FANS WAIT TO BOO BONDS.Byline: SCOTT FRENCH Staff Writer They came in great voice ready to let 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 have it - for the steroids, the arrogance & most of all for being a Giant. It looked like they'd never get the chance. Constant rain delayed the start of the Dodgers' game with San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden nearly twohours, and the left-field pavilion, home to some of L.A.'s most hardcore fans, didn't have reason to erupt until it was almost 9:30 p.m. By the time lineups were announced, Bonds' name drawing a torrent of boos, many figured the opener of the first Dodgers-Giants series of the season would be pushed back until this afternoon and had left for home. Those who remained weren't shy about letting Bonds know what they think of him. "Barry's the biggest cheater of them all," said Victor Magana of Norwalk, who patiently waited out the 1-hour, 57-minute rain delay under the left-field pavilion." "Barry sucks" chants ringed the stadium when Bonds walked out to left field for the bottom of the first inning, but William Alvarez of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. was told his T-shirt - with that phrase inked on the back, alongside "SF Killer 187" - had to be covered up. "`Giants sucks' is OK," reported Melvin Reyes, an usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. the pavilion, "but you can't have anything directly about Barry." Shant Israelyan of Ventura had an X'd out "SF" in duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. on his rain slicker. His friend Matt Keeter was armed with chants. "We've got `What's the matter with Barry?' `He's a bum.' & And a few that are unprintable un·print·a·ble adj. Not proper for publication for legal or social reasons: unprintable remarks. unprintable Adjective ." Keeter said he had some sympathy for Bonds and the pressure he's under, which deepened Thursday with the announcement of a perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. investigation of Bonds, who testified to a grand jury in the BALCO case that he had never knowingly used steroids. "I feel that until proven guilty, he's innocent &," Keeter said. "But the records he has, maybe there should be an asterisk. Several left-field denizens said they hated Bonds, but the steroids allegations was just added fuel. "I hate the Giants," Keeter said. "I wish they were out of the league. & But if they weren't in the league, I wouldn't have as much fun. Barry Bonds brings fun to the game for me as a fan. When he's out there, it pumps me up." Chuy Loza of Garden Grove Garden Grove, city (1990 pop. 143,050), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded 1877, inc. 1956. Many of its residents work in nearby aerospace and defense installations, and there is light manufacturing. agrees. "My season seats are in the left-field pavilion, in the front row," he said. "Just because of Barry." scott.french@dailynews.com (818) 713-3627 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: San Francisco's Barry Bonds looks out from the dugout before Friday night's game. Francis Specker/Associated Press |
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