Bonds Cheats

[smazza]

the fans are on the edge of their seats

he is being followed around by world media

he is sacrificing himself for the good of the giants

[smazza]

SAN FRANCISCO - Moises Alou hit the 300th homer of his career. Barry Bonds came close to his first of the year.

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Bonds drove in his first run of the season with a seventh-inning single and also had two deep flyouts, while Alou homered for the third time in four games in the     San Francisco Giants' 5-3 victory over the     Houston Astros in the opener of a split doubleheader Thursday.

Randy Winn blooped a tiebreaking RBI single to left in the fifth, and Omar Vizquel had a sacrifice fly one batter later in San Francisco's first game in four days. Alou added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

The opener in the three-game series was rained out for consecutive days, with Thursday's night game serving as the make up for Tuesday's postponed contest. Wednesday's washed-out game will be made up May 8.

Matt Morris (2-0) pitched into the eighth and allowed four hits and struck out four, leaving after Chris Burke's two-run single. Tim Worrell pitched the ninth for his third save in three chances.

The right-hander didn't allow a baserunner until Willy Taveras walked with one out in the fourth, then Mike Lamb followed with a single to right for Houston's first hit.

Morris, pitching on seven days' rest, looked sharp despite having both his first and second starts of the season pushed back because of rainouts, including last Tuesday in the team's season-opening series at San Diego.

Houston starter Brandon Backe left after only two innings because of a sprained right elbow that he injured while throwing a pitch. He was examined after the injury but finished the second.

Rookie right-hander Taylor Buchholz (0-1), who had been scheduled to make his first major league start Tuesday against the Giants, then replaced Backe to start the third.

For Bonds, this is the longest he has gone into a season when healthy without a homer since 1998, when he didn't hit one out until San Francisco's 13th game. He is 3-for-16 (.188) with one RBI, remaining stalled at 708  seven shy of passing Babe Ruth's 714 and 48 from breaking Hank Aaron's mark of 755.

In his first at-bat leading off the second, Bonds quickly took two balls, drawing boos and chants of "You chicken!"

After a strike, Bonds hit a towering fly ball to right that had fans on their feet, and with a little wind it might have gone over the arcade. Jason Lane had to nearly go against the wall to make the catch.

Moments later, Alou sent the first pitch he saw from Backe into the seats in left field for his third of the season. It marked the 112th time a player has hit 300 career homers. He received a congratulatory handshake from his manager father Felipe Alou once back in the dugout.

Bonds came up to chants of "Barry! Barry!" in the fourth with Ray Durham aboard on a single and flied out to center with another deep shot within feet of the fence.

After popping out foul in the fifth with the defense shifted and runners on the corners, Bonds casually tossed his bat to the ground and flipped his helmet to the dirt.

He stepped into the batter's box with runners on the corners again in the seventh and lined a single to right that would have been a double if he decided to push his troublesome right knee.

Felipe Alou walked from left field to center early Thursday to gauge the condition of the water-logged grass  determining it was playable enough to safely use Bonds. Alou didn't rule out Bonds playing again in the night game.

Notes:@ Giants LHP Noah Lowry, the No. 3 starter on the 15-day DL with a strained right side muscle, played light catch for the second straight day. He made 75 throws from 50 feet. ... Moises Alou became the first Giants player to hit his 300th since Bonds in 1996.

[smazza]

rady Anderson (link):

Best HR Year 1996:  50 HR  

162 Game Career Average:  19 HR per year

+31 HR difference

Barry Bonds (link):

Best HR Year 2001:  73 HR

162 Game Career Average:  42 HR

+31 HR Difference

IT IS GREAT BEING ME

EATSME-YOU NEED TO CHANGE HANDLE TO "EAT LESS" FROM WHAT I HEAR

[Velcro]

rady Anderson (link):

Best HR Year 1996:  50 HR  

162 Game Career Average:  19 HR per year

+31 HR difference

Barry Bonds (link):

Best HR Year 2001:  73 HR

162 Game Career Average:  42 HR

+31 HR Difference

IT IS GREAT BEING ME

EATSME-YOU NEED TO CHANGE HANDLE TO "EAT LESS" FROM WHAT I HEAR

Yes, it must be great to be oblivious to reality.

[jg]

he better start roiding up or will not break the record.

[smazza]

BONDS  IS STILL MOST FEARED HITTER IN GAME EVEN THOUGH HE IS OFF TO BAD START

AMAZING

GIANTS WIN AGAIN

BONDS FEVER CATCH IT

VELCRO- EVIDENTLY,YOU ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT STATS OR ANALYSIS

[jg]

smazz get him some roids so he can hit bombs again. balls only go to the warning track with no juice.

[___ Eats It]

Juiceless Bonds is ready to quit the game because of "bone spurs"... funny how that happens once they start hounding him for roids.  I guess all that "training" he did stops being effective the minute you turn 42, right?   :

[Velcro]

Yeah, i'm horrible at stats and analysis... smazz... you are the outlier here, and in complete denial.

[jg]

another day. no hr's . juice juice juice