Inside Baseball: The Best Of Tom Verducci - Plot & Excerpts
No, hitting the 600th home run of a major league career is beyond the general populace, not to mention all but three other ballplayers in history. What’s instructive is what Bonds did after he connected with a fastball from Pirates righthander Kip Wells. Like De Kooning before a drying canvas, Bonds took a step back and admired the majesty and magnitude of his work. A Bonds home run typically leaves nothing to doubt from the violent, noisy moment of contact. This one screamed for 421 feet before landing among the centerfield loonies of Pacific Bell Park. They clawed, pummeled and bloodied one another at the chance to own the five-ounce piece of history, at least until it could be sold to the highest bidder. And just as Bonds took a long, steady view of the moment when he joined Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays in an exclusive fraternity, so do we need to take a long view of his career. We need to pause because Bonds is not only a late boomer, but also a mostly unembraceable presence.
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