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On August 7, 2007 at 8:51 PM PDT, Bonds hit a 435 foot home run, his 756th, off a pitch from Mike Bacsik of Washington Nationals,, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron.
The pitch, the seventh of the at-bat, was a 3–2 pitch which Bonds hit into the right-center field bleachers. In the footage shot by Larry Warner for CBS News, you will see the ball actually bounce, for no one caught it in the air. The fan who ended up with the ball, 22-year-old Matt Murphy, a Mets fan wearing a jersey from said team from Queens, NY, was promptly protected (after a long skirmish among the fans) and escorted away from the mayhem by a group of San Francisco police officers. In the opening moments of this clip, you will see him standing on the bleachers, rubbing his chin. Upon witnessing the ball bounce, he turns and dives headfirst to where he sees the ball. Only Mr. Murphy knows what happens in the next two minutes.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Barry Bonds Record Home Run
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