Prediction: Barry Bonds will be back with the Giants next season.
Not because they want him back, but because they're afraid to go cold turkey. They don't have the courage to say, "Thanks for the memories, Barry, but we're going in a different direction."
Instead, the Giants will waffle. They will try to placate Bonds' supporters by making him a lowball-ish offer and hoping he is insulted and walks away so the team brass can say, "We tried, but what could we do? He wouldn't negotiate with us."
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