Bonds reaches 756
Barry Bonds raised both arms over his head like a prize fighter in victory, fists clenched — and then he took off.
It was over at long last.
Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball’s new home run king.
Bonds hit No. 756 to the deepest part of the ballpark Tuesday night, and hammered home that very point. He broke Hank Aaron’s storied record with one out in the fifth inning, hitting a full-count, 84 mph pitch from Washington’s Mike Bacsik.
“I knew I hit it,” Bonds said. “I knew I got it. I was like, phew, finally.”
Later, he firmly and flatly rejected any suggestion that this milestone was stained by steroids.