SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds does not want to go on strike. However, Bonds says that if major league baseball players do walk off the field yet again this year -- the World Series was wiped out by a work stoppage in 1994 -- he expects the fans to come back.

	Bonds

	“	It's entertainment. It will come back. A lot of companies go on strike, not just baseball. And people still ride the bus. ”
		— Barry Bonds

"If you have kids who might (grow up to) be major league baseball players, we're fighting for your kids, possibly," Bonds told The Washington Post before the Giants beat the Orioles on Friday night. "If I work for your newspaper and you're in the union fighting for your equality and rights, sure I would strike, and so would you..."

The players' union feels it might need to strike, considering the owners could force a lockout or even implement a new salary structure during the next offseason. The two sides are not close to a resolution, and the players might vote on a strike date during the All-Star break.

Bonds was asked whether baseball fans would be able to side with the players, considering the average salary is now $2.4 million.

"It's not my fault you don't play baseball," Bonds told The Post. "It's not our fault you're not an actor or Bill Gates or anybody else. Nobody is complaining about their salaries, or the owners' salaries. So don't complain about ours. We have the right to make it."

Bonds, 37, has 589 career homers after hitting a record 73 last year. He has said he might not play more than a couple of more years. He's on pace for another record-breaking season with a .572 on-base percentage (and 22 homers) going into the game Saturday against the Orioles. He's fourth on the career homer list, and a work stoppage would certainly hamper his chances for moving up the list.

Ultimately, Bonds believes baseball would survive another stoppage.

"It's entertainment," he told The Post. "It will come back. A lot of companies go on strike, not just baseball. And people still ride the bus."