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Monday, 29 May 2006 |
Baseball veteran Barry Bonds has beaten Babe Ruth into second place
San Francisco baseball veteran Barry Bonds hit his 715th career home run on Sunday and in so doing went past the legendary Babe Ruth into second place on the all-time list.
Barry Bonds, 41, achieved this feat in the fourth inning of the home match against Colorado Rockies and now only Hank Aaron, with 755, has scored more home runs than Bonds.
Barry Bonds is a seven-time National League Most Valuable Player and also holds the record for the most home runs hit in a season - 73 in 2001.
Barry Bonds had tied with Babe Ruth with a home run off Brad Halsey in the second inning of a game on 20 May against against Oakland and he went 17 at-bats and 24 plate appearances since that homer without adding to his total.
However, after he broke the record on Sunday off South Korean Byung-Hyun Kim, he received an incredible standing ovation from the home crowd, and having taken a curtain call, Barry Bonds was given another ovation as he walked out to play in left field.
"For me to do it in front of the fans of San Francisco, it can't get any better than this," said Barry Bonds proudly.
"I made them wait longer than I've made them wait in the past. But there was no greater place for this to happen than in San Francisco."
Barry Bonds said he would like to continue playing to make a bid at Hank Aaron's record.
"If you keep playing long enough anything is possible," Barry Bonds added.
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