Barry Bonds is not the most likable of folks, as the media enjoys -- yes, enjoys -- telling us to no end. You would think that when you take it upon yourself to be the arbiter of good manners in a public forum that you might want to be careful about how you conduct yourself. Naaaah.
Headline on MLB.com: "Bonds curt in meeting with NY media"
Second paragraph:
Sitting on the bench in the Giants' dugout and surrounded by media five-deep, Bonds was courteous, but not revelatory, during the seven-minute conference.
"Courteous" becomes "curt" later in the story ...
Asked whether he had begun to think about his place in baseball history, Bonds replied with a dismissive, "Nah ..."
Questions about this appearance in New York, his only one of the regular season, and about how he regards the magnitude of the "755" he chases elicited similar curt answers.
Similar to "nah"? And that's curt? The funny part is that the story has a photo of Barry smiling broadly in the dugout while the media types stick microphones in his face. Whatever. This report by Tom Singer can't make up its mind what exactly happened, and now I feel dirty for reading it.
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