Delaying Bonds' Bid for MLB Immortality

San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds has been seeing intentional walks the past few days.

Yes, apparently, other pitchers would rather put Barry Bonds on first base rather than let him swing at those fast balls and make a run for Babe Ruth's ever legendary Major League Baseball (MLB) record.

As a result, Bonds STILL is six homeruns away from overtaking ''the Babe.''

Ever since Bonds' alleged steroids issue, this Giants slugger became the talk in all of baseball. Will the MLB opt to omit all those milestones Bonds accomplished with those steroids? Is it fair to take all of it away from a man who was cheating in the first place?

With the way they've been pitching to the guy, you can very well forget that. Bonds even went for a total of ten walks in one of San Francisco's games. Not even a hefty dose of the substance can help the Giants slugger now.

So what does Bonds do?

Well, he just keeps on helping his team win in anyway he can. Besides, with a hundred or so more games to play in this young season, overtaking the Babe is inevitable, like it or not.

Despite a lack of offensive production, Bonds' mere presence changes the entire complexion of the Giants' lineup. Entering Sunday, the Giants have scored 35 percent of their runs (15 of 42) following Bonds' 10 walks.

''Barry Bonds doesn't have the speed anymore, but his sense of reaching a base or taking the extra base is still there,'' Felipe Alou, the Giants manager, said.

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