BONDS CAREER MAY BE OVER?

Barry Bonds is out until at least mid-season with arthroscopic surgery. Bonds may miss the whole year and by doing so will not have to take any steroid tests. In fact, Bonds can retire at the end of the season and never have to take a steroid test. It would appear that strategy would leave his single season home run record in tact.
However, he needs 52 home runs to pass Hank Aaron's career mark. Even if he returns at mid-season and plays all of next year he might not be able to beat Aaron. His age is becoming a real factor.
If I were as unpopular as Barry Bonds, I would finish the year on the DL and then slowly dissappear from baseball, knowing he can return in 5 years to join the Hall of Fame. The quest for Aaron's record could cause more trouble than it is worth.