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Bonds Breaks All-Time Home Run Record
Barry Bonds recently smacked the 756th home run of his career making him the all-time home run record leader. He has more home runs than any other player including the former record holder Hank Aaron who hit 755 homers during his career. Aaron was steroid free but Bonds' record is tainted by allegations that he used steroids.
Bonds claims that "This record is not tainted at all. At all. Period." This clashes with what many sports writers are saying about his record. John Donovan writing for Sports Illustrated says, "Bonds holds the home run record, but he's no hero." CBS News Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer also thinks the San Francisco Giants left fielder slugger is not a hero. Others not calling Bonds a hero include Daily Sally, Sportingo, Urbangrounds and DavidandKelly.com. A blog called The Game of Baseball says Bonds is the home run king so deal with it. Washington Post's Eugene Robinson says Bonds is a hitter not a hero.
When a historic sports event occurs there are other important things to consider such as the value of the ball caught by the fan and the pitcher who will be immortalized for coughing up the record breaking homer. The pitcher was lefty Mike Bacsik and you can read an in-depth article about him here from the Washington Post. 22-year old Mets fan Matt Murphy was the guy who caught the home run ball. The word is that the ball might be worth as much as $1 million or maybe not. Either way we expect to hear more from Mr. Murphy especially if he intends to sell the valuable baseball.
Another remaining question is will Bonds try to put the record far out of reach? The New York Times' Bats blog blogs about whether Bonds will go for 800 homers.
Posted on August 8, 2007
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Barry Bonds Still After Homer Number 755
 Barry Bonds is just one home run away from tying and two home runs away from breaking the home run record set by Hank Aaron. However, Bond's only managed to break a bat in his last effor reports MSNBC.com.
Bonds was 1-for-4 with an infield single on the final day of the San Francisco Giants' homestand, failing to come close to a home run during an 8-5 loss to the Florida Marlins.
Still one from tying Hank Aaron's record of 755, Bonds even took a rare swing on a 3-0 pitch in an effort to reach Hammerin’ Hank. Now he takes his quest to a place where his reception figures to be anything but friendly: Dodger Stadium.
It is very likely that Bonds will break the all-time home run record of 755 set by Hank Aaron who retired from baseball in 1976. Some sports fans have not been very enthusiastic about Barry's pursuit of Hank Aaron's record because of the accusations that he has used steroids.
Barry Bonds' stats page on can be found here on Baseball-Reference.com. They have stats for baseball great Hank Aaron as well.
Bonds' image from a Beckett baseball card
Posted on July 30, 2007
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