.

He was close to his father. I still have my father, but as close as he and I are, I can imagine what Barry has gone through over the past few days.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, along with my prayers.

I hope that those detractors would have the common decency to do the same.

Perhaps this growing experience will bring some maturity to him as a man. Certainly there are others here that need it.

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[A CA Guy]

Do you think this is drug related or just drugs?