09/25/2005 7:59 PM ET Bonds won't have more knee surgery Slugger would retire after 2006 if leg proves uncooperative By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com DENVER -- Giants slugger Barry Bonds played his first day game after a night Sunday on a very gimpy and swollen right knee. And before the Giants defeated the Rockies, 6-2, in their final game of the season at Coors Field, Bonds told reporters he will retire if he has to undergo another procedure on that arthritic knee, which is bereft of cartilage and meniscus. "I'm not having another surgery," said Bonds, who has had four on that knee since 1999, including three this year from Jan. 31 to May 2. "If that happens, I'll quit. I'm done, after October of next year." Bonds, who is 41 years old, has an $18 million contract to play with the Giants next season and made it clear that he would fulfill that deal under any circumstances. "I won't go for another procedure," he said. "Then [the season] would just be lost, but I won't go until after next year." Bonds told MLB.com on Saturday night that he might shut it down this week if the Giants are eliminated from contention in the National League West. They travel to San Diego and open a last-gasp four-game series against the first-place Padres on Monday night. The left-handed slugger, who has 707 homers, said it probably wouldn't be worth the risk to continue playing, adding that he will go back into rehab at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles for at least another month immediately after the season. When reporters gathered before the game to query the gimpy Bonds about the subject, he began to elaborate and then cut the discussion off, saying he would not continue as long as Pedro Gomez, an ESPN reporter covering the team, was present. Gomez initially declined to leave, although he ultimately demurred and the interview session continued. Bonds said he wasn't unhappy with ESPN in general , just with Gomez's coverage in particular. Gomez has been covering Bonds for ESPN since the start of Spring Training. "As long as he doesn't talk to me, I don't give a [darn] what he does," Bonds said. Gomez declined to comment. The Giants went into Sunday's action trailing the Padres by five games with eight left to play. The dire circumstances in the standings led manager Felipe Alou to ask Bonds if he would play. It was his 10th start since being activated from the disabled list on Sept. 12. "I showed him two lineups and asked him which one we should use?" Alou said. "I knew he wasn't in good shape." Ignoring his own better judgment, Bonds decided to take one for the team, although he said it might cost him a start Monday or Tuesday night in San Diego. He played six full innings and came out after bouncing to first to end the top of the seventh. "We've got to keep winning," Bonds said. "If we don't, the games in San Diego will be meaningless." Bonds told reporters that he might not have a choice except to stop playing when the games become academic. "That would be the smart thing," he said. Alou seconded that notion. "It's just common sense," he said. "But it won't only affect Barry. The same thing would be true for Moises [Alou] and [J.T.] Snow and [Ray] Durham. They'll all get some rest. It's been a long year and a lot of our guys have been playing with injuries." None more so than Bonds, who missed the first 142 games of the season and spent June 24 to Sept. 5 in Los Angeles working under the veteran eyes of Dr. Lewis Yocum, the Angels' chief orthopedic surgeon, and Clive Brewster, a longtime physical therapist. Bonds said upon his return that he never would've made it this far back without their help. Now he wants to rely on them again. "I just want to make sure that all the nicks and crannies are out and I'm really good to go," Bonds said. "I want to try to be there the whole year. I'm not going to play every day, but I'll be playing healthy. "And I don't know. My knee might be like this for the rest of my life. I've got to give it an honest effort. I've got to give it a shot so at least I can say I did what I did to try and get it back to normal. And if it doesn't go back to normal, then that's just the way the knee is." Bonds has given a big boost to the team, which is 8-2 in his 10 starts. He hit four home runs in as many starts, including back-to-back games this week at RFK Stadium, a streak that ended against the Rockies on Friday night, but still pulled him to within seven of Babe Ruth's 714 and 48 of Hank Aaron's all-time leading 755. It's now obvious he will not catch and pass Ruth until early next season. But Bonds has still been a major contributor to keeping the Giants in the race. After going 0-for-3 with a walk Sunday, his average dipped to .290 (9 -for-29) with the four homers, seven RBIs, a double, six runs scored and seven walks (two intentional). Even on one stiff and gimpy leg. "Barry's not playing at 100 percent," Alou said. "His knee hasn't allowed it. He's playing on talent only. He's not in baseball shape." Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. -- 诚泰COBRAS是王道!!! 19林英杰 17李明进 34杨骐嘉 11林恩宇 15蔡士勤 18许竹见 71田家安 16黄钦智 35杨睿智 12郭铭仁 55谢佳贤 21威拉斯 7马力欧 9罗敏卿 25丘昌荣 13邓莳阳 65吴昭辉 14陈元甲 23许圣杰 49郑景益 10陈克帆 51柯建锋 1黄高俊 24庄景贺 5黄仕豪 85周思齐 99米力威 22比克 54吴承翰 3施翔凯 8林义翔 50陈世峰 88郭泰源 --

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