Archive for May, 2007
Bonds on Cooperstown collection: ‘I’m not worried about the Hall’ (AP)
As Barry Bonds nears his record 756th home run, he’s stockpiling quite a collection of souvenirs — bats, balls, helmets and spikes, pieces of baseball history perfectly suited for the Hall of Fame. Whether he’ll donate any of them to Cooperstown, however, is in doubt. “I’m not worried about the Hall,” the San Francisco slugger [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2007.
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Barry Bonds: Countdown to history (PA SportsTicker)
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Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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Rockies 6, Giants 4, 10 innings (AP)
Barry Bonds preferred to play right through his slump. Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run drought Sunday, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning of a 6-4, 10-inning loss against Colorado to pull within nine of Hank Aaron’s career record 755. Bonds hesitated and watched the 2-1 fastball from Taylor Buchholz [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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Bonds finally connects for 746th career homer (AP)
Barry Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run slump Sunday, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning against Colorado to pull within nine of Hank Aaron’s career record 755. Bonds hesitated slightly to watch the 2-1 pitch from Taylor Buchholz sail over the center-field wall for his 12th homer of the year [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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Rockies 6, Giants 1 (AP)
The Rockies are doing the little things right on the road. Aaron Cook pitched a five-hitter to win his fourth straight decision, Willy Taveras had a pair of bunt singles and Matt Holliday hit a two-run single and had three RBIs in Colorado’s fourth consecutive victory, 6-1 over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.
Posted: May 26th, 2007.
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Giants 9, Astros 1 (AP)
Bengie Molina keeps producing clutch hits for San Francisco, even though he insists he’s still trying to adjust to all the new pitchers in the National League. Molina hit a two-run triple and singled in two runs to help Barry Zito bounce back from an awful outing against his old team last week at Oakland, [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2007.
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Giants 4, Astros 2 (AP)
This home run chase, it’s looking as if it could last a while. Barry Bonds drew two more intentional walks and stayed stuck at 745 home runs, while Ray Durham drove in runs after both free passes to the slugger in the San Francisco Giants’ 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Giants [...]
Posted: May 23rd, 2007.
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Bonds seems unfazed by home run drought (AP)
Barry Bonds’ legs are tired from drawing so many walks, and the strike zone sure seems big these days. Still, the San Francisco slugger seems unfazed by his recent home run drought. He’s had his share of dry spells before. He insists his right knee is just fine, despite all the chatter about what might [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2007.
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Associated Press Writer (AP)
Even if Barry Bonds is poised to break the home run record right there in Atlanta, Hank Aaron is not going. Period. “I will never reconsider my decision,” Aaron told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday from his adopted hometown. Bonds is 10 homers from matching the 755 mark that Aaron set during [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2007.
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Aaron will not reconsider decision (AP)
Even if Barry Bonds is poised to break the home run record right there in Atlanta, Hank Aaron is not going. Period. “I will never reconsider my decision,” Aaron told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday from his adopted hometown. Bonds is 10 homers from matching the 755 mark that Aaron set during [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2007.
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