756*, 757*

Congratulations Barry. Now please go back to being sullen and inaccessible. I don’t want to hear about you anymore.

It’s a shame, Bonds is/was a great player. His numbers with the Pirates and with the Giants through 1999 were among the best in the game. Then at a time in his life when the numbers should be slacking his started jumping.

Did his corked body produce more home runs than he would have hit otherwise? Probably. He’s certainly played at a higher level, longer than he should have. At a time in life when the reflexes slow and it takes longer to recover from the nicks and dings he’s kept going.

I wonder if his dreams are haunted. Haunted by a one-legged Sid Bream sputtering around third scoring on the weak throw from the All-Star left fielder.

So much attention on Bonds and his drama when true ambassadors of the game like this future Hall of Famer finish up a career in relative obscurity.