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If 71 homers are a lot, how about 755?
Baseball fans didn't grow too wistful over the number 70. Its luster as the single-season home run record faded after only three seasons. The number 755 presumably would stir greater excitement, and Barry Bonds stands a chance of erasing that one from the record books, too.
That's right, 755, as in Hank Aaron's career home run mark, which has stood for a quarter of a century. "I won't be around for that," Bonds sniffed earlier this season. OK, Barry, tell your agent, Scott Boras, that you will not accept a free-agent contract of more than three years. Better yet, do the math.
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