Barry Bonds finally passed up the legendary Babe Ruth in career home runs when he hit his 715th four-bagger in San Francisco today off of pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim of the Colorado Rockies.
Ironically, the Babe's last home run was also a late May blast, although no one knew at the time it would be his final homer.
Meanwhile, the investigation of Bonds and BALCO continues.
I remember watching Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run in 1974. It was an exciting event, the game was nationally broadcast during prime time on NBC with the hope that Aaron would deliver. He did, and fairly early in the game--before most people turned in for the night. Bonds 715th happened with only local TV covering the shot, on a holiday weekend, and on the time-zone challenged West Coast. So a lot of people didn't see the homer.
Good.
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