BONDS SAYS HE'LL RETIRE AFTER '05
On the idea of retiring after 2005 Bonds said "I want to leave. I want to do something else." He also said that if he were a few homeruns away from Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755 that he wouldn't come back. About whether or not he'd be tempted to come back to set the all-time HR record he said "Probably not...Don't need to".

Does anybody really believe that if Bonds finishes 2005 with 750 homeruns that he's not going to come back for '06 to set the all-time mark. He wants the record, and he won't retire until he gets it. By the way, it's not like he's slowing down at all as he approaches 40. He said that he would be open to the possibility of becoming a designated hitter in the American League.

"DH is fine for me," said Bonds.

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