Category: Bonds
Barry Bonds and The Flying Dutchman
August 8th, 2007, 7 Comments
Last Saturday night was the opening night for the Seattle Opera's production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. Student rush tickets go on sale for $20 two hours before the performance, which is basically the only way opera fits my budget. Standing in the ticket line with my friend, a lull in the conversation [...]
756!
August 7th, 2007, 20 Comments
Bonds does it on a laser shot to right center field. Hank Aaron offers a video congratulations.
The Dirt on Bonds’ Armor
August 7th, 2007, 33 Comments
Yesterday, I got an e-mail from a long time reader of this site concerning an article in Editor and Publisher, which theorized that Barry Bond's elbow guard had contributed as many as 75 to 100 home runs to his total. I put a link to the article in CoC, but I did not put [...]
755
August 5th, 2007, 10 Comments
Bonds hits 755 in San Diego last night. He also walked three times. Lifted from the game for a pinch hitter, he got a standing ovation and doffed his cap.
Much to the chagrin of a lot of writers, I'm sure, the crowd was not throwing things. There was some booing, but there [...]
Lackluster
July 4th, 2007, 10 Comments
The other day, ESPN.COM announced in a headline on the front page that Barry Bonds had been elected to start in the All-Star Game despite a “lackluster season.”
Lackluster.
Let’s just check and see how lackluster this season has been for Bonds.
Sultan of Swat vs. Ryan Express
June 5th, 2007, 11 Comments
In anticipation of the Bonds vs. Unit matchup tomorrow, Tim Kurkjian opined that, if given the chance to see any hitter and pitcher square off, he would most like to see Babe Ruth try to hit Nolan Ryan. Power hitter vs. power pitcher, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Converting to a run scoring environment of 4.42 runs/game, [...]
Will Bonds Make it?
February 8th, 2007, 10 Comments
Jayson Stark isn't so sure.
We're hereby banning anyone from saying that Bonds needs "just" 22 homers to break Aaron's home run record. Why? Because in the history of the sport, only two players of Bonds' approximate age (43) ever hit 22 more home runs for the rest of their careers.
Those two were Carlton Fisk (22 [...]
The Record
January 29th, 2007, 4 Comments
Barry Bonds is in SF to sign his contract. The final assault on Hank Aaron's homerun record is about to begin.
Unless you are living under a rock, you know that Bonds's pursuit of the record is fraught with controversy. Forget for a moment that Bonds is a dink and that he (probably) took some sort [...]
Stark with Some “Useless Information”
September 20th, 2006, 9 Comments
Jayson Stark writes in his blog about Poo-Holes and his HR/K rate:
You can't get one [HRs] anymore without the other [Ks].
Unless you're Albert Pujols.
Stare at Pujols' line on the old stat sheet. Here's what you'll see -- and it's no typographical error:
46 home runs, 44 strikeouts.
Well, as loyal reader Craig Edwards points out, you don't [...]
“Game of Shadows” Authors Set to go to Jail
August 16th, 2006, 11 Comments
Judge orders them to reveal the sources that leaked grand jury testimony in Bonds case. Of course, the leaking of federal grand jury testimony is a crime and those who leaked it should go to jail. The authors say they'll go to jail before they reveal their sources. And they should go [...]
Drivel
July 31st, 2006, 26 Comments
I wish that this article was printed on newspaper so that I could use it to clean out the litter boxes.
Basically, the author says that stories of other drug cheats don't matter. The only story that matters is whether Barry Bonds cheated. The author admits that he doesn't even care about World Champion [...]
Bonds Not Indicted; The Beat Goes On
July 20th, 2006, 13 Comments
The Grand Jury in the Barry Bonds is a Bad Guy case expired without an indictment. The Feds are going to start over.
From ESPN:
With Barry Bonds still firmly in the sights of a federal steroid investigation, prosecutors will impanel a new grand jury to take up where an outgoing one left off Thursday and [...]
Substitute the Name Bonds for Aaron and Imagine the Furor
May 30th, 2006, 20 Comments
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
After Aaron hit his [755th] home run over County Stadium's left field fence, the ball was recovered by Richard Arndt, a Milwaukee Brewers groundskeeper. Arndt reportedly offered to return the ball to Aaron on one condition: that he be allowed to meet the home run king and hand the ball over [...]
OBM
May 26th, 2006, No Comments
Only Baseball Matters with a great interview with Jeff Pearlman, who wrote Love Me Hate Me a book on Barry Bonds. I really encourage you to read this article.
Oh Please
May 25th, 2006, 1 Comment
The hatred for Bonds is so great that St. Louis writers are criticizing Albert Pujols for saying nice things about Barry Bonds. Says the St. Louis columnist:
Pujols shouldn't use his new status as the game's No. 1 star to pardon players who cheated the game, the fans, past baseball heroes and each other of [...]
Go Ahead and Devalue Your Asset
May 21st, 2006, 3 Comments
Imagine you are sitting the right field seat on Saturday afternoon and here comes Barry Bonds' 714th homerun ball right at you. You catch it. You have just gotten a huge windfall. But, of course, there's some question as to how much you can get for the ball. If you caught it, what would you [...]
Springer, Garner Suspended
May 19th, 2006, 2 Comments
Major League Baseball did the right thing and suspended Russ "Jerry" Springer and manager Phil Garner for deliberately beaning Barry Bonds the other day. Springer got four games, Garner one. I would have liked to seen a bigger suspension, seeing as how Springer clearly threw near Bonds' head.
Under no circumstances should a pitcher throw at [...]
Thomas Boswell on Bonds
May 17th, 2006, 6 Comments
Maybe the best three paragraphs written in the national media on Bonds in quite some time.
When Bonds hits his 715th home run, there will be a huge national temptation to use the occasion for moralizing vilification. But perhaps that instant-gratification reaction should be tempered. If Bonds cheated, he didn't cheat alone; he just cheated best. [...]
Morons
May 16th, 2006, 10 Comments
From ESPN:
With the San Francisco slugger leading off the fifth inning, Springer's first pitch sailed behind Bonds' back, drawing a warning from plate umpire Joe West.
The next four pitches all came inside, including one that hit Bonds' bat handle on the third delivery for strike one. The fifth pitch hit Bonds as he turned to [...]
