SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Barry Bonds likes this coaching thing so much he will consider giving it another year beyond 2016.
He isn’t ruling out that possibility yet, at least.
Even with all the extra hours at the ballpark spent in the batting cage and studying video, and the early wakeup calls at spring training he had forgotten about since his playing days ended in 2007.
In the house that Bonds built, the home run king returned to AT&T Park on Friday as the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach, hoping for a warm reception in the Bay Area where he grew up and played the final 15 of his 22 major league seasons.
He had never really looked around the visiting clubhouse until Friday. Just a couple of times to say hello to former manager Jim Leyland and ex-teammate Matt Williams last year.