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Would You Believe 80?: With five homers in his first four games, Giants slugger Barry Bonds seems set to prove that his home run record of a year ago was made to be broken Awestruck opponents and slack-jawed teammates agreed that Barry Bonds was not, in fact, playing baseball for the San Francisco Giants last week. Though it appeared that the reigning home run king had picked up where he had left off last October, by mashing five home runs in the Giants' first four games, observers tended to see Bonds excelling at some other game. For instance, San Francisco first baseman J.T. Snow thought Bonds was "hitting golf balls," Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Hiram Bocachica felt he was "playing Nintendo," and San Diego Padres manager Bruce Bochy fancied him "playing Wiffle ball, with his bat so light in hand." So went the search for an apt description for the frightening ease with which Bonds was dominating play. -- Josh Elliott Issue date: April 15, 2002 Photograph by Brad Mangin |
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