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"I wouldn't be surprised," Chavez said. "If [Bonds is] in uniform next year, there's a 90 percent chance it will be with the Oakland A's.
"It will be old, broken-down guys - me, Kotsay and Barry - and a bunch of 19-year-olds."
[Quote from this article in the San Francisco Chronicle; link courtesy of Rotowire.]
Bring Barry to the Bay! It would be incalculably awesome to see a team led by Bonds and a bunch of 21-year-old no-names give the Halos a run in the AL West next year. The Angels had a chance to blow away the rest of the division this offseason--and stake their claim to the title of best team in baseball--by signing A-Rod or trading for either Miguel Cabrera or Johan Santana. With the financial resources Arte Moreno has, there is no excuse for not getting any of those three megadeals done. Compounding that colossal mistake, the Angels threw a ridiculous amount of money at an aging Torii Hunter, giving the team two over-30, overrated flycatchers. There actually isn't as much distance between what Anaheim WILL be next year and what the A's COULD be with Bonds plugged into the DH slot for 120 games.
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