(San Francisco) Holder of the major baseball circuits record, Barry Bonds will have a statue near the Oracle Park, the home of the Giants of San Francisco.
Asked about this on the radio, Larry Baer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Giants, replied Thursday that it is “at the radar”, without specifying when it will materialize.
“Barry certainly deserves a statue, and I would say that it should be the next one, told Baer, at 95.7 The Game. We have neither the place nor the exact date, but it will happen. All I can say is that it will happen. »»
Bonds played for San Francisco in the last 15 of his 22 seasons in major baseball.
He struck 586 cannon shots with the Giants, from 1993 to 2007.
He set the MLB record in one season with 73 circuits in 2001.
Then, on August 7, 2007, he passed Hank Aaron by bunching a 756e long ball.
He concluded his career with 762 circuits.
The Giants withdrew the bond number 25 sweater in 2018.
Outside the Oracle Park, there are statues of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda, all members of the Pantheon.
Bonds does not appear at the temple of fame.
Member of 14 teams of stars, he did not reach the 75 % threshold required during his ten years on the BWAA ballot – mainly due to allegations of recourse to steroids, which have continued him in recent years with the Giants.
The Committee of Contemporary Players gave up elected Bonds in 2022, although its status could be reconsidered.
