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‘Barry is deserving of a statue, and I would say, should be next up,’ San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer said
Although he has yet to be voted into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame, Barry Bonds will have a statue of the legendary home run king built outside the home stadium of the San Francisco Giants.
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, the slugger will be immortalized with a statue outside of the Giants’ home stadium, Oracle Park. The revelation was announced by the CEO of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, Larry Baer, during a radio appearance on “The Morning Roast” on 95.7 The Game.
The controversial baseball player, who holds several MLB records, including the most home runs hit by a player with 762 career home runs and the single-season record for most home runs hit during the regular season with 73, has been locked out of the Hall of Fame due to accusations that he used steroids during his career.
Baer stated that getting a statue of one of the greatest ballplayers in front of the park is “on the radar.” He admitted that there are no specific plans, but it will happen.
“Barry is deserving of a statue, and I would say, should be next up,” Baer said. “We don’t have the exact location and the exact date and the exact timing, but you’re saying things that we’re totally in sync with. You probably notice Barry’s around a lot, more recently this year and last year as well.”
There may be some dispute as to who may be the greatest Giants player, but when the statue does go up, he will join other great athletes who donned the Giants uniform. Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, and Gaylord Perry have been honored with statues outside Oracle Park.
Bonds spent 22 seasons in the Major Leagues, the first seven with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the remainder with the Giants. He retired in 2007. He won league MVP honors seven times and earned selections to the All-Star Game 14 times while earning eight Gold Gloves. Stats worthy of being a Hall of Famer.
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