For Barry Bonds, his dream of seeing the Baseball Hall of Fame one day open its doors and invite him in still lives on.
Bonds joined the broadcast from his California home as Aaron Judge attempted to match Roger Maris' American League record with his 61st home run of the season during the Yankees-Red Sox game.
Judge, a Bay Area product, is also in contention for the Triple Crown, leading the American League with a .314 batting average and 128 RBIs. The 30-year-old outfielder is set to test free agency this winter, having turned down a seven-year, $213.5 million offer from the Yankees prior to the season. That was exactly what Bonds wanted to do in 1993, signing with his hometown Giants over the Yankees. Bonds said he was close to signing with the Yankees for"about 15 or 20 minutes" after they offered him a similar contract to what Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg was making at the time.
"I said, 'This is great. I'm gonna go home,'" Bonds said."I always wanted to play at home. That was my dream to play with my godfather and my father on the same team. So, it wasn’t much of a conversation with the Yankees, but they did make the first big offer to me at that time. But the Giants came back with a bigger offer probably like, I don't know, 30 minutes after that phone call.
"If you told me I could hit .220 and I’m gonna make $200 million, that's been accepted," Bonds said."In my time of playing baseball, you don't hit almost .300, you're not gonna be in Major League Baseball. You're gonna be in the minor leagues. So, it's not the players' fault."
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