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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 …
The city of San Francisco is in the process of redeveloping the area that was once known as Candlestick Park, and that includes naming streets after legends who called the venue home. Barry Bonds, of course, is one of the most well-known. ESPN.com …
Dexter Fowler is headed to St. Louis, and he plans to use his time there to honor his mentor, Barry Bonds. After agreeing to a five-year, $82.5 million deal with the team on Thursday, Fowler was officially introduced as a member of the Cardinals on …
The Barry Bonds hitting coach experiment in Miami is over after one season. According to Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball, the Marlins are letting Bonds go after one season as hitting coach. According to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the …
Barry Bonds was ejected from his Miami Marlins’ game against, of all teams, the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday over a disagreement about balls and strikes. Bonds, who is the hitting coach for the Marlins, was not happy with the calls against …
Ask pretty much anyone who followed Barry Bonds during his playing career about his behavior and you’ll probably get similar answers. He was regarded as arrogant, standoffish, difficult, and generally unlikable as far as his personality went. …
Joc Pederson, who was born in 1992, grew up watching Barry Bonds do things on a baseball field that most men aren’t capable of. Like many other children of the 1990s and 2000s, Pederson idolized Bonds. Not anymore. Bonds is working as a hitting …
Officials at a private school in California are investigating a video that students shared on social media that features offensive language, and the incident has hit close to home for former MLB slugger Barry Bonds. Bonds, whose daughter attends …
It’s nothing personal, A-Rod. It’s just a matter of simple arithmetic. Legendary slugger and current Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds commented on Alex Rodriguez’s pursuit of his all-time home run record, saying he doesn’t …
Barry Bonds being back in baseball means we get his thoughts on the current state of the game, as well as the players playing it. The all-time home run leader and current Marlins hitting coach weighed in on Harper, and how well the Nationals slugger …
Miami Marlins superstar Giancarlo Stanton does not want everyone going around saying a 51-year-old dude beat him in a home run contest. On Wednesday, SiriusXM Radio’s Craig Mish claimed he witnessed Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds get the …
