SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Some weighty roster decisions will be included in the Giants' cargo next week when they travel to the Bay Area for their final Spring Training exhibition games. From the lineup to the bench, roles are likely to stay open for competition when the Giants play their Triple-A Sacramento affiliate in the state capital on March 24. The three-game Bay Bridge Series against the Oakland A's, set for March 25-27, also is likely to serve as a proving ground for players whose immediate future hangs in the balance. Front and center among the unresolved issues is center field. The range ..read more

The San Francisco Giants will retire the No. 25 of Barry Bonds this season, the team announced Tuesday. The number will be retired on Aug. 11, 2018, when the Giants host the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bonds spent 15 of his 22 major league seasons with San Francisco; the other seven were with Pittsburgh. He currently serves as a special adviser for the Giants. "I'm both honored and humbled that the Giants are going to retire my number this season," the 53-year-old Bonds said in a statement. "As I've always said, the Giants and Giants fans, are a part of my family. Growing up, Candlestick Park was ..read more

By Jessica Kleinschmidt| Ah yes, the bat flip. Throughout baseball's glorious history, we have witnessed some truly epic tosses of the lumber. MLB Network aired "The Top 50 Bat Flips of All Time" on Sunday, and we rounded up some of our favorite bat flips of all time. Josh Donaldson's green and gold walk-off When All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson was sporting the green and gold in Oakland, he was behind a masterful walk-off win against the Phillies that resulted in a memorable flip of the bat. On Sept. 21, 2014, the A's and the Phillies were all tied up, 6-6 … until the bottom of the ..read more

BARRY BONDS CAREER HOME RUN #716 BAT & UNIFORM HEADLINES 2017 GOLDIN AUCTIONS SPRING AUCTION 2,000+ lot auction open for bidding on May 1, at www.GoldinAuctions.com RUNNEMEDE, NJ – MAY 1, 2017 – Baseball and sports memorabilia are all about the numbers as collectors crave artifacts from the most iconic moments in which legendary players reached lofty plateaus. Although many have been lost to history, one such item that has not headlines the 2017 Goldin Auctions Spring Auction. The historic #716 is up for bids as Barry Bonds has consigned his full uniform and the bat he used to join Hank Aa ..read more

Last week, the Giants announced that they were bringing franchise legend Barry Bonds back to the Bay as special advisor to the CEO.  As part of his new job, Bonds will be working with San Francisco's hitters -- and really, what better way to learn than by watching Barry Bonds? So, during the team's batting practice session on Sunday morning, Bonds stepped into the cage and proceeded to launch dingers like it's 2001: Barry Bonds is out here hitting homers ... pic.twitter.com/e1Clvd8HQ3 — Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) March 26, 2017 Source: MLB.com | Chris Landers | March 26, 201 ..read more

BARRY BONDS JOINS GIANTS FRONT OFFICE AS SPECIAL ADVISOR TO CEO SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Seven-time National League MVP Barry Bonds has joined the San Francisco Giants front office as a Special Advisor to the CEO the club announced today. In his new role, Bonds will represent the organization at various community and organizational events in San Francisco. He will also attend the Giants Spring Training Camp in Scottsdale, Arizona from March 22-28 and will visit the Giants’ minor league teams to work with the organizations’ young players. ”We are delighted to welcome Barry back home to the Gi ..read more

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His records are mired in controversy. His accomplishments are, nonetheless, amazing. No one in the history of Major League Baseball has hit more home runs than Barry Bonds, and no one has been as feared at the plate as the man who was walked 2,558 times. These stats, and others, have the former Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants great slotted at No. 2 in our list of the 50 top processional athletes to come out of Arizona State. Bonds' time in the desert was both successful and controversial - perhaps a precursor to his professional career. While hitting at a .347 average with 45 h ..read more

Sunday is Father's Day, so Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there. Especially you baseball loving dads. I know I wouldn't be obsessed with this game without my father and grandfather. What better way for a father and son to bond than at a baseball game or by playing catch? It's the best. In honor of the Father's Day holiday, let's look at the best father-son combinations in baseball history. There are many of them -- over 200, in fact -- but some clearly stand above the rest. Here are the five best father-son combinations in MLB history, with an honorable mention thrown in for good measu ..read more

Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds is of course a Giants legend. Bonds spent 15 of his 22 big-league seasons in San Francisco, and on the Giants' watch he hit 586 of his 762 home runs and won five of his seven NL MVP awards. Needless to say, he's beloved back in San Francisco, and his general unpopularity elsewhere has served only to galvanize how much Giants fans adore him. Bonds' Marlins visited the Giants on Friday night, and that marked the first time that Bonds returned to San Francisco in something other than a Giants uniform. As you're about to see, his reception upon delivering the lin ..read more