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San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in San Francisco, California, who currently play in the National League West Division. ... Leading off in the top of the second inning of game two versus the Padres, before a sell-out crowd at PETCO Park, Barry Bonds hit a high fastball off the facing of the upper deck in left field for his 755th career home run.
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History of the San Francisco Giants
The history of the San Francisco Giants begins in 1883 with the New York Gothams and has involved some of baseball's greatest players, including Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Barry Bonds. ... Leading off in the top of the second inning of game two versus the Padres, before a sell-out crowd at PETCO Park, Barry Bonds hit a high fastball off the facing of the upper deck in left field for his 755th career home run.
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Barry Zito
He recorded his first career RBI two days later against the Washington Nationals, in the same game that Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th career home run. ... "Baseball's obsession with the fastball".
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Rod Beck
In that contest, Barry Bonds hit a two run homer in the 1st inning for the Giants while Raul Mondesi hit a solo shot in the 5th for the Dodgers. ... Baker left Beck in, and Beck proceeded to strike out Todd Zeile looking at an inside-corner fastball.
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Brad Halsey
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Chuck Smith baseball
with his incredible control," Smith "...smokes his fastball past hitters up high and induces pathetic ground balls with his low off-speed stuff." ... He gave up the 16th home run in Barry Bonds record breaking 2001 season, when Bonds hit 73 homers.
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2000 National League Division Series
The 2000 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2000 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. ... However, following a double by Barry Bonds and a single from Jeff Kent, pinch hitter J. T. Snow hit a towering three-run home run off of Mets reliever Armando Benitez to tie the game at four.
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2004 in baseball
June 20 - On Father's Day afternoon at Busch Stadium, with his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., in attendance, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. goes deep on a 2-2 fastball from the St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Morris, securing a spot in the record books as the 20th player with 500 career home runs. ... September 17 - The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds becomes just the third player in major league history to hit 700 career home runs.
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Byung-Hyun Kim
Kim possesses a four-seam fastball with tailing movement frequently hitting the low 90's, a Frisbee slider with sweeping motion across the plate, an up-shoot slider with a rising motion, and a circle-changeup which he usually uses to strike out left-handed hitters. ... On May 28, Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run off Kim at SBC Park and surpassed Babe Ruth's 714 career home runs and put himself in sole possession of second place on the all-time career home runs list.
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