Incog_Negro
06-17-2007, 09:44 PM
A CLOSER LOOK
• Summary: Barry Bonds hit his first Fenway Park home run and 748th of his career but the Giants couldn't avoid a sweep against the Red Sox.
• Hero: Manny Ramirez. The Boston slugger homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs for the Red Sox.
• Hello, old friend: Bonds' homer came off former Pirates teammate Tim Wakefield. The knuckleballer became the 441st different pitcher to allow a Bonds homer.
• Crash knuckles: Bonds hit his first home run off a knuckleballer since he hit his 73rd homer of the 2001 season off former Dodger Dennis Springer.
• Quotable: "I tip my cap to him, he came after me in every at-bat. He gave me something to hit." -- Bonds on facing Wakefield.
• Summary: Barry Bonds hit his first Fenway Park home run and 748th of his career but the Giants couldn't avoid a sweep against the Red Sox.
• Hero: Manny Ramirez. The Boston slugger homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs for the Red Sox.
• Hello, old friend: Bonds' homer came off former Pirates teammate Tim Wakefield. The knuckleballer became the 441st different pitcher to allow a Bonds homer.
• Crash knuckles: Bonds hit his first home run off a knuckleballer since he hit his 73rd homer of the 2001 season off former Dodger Dennis Springer.
• Quotable: "I tip my cap to him, he came after me in every at-bat. He gave me something to hit." -- Bonds on facing Wakefield.