The San Francisco Giants announced that they will retire Barry Bonds’ number 25 in a ceremony on August 11, making him the first player to receive the honor without making the Hall of Fame first.
“It is incredibly dumb that Barry Bonds is not in the Hall of Fame,” the Giants didn’t say in a press release but could have. “Just the dumbest thing, and we felt like we were getting sucked into the hell-vortex of dumb the longer we didn’t honor the greatest hitter any of us will ever see.”
The actual press release was more appropriate, unfortunately:
The San Francisco Giants announced that the team will retire uniform number 25 and celebrate the career of Giants great Barry Bonds on Saturday, August 11when the club hosts the Pittsburgh Pirates at 6:05 p.