Barry Bonds Hits Home Run #756, Passes Hank Aaron

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SAN DIEGO — At 7:29 p.m. local time Saturday, in the top of the second inning, Barry Bonds hit career home run No. 755 off Padres pitcher Clay Hensley. It was the first home run he had ever hit off Hensley, who became the 445th different major league pitcher to surrender a home run to Bonds.

It came on a 2-1 pitch, a 91-mph fastball. The swing was clean and true, hands back, head in, follow-through a study in grace and power. The crack of the bat was sharp, familiar, prodigious. The ball flew 382 feet on a low, sharp line to the opposite field, over the left-field fence and off the facing of the second deck of seats at San Diego’s Petco Park.

The sellout crowd came to its feet — some cheering, some booing. Bonds’ teammates burst from the dugout to await him at home plate, and he circled the bases quickly, clapping his hands on his way to first, and slapping a celebratory high-five with Giants coach Tim Flannery as he made his way around third base.

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  • Jill says:

    He is a fucking cheater. Between his little arm brace and his 45 lbs of fake muscle – he is a fucking joke. The MLB should at least acknowledge that this is a sham and not try and convince us that this is good for baseball.

    My grandfather is rolling over in his grave that Hank could be dethroned by this chump. Yeah, here’s a high five – thanks for disgracing the record books you hack!

    “Oh, well, Steriods or not, he has a good swing and is consistent.” Uh…ok…maybe it’s cuz I have a vagina, but last time I checked the male body STOPS producing testosterone at around 30-35, this guy gets BIGGER and STRONGER on his 35 birthday than he was in his 20s. WTF?! Genetics?? Uh, maybe in the comic books, but mutants that mature at 35 is actually a great Marvel comic waiting to happen.

    This is a sad day for baseball and professional sports.

    I weep.

  • steven says:

    If you have no idea what your talking about, don’t say shit. Better yet, go ahead and sound like an idiot. I love reading stupid peoples stupid comments. Hank AAron said it best last night, ” In order to achieve what Barry has done, you need SKILL, LONGEVITY and DETERMINATION.” Your just stupid.

  • bored! says:

    hank had to be paid to make that little speech at the game. he is just as pissed off as 90% of americas baseball fans are that a cheater got the title

  • Jill says:

    Steven, you are an ignorant sellout if that’s what you think. Aaron is his Godfather…what kind of smack do you expect him to blurt out to the media…If you HONESTLY believe that drivel you type, you are fucking high.

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