Mike Bacsik Was Not Afraid of History

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FanHouse: Wed AM 'Big Barry' Edition
Published 8/8/2007 by John at John Clifford Ness
... and Bonds and when asked what's next for him, Bonds said "a lot more baseball, hell yeah. I'm not quitting, plenty more baseball left." Mike Bacsik Was Not Afraid of History : Mike Bacsik clearly wasn't daunted by the prospects of becoming a footnote in history. It would have been easy for Bacsik to walk Bonds at least a couple of times, especially after falling behind in the count, but instead he challenged Bonds each time he came up to bat. Bacsik paid for it, of course, as Bonds singled in each of his first two at-bats and scored both times before launching the ball into the stands in the fifth inning. But still, challenging Bonds was the sporting thing to do. ...