- Destruction Of National Pastime Given Two-Minute Standing Ovation
SAN FRANCISCO — A sellout crowd rose to its feet and exploded into ecstatic cheers Tuesday night as Barry Bonds completed the downfall of America's most revered sport by hitting a thundering 435-foot shot into the left field bleachers for career home run No. 756 and tainting baseball's most beloved record.
![Barry Bonds as a rookie](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SbqLWX6CpYA/RsBB8AxBLrI/AAAAAAAAARo/hLqPH8b75hY/s200/bonds_rookie.jpg)
Mike Bacsik, the pitcher who made the difficult and admirable decision to pitch to Bonds as if he were a normal player, and who will forever be known as the man whose fastball was sent out of the park along with the last remnant of baseball's self-respect, could only watch. Bonds would later present Bacsik with an autographed bat.
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Moral: be a Twins fan. They're the team that can't afford players like Bonds...for the better.
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