Sep 23, 2007 10:21 AM EST

Barry Bonds' mind still must have been on tilt two days after being told the Giants no longer want him. After an interview Saturday, his first since the news broke, he actually told a handful of writers he had fun dealing with them over the years.

Bonds did not sound bitter or upset that his 15-year reign as San Francisco's king of swing will be over in a week, although he reiterated he was disappointed with the timing of the announcement and suggested he could have helped the Giants next season.

"I don't work up there," Bonds said, referring to the front office, "but my understanding as far as businesses and corporations go, if you bring value to a company, you normally have a job. I've brought value to this company."

"My conversation with Peter Magowan, in privacy, I told him I was not upset and I was not sad," Bonds said. "I said, 'I have respect for your decision.' I did not ever tell him I was sad or upset at any time during that conversation at all. He said he was sad."

Via San Francisco Chronicle