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Bonds' numbers add up to another MVP.(Baseball)
The real debate isn't over National League MVP, but over which of Barry Bonds' seasons should be considered his finest. There's 2001, when he hit his record 73 homers. There's 2002, when he hit .370 and won his first batting title. And now there's 2004, when he's preparing to shatter his single-season record for on-base percentage, hitting for nearly as high an average as Ichiro Suzuki and missing fewer pitches than ever.
Giants assistant general manager Ned Colletti declines to pick his favorite Bonds season, saying only, "We're talking about the four greatest offensive years ever." That includes 2003, when Bonds missed 31 games but won his sixth MVP. And ...