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NEi rHE BATTAiK - d from page i yone paid the I be less tor eacri Wilson said, would be fairf s " A&M to contnk; sments the fee. rage increase ir- ling studentisW lillion dollars om the new fees committed 10 pe nancial aid,” Kn new financial f I be split to ites and gradual; Sports The Battalion Page 3 • Monday, August 12, 2002 fter reaching milestone, Bonds now chasing Mays By Joe Roderick KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS indated tuition uthorized tuitiot wo dollars. There w adjustments ia ees, but those % tic tees, Krumm SAN FRANCISCO — His 600th lome run has come and gone. So what — |r who — is next for Barry Bonds? The who is Willie Mays, his godfa- ier, and the what is 660, the third highest ome-run total in Major League Baseball istory. With some luck, good health and ooperation from opposing pitchers, he ould approach the mark late next season, but perhaps more likely in 2004. At any rate, this is not a subject that , there is not ane Bonds is comfortable talking about. It’s niversity-wide . one thing to chase the man many believe this size in the : to be the greatest player of all time. It’s ■mother to chase your godfather, the guy en, a senior met. you looked up to as a child, the guy you ing major, feelsAi hung out with in the locker room for I decision in asse. years, the guy who caught you looking ew students only for gum and other goodies in your locker it shows that Ai Bnany times. ed about the elfe; Mays has said it’s no big deal for his new fees to stojiodson to pass him on the homer charts, have timeandir Bviiat else is he supposed to say? their degree." Aj “Yeah, but it’s still easier said than students and stiitldone when (it’s) somebody you looked :uming for a f. tip to your career, your whole lifetime,” the chance toBonds sa *d aft er hitting his 600th homer n about beginnir:; yFriday night. “It’s really hard to surpass a higher degree ? someone that you put so high on your destal. You always want to cherish that oment. I love it that he gets all over me nd stuff, that I haven’t done it yet.” Bonds, as a skinny kid breaking in I'ith the Pittsburgh Pirates in the mid- T bankrupt 1980s, never thought he would hit 300, BOO or 500 homers let alone 600 or JS Airways, ha[(iB )e y 0n( j < n ow that he has reached his lat- e Sept. 11 ten; | st milestone, he’s not thinking about the bankruptcy piotfcami Poobah of baseball records — a '^’ Blank Aaron’s 755 homers, declare banKrUrH won ’ t happen,” Bonds said, rays said all o “p ver y y ear g ets ] iarc j er? tougher on me. :inue without iitj p ro bably my number of games will prob ably go down as my years go on. and II lose any pJ after four more years I’m outta here. I’m severely hurt w ^ 0IT y g U y S — that’s it for me.” 1 airline's mainPi ttsburgh manager Lloyd weeks and r d schedule. airline said it"* irivate financiflj 3 ganizes. i edge of the McClendon, Bonds’ teammate with the Pirates a decade ago, had no idea then that Bonds would evolve into the player he is today. "We knew Barry was good,” McClendon said. “At that time we thought he was one of the best players in the game, but not to this magnitude. As Bonds put forth arguably the great est season of all time in 2001, and as he approached 600 homers, there has been a ground swell of support for him to be placed alongside Mays as the greatest liv ing player. Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, who played during the latter stages of Mays’ era, said it’s premature for such a compar ison. “His numbers compare to his peers,” Morgan said of Bonds. “I don’t compare him to Willie Mays. I never would. They played in different eras. If Willie Mays was playing today he’d hit 70 home runs. If you compare him to his peers, he’s the Willie Mays of his generation.” McClendon said, as great as Bonds is, it’s difficult to put him in the same sen tence as Mays. “I don’t think it’s fair,” McClendon said. “Willie Mays is supernatural. Barry is great in his own way. I sort of think they’re two different ballplayers in two different eras. I don’t think it’s right to compare the two. I think it would taint either one of them. They’re both remark able individuals, but different players. What Barry has accomplished is tremen dous. He’s going to go down as one of the top five players of all time.” Just for the heck of it, here are some numbers to consider: Bonds, entering Saturday’s game, was superior to Mays in slugging percentage (.592 to .557), on-base percentage (.424 to .384), stolen bases (489 to 338) and walks (1,851 to 1,464). Mays has the edge in career batting average (.302 to .294), RBI (1,903 to 1,615), hits (3,283 to 2,414), runs (2,062 to 1,795) and Gold Gloves (12 to eight). Bobby Bonds, the slugger’s father Barry Bonds set another milestone, becoming baseball s fourth player with 600 career homers. Bonds joins an elite club that includes Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays - his godfather and hero. Date Opponent Pitcher June 4, 1986 Atlanta Braves Craig McMurtry July 12, 1990 San Diego Padres Andy Benes July 8, 1993 Philadelphia Phillies Jose DeLeon April 27. 1996 Florida Marlins John Burkett Aug.23,1998 Florida Marlins Kirt Ojala April 17, 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers Terry Adams Aug. 9, 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates Kip Wells KRT CAMPUS San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds became the fourth member of the 600 home run club on Friday night at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco. Most victimized opposing pitchers Fast and furious Home runs per 100 at-bats. who played next to Mays for six seasons, said he would never publicly compare the two. He said it’s unfair to contrast one great to another in different eras. Giants managing general partner Peter Magowan, who watched Mays while growing up in New York, said Bonds could be Mays’ equal. He rated the two about the same in hitting and defense, but said no one was Mays’ equal on the bases. “Willie was the best baserunner I ever saw,” Magowan said. “He wasn’t a basestealer like Rickey Henderson, but he did things I’ve never seen anybody do. He would score from second on a bunt or a sacrifice fly, go from first to third on a single, steal home. You don’t see people do those types of things today. “I think Barry was a great baserunner in his prime, but he’s slower than he used to be, and now he can’t run.” That might be so. But, at the advancing age, he’s hitting with an affinity showed by few 38 year olds. 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