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On
April
4th
1974
Henry
Aaron
requested
to
the
league
to
have
a
moment
of
silence
on
the
Sixth
Anniversary
of
Martin
Luther
King's
Death.
The
request
was
rejected,
he
was
forced
to
play
and
he
tied
Ruth's
record
of
714
homeruns
on
his
very
first
swing.
Barry
Bonds
worked
hard
in
the
weight
room
to
get
stronger
but
extra
batting
practice
and
other
methods
of
training
was
also
required
for
him
to
be
the
best
all
around
baseball
player
of
this
era
and
arguably
of
all
time.
Just
like
Kobe
Bryant,
Michael
Jordan
and
others
work
extremely
harder,
get
bigger,
stronger
and
take
hundreds
of
shots
after
practice
once
they
have
been
in
the
league
for
a
while
to
better
their
game
and
keep
up
with
younger
competition
that's
the
same
road
Bonds
took.
The
81
points
scored
by
Kobe
Bryant
came
from
hard
work
like
Bonds
put
in.
It
takes
hand
and
eye
coordination
to
hit
a
baseball'
put
a
professional
wrestler
up
there
to
the
plate
against
Randy
Johnson
and
Roger
Clemens,
see
how
many
they
can
knock
out
the
park.
Bonds
records
and
play
speaks
for
itself.
He
stole
bases
and
is
the
only
player
to
hit
500
or
more
home
runs
and
steal
500
bases.
He's
the
3rd
fastest
to
reach
600
homeruns
behind
Babe
Ruth
and
Sammy
Sosa.
He
is
5th
all-time
in
slugging
percentage
with
an
average
of
607
and
is
less
than
100
hits
away
from
hitting
3000
hits
in a
career.
His
record
breaking
single
season
record
of
73
homers
in a
season
in
2001
was
big
that
year
but
what
is
the
fuss
over
he
never
hit
over
50
homeruns
any
other
time
in
his
career
just
like
a
football
player
rushing
for
2000
yards
in a
season
only
once
in
their
career.
Bonds
was
third
in
runs
scored
behind
Ricky
Henderson
and
Ty
Cobb.
He's
fifth
in
runs
batted
in
with
1981
rib's.
He's
an
8-time
Gold
Glove
winner
I
guess
steroids
helped
him
defensively
as
well.
He's
the
7-time
unprecedented
National
League
MVP
and
who
in
any
sport
comes
close
to
being
an
MVP
in a
season
seven
times
in a
career.
He's
a
13-time
all-star
and
The
Sporting
News
Player
of
The
Decade
of
the
1990's
that
means
best
all-around
player
not
just
hitting
homeruns.
Bonds
is
the
most
feared
hitter
in
the
history
of
the
game
garnering
a
single-season
record
of
120
intentional
walks,232
walks
and
is
the
all-time
walks
leader.
The
opposing
team
weren't
scared
that
he
was
going
to
hit
a
homerun
every
time
but
when
the
game
was
in
reach,
they
knew
he
could
get
a
hit
or
with
his
watchful
eye
he
would
be
walked.
He
was
also
a
two-time
BATTING
Champion
in
2002
and
2004(I didn't
say
homerun
champion).
Barry
Lamar
Bonds
was
The
1999
Philanthropist
of
the
Year
Award
Winner,
an
award
given
to
him
by
The
National
Conference
of
Black
Philanthropy.
His
love
and
devotion
to
his
children
led
him
to
launch
The
Bonds
Family
Foundation
which
helps
underprivileged
youth
in
The
Bay
Area.
Due
to
his
conviction
to
EDUCATION
the
foundation
established
The
Link
n'
Learn
Program
and
Bridge
to
The
Future
Campaign.
He
also
established
The
Bonds
Private
School
Scholarship
Fund.
We
may
never
know
if
he
knowingly
or
not
knowingly
took
steroids,
but
we
do
know
he's
the
best
all-around
player
to
lace
up
some
cleats.
He
may
not
have
been
the
most
charismatic
player
or
most
popular
player
but
if
you
look
at
him
as a
baseball
player
you
have
to
agree
he's
arguably
the
best
to
ever
play
the
game
I
do.
Terry
Williams,
Centerstage
Magazine
CEO/Publisher
Terry@centerstagemag.com
http://www.centerstagemag.com/
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