Aside from a weeklong stint as a guest instructor with the Giants two springs ago, Barry Bonds put on a major league uniform for the first time in nine years this week, wearing the home whites of the Marlins on Saturday.

Speaking at an introductory news conference at Marlins Park, the all-time home run king, drastically slimmed down from his playing days, said it felt "natural," to return to the fields and batting cages of spring training and that he was excited to rejoin what he called the "fraternity" of major league players and coaches.