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(DENVER, Co., SHOT 9/7/2004).The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds is three home runs short of 700, a feat topped only in major league history by Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755). The Giants play a two game series at Coors Field, Tuesday and Wednesday. Bonds watches a ball fly out of the park during batting practice Tuesday. Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.[1] He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007. Bonds filed for free agency following the 2007 World Series.[2].Bonds currently holds the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762, and is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). He holds numerous other records, including the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001, and a record seven Most Valuable Player awards..Since 2003, Bonds has been a key figure in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) scandal. He was under investigation by a federal grand jury regarding his testimony in the BALCO case, and was indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges on November 15, 2007.[3] The indictment alleges that Bonds lied while under oath about his alleged use of steroids..(Photo by MARC PISCOTTY / © 2004)

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(DENVER, Co., SHOT 9/7/2004).The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds is three home runs short of 700, a feat topped only in major league history by Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (755). The Giants play a two game series at Coors Field, Tuesday and Wednesday. Bonds watches a ball fly out of the park during batting practice Tuesday. Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.[1] He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007. Bonds filed for free agency following the 2007 World Series.[2].Bonds currently holds the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762, and is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). He holds numerous other records, including the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001, and a record seven Most Valuable Player awards..Since 2003, Bonds has been a key figure in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) scandal. He was under investigation by a federal grand jury regarding his testimony in the BALCO case, and was indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges on November 15, 2007.[3] The indictment alleges that Bonds lied while under oath about his alleged use of steroids..(Photo by MARC PISCOTTY / © 2004)