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Because of a colossal managerial blunder that has him hitting cleanup instead of leadoff.
By King Kaufman
October 4, 2002
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Let's cut the crap about reserving the award for a player on a winning team. The best player in the league is the most valuable, whoever he plays for.
By King Kaufman
September 25, 2002
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Just a few years ago, seven or eight players looked like the second coming of Mays and Musial. What happened?
By Allen Barra
July 3, 2002
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Until the national pastime solves its drug problem, the game's integrity will be threatened.
By Allen Barra
May 31, 2002
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Many baseball fans will never adore the San Francisco Giants' moody superstar. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in the sport's history, Bonds emerged as the wounded hero of a wounded nation.
By Joan Walsh
April 1, 2002
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He's the best player in baseball, but hitting 73 home runs at age 37 isn't just unnatural, it might be ruining the game.
By Allen Barra
March 28, 2002
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Plus: Barry Bonds' $90 million deal is a no-brainer.
By Allen Barra
January 16, 2002
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Barry Bonds had the greatest year in the history of baseball, and the media barely noticed.
By Allen Barra
October 10, 2001
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The asterisk some gripers want to put on Barry Bonds is as imaginary as the one they put on Roger Maris.
By Allen Barra
October 3, 2001
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The San Francisco Giants' All-Star second baseman got off easy for
blasting Barry Bonds to Sports Illustrated, because the media likes
him and hates Bonds. Could race (say it isn't so!) have anything to
do with it?
By Joan Walsh
August 30, 2001
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Barry Bonds is on his way, if you look at the stat -- and it isn't home runs -- that measures offensive performance most accurately.
By Allen Barra
June 20, 2001
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Or: How one Giants fan learned to stop worrying and love Barry Bonds, just in time to appreciate his 500th home run.
By Joan Walsh
April 18, 2001
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Sure, he's totally unlovable, but the San Francisco Giants superstar is still the best player in the National League, and maybe the best in baseball.
By Allen Barra
September 29, 2000
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If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball.
By Joan Walsh
September 22, 2000
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Willie Mays talks about stickball in Harlem, today's best players and his ban from the game.
By Joan Walsh
July 13, 1999
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The San Francisco Giants' skipper has led his team to victory -- and proved that multiculturalism doesn't have to be a drag on merit and spunk.
By Joan Walsh
October 1, 1997