Controversial Barry Bonds Failed to Change Locker Room Relations Despite 2001 Dominance Rewriting?History

In the history of MLB, multiple controversial characters exist, but none can surpass the reputation of Barry Bonds. Though he is one of the most incredible talents the MLB world ever witnessed, he was always a loner without friends and companions. Even his achievements couldn’t cover his rudeness.

The former San Francisco Giants legend has several books to register remarkable events of his life. Of course, not all are adverse events, but mostly they are negatives.? In Bonds’ biography, John Bloom has accounted for an incident where even his record-breaking season couldn’t turn his locker room environment into positive and friendly.

Bonds’ Hitting 73-Home Runs Can’t Change His Teammates’ Attitude Towards Him

The 7xMVP has some of the most outstanding achievements in his baseball career, but unfortunately, his vicious behavior towards his teammates made everything pale. In Barry Bonds: A Biography, the author has registered several incidents that showed the attitude of his teammates towards him, including the moment when he set a new record of hitting 73 Home Runs in a Season.? After this event, none of his teammates looked happy for him. The locker room environment was the same. On page 20 of the book, the author mentions a journalist from Sports Illustrated even mentioned “that Bonds? heroics on the field had not left him beloved by his teammates??he?s not even be liked.? Another journalist, David Halberstam, mentioned, “America will never love Barry Bonds.”

Such negative responses, even after achieving new heights, explain the reputation of the 14x All-Star player among others. Even the sports writers and media were against the legend. Sometimes, rivals take the chance to mock the greatest players from different teams, but in the case of Bonds, his teammates had the same impression of him. However, Bonds’ talent can’t be suppressed like this. During the 2001 campaign, he managed to hit 73 Home Run in 153 games, which is not even the entire season.

Except for the baseball achievements, Bonds never has anything else to show off. He had a tough divorce and frequent controversies where the media attacked him brutally. He never had someone to lean on.

Why Bonds was Always been a Loner?

The Power-hitter’s rude and unsympathetic attitude towards others is well-known. Even his die-hard fans can’t deny this fact. Bonds was always been stubborn in his decisions and did what he wanted to do, making others uncomfortable. A few years back, his former teammate and rival Jeff Kent expressed his disgust for the legend saying he often did questionable things that made others in trouble.

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Even the media and journalists were not in his favor. They used to attack Bonds whenever scandals and controversies appeared. So, when Bonds went through a tough divorce, with domestic violence charge against him, the media attacked him mercilessly. Even one of these Pirate teammates once mentioned Bonds was probably the only one “that everybody in the clubhouse wanted to beat up at some point in time.”

Bonds’ skills were unparalleled, and his attitude too. So, neither in achievements nor in criticism, he ever had any teammate with him to support.

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