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Posted By: bcornell

And I'm not sure just how much of Bonds personality problems are a creation of the media

Not a chance - Bonds' poor image is his own doing. For a recent example - 2 weeks ago, before the Boston-SF series, Bonds called Boston a racist town. Of course, he had never been there (he skipped out on the '99 All-Star game). Ellis Burks (former Bonds teammate, now on Boston's DL) was honest enough to say that Barry was, yet again, full of it.

The guy is a great player and one of the biggest jerks ever to take the field.

Bill