I think Bonds will settle for less than $12 million if no one bites right away. As it gets into the season, he'll realize that he's not adding to his career home run total by holding out for more money. He'll always have enough money, but he won't always be able to hit more home runs to try to hold off A-Rod or any other future home run hitter. He's going to get desperate enough to just get in a uniform so he can hit about 25 more homers this year, and then he'd need only 13 more to reach 800.
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