Ryan Howard Might Want To Choose His Words More Carefully When Speaking Of His Off-Seaon Work With Barry Bonds

Oh Ryan Howard. It really is great that you worked with Barry Bonds in the off-season, it really is. Steroids aside, the guy does know the game of baseball and if ever there was a guy you can turn to advice on how to be a power hitter, Barry is the guy. But please, Ryan, do watch your words when you talk about your off-seson training with him. From Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki's blog, The Zo Zone.

In case you missed it, Barry Bonds shared some interesting information with reporters yesterday in San Francisco:

He worked with Ryan Howard this offseason.

That's interesting for a couple reasons:

1) No matter what your opinion of Bonds is, whether or not you think his statistics are legitimate or not (most don't), he was an excellent hitter with an incredible approach at the plate.

2) Howard is hitting .357 (10 for 28) with three doubles, one triple, three home runs and 10 RBIs through six games. He has struck out just four times. Howard had struck in 32.4 percent of his at-bats in his career, but has struck out in just 14.3 percent of his at-bats this year. It's just six games, but I know Howard wants to be more selective at the plate because he will see a steady diet of breaking balls.

"We worked. We talked. We did a little bit of everything," Howard said. "I'm trying to learn from him."

Like I said, it is awesome that Howard worked with Bonds and I think his improved numbers this April in comparison to Aprils past illustrates that, but his wording makes me wonder what exactly they did together. A little bit of everything? Yeah, um, the last thing we need is Ryan Howard appearing in front of Congress.