Bud Selig's New Math: Hank Aaron the true home run king

Bud Selig calls Hank Aaron true home run king as Braves honor Aaron on 40th anniversary of 715th home run (via NJ.com)

ATLANTA -- On the 40th anniversary of his 715th career home run -- the one that moved him past Babe Ruth on the all-time list -- the Braves honored Hank Aaron at Turner Field. They dotted the outfield with 715 people, each holding a placard to mark…

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Barry Bonds Returns to Major League Baseball

Barry Bonds is now set to return to the San Francisco Giants as a spring training batting instructor.

 The Home Run King is expected in Scottsdale Arizona the second week of March.

Barry Bonds' amigo, A-Rod, doing the PED thing again

A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes

Barry Bonds the King of Pop in 2007

Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds and other sluggers

Some great sluggers, in their best seasons, have had slugging averages of .700 or more, usually once or twice in a lifetime. Only two players — Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds — ever had a slugging average over .800 in a season. That’s equivalent to two singles, a double and a home run every 10 times at bat, all season long.




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Mr. October says Barry Bonds is not the home run king

Reggie Jackson on Barry Bonds:

 "I believe that Hank Aaron is the home run king, not Barry Bonds, as great a player as Bonds was ... If any of those guys get in, no Hall of Famer will attend." 

Sports Illustrated’s "13th annual Where Are They Now?" issue, July 9, 2012

Alex Rodriguez, Lou Gehrig and Barry Bonds

As of today, baseball fans, Alex Rodriguez (Barry Bonds' buddy - see article) sits at 639 career home runs.

We bring this up since Alex Rodriguez re-appeared in the national news when he recently hit his 23rd career grand slam, matching Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's record.

A-Rod hasn't been in the national news all that frequently since A-Rod hasn't actually been his old home-run-hitting self lately. And lately means the last two years. Only 16 home runs in 2011. But Alex does have 10 home runs this year. Not torrid by any means. Not.

Because he is A-Rod. Because we are talking about the Yankees. Because Alex plays in New York, A-Rod and Barry Bonds will be in the news together a lot during the next five years.

Five years, his remaining contract years with the Yankees.

Can he pass Barry Bonds. Will he pass Barry Bonds and his home run record?

Well, A-Rod better get started soon. As in getting on a 25 home run per year pace for the next five years. Something that didn't come close to happening last year.

"Father Time" is catching up with A-Rod a lot faster than many are recognizing.

If we here at The Barry Bonds Trial had to bet if A-Rod passes Barry Bonds - we would bet no, he does not pass (he does not collect $200 monopoly fans).

Sorry A-Rod, the Yankees and New York. (not really)

Barry Bonds and the medical profession

Barry Bonds: 10 years ago sharing his deep concerns for doctors, the medical profession and his hopes for a cure for cancer

"Doctors ought to quit worrying about what ballplayers are taking. What players take doesn't matter. It's nobody else's business. The doctors should spend their time looking for cures for cancer. It takes more than muscles to hit homers. If all those guys were using stuff, how come they're not all hitting homers?" -- Barry Bonds, May 21, 2002, Associated Press

This Day in History – May 22, 2012

2002 – Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 583rd career home run. He tied Mark McGwire for fifth on the all-time list.

Babe Ruth jersey auctioned for a record $4.4 million

Lelands.com, the memorabilia auction house, was the winning bid this month for a record-breaking $4,415,658 for the earliest Yankees jersey worn by Babe Ruth known to still exist. It was a circa 1920 New York Yankees road model he wore during his first season after arriving from the Boston Red Sox.

Is Josh Hamilton Ready for the Barry Bonds HR Record?

Giants Win: Josh Hamilton = Barry Bonds?

Dmitri Young: Not a Barry Bonds fan

DY: It's not the steroid issue, it's the [jerk] issue. To each their own, but when you're on an All-Star team with a guy and your son goes up to him and says he appreciates what you've done and he ignores him and walks off -- I take that personal. Very personal. Of course, even if it came up, he'd deny it. But why would an 11-year-old kid lie? I was a big fan of Barry Bonds before that. I used to defend him and everything. But being persecuted, then to sit there and [be a jerk] to my son. … Yeah. I enjoyed watching him play, but the way he treated people -- I'm not about treating people like crap, regardless of who you are, what you do for a living, I'm not about that.

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April 12: Barry Bonds

In 2004, on April 12, Barry Bonds hit his 660th home run,

tying Willie Mays. 

Reliever Clay Hensley with the Giants again

San Francisco Giants notebook: Reliever Clay Hensley hopes to make mark for team that drafted him - San Jose Mercury News

"He knows what I'm capable of," 

Clay Hensley said of manager Bruce Bochy.

A-Rod, Father Time and Barry Bonds

article: A-Rod, 36, fighting Father Time

Barry Bonds — Free To Swing "Dangerous" Baseball Bats … Again

Barry Bonds has federal approval to pickup a “dangerous weapon” — namely, a baseball bat — thanks to a new court order courtesy of kind Judge Susan Illston.

Clay Hensley: who yielded No. 755 to Barry Bonds is a Giant

Right-handed reliever Clay Hensley, who yielded the Barry Bonds home run that tied Henry Aaron, has agreed to a one-year, $750,000 contract with the San Francisco Giants.

Hensley is well-known and well liked by both GM Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy. Why wouldn't Sabean and Bochy not like Hensley. They both witnessed #755 sail out of AT&T Park. The next day, Hensley was optioned to the minor leagues.

In 2005, Clay was suspended 15 games for testing positive for steroids while pitching in the minor leagues.

It is once again great to be a part of the Clay Hensley project!

Albert Pujols to receive $7 million for breaking the Barry Bonds home run record

Inside Albert Pujols' new $240+ million contract with the Los Angeles Angels are a number of interesting details.

For interested readers of The Barry Bonds Trial blog: a Barry Bonds home run record contract clause was disclosed.

Albert Pujols will receive $7 million for career homer No. 763, which would break Barry Bonds on the all-time MLB home run list.

Albert Pujols has already achieved career statistics of .328 BA, 445 HR, 1329 RBI, and a .420 OBP during his first ten years in the league.

Barry Bonds: Give Me Probation, Please

Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's career home-run record holder convicted of obstructing a U.S. probe of steroid use, asked the federal judge on the case to sentence him to probation and not prison.

Lawyers for the former San Francisco Giants left fielder said in a court filing this week that Barry Bonds' "history of good works" and other factors justify a sentence of probation.

Barry Lamar Bonds is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 16.

Jim Thome Joins the 600 Home Run Club

Jim Thome became the 8th member of the MLB 600 Home Run Club on Monday night. He is only the 8th player to ever accomplish this.

Barry Bonds – 762 HR
Hank Aaron – 755 HR
Babe Ruth – 714 HR
Willie Mays – 660 HR
Ken Griffey Jr. – 630 HR
Alex Rodriguez – 626 HR
Sammy Sosa – 609 HR
Jim Thome – 600 HR

Jim Thome has played on 5 different teams starting with the Cleveland Indians in 1991. He has also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, leaving for the White Sox from 2006 – 2009 then briefly in LA with the Dodgers. He has been with the Minnesota Twins the last two seasons.

Congratulations Jim Thome!