North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!Back in the day when George Steinbrenner was obsessed with aging, one-dimensional stars, he wouldn't have been able to dial Barry Bonds' number fast enough, not after hearing the Giants are jettisoning him in the first 60 seconds after the 2007 season ends. The Boss would've considered it a perfect marriage: Bonds and his (synthetic) home run record, the Stadium's favorable right field geography and the Yankees' tradition. We would've heard plenty about that, how great players always end up in New York
But the fiery, impulsive Steinbrenner has faded into the Florida sunset. He's a near-recluse in Tampa these days, sapped of the old fire, allowing himself to be dissuaded, if not overruled, from making rash personnel decisions. And that's why the Yankees will have "no interest whatsoever" in Bonds this winter, according to one person familiar with the club's thinking.