Being a great ballplayer and a jerk are completely independent of each other. Baseball history is littered with great players who also happened to be jerks. And yes, clearly Robinson was one of the greats.

I said he seemed to be a jerk, a bit of a hardass. I don't know the man, and was only wondering why Kruk and Kuip would have issues with him.

FWIW, I don't think anyone on this board sees Bonds for anything other than he is. Yes, he can be an ass. He can also be charming. But he is a great player, and I don't really care how a guy is off the field, as long as he performs on it. Within reason of course.
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