Barry Bonds hit career home run #754 (his 20th of the season) in the first inning of tonight's game against the Marlins in San Francisco. Bonds was walked each of his next 4 times up.

Every time Bonds come to the plate now is a potential history making moment. Now it's a question of if he will be given anything to hit. From what I saw tonight pitchers seemed more nervous than usual facing Bonds on the brink of a history making home run. And that's saying a lot as Bonds makes pitchers pretty nervous regardless of how many home runs he has. I think the pressure will go up even more once the record is tied. As I mentioned earlier it's #715 that's most remembered with Aaron and I think it's #756 that pitchers may be most wary of when pitching to Barry Bonds.

The Giants won the game in a slug fest. 12 to 10. It was another awful start for Barry Zito by the way. He got out of this one without a loss at least. He didn't get the win either though as the Giants offensive explosion came after he got the hook.

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