Barry Bonds Wants To Coach College Baseball

We haven’t heard too much from baseball’s all-time home run king Barry Bonds lately, as instead of playing baseball this season, Barry has been spending his time doing, well, whatever the hell Barry does in his free time. For the most part, whatever Bonds has been doing, it’s been away from a baseball field as no general manager in the game wants to touch him with a ten-foot pole at the moment.

Barry wants to coach college kids

Bonds did show up at AT&T Park last night, though, to help the Giants celebrate their 50th anniversary of moving to San Francisco. While he was there he also took the time to spend a half inning in the television booth with Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow. One of the questions posed to Bonds was whether he ever envisions himself coaching baseball. Much to my surprise, Barry said yes, but not in the big leagues.

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Giants Announcers Draw Face On Baldy’s Head

The TV voices of the San Francisco Giants, Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper, both have illustrious heads of hear. And during Monday’s telecast of the Giants-Tigers game, they saw a fan shivering in his coat, showing nothing but the shiny top of his head.


This, my friends, is why everyone should want a telestrator everywhere they travel. There’s just so much fun to be be had on the Adult Magna Doodle.

Rowand Should’ve Skipped That White Castle Visit

It’s been quite enjoyable to tune into Cincinnati Reds games this year - not for the play on the field, but the action in the press box. When it’s not Jeff Brantley calling out players for not being clutch - only to have said player immediately hit a game-winning home run - it’s Marty Brennaman calling out Cubs fans for being obnoxious.

Jeff Brantley Marty Brennaman White Castle

Well, as AWFUL ANNOUNCING tells us, the fun continued over the weekend, as another Reds contest was witness to another memorable moment in broadcast history. But this time, it wasn’t Marty or Jeff supplying the hilarity (with video after the jump).

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