Barry Bonds and the Yankees
Barry Bonds revealed during a Netflix broadcast that he nearly joined the New York Yankees during his first free agency in 1993. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner offered him a record contract but set a 2 p.m. deadline for signing. After hanging up, Bonds chose to return to the San Francisco Giants, where he went on to hit 586 home runs. While Bonds’s absence didn’t hinder the Yankees, who won four World Series titles from 1996 to 2000, his potential impact in New York remains a topic of speculation.
