Barry Bonds’ wild tale of Yankees contract talk with George Steinbrenner checks out

Source: New York Post

Barry Bonds’ agent, Jeff Borris, confirmed Bonds’ seemingly fanciful claim on the Yankees-Giants Netflix telecast that George Steinbrenner called him when he was a free agent in late 1992 and made an offer with a deadline. What’s especially interesting about that is that Steinbrenner wasn’t supposed to be doing any baseball business then, as he was suspended from mid-1990 until March 1, 1993. “I recall standing next to Barry in my office in Beverly Hills while he was on the phone with George.