LOS ANGELES - If that was the Dodgers fans' A game, they're out of the running for my All-Nasty team.
In their big moment of getting a nationally scrutinized hate-on, they didn't come close to the Bronx or Philly or the top deck of Candlestick circa July 1985.
Tuesday night, the stands weren't even full when Barry Bonds came to bat in the first inning, with a chance to tie Henry Aaron at 755 home runs. Traffic woes, naturally. And though Bonds heard catcalls and boos all evening, they weren't any louder than what Armando Benitez heard last weekend in San Francisco.
Truly, it was just another mellow night at balmy, sold-out Dodger Stadium, with Bonds being kicked around a little less forcefully than a beach ball.
The Dodgers fans enjoyed his first at-bat, when he struck out trying to check his swing against Brad Penny. They didn't mind the intentional walk in the third. But they weren't too happy about the sixth-inning leadoff walk that started a rally, giving the Giants a 3-1 lead. And they got some thrills in Bonds' last at-bat, in the seventh, when his towering popup was dropped by shortstop Rafael Furcal. Bonds was then replaced by pinch runner Fred Lewis, and plenty of Dodger fans took that opportunity to beat the traffic home.
Throughout the game there were plenty of chants about what Barry does. They started whenever Bonds was on deck or at bat, or walking out to left field. Or when there was a lull in the action.
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In their big moment of getting a nationally scrutinized hate-on, they didn't come close to the Bronx or Philly or the top deck of Candlestick circa July 1985.
Tuesday night, the stands weren't even full when Barry Bonds came to bat in the first inning, with a chance to tie Henry Aaron at 755 home runs. Traffic woes, naturally. And though Bonds heard catcalls and boos all evening, they weren't any louder than what Armando Benitez heard last weekend in San Francisco.
Truly, it was just another mellow night at balmy, sold-out Dodger Stadium, with Bonds being kicked around a little less forcefully than a beach ball.
The Dodgers fans enjoyed his first at-bat, when he struck out trying to check his swing against Brad Penny. They didn't mind the intentional walk in the third. But they weren't too happy about the sixth-inning leadoff walk that started a rally, giving the Giants a 3-1 lead. And they got some thrills in Bonds' last at-bat, in the seventh, when his towering popup was dropped by shortstop Rafael Furcal. Bonds was then replaced by pinch runner Fred Lewis, and plenty of Dodger fans took that opportunity to beat the traffic home.
Throughout the game there were plenty of chants about what Barry does. They started whenever Bonds was on deck or at bat, or walking out to left field. Or when there was a lull in the action.
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
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