Get this, the San Francisco players don't even like this surly malcontent. Maybe Jeff Kent could hit a curve ball better if Tony Gwynn batted behind him. Every coach strives for team chemistry. Try winning a NBA championship with a point guard who will not pass. Win a Super Bowl with a quarterback who hates studying film.
Baseball is a different story.
Aside from the fact that nine players start a baseball game, the game is won and lost by individual skills. When the team wins, this same player is intensely competitive with a confident swagger off which the rest of the team feeds. Barry Bonds marches to the beat of a different drummer. Throughout history, the media has had to deal with plenty of celebrities who just plain avoid the dreaded interview. To many, it's merely a method to be misquoted.