AP Sports writer Josh Dubow reports,
Giants tell Bonds they are moving in a different direction, letting slugger go
Sept 21, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds is finished in San Francisco.
The Giants told Bonds they will not bring him back next season, ending a 15-year run in which he set the single-season and all-time home run records and became a lightning rod for the steroids debate in baseball.
“It’s always difficult to say goodbye,” Giants owner Peter Magowan said Friday. “It’s an emotional time for me. We’ve been through a lot together these 15 years. A lot of good things have happened. Unfortunately a lot of bad things have happened. But there comes a time when you have to go in a different direction.”
On his Web site, Bonds said he wasn’t done.
“There is more baseball in me and I plan on continuing my career. My quest for a World Series ring continues,” he said.
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