Baseball: BONDS HITS MAGIC 70 MARK!SAN Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era outfielder Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 in Riverside, California) is a left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie joined baseball's legends, slugging For the baseball statistic, see Slugging average. Slugging is the practice of forming ad-hoc, informal carpools for purposes of commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking. his 70th home run of the season to equal the record set by Mark McGwire Bonds sent a ninth-inning pitch from rookie Wilfredo Rodriguez into the upper deck of right-centre field in a 10-2 win in Houston. The home fans gave him two standing ovations. "I have a lot of respect for Mark. It's an honour to share this with him," said Bonds. "He put the home run record where it is." Bonds has three games left to break McGwire's record. CAPTION(S): MADE IT: Bonds rounds the bases |
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