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Barry Bonds reveals he was nearly a Yankee — and the ultimatum that sunk talks: ‘I hung the phone up’

Barry Bonds, New York Yankee. It could’ve happened, according to MLB’s all-time home run leader. Bonds, as part of Netflix’s coverage of Yankees-Giants on Opening Day, revealed on the streamer’s broadcast that he nearly became a member of the Bronx ...
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Aaron Judge is only 36 home runs away from surpassing the legacy of legends like Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds

There is a short list of names that come up whenever people argue about the greatest hitters in baseball history. Babe Ruth. Hank Aaron. Barry Bonds. Willie Mays. But what Aaron Judge is doing in 2026 is quietly forcing his name into that conversation in a way that makes the comparison harder to dismiss than
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Padecky: It’s time for Barry Bonds to come clean, apologize and help others

In his last year with the Giants, I approached Barry Bonds in the clubhouse. “Why are you such an ass^&*%?” As soon as the question came out of my mouth I regretted it. Bonds replied calmly. “I can be an ass^&*% but I am not an ass^&*%,” Bonds said.
Yahoo! Sports

Aaron Judge is hitting like Barry Bonds, so where are all the intentional walks?

Aaron Judge, a childhood Giants fan, knows all about Barry Bonds. The Yankees slugger was raised in the small California town of Linden, about two hours from San Francisco. Like many area ball-lovers his age, Judge stayed up past his bedtime to witness ...
Awful Announcing

Barry Bonds officially joins Netflix MLB Opening Night broadcast

Netflix is just under a week away from airing its first-ever Major League Baseball game, and the streamer has assembled some high-profile names for its Opening Night broadcast. Elle Duncan, the streamer’s new full-time sports anchor, will host and be ...
NBC Bay Area

Jeff Kent avoids joining Barry Bonds Hall of Fame debate after earning own nod

Now that Kent is set to be enshrined in the Hall, what does he think of Bonds' controversial case to have the same honor? The 2000 NL MVP was asked that very question shortly after Sunday's announcement. "Barry was a good teammate of mine," Kent told reporters
Larry Brown Sports

Barry Bonds speaks on death of his godfather Willie Mays in social media post

Barry Bonds is paying tribute to his late godfather Willie Mays in a post to social media. The sad news broke on Tuesday that the legendary 24-time MLB All-Star Mays had died at the age of 93. On top of being one of the greatest baseball players ever, Mays ...
Awful Announcing

Barry Bonds: Shohei Ohtani ‘outstanding’ but has it much easier than he did

Because of how his MLB career ended, we know very little about how Barry Bonds feels about modern-day baseball. But this week, Bonds finally sat for a longform interview on the All the Smoke podcast, telling stories of his career and weighing in on the ...

Mike Trout is getting the Barry Bonds treatment

In 2004, three years after he broke Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, Barry Bonds walked 232 times. On the scoresheet, 120 of those free