Baseball Fans Bonded to Slugger Barry Bonds
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Description: NPR&#39;s Mike Pesca investigates why some fans maintain undying faith in Barry Bonds&#39; innocence, despite growing evidence linking the San Francisco Giants baseball star and home run leader to steroid use.
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com. Those were the reactions of Giants players and coaches after witnessing Barry Bonds slug the 700th homer of his career Friday night at SBC Park in San Francisco&#39;s 4-1 victory over the San Diego Padres.
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Tyler Snyder caught Barry Bonds&#039; 714th homer on the fly Saturday, snagging it cleanly with his glove. The people around the 19-year-old Athletics fan cheered wildly, with nobody assaulting or gouging him.
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Barry Bonds praised his teammates for their clutch play while he's been busy walking all season, then watched them go out and do most of the work Tuesday night.
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The fan who retrieved Barry Bonds' 700th home run attended the same private Catholic high school as the slugger &#151; Serra High in nearby San Mateo.
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MILWAUKEE - Brewers manager Ned Yost said he and the Miller Park crowd would be happy if Barry Bonds hit his 700th homer and Milwaukee beat the San Francisco Giants. Neither happened...
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When it comes to rooting for Barry Bonds to become the home run champion, one factor stands out: race.
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Whether they're rooting for him or against him, fans might get to see a lot of Barry Bonds on television.
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Slugger Barry Bonds and the San  Francisco Giants agreed on a one-year contract on Monday,  following a nearly two-month delay that suggested team  ambivalence to the controversial player.
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Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run last night, toppling another milestone and edging closer to Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in his quest to become the greatest slugger in baseball history.
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The subject of Barry Bonds never gets old to some people.
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Barry Bonds stood at home plate, admiring the ball as it soared over the center field wall in Atlanta before he broke into a slow trot around the bases, accompanied by lusty boos and a smattering of applause.
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Whether they're rooting for him or against him, fans might get to see a lot of Barry Bonds on television. Fox and ESPN are discussing the possibility of expanding coverage of Bonds as he approaches Hank Aaron's home run mark of 755, anticipating viewers will tune in &#151; out of admiration, curiosity or contempt.
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When San Francisco Giants  slugger Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron&#39;s career home-run record,  ESPN and Fox Sports aim to bring the occasion to viewers live  nationwide.
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The Mitchell Report threw a huge changeup to casual fans for whom the steroid era simply meant Barry Bonds. Now they had a big-time pitcher to go along with a home run slugger.
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It was one of those just-between-slugger moments: David Ortiz huddling with Barry Bonds when the Giants visited Fenway Park last weekend.
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When the San Francisco Giants  play baseball, slugger Barry Bonds and the other players are  far from the only ones thinking about hitting home runs.