Posted on 05/04/2005 11:19:24 AM PDT by newgeezer
Barry Bonds had a third operation on his injured right knee, the latest setback in the slugger's rehabilitation.
Bonds underwent arthroscopic surgery by Dr. Arthur Ting on Monday in Southern California to clean out an infection. Bonds already had operations on the knee Jan. 31 and March 17 to remove damaged cartilage.
Bonds confirmed the surgery on his personal website early Wednesday.
"The surgery went well," Bonds wrote. "Dr. Ting cleaned out the infected area and they are now treating me with antibiotics."
Jeff Borris, Bonds' agent, told The Associated Press: "The only comment I have about Barry is that the day his knee is healthy, he will be back on the field in uniform."
Bonds has been giving his medical updates on his personal site, where he wrote in his previous entry on Sunday that Angels team orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum drained the knee of fluid last week to ensure "there isn't any infection and that I'm healing properly." The 40-year-old Bonds has 703 career home runs, 11 behind Babe Ruth and 52 from tying Hank Aaron's career record. Bonds batted .362 last season with 45 homers and 101 RBIs and also walked a Major League-record 232 times on the way to his record seventh MVP award.
This is just the third time in his career he's been on the disabled list and the first since April 18 to June 9, 1999, as he recovered from elbow surgery.
The Associated Press contributed to this story. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Part of me hopes he never hits another HR. Then again, a career total of 713 would be sweet.
Gee, funny how a possible career ending injury appears right around the time that baseball is getting serious about roids.
As a Pittsburgh Pirate fan I have to say that he was always a major *choker* when the chips were down, in my experience.
Barry Bonds puts the ass in asterisk.
I think we can put a fork in Mr. Bonds...
he's done...
I wish him ill.
>>>Then again, a career total of 713 would be sweet.
Why 713? The record is 755. He currently is #3 all time and 713 would leave him at #3 all time.
That would put him 1 behind Babe Ruth, the man he has always wanted to beat.
I say Babe Ruth is still the greatest of all time. He came from an era before they had all those fancy pants trainers, knowledgeable team docs, vitamins, etc., etc. Babe was also knocking his homeruns during the "dead ball" era - gigantic ballparks, and the same baseball was being used throughout the entire game.
The Giants don't have a website; all the teams' websites were "nationalized" by MLB a couple years ago.
hes been on the juice for years.....nothing could convince me otherwise....look at his "performance" when he was with the pirates and look at pics of him. he was thin as paper.
remove all the "records" too.....adios barry
I bet all this surgery is going to cause significant weight loss! (/snort)
I'll always remember the throw he made back in '92 in the last game of the playoffs against the Braves. I couldn't believe that he couldn't nail gimpy old Sid Bream going to home. Course I'm a Braves fan and was happy with that. :)
>>>That would put him 1 behind Babe Ruth, the man he has always wanted to beat.
So you don't think he wants to hold the MLB record?
Was the 91 or the 92 NLCS more painful?
Next Bonds is going to say that the antibiotics caused him to lose 30 pounds of solid muscle mass. ;-)
He always was, still is, and always will be. The Babe is still one of the first names that come to mind when thinking about great ball players, even after he's been gone for so long.
Not only did he hit homeruns, but he was a pretty good pitcher too. The man's legend will remain around baseball for a LONG time.
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