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So there he is, Barry Bonds standing by the cage during batting practice in Milwaukee, just two home runs shy of Babe Ruth's mark of 712, when all of the sudden he gets nailed in the forehead by a foul ball...

"Bonds was leaning on a rail that snakes around the batting cage when Giants second baseman Kevin Frandsen swung and fouled the ball into the netting. The ball struck Bonds in the forehead. Bonds yelled out an expletive and seemed dazed as he put his hands to his face. Bonds then lay on his back, eyes hidden by his hands, as video and still cameras swarmed near him to capture the scene."

Talk about the Curse of the Bambino. The guy's been in and around a batting cage all his life and somehow, some way, improbably gets his Sputnik-like cranium cracked on the eve of passing the old man. Bonds played on, however, going 0-for-4 and further extending the intense media coverage of his pursuit. Speaking of, Ballpark Figures crunches the Bonds vs. Ruth debate and gives the nod to George Herman over Barry Lamar, and that's without even considering steroid use. Furthermore, there's no way a foul ball could fell the Colossus of Clout.

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• #3 Comment from redwingsnut93 
  5/6/06 3:00 PM | Permalink

  Maybe the ball knocked all of the steroids out of him
  
  http://journals.aol.com/redwingsnut93/ESPNNutsSportsBlog
  
  $Nick$
• #2 Comment from ronbarb165 
  5/4/06 11:33 PM | Permalink

  Man, if only they would have started this steroid testing 1 year from now,I'd be celebrating my All-Time HomeRun Record right about now!!
• #1 Comment from monponsett 
  5/4/06 10:33 PM | Permalink

  I hope the ball's all right... yukyukyuk