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The Barry Bonds Hall of Fame debate will always be a divisive one, and one baseball writer decided to light the match again this week. Jon Heyman of MLB Network, one of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) voters for the 2022 …
Barry Bonds has been largely ostracized by Major League Baseball, but he’s still a very popular man in San Francisco. Bonds was in attendance for Game 1 of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night at Oracle Park, sitting with …
Barry Bonds got the best of many, many pitchers during his legendary MLB career, but John Smoltz shared perhaps the best “Barry Bonds owned me” story of all time on Sunday. During the New York Yankees-Cleveland Indians game on MLB …
Barry Bonds is one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, which is why the Miami Marlins were excited to bring him in as their hitting coach back in 2016. The partnership lasted just one season, however, and now we have a better understanding …
Barry Bonds once received the ultimate sign of respect as a hitter. Bonds is arguably the greatest hitter of all time and had an OPS of at least .999 in every season from 1992-2007. That means Bonds on average collected at least one base for every …
The sports and entertainment world collided through a real estate transaction recently. Famed TV star Sofia Vergara and her husband Joe Manganiello recently purchased a mansion in Beverly Park, Calif. for $26 million. The home they purchased was the …
Barry Bonds may be one of the most controversial figures in sports history, but there is no debating he is one of the greatest hitters of all time. Christian Yelich had an opportunity to work with Bonds when the two were with the Miami Marlins, and …
Barry Bonds is something of a forgotten man despite his on-field accomplishments these days, and it clearly bothers him. Bonds is working as a special instructor at San Francisco Giants camp this spring, and admitted that he feels like baseball has …
No player in Major League Baseball has hit .400 or higher in a season since Ted Williams accomplished the feat by batting .406 in 1941, but Barry Bonds thinks he could have gotten there if he approached the game a bit differently during his prime. …
Four players were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the voter’s this year, and two more by the veterans committee. The class of 2019 includes: Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina from the writers, and Harold …
The slugger who hit more home runs than anyone else in MLB history isn’t a big fan of launch angle. Launch angle has been all the rage in baseball this year, with everyone from players, executives, analysts and TV broadcasters talking about it. …
Willie Mays had a message for Baseball Hall of Fame voters on Saturday. The San Francisco Giants retired Barry Bonds’ uniform No. 25 during a special pregame ceremony. Among those to speak was franchise legend Willie Mays. Prior to walking away …
Despite their notorious fireworks from nearly three decades ago, it’s nothing but love between Barry Bonds and one of his former managers. Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reported on Thursday that retired skipper Jim Leyland, who managed Bonds …
Brandon Crawford is playing like a potential NL MVP candidate this season, and he may have one well-known former San Francisco Giant to thank. In an interview with Eno Sarris of The Athletic that ran on Monday, the Giants shortstop credited some …
Barry Bonds may never make it into the Hall of Fame because of his link to performance-enhancing drugs, but that won’t stop the San Francisco Giants from honoring him as a franchise icon. The Giants announced on Tuesday that they will retire …
Barry Bonds is no longer the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach, but that hasn’t stopped him from providing advice to Giancarlo Stanton throughout the outfielder’s home run chase this season. Stanton slugged his 51st home run of the …
