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Bonds doesn't need sympathy votes.(Baseball)
The loss of a parent creates a void like no other, but if you're wondering how it will affect Barry Bonds' ability to hit a baseball, consider his remarkable performance this season while his father was ailing.
Bobby Bonds underwent surgery on a brain tumor in April, was hospitalized for pneumonia in June and required open-heart surgery in July. He had been ill for nearly a year with lung cancer, yet Barry continued to leave his mark as one of the greatest players of all time.
It's obvious Bonds cared deeply about his father; he left the Giants to be at Bobby's side for five days earlier this month, then again to mourn his death last Saturday. But in the ...
- Triple Crown an elusive prize in the majors.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Stone, Larry June 14, 2003 700+ words
...ve got Barry Bonds, you've got Sammy Sosa. To win the Triple Crown, it takes a little...most often as a Triple Crown candidate is Alex...his past. Barry Bonds is another who...three legs of the Triple Crown at various times...
- Wadas cops Triple Crown at wire: He and Wolfsberger earn the honor with victory...
- Newspaper article from: Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA) July 5, 2007 700+ words
...second in the Triple Crown's overall male...winning a $100 bond. John Evangelista...male overall Triple Crown bracket, winning a $100 bond. Wadas, the...female overall Triple Crown competition, winning a $100 bond. Swoyersville...
- Baseball Triple Crown tougher than horse racing Triple Crown.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hagen, Paul June 4, 2004 700+ words
...batted in _ baseball's Triple Crown _ is just plain silly...To win baseball's Triple Crown, a hitter must be at...anybody. After Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols, it...contemplate going for the Triple Crown. And if other teams...
- Triple crown is a rare feat Only two have led in average, homers, RBI
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel CLAIRE SMITH June 30, 1996 700+ words
...handicapped the field for a triple crown run. It won't be Bonds, says Robinson, because his...struggling will boost hopes of a triple crown in the National League. Perennial...is hitting just .315. Like Bonds, Belle has a drawback the...
- Federated Investors, Inc. Adds Two New Funds to Federated Triple Crown Variable...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 30, 1999 700+ words
...investors. The Federated Triple Crown(SM) now offers investors...ability to diversify their Triple Crown(SM) holdings," said...products should make the Triple Crown(SM) even more attractive...which is a multi-sector bond fund investing in US...
- REAL QUIET ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY COLT COULD BECOME FIRST TRIPLE CROWN WINNER...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) June 6, 1998 700+ words
...will try to foil a Triple Crown bid today when he rides...become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner and first since...Other horses with Triple Crown experience in the Belmont...Jorge Chavez: James Bond: Barrios, Lester...
- Great field or not, winning Triple Crown a very special case.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Clay, John June 2, 2002 700+ words
...right on through the Triple Crown. Affirmed won seven...tackle the toils of the Triple Crown campaign often blossom...fortunate might have been Jim Bond's misfortune, when...could rise up and win the Triple Crown. "There are only one...
- With Derrek Lee, Triple Crown is no idle thought.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Morrissey, Rick June 3, 2005 700+ words
...the last man to win the Triple Crown was Carl Yastrzemski...reason no one has won the Triple Crown in almost 40 years...early to talk about the Triple Crown or that Lee hasn't...teams have shown Barry Bonds in the past. That...
