![]() Placing that jersey on, I would feel like a new person and felt that I had the power of Bonds in me as I would imitate his swing from the right-side of the plate.Īmid all the scandals and Bonds’ potential involvement in performance-enhancing drug use, it caused distractions and hurt baseball and my fandom. Every year before baseball season started, I would race to receive my jersey and pray that number 25 was available and in my size to wear. Take note, this was all before the BALCO investigation and the Mitchell Report which plucked away at players and changed the game and the perception of it. Growing up, Barry Bonds was my guy and the person I looked up to. That was probably one of my greatest inheritances. But I inherited being a Giants’ fan from relatives, as opposed to going with the closer team, three and half hours north of Portland, the Seattle Mariners. ![]() I am an Oregonian, and have had the chance be a Northwest-native all my life. But what to look upon is the many great moments and the reason why I am writing this tribute to a small-bodied pitcher who carried a franchise and a large city to where no other Giant has gone before. And writing this article feels like my heart is slowly being pried apart. This is probably one of the most difficult articles I have had to write, despite naturally having the ability to come up with material to write about Lincecum.īeing a fan of the pitcher since the day he was drafted into the Giants’ organization, he quickly and ever-so solidly established a place in my fandom heart. His playing future in the Bay Area looks slim to none, as he will be recovering from potential hip surgery and entering free agency. ![]() #SFGiants GM Bobby Evans says Tim Lincecum out for season #MLB /IjXRLSZCSN ![]()
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