Major League Baseball legend and home run king Barry Bonds was often viewed as antagonist when it came towards the media during his playing career, and now Barry Bonds Admits He’s a Dumbass!!!

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CelebNMusic247.com has this report on the now Miami Marlins hitting coach, Barry Bonds, who takes full responsibility for that perception.

In an interview with Terence Moore of SportsOnEarth.com, the former Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants All-Star showed regret for his unpleasant demeanor over the course of his 22 years as an MLB player:

Now the his riding high on the nob career has become average Bonds has turned things down a few notches saying:

“Me. It’s on me. I’m to blame for the way I was [portrayed], because I was a dumbass. I was straight stupid, and I’ll be the first to admit it. I mean, I was just flat-out dumb. What can I say? I’m not going to try to justify the way I acted toward people. I was stupid. It wasn’t an image that I invented on purpose. It actually escalated into that, and then I maintained it. You know what I mean? It was never something that I really ever wanted. No one wants to be treated like that, because I was considered to be a terrible person. You’d have to be insane to want to be treated like that. That makes no sense.”

Bonds weighed in on falling back to the cantankerous persona the media had grown accustomed to:

“Hell, I kick myself now, because I’m getting great press [since being more cooperative], and I could have had a trillion more endorsements, but that wasn’t my driving force. … So I just said, ‘I’ve created this fire around me, and I’m stuck in it, so I might as well live with the flames.'”

Bonds told Moore that his issues with the media began as a young player with the Pirates due to the pressure on his shoulders to lead the Bucs to greatness. Despite being the greatest all-around players to ever step foot on a baseball diamond, the way he used to  carry himself off the field often made him a target for criticism.  Barry Bonds is a seven-time National League MVP, the all-time leader in both home runs (762) and walks (2,558) and would have easily been a first-ballot Hall of Famer if not for questions regarding the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

We understand the pressure, but you don’t treat the media like shit – they can sway opinions, make or break a career, so you have to be cool. but we understand that the paps are a bit much always in his face, but thats part of celebrity, so suck it up.

Bottom Line it’s all a poor excuse if you ask us.

Here is what the 51-year-old Bonds had to say:

“The one thing that I would never, ever reflect on and talk about changing from the past is my ability with what I did out there on the field. When it came to [preparing for and playing the game], I did that right. But as far as my attitude and the way I handled things, I just didn’t do it the right way.”

While a certain degree of pressure comes along with being a big-league hitting coach, it pales in comparison to the expectation of leading a team to a championship every single year.

What do you think of Barry Bonds now? Do you forgive him for basically being a dumbass rude SOB during his career?

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