On a picture perfect night at Petco Park, Barry Bonds drove a 2-1 fastball from the San Diego Padres’ Clay Hensley for the 755th home run of his controversial career. The ball sailed over the fence in left-center field, hitting off the face of the second deck, as Bonds tied Hank Aaron’s career record. . .
It left him one swing away from being the holder of a mark that baseball Commissioner Bud Selig calls “the greatest record in American sports.” (Full Story)