Around the NL.(baseball)(Brief Article)

 
TSNumbers 
 
  1   Number of teams (Expos) that have held Barry Bonds 
      homerless this season. 
 
 94   Home runs Bonds would hit this year if he always 
      batted with nobody on base. 
 
 95   Home runs Bonds would hit if the Giants played a full 
      season (502 at-bats) against the Padres. 
 
 98   Bonds' projected homer total if he faced righthanded 
      pitchers for a full season of 502 at-bats. 
 
102   Home runs Bonds would hit if every month were 
      May. 

Coming attractions

The Phillies at the Braves, which begins Tuesday, matches the East's top two teams. The only thing bluer than Phils fans will be manager Larry Bowa's language after his team gets censored by RHP Greg Maddux and LHP Tom Glavine. All the talk about Philly being in first place this late in the season for the first time since Mike Schmidt roamed the earth will be history.... The Cardinals have had the consistency of your mama's oatmeal--hot and smooth one day, cold and full of lumps the next. They must settle down if they want to win the Central. A good start would be shutting down Barry Bonds at Pac-Bell Park beginning Friday. Considering Bonds already took RHP Darryl Kile deep and has the most pre-All-Star break homers ever, that could be a tough assignment to digest. Like the oatmeal.

Prospect watch

Carlos Zambrano, RHP, Cubs

He just turned 20 but already is at Class AAA Iowa, where he was 6-2 with a ...