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Barry Bonds acknowledges the crowd during a ceremony for players that are part of the Pittsburgh Pirates 2024 Hall of Fame class before a game against the Cincinnati Reds in Pittsburgh on Aug. 24, 2024.

Over the last five years, Shohei Ohtani has been at or near the top in every offensive statistical category in baseball . It’s not just numbers. It’s aura. Whenever you hear that Michael Bublé showtune he plays as his walk-up music, you get a feeling.

If the Japanese star maintains that best-by-a-country-mile pace for 10 or 12 more years, into his early 40s, he might be the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. Until then, it’s still Barry Bonds.

We forget how much Bonds terrified opponents, and for how long. When he was 39, he was intentionally walked 120 times in a sin

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