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.
Bonds appears to be allergic to both the microphone and the autograph pen.
Don't get in line for a Bonds' signature. The line never moves. This happens when there is nobody to sign. Sure his post seasons have not been the greatest, but at least he helped them get there. Reggie Jackson avoided fans and media like the plague.