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San Fransisco Giants’ Barry Bonds, left, chats with Boston Red Sox’ David Ortiz prior to their baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday, June 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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San Fransisco Giants’ Barry Bonds, left, chats with Boston Red Sox’ David Ortiz prior to their baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday, June 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
With 762 home runs and seven league MVP awards, Barry Bonds stands as one of the greatest MLB players in the history of the game. However, the outfielder, who never won a World Championship, recently faced a snub from the veterans’ committee which halted his eventual entry into the Hall of Fame once again.
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Nevertheless, 11 years after the superstar and stained slugger retired from the game, he made a special appearance with a glorious and legendary American rapper.
When Bonds met Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Similarly, in a tweet that Barry Bonds uploaded on his Twitter handle in May 2018, he made an appearance with American legend Snoop Dog, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. The caption of the tweet indicated that the two legends met at Napa Valley.
BottleRock Napa Valley @SnoopDogg pic.twitter.com/XloFRycFJI
— Barry L Bonds (@BarryBonds) May 27, 2018
The tweet that went viral in May 2018 which said, “BottleRock Napa Valley @SnoopDogg”
Bonds, who played his last MLB game in 2007, did not receive the most fitting goodbye from the league. After the Giants let him go, no one signed the start outfielder until he eventually entered the Miami Marlins setup as a hitting coach for an isolated season. Since then, he returned back to the Giants’ setup as an advisor to the CEO. And the Giants retired his jersey number 25 in 2018.
Why is Barry Bonds not in the MLB Hall of Fame?
Since 2013, in the ten years of Bonds’ eligibility, the slugger has fallen significantly short of 75% to enter the MLB Hall of Fame. The BBWAA has perpetually communicated their displeasure with including the slugger in the Hall of Fame because to his controversial, and steroid circled past.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – AUGUST 11: Former San Francisco Giants player Barry Bonds looks on during a ceremony to retire his #25 jersey at AT&T Park on August 11, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
In 2022, after hopes with the BBWAA disappeared, Bonds applied through the veterans’ committee, where he fell short too. Do you think Barry Bonds deserves to be in the MLB Hall of Fame after a career of such success? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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