Bonds breaks home run record
Chronicle newspaper vending machines this morning included the leftover Sunday papers marking Barry Bonds’ tying of Hank Aaron’s home run record (l.) and this morning’s editions covering his breaking the record last night.
The time was 8:51 p.m. PDT, under a wind-swept sky, when Bonds, the San Francisco Giants’ left fielder, crushed an 86-mph fastball from Washington Nationals left-hander Mike Bacsik over the wall in right-center field, the deepest corner of AT&T Park. It was a 3-2 pitch in the bottom of the fifth inning, and when the ball cleared the fence some 435 feet away, Bonds was alone atop the sport’s all-time home run list. It was homer No. 756, one more than the great Aaron hit.
So said the Washington Post this morning as the nation woke up with a new home run champion.
I was in my car listening to the game on KNBR when Bonds hit his memorable homer in the fifth inning. I listened to the rest of the inning, then went into a nearby bar to watch the replays. I saw how Bonds was permitted to take the field in the top of the 6th, then immediately pulled along with pitcher Barry Zito as part of a double switch.
“Aw, man,” one barfly said. “He was only a triple short of a cycle. Wouldn’t that have been awesome — to have a cycle on the same day you break the home run record?”
“Are you kidding?” someone else said. “That man can’t run all the way to third base.”
I never thought any guy could turn me onto baseball but Bonds did it 5 years ago. Its been great to see him chase the legends and become one himself.
One thing for sure, it was no cheapie; he crushed it 435 feet. I watched all four at-bats and he was relaxed like I haven’t seen him in months. His third at-bat, he took a monster rip at a pitch.
When he did hit it, I could tell it was the one before his bat came all the way around. You could tell he knew it too.
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I’m just glad this crap is over with so people can stop talking about baseball all the damn time. Let’s get back to something we can all enjoy… like bitching about Muni!