Bill Shaikin: Barry Bonds didn’t make the Hall of Fame. Get over it.
by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times
Jan 25, 2022
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Neither his name nor his greatest accomplishment are hidden. On the official website of Major League Baseball, he is immortalized as owner of the sport’s most cherished record, atop the all-time home run list: Barry Bonds, 762.
There is no asterisk by his name, even though steroids enhanced his performance enough for him to squeak past the revered Hank Aaron, who hit 755 home runs.
The Miami Marlins employed Bonds as a hitting coach. The San Francisco Giants retired his number. He is not banished from the
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