Barry Bonds' Place In Our Memories

By Roddenm1, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Aug 09 2007 at 11:39 PM EST
More on: Barry Bonds, Homerun Record (all tags)

Like every other person with any interest in sports, I was watching Barry Bonds at close to midnight Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, August 7, 2007. Number 756 went to right center field, the deepest part of a huge ballpark. The flashbulbs, the cheers, the spectacle, were all there. Conspicuously absent, of course, was Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Should he have been there? Does Barry Bonds even care if he was? These are just a few of the lingering questions from this night.

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