Last night Barry Bonds hit career home run #750 moving him within 5 of Hank Aaron.

It was also his 16th home run of the season. Bonds who turns 43 in less than a month is hitting .298 with an incredible .505 OBP (1st in MLB) and a very good .592 slugging percentage (2nd in the NL.) No hitter has ever performed at this level at this age.

With just one more game in June let's take a look at Bonds monthly splits. After a great April he had a horrible May but he's followed that up with a rather fantastical June.

Month AVG/OBP/SLG

April .356/.536/.814
May .194/.449/.388
June .354/.538/.600

More and more I think Barry Bonds will play next season and have a real shot at 800 career home runs (He's on pace to end this season with about 770) and 3000 career hits. Why should he not play when he's still clearly one of the best hitters in baseball? Certainly he should be a DH but I really don't think he wants to leave San Francisco.

That being said the Giants look to be going nowhere fast and if he wants to join a team with a chance to win the world series he should probably move to the AL and move to the DH slot. As a DH I figure he could play a FEW more years and he's got a good shot at 900 home runs. I'm joking right? Maybe not... ?

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