Barry Bonds, the greatest home run hitter of all time, turns 54 today. To celebrate his birthday, lets take a listen back on some of his greatest moments via the KNBR 680 archives.
4/12/93: Barry Bonds hits a homer in his first at-bat in Candlestick Park
4/17/01: Barry Bonds hits his 500th career home run, joining Mel Ott, Willie Mays and Willie McCovey as the fourth Giant with 500 homers
10/4/01: Barry Bonds ties Mark McGwire’s single-season home run record with his 70th homer of the year
10/6/01: Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run of the season and breaks the single season record
6/23/03: Barry Bonds steals his 500th career base, becoming the only member of baseball’s 500 home run / 500 stolen base club
4/16/04: Bonds took the most dominant pitcher in the game at the time, Dodgers closer Eric Gagne, yard in the ninth inning at AT&T Park
5/20/06: Barry Bonds ties Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list, hitting his 714th career homer
8/7/07: Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s all-time record with home run No. 756 off Mike Bacsik in the fifth inning