Some people say he strikes out a lot; OK, so did another pretty good leadoff guy, Bobby Bonds ... Kemp gives them a dangerous bat at the top of the order, a guy with power who can run. They don't have that with [Juan] Pierre. 
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Quotes about Bobby Bonds
Some people say he strikes out a lot; OK, so did another pretty good leadoff guy, Bobby Bonds ... Kemp gives them a dangerous bat at the top of the order, a guy with power who can run. They don't have that with [Juan] Pierre.
was said
in MLB.com
I just talked to him about my experience with batting leadoff, and just hit the same ... I know he's not your prototypical leadoff hitter, but neither is Hanley Ramirez, Bobby Bonds, Alfonso Soriano ... Chris Young.
said Dusty Baker
My experience batting leadoff is, just hit the same ... I know he's not a prototype leadoff hitter, but neither is (Florida's) Hanley Ramírez, (former Giants star) Bobby Bonds or (the Cubs') Alfonso Soriano. A leadoff hitter is the hardest guy to find in sports — or baseball at least. And Jerry was doing a helluva job.
said Dusty Baker
I've never seen an entrance like this before, maybe Bobby Bonds, but otherwise, I can't recall anything like it
was said
in USA Today
He likes hitting leadoff. He just likes it ... Sori reminds me of a guy I played with for a couple of years Bobby Bonds. I was with the Yankees, and they put Bonds in the four hole because he had hit 40 home runs. He struggled terribly. They moved him back to the one hole and he was his old All-Star self.
said Lou Piniella
in FOX Sports
Quotes from articles mentioning Bobby Bonds
It's like me having a new life over again. I'm so happy I'm going to be a happy ball player again.
was said
Borris has said that Bonds would play for a pro-rated portion of the minimum salary, and he attempted to contact Friedman this week after Tampa Bay lost Crawford to a right hand injury and Longoria to a broken right wrist.
was said
in Royal Alert
Nobody expected to be swept. I'm not saying we felt we were a World Series team or anything, but we didn't think our season would end three games into the playoffs. That was the theme this spring ... We have some unfinished business. They've been getting after it. Give them all the credit in the world. There's 40 games to go -- that's 25 percent of the schedule in front of us, and we play 28 of our 40 games with teams above .500 records, and both home and road. We have to play.
was said
in MLB.com
