Barry. Lamar. Bonds.Love him or hate him, if you’re a true baseball fan, you better tip your cap.
From the Pirates to the Giants, I can’t recall a time I’ve ever rooted for the guy, but I’m well aware this is a true living legend in every sense of the word.
Steroids might make you stronger, but they got nothing to do with putting the bat on the ball.
All time ranks:
HR – 756 (1st)
Walks – 2,540 (1st)
Runs – 2,212 (3rd)
RBI – 1,981 (4th)
514 Stolen Bases
.298 career batting average
And guess what, with another 90 hits, he joins baseball's illustrious 3,000 hit club too.
Until he takes the uniform off and someone else puts up numbers anywhere close to this, he's the greatest hitter my generation has ever seen. Hands down.
And way to go Mike Bacsik, you just made yourself the answer to a trivia question for the ages. But hey, at least you got an autographed bat out of it.
And an even bigger congrats to 22-year-old Matt Murphy from NY – one souvenir has just made you an instant millionaire. Lucky shit. How do you SF fans let a kid in a Mets jersey catch that ball?!?
And finally, a big jeers to Bud Selig for not being there when it happened. It was your league. It was your rules. If you had a problem with it, you should’ve done something years ago.
Congratulations to baseball’s new home run king.
3 comments:
BARRY, BARRY, BARRY, BARRY, BARRY!!!!!!!!!!
Love him or hate him, before '98, he had already accumulated 3 MVP'S and 8 Golden Gloves. Sports Writers were ALREADY calling him one of the best players ever.
Trivia Time:
Hakeem Olajuwan(sp) won 2 MVP Awards.
Can you name the ONLY other African Born player to win an MVP in ANY of the 4 major sports... baseball, basketball, football & hockey?
Jeff Kent?!
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