In recent baseball news, controversy swirls around the Giants and their contract talks with slugger Barry Bonds. Apparently the Giants attempted to work a clause into the one year, $15 million contract that Bonds signed stating that the contract could be voided if Bonds were indicted in the ongoing BALCO case regarding past steroid use. This was of course opposed by the players union because it was, among other things, highly unconstitutional. You can't terminate a guys contract just because he was accused of committing a crime, even if he is, like in Bonds' case, obviously guilty. You still need proof.
This entire controversy, however, is a farce. You see, there is indeed a problem with a certain clause in Bonds' contact, but it has nothing to do with possible indictment in the BALCO case. In fact, the controversy is regarding something much more simple - Bonds' uniform. The average major league baseball player has a hat size of 7 5/8. Barry Bonds wears a size 87 3/4. This is much, much bigger than the league average and requires custom fitting, which is surprisingly expensive.
The Giants wanted the cost of covering his massive cranium to fall upon Bonds, and Bonds doesn't like that one bit. He feels it is the responsibility of the Giants - the team that turned a blind eye as Bonds shot himself full of things 5-8 years ago that probably could have saved Barbaro, causing his head to swell to proportions that would make a watermelon farmer proud - to pay for his unthinkably large sombrero.
Now I know, it seems ludicrous that a man who has made as much money as Barry Bonds in his lifetime would quarrel over something as trivial as paying for a custom hat, but you must remember that this is no ordinary man. It's Barry Bonds. He's a dick.
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