Last Night:

Barry Bonds hit his 27th home run of the season (and 761st of his career) as he continued his usual domination of the month of August (current August SLG = .809)

Bonds is now at 1992 RBI and should reach the 2000 mark rather soon like. Last night's game moved Bonds into second place in the NL in Slugging Percentage. Please remind yourself that Bonds is 43 years old and read that last sentence again.

Greg Maddux became the first pitcher in MLB history to win at least 10 games in 20 consecutive seasons. It was Maddux's 700th career start and the Padres celebrated by scoring him 14 runs in their 14-3 destruction of the Phillies.

Maddux had been tied with Cy Young with the record for most consecutive 10 win seasons at 19. Last night's game puts Maddux at 10-9 with a 3.90 ERA for the season. He's now 343-212 with a 3.10 ERA for his career. With Maddux still among the most accurate (21 walks in 161.2 IP) and dependable (10th best in NL, 1.20 WHIP) starters in the game, he should be pitching again next season. If Maddux could hook up with a real firepower team (like the Red Sox or Yankees) and staying healthy, I can imagine him getting 400 wins at around age 45. Yes you heard that right. The crazy has spoken!