Hours before Barry Bonds’s number 25 was retired by the Giants, manager Bruce Bochy was asked about his former player – the all-time MLB home run king.
Bruce Bochy called Barry Bonds “the best player in his era.” That legacy held true even in Bonds’s final year in 2007, when he was 42- and 43-years-old.
Evan Longoria is alright, but neither he nor manager Bruce Bochy enjoyed the experience of Longoria being hit in the back by a 97 mph fastball Friday night.
The Giants cannot seem to get out of their own way. After closing a three-run deficit to just one, a pair of errors from two Gold Glove infielders gave life to the Pittsburgh Pirates offense.