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Title |
Bonds HR No. 715 Button, 2006 |
Object Name |
Button, Promotional |
Description |
Bonds HR No. 715 Button, 2006. This button is made of plastic and is on a parchment of paper with the insignia of the SF Giants as 2012 World Champions. This button is painted in dark gray with black circle in the middle. It has a round shell in the front. In the left middle of the black circle is the symbol of the San Francisco Giants with the "S" in San is interlocked with the "F" in Francisco. In the middle of the black circle is a silhouette of a dark skinned figure swinging a black bat with his hands and arms while in his white SF Giants uniform and black helmet. Toward the right of the middle of the black circle, painted in black and in bold, the text reads "BONDS / HR No. / 715". The text "715" is larger than the text "BONDS / HR No." above. At the back of the button, which is the pin-back, there is a copper spring pin in the middle of the back inside of the button's shell. |
Date |
2006 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2017.001.001 |
Dimensions |
H-1 W-1 D-0.125 inches |
Collection |
3D - Advertising Media |
Inscription Text |
"BONDS / HR No. / 715" (painted in black and in bold toward the right of the middle of the black circle with the text "715" is larger than the text "BONDS / HR No." above) |
Notes |
"Barry Lamar Bonds is a former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Bonds was born on July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California to former major leaguer Bobby Bonds and Patricia Howard. He attended Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football. He batted for a .467 batting average his senior year and was named prep All-American. In the 1982 MLB draft, the San Francisco Giants drafted Bonds as a high school senior, but were unable to agree on contract terms. Instead Bonds decided to attend college. Bonds attended Arizona State University, hitting .347 with 45 home runs and 175 runs batted in (RBI). In 1984 he batted .360 and had 30 stolen bases and in 1985 finished with 23 home runs, 66 RBIs and a .368 batting average. Bonds tied the NCAA record with seven consecutive hits in the College World Series as a sophomore and was named to All-Time College World Series Team in 1996. He graduated from Arizona State in 1986 with a degree in criminology and a promising MLB career ahead. He was named ASU On Deck Circle Most Valuable Player. The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Bonds as the sixth overall pick of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1993, Bonds signed with the San Francisco Giants, following in his father and grandfather's footsteps, where he would spend the next 15 seasons and retire in 2007. Bonds was regarded as an exceptional hitter, and finished his regular season career with a very high on-base percentage (.444) and isolated power (.309). He holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs, most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001) and most career walks. Bonds also received eight Gold Gloves for his defense in the outfield. Ranked second in career Wins Above Replacement among all major league position players by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com, Bonds is behind only Babe Ruth." [https://www.barrybonds.com/pages/bio-2/02/2017] "Now there's only Hank Aaron. Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run Sunday to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in right behind Aaron, whose long-standing record of 755 may prove even tougher to crack. So let the debate begin: Can Bonds hold up to break it? "If you keep playing long enough anything is possible," he said. This one played out exactly the way San Francisco's slugger wanted -- he hit it at home, in front of the fans who adore him. It just took him a little longer than he had hoped. The historic home run came eight days after he tied the Babe for second place on the career chart. "For the fans of San Francisco, it can't get any better than this -- even though I made them wait longer than I have in the past," Bonds said, wearing a new 715 shirt and cap. "Age ain't catching up with me."But at 41, Bonds has been slowed by health problems. He underwent three operations on his right knee last year that limited him to 14 games, and also has bone chips in his left elbow. And many believe his rapid ascent up the home run ranks was fueled by performance-enhancing drugs -- though he has always denied knowingly taking steroids. Bonds' latest milestone -- a mightier homer than No. 714 -- was a 445-foot, two-run shot to center before a sellout crowd. His seventh homer of the season came on the last day before the Giants began a road trip to Florida and New York. Bonds' teammates toasted him with champagne in the clubhouse after the Giants' 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies. "Everybody was waiting for a moment like this," shortstop Omar Vizquel said. "A couple of words were said."Bonds homered off Byung-Hyun Kim in the fourth inning. The ball glanced off a fan's hands about 15 rows up and then dropped onto an elevated platform beyond the fence. The souvenir sat there for a few minutes before rolling off the roof and into the hands of 38-year-old San Francisco resident Andrew Morbitzer, who was waiting for a beer and peanuts. He was quickly ushered away by security. "I got to be a small part of a big day," Morbitzer, a marketing director and newlywed who brought his bride, Megan. Bonds circled the bases as shiny orange, gold and black streamers fell from the upper deck. Bonds connected at 2:14 p.m. on a 90 mph fastball with the count full, then immediately raised his arms and clapped his hands before beginning his trot. Kim became the 421st pitcher to surrender a homer to Bonds. "It's a great honor," said Bonds, who watched Aaron hit his 715th home run at age 10. "It's a wonderful honor. Hank Aaron is the home run king and I won't disrespect that ever. ... I have a lot of respect for Babe Ruth and what he's done." "I'd like to win a World Series and be home run king. I'd like to do both. I would take a World Series first," he said. Bonds embraced and kissed his 16-year-old son, bat boy Nikolai, as he crossed home plate, then was greeted by his teammates at the top of the dugout. He took one curtain call in which he tipped his hat and raised both arms and blew a kiss to the crowd. Moments later, he came out again and waved. After the homer, the Giants unfurled two banners from the light towers on either side of the main scoreboard in center field: one of Bonds on the left side and the other of Hammerin' Hank's 755, and 715 flashed on the scoreboard. "I'm just happy," Nikolai said. "It was a good moment." Thousands of fans stayed put in the stadium to watch Bonds' news conference being played on the center-field scoreboard. Some chanted "Barry! Barry!" outside the Giants' clubhouse. Bonds, who had walked on five pitches in the first inning, went five games between 714 and 715. He hit 714 on May 20 at Oakland, a span of 17 at-bats and 25 plate appearances. Aaron had a four-game wait between 714 and 715….Beginning Monday morning, fans with tickets to Sunday's game were able to bring their stub to a Giants store for their special Bonds 715 home run pin." [http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2461485-2/02/2017] |
Search Terms |
Baseball Baseball, Major League Baseball-Giants Bonds, Barry Giants Memorabilia San Francisco San Francisco Giants |
Subjects |
Baseball Baseball players Baseball teams Buttons (Information artifacts) Memorabilia |
People |
Bonds, Barry |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the San Francisco Giants |