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Barry Bonds to leave S.F Giants after season.

Its official. Barry Bonds will be leaving the San Francisco Giants at the end of the season. Here is an expert from his journal:

Visa Championships- August 18, 2007

The reason I have been doing Apple Universe everyday of the week, is becasue I am a Media Volunteer at the 2007 Visa Championships! If you know me, I want to be in Sports Media. This is a great oppurtunity for me becuase the medis here is swarming! NBC and WGYM(Gymnastics Radio) are here! I [...]

Mark Sweeney goes to L.A. in first Giants-Dodgers trade in 22 years

The San Francisco Giants dealt pinch hitter deluxe Mark Sweeney to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, the first trade between the rivals in more than 20 years.Sweeney had a pinch-hit single in the sixth inning of San Francisco’s 3-1 loss to Washington on Thursday, his major league-leading 16th of the season and 155th of [...]

N.Y. fan emerges from bleacher bedlam holding lucky ball

ith the crack of the bat a brief stillness settled over the right-center field bleachers at AT&T Park as Barry Bonds‘ record-breaking homer rocketed toward the crowd.Then the scrum was on.
As the specially marked baseball landed a few rows up in the fifth inning Tuesday night, dozens of fans wrestled for it and the promise [...]

Bonds hits home run No. 756

Now he is second to none.Barry Bonds joined the pantheon of the baseball gods Tuesday night at AT&T Park by hitting his 756th homer, passing the legendary Hank Aaron to take over perhaps Major League Baseball’s most hallowed record: first place on the all-time home run list.
The homer, Bonds’ 22nd of the season, ended Aaron’s [...]

Bonds ties Aaron, belts 755th home run

Hammerin’ Hank now has an equal. San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron by blasting his 755th home run on Saturday.
With Commissioner Bud Selig looking on, the 43-year-old Bonds deposited Padres starter Clay Hensley’s 2-1 offering into the left field seats with no outs in the second inning.

 

was the seven-time National League MVP’s [...]

Barry Bonds becomes 1 home run away from record!

Barry Bonds gave a long, sweet look to the home run that brought him within one of tying Hank Aaron’s all-time record.Bonds’ first-inning home run off Florida’s Rick Vanden Hurk, the 754th of his career, sailed over the 404-foot mark in center field at AT&T Park, clearing the wall as Bonds started his trot around [...]

MVP Suzuki’s 2-run inside-the-park HR helps AL hold off NL 5-4 for 10th straight All-Star win

Ichiro Suzuki sped around the bases as the ball bounced away from Ken Griffey Jr. for the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star game history. On a night of tricky hops, Suzuki and the American League rebounded to win — as usual.Instead of a Barry Bonds splash shot, the defining hit at Tuesday’s All-Star game [...]

All Star Game Tonight

Tonight is the legendary All Star Game in San Francisco, CA! Although I am a big baseball fan, I will not be attending either the game or the festivities. For everyone else, enjoy the game and GO NATIONAL LEAGUE!

Lincecum likely to start Sunday

SAN FRANCISCO — One day after the Kentucky Derby, the Giants likely will turn loose their most heralded thoroughbred. Right-hander Tim Lincecum, who has overmatched the Pacific Coast League with Triple-A Fresno, is the probable starter for Sunday’s series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies at AT&T Park. Lincecum would replace Russ Ortiz, who went on [...]