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Bonds hits 73!
Major League Baseball ^ | October 7, 2001 | Unknown

Posted on 10/07/2001 1:43:16 PM PDT by Sabertooth

    



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To: hole_n_one
" U.S. tops Jamaica, makes World Cup "

How'd we do against their bobsled team?

41 posted on 10/07/2001 2:23:30 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
McGwire hit 5 homers in his last 3 games in 1998. That's a pace of...

270 homers a year!

Ya got a point there......LOL!

42 posted on 10/07/2001 2:23:41 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Sorry for the typo on reply #29. (Houton/St. Louis) should read Houston/St. Louis. Houston won. ESPN 2 now showing SF/LA game.
43 posted on 10/07/2001 2:25:17 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: ForOurFuture
A bloated and unwelcome record. The balls are juiced, the parks are small, and the strikezones tiny. If it continues, baseball will be unrecognizable.

Those are all good points. The Powers of Baseball That Be decided after the strike in the mid-90s that cancelled part of a season and the playoffs and World Series, and made baseball anathema, that something had to be done to win back the fans. So, they juiced up the ball and did all those other things.

It isn't just Bond's 73 homers, but how many guys are hitting 50+ homers now in a single season. It used to be getting 50 was a significant feat.

But in Bonds case there is another factor, too: The new Pac Bell stadium. Candlestick had all those swirling winds, some of which were strong enough to blow Juan Marichel off the mound (remember that? ;-) ). Are the winds in Pac Bell different? Just asking, as that could be a factor, too.

44 posted on 10/07/2001 2:26:48 PM PDT by Jay W
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To: hchutch
"Although I'd asterik Bonds' record myself. Safeco field's got a very short right-field fence. Almost TOO short, IMHO."

Safeco is in Seattle. Bonds played 3 interleague gamse there, with one homer. What's your point?

45 posted on 10/07/2001 2:27:28 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth; hole_in_one
"He hit 39 homers before July 1st. But then he went 19 games without a homer."

Correction: 19 DAYS and 15 games without a homer.

46 posted on 10/07/2001 2:29:49 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
Bonds rules. After he started his own show on KNBR I had a whole new respect for the man. At first I was mad because I loved Will Clark and was unhappy that the man with the most beautiful swing in baseball was traded away. And of course the press hammered him. But after getting to listen to him my whole attitude changed. He's a very nice man who doesn't do "PC."

I like Bonds alot and he has earned his place as one of the best players in baseball regardless of his failures in the post season.

His defensive play is virtually ignored by those who like to dis' him but he's a golden glover who takes every aspect of his play seriously.

47 posted on 10/07/2001 2:32:01 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: hchutch
Although I'd asterik Bonds' record myself. Safeco field's got a very short right-field fence. Almost TOO short, IMHO.

You mean Pac Bell. Safeco is in Seattle. I know - these corporate sponsor stadium names confuse things. At least we know who plays in Dodger Stadium without thinking about it.

Pac Bell is short down the line, but gets deep quickly. It's NOT a good HR park, and Bonds hit 36 HR's on the road (easily a record.)

48 posted on 10/07/2001 2:32:22 PM PDT by Gil4
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To: Sabertooth
My bad - I meant Pac Bell park. The one in San Francisco. The one that has about 300 feet from the fence to home plate.
49 posted on 10/07/2001 2:36:06 PM PDT by hchutch
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To: Demidog
Hey Dog!

I met Barry once, briefly. His business manager was a client of mine. He was polite and very soft-spoken. Seemed kinda shy.

BTW, the Giants didn't trade Will the Thrill. They let him go to free agency and devoted their resigning money to Robby Thompson, aching back and all, after a career year in'93.

What a blunder.

50 posted on 10/07/2001 2:38:28 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
Who cares. October means just one thing... IT'S HOCKEY SEASON!

And the Caps are ready for business...

51 posted on 10/07/2001 2:39:01 PM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin)
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To: Sabertooth
I'll say. He was one hell of a player. And like I said, he has the most beautiful swing in baseball. He liked to hit homeruns at Candlestick and I liked to watch him do it.
52 posted on 10/07/2001 2:40:29 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
October means just one thing... IT'S BAKETBALL SEASON!
53 posted on 10/07/2001 2:41:46 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: Sabertooth
Barry is King.

King of the REGULAR SEASON! Like Big Mac, when his paltry 70 was hit, 162 games and OUT. Whatever THEY did wasn't enough for their respective teams to make it to the SHOW.......TOO BAD!

54 posted on 10/07/2001 2:44:21 PM PDT by PISANO
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To: Gil4
Still, it's something I got a question about. And Bonds did hit 37 of his homers at home.

Some of these names are just beyond unreasonable. I've followed baseball for years and STILL messed up the Seattle and SF fields...

55 posted on 10/07/2001 2:47:06 PM PDT by hchutch
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To: TheOtherOne
To each their own...

Long as it ain't soccer season.

That's bin Laden's sport.

56 posted on 10/07/2001 2:51:33 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
OK, ok, I guess we should enjoy what we can. Just seems inappropriate on this day, we are at war.

I don't even know who won/lost in football & I'm in a pool.

Plus my old dog just died. I'll miss her. FReeper peace & God Bless America.

57 posted on 10/07/2001 2:54:51 PM PDT by citizen
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To: Sabertooth
If I held the ball which was 73, I would be a nervous wreck before the game ended praying that he wouldn't hit anymore.
58 posted on 10/07/2001 3:00:38 PM PDT by poppytpee
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To: Sabertooth
Bonds hits 73!
Oh! Did he participate in today's attack against the Taliban? He launched his OWN minuteman missile, huh? ;-)

59 posted on 10/07/2001 3:04:18 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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To: Sabertooth
After Bonds' fly out in his 3rd ab, his slugging pctg is .865. Ruth's Major League record for Slugging was .847, set in 1920. The next highest total for any man besides Ruth is Lou Gehrig, with .765 in 1927. The National League record was .753 by McGwire in '98.

Barry's on base percentage is now .514! The old NL record was .507 by Rogers Hornsby in 1924, when he set the Major League hitting record of .424.

No one has been on base more than 50% of the time since Mickey Mantle and Williams did it in 1957. Bonds, Hornsby, and John McGraw are the only National leagers to do it, since 1900. Ruth Williams, and Mantle are the only American Leagers.

This all puts Bonds' OPS (on-base plus slugging) at 1.3796. Ruth's record, also set in 1920, is 1.3791! (We'll see what happens in Bonds' next ab)The next highest total for anyone other than Ruth or Bonds is Ted Williams' 1.2860 in1941.

60 posted on 10/07/2001 3:12:36 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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