Bonds’ shame threshold is still remarkably high

Text messages from press row ...

When Barry Bonds says that “it’s an embarrassment for me to be wearing this ... uniform,” as he did Sunday before telling reporters to get lost, fans should not read too much into it because the bloated and belligerent San Francisco Giants slugger and home run king-to-be was not speaking generally. ...

So uncharacteristically bad was the irritated Bonds while going 0 for 12 in the Dodgers’ three-game weekend sweep that funnyman Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that the Giants “are considering giving the McCovey Cove kayakers a break by flooding an area near the Giants’ bullpen, bringing the boaters into the yard and letting them chase Bonds pop-ups on Barry Lagoon.” ...

The Dodgers have won 11 in a row at San Francisco. ...

That the Angels own the best record in the major leagues over the last 2 1/2 seasons is in part because of a 16-10 record against the New York Yankees, who own the majors’ second-best winning percentage during that span. ...

Derek Fisher will provide a voice of reason and sanity amid the noise and nuttiness that is often the Lakers, and for that reason alone the veteran point guard is probably worth every penny of the discounted three-year, $14-million contract he is expected to soon sign, making it official that he is returning. ...

Maybe D. Fish doesn’t have a lot left in the tank, as some have suggested, but the Lakers -- and cancer-fighting daughter Tatum -- are lucky to have him. ...

BTW, first-round picks Al Thornton of the Clippers and Javaris Crittenton of the Lakers averaged team highs of 17.6 and 17.0 points, respectively, during the NBA Summer League at Las Vegas, which wrapped up Sunday. ...

By sheer coincidence, USC’s football and baseball coaches are both graduates of Redwood High in Larkspur, Calif., Pete Carroll and Chad Kreuter taking their places among a list of notable Redwood alumni that includes Robin Williams, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, former major league shortstop Buddy Biancalana, “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress Gabrielle Carteris, “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh and porn star Alaura Eden. ...

When Kreuter, 42, was a high school student, hanging above his locker was a photo of Carroll, the school’s athlete of the year more than a decade earlier. ...

Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who joined teammate Francois Beauchemin in bringing the Stanley Cup to a children’s hospital in Montreal on Monday, says the instantly recognizable silver chalice draws so much attention and inspires such a sense of wonder that “it’s almost like a human being.” ...

The Cup’s summer vacation, which can be tracked through anaheimducks.com or the Hockey Hall of Fame website at hhof.com, will include stops in Finland, Russia and Sweden before the Ducks’ names are engraved on it in September. ...

Kings fans everywhere must wonder: If AEG can bring David Beckham to the Galaxy, why can’t it bring a decent goaltender to the Kings?

Two-time series champion Tony Stewart, who won Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race outside Chicago after feuding publicly all week with teammate Denny Hamlin, never seems to shy from controversy. ...

Was it really only a coincidence that Oregon announced it was reinstating its baseball program, after a 26-year hiatus, only a month after rival Oregon State won the College World Series for the second year in a row? ...

Twenty-three years removed from her triumph in the inaugural Olympic women’s marathon in 1984, 50-year-old Joan Benoit Samuelson flew into town to help promote Sunday’s Keep L.A. Running charity event in Playa del Rey, then smoked the women’s field in the 10K, winning the race by more than three minutes. ...

ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas says the three freshmen he expects to have the greatest impact on their teams next season are center Kevin Love of UCLA and guards Derrick Rose of Memphis and Eric Gordon of Indiana. ...

Of USC’s ballyhooed O.J. Mayo, Bilas says, “He’s a top-five, top-six player ... but I just happen to think those other three are a shade better.”

jerome.crowe@latimes.com

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