In the first at bat at Cinnicinati, bonds hit a deep center field homerun. The pitcher gave him 3 fastballs, which is unusual for Bonds, and probably the most fastballs he has had in a row from a pitcher all season. That got the Giants in the lead 2-0. Bonds got walked in his next at bat when there was an open base on 1st. If Bonds didn’t get walked so much he would have as many home runs as Griffey right now this season, and Bonds is much older.

Zito cost them their lead though when he gave up 5 walks in a row to allow them to tie it up. A grand slam later in the game after Zito left the game kept the giants from staying close. They lost 7-3.

Bonds is going to start the all-star game in outfield. I was surprised that he made it in by the votes of the fans since he was down 100,000 the night before. He definitely deserves to be in and I am glad he made it. I guess all the loyal Giants fans voted at the last minute and got Barry in so all-star manager Larussa didn’t have to vote him in as a reserve.

Bonds now has a .304 batting average and he leads the major leagues in walks and in on base percentage at an incredible .504.

Earlier in the game a fan approached Barry Barry, but luckily not with harmful intentions.

In the beginning of the game Barry hit a single RBI. The giants had become down 3-2 after a home run from the D-backs.

In the 7th inning Barry Bonds gets to a full count. And with only Bonds ability to forget everything that has happened before him, launches his home run deep into right field. This tied up the game to 3-3.

Giants went into extra innings as a result of the tie, but lost when Arizona hit a home run and the Giants didn’t produce in the bottom of the inning to stay alive.

I think the incident with the fan is a wakeup call for more security. I know MLB has it’s own security for Bonds on the road, but the Giants use their own security at home. They need to do make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.

Despite Bond’s being undeservedly so behind in the voting at 4th place, there is a way for Bonds to make it to the All-star game. If Tony larussa the manager of the all-star game makes Barry Bonds the reserve. There is speculation right now that he probably will do that. His decision won’t be till Sunday. Gwynn and Cal Ripken are backing his support too.

I hope Tony Larussa does it. The guy is 42 years old, he constantly is getting on base or getting hits in almost every game. They are right in San Francisco and Bonds is one of the greatest all-stars ever. It would be a tragedy if he didn’t get to go to the All-star game this year.

Bochy has also spoken support for Randy Winn and Bengie Molina. I definitely see a case for Bengie Molina. Randy Winn, I’m not sure as there is a lot of good outfielders out there in the league, but I don’t follow the other teams like the Giants.

Giants won 2 straight games against the yankees to finish the series 2 to 1. This comes after losing 8 games in a row.

I think what made the difference in the last two games compared to the previous 8, especially this sunday, is the Giants have been playing good small ball with their hitting. On saturday their pitching was good enough to keep the game close enough for the Giants to finally win in the 13th inning with a hit.

In today’s game they batted well and played a lot of small ball with singles, stolen bases, and getting runners in that were in scoring position.

Giants pitching is so good that if they play more of this good solid small ball like they did today this could be the sign of a long winning streak to come. Let’s hope for the best.

Rod Beck Dies

The yankees came to San Francisco’s AT&T Park Friday night to start a 3 game series. First time Yankees been to San Francisco since the 1962 World Series.

Bonds walked and striked out in his first couple at bats. Then in the next at bat on a full count Bonds crushed it into right center, the deepest part of the ball park, with an over 400 foot home run.

Later on, A-rod pointed to Bonds in outfield as if to say “I’m going to pass you”. Bonds put his glove over his face when he did that. Yeah sure A-rod, in your dreams.
The giants could not get anymore runs and lost 6-3.

With the 2007 MLB All star game coming to san Francisco AT&T ballpark it’s especially important you vote for the deserving players.

Barry bonds has fallen behind Alfonso soriano. I believe Bonds deserves to get the vote. Bengie Molina is the other player that deserves the vote. Randy Winn should also be considered among outfielders I think.

You only have until June 28th to vote online. You can vote up to 25 times.

MLB 2007 All Star Vote

On the final game of the first red sox series for the Giants at Fenway Park in Boston, Bonds hit homerun #748 into the right field. It was his first home run at Fenway Park ever. You knew he had been dying to do it and he left some big tracks from some giant steps in the dirt as he rounded the bases in satisfaction. At first I wasn’t sure if it was a homerun, but it kept drifting and it well over the 380 wall in the bullpen area. It was bonds #441 different pitcher he has hit a homerun off of(major league record by far). It is now Bond’s 2nd home run of June. He has more home runs at this time in the season then he did at the same time last year.

The giants lost the game 9-5. They had a few chances to come back such as when the bases were loaded, but bengie molina hit a double play grounder.

Feliz also took it deep and taking advantage of the knuckleballer tim wakefield launched it over the green monster and out of fenway ball park.

Here is an interesting article by ESPN about the security for Barry bonds.

Bonds Security

I’ve always in the back of my mind wondered about this. I’m sure many others have wondered about this too. I don’t think even barry goes out much these days now that he is closing in on the record.

I’m sure Hank Aaron had more of a threat against him then Bonds because he was breaking the immortal Babe Ruth, luckily nothing happened too Aaron. It’s good to see that Bonds has lot’s of security at the games.