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fter reaching milestone, Bonds now chasing Mays
By Joe Roderick
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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
â– 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.”
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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
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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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