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Barry Bonds once again earns Baseball Digest's Player of the Year honor. (Warm Up Tosses).
BEFORE THE START OF THE WORLD SERIES IN ANAHEIM LAST FALL, MIKE Scioscia, manager of the Angels, was talking about a formidable adversary. "Barry Bonds," he said of the Giants' focused power hitter, "has had the best two seasons--this year and last year--in the history of baseball."
Scioscia was coveting a lot of ground with that statement, but he could be excused for delving in hyperbole because Bonds was unquestionably the majors' most dominant offensive force in 2001 and 2002.
Whether he had the two best ever back-to-back seasons at the plate may be challenged by historians who might point to what Babe Ruth did in 1920-1921; Rogers Hornsby in ...
- WORLD SERIES; Walk in the park; Bonds receives free pass to first.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Massarotti, Tony October 24, 2002 700+ words
...score and this 98th World Series. Santiago's hit...intentional walks to Bonds with a pair of rally...that situation." Bonds? Prior to last...11 swings in the World Series and hit three colossal...And in this 2002 World Series, the slate is now...David Bell and Barry ...
- WORLD SERIES; Bonds rings hollow.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Massarotti, Tony October 25, 2002 700+ words
...this vaccuum of a World Series, Bonds remains an easy focal...that ultimately keeps Bonds at a distance. Early on in this World Series, in discussing the...Giants slugger Barry Bonds can earn his first World Series championship with...
- World Series; Halos cash in despite Bonds.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Buckley, Steve October 23, 2002 700+ words
...FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds is having himself a...Ortiz in Game 3 of the World Series last night at Pacific...cause they pitched to Bonds again in the fifth...is going, the 2002 World Series, many years from now...many home runs Barry Bonds hit, and for the way...
- World Series telecasts all about Bonds and Giants pain.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 17, 2002 700+ words
...has been to the World Series before? Joe Buck...to see a lot of Bonds' fascinating...by the time the World Series is over, then...Fox will pan to Bonds in the San Francisco...line for this World Series is that Bonds finally has been...
- In playoffs, Bonds covers all bases; truculent slugger shows a kinder, gentler...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Fraley, Gerry October 18, 2002 700+ words
...he's showing." Bonds will make the first World Series appearance of his...never reached the World Series. Bonds should win his fifth...their club into the World Series and on to the ring. The flaw to Bonds' career before this...
- In playoffs, Bonds covers all bases; truculent slugger shows a kinder, gentler...
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 18, 2002 700+ words
...he's showing." Bonds will make the first World Series appearance of his...never reached the World Series. Bonds should win his fifth...their club into the World Series and on to the ring. The flaw to Bonds' career before this...
- WORLD SERIES; One Giant step for Bonds in Anaheim; Slugger's HR keys SF win in...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Horrigan, Jeff October 20, 2002 700+ words
...Edison Field. Barry Bonds and Reggie Sanders belted...wins of their first World Series title since 1954. The...half of the plate and Bonds crushed it off a billboard...of the postseason for Bonds, who had only one homer...to homer in his first World Series at-bat. San ...
- Bonds looks ahead to fourth MVP, first World Series. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gonzales, Mark November 9, 1993 700+ words
...with 103 victories. Bonds didn't participate...yet to participate in a World Series. ``Until you get there...until you win,'' said Bonds, who added later...at (not reaching the World Series) as unfinished business...
Source: HighBeam Research, Barry Bonds once again earns Baseball Digest's Player of the Year...