Barry Bonds was almost a Yankee

During the Opening Night broadcast, Bonds told a story about how he almost signed with the Yankees over the Giants in 1992. “George [Steinbrenner] isn’t here anymore, so I can tell the truth, right?” Bonds said. According to Bonds, Steinbrenner called him during that offseason with an offer to join the Yankees on the largest contract in baseball history. The catch? He had to sign it by 2:00 pm that same afternoon. “And I said, ‘Excuse me?’” Bonds remarked. “And I just hung the phone up. I went to go get lunch and Dennis Gilbert, my agent, said, ‘Do you know what you just did?!’ And I’m like, ‘Do you know what he just said?!’” “By the time I walked down the street to go get lunch, I just said, ‘Lemme just think about this.’ The Giants called me, and I said, ‘I’m going home.’” An all-time What If scenario casually dropped by the greatest home run hitter in MLB history.

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