Barry Bonds back in a Giants uniform
1/8San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, left, greets center fielder Gregor Blanco during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, left, greets center fielder Gregor Blanco during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds arrives for a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
2/8San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds arrives for a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds arrives for a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, middle, talks with other coaches during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
3/8San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, middle, talks with other coaches during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, middle, talks with other coaches during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, right, shakes hands with right fielder Hunter Pence during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
4/8San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, right, shakes hands with right fielder Hunter Pence during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, right, shakes hands with right fielder Hunter Pence during batting practice before a spring training baseball game between the Giants and the Chicago Cubs in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, left, speaks after a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
5/8San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, left, speaks after a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants former player Barry Bonds, left, speaks after a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
6/8San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
7/8San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)![San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)]()
8/8San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, left, listens as former player Barry Bonds speaks at a news conference before a spring training baseball game in Scottsdale, Ariz., Monday, March 10, 2014. Bonds starts a seven day coaching stint today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Helping out as a special instructor reportedly for a week, it will be the first time Barry Bonds has appeared in a Giants uniform since 2007, his final season in the majors before the owners blackballed him into retirement.
— David Brown
