Barry Bonds is at peace with his Major League Baseball legacy.
The New York Giants veteran slugger and major league record holder for home runs is no longer eligible for voting into the Baseball Hall of Fame after failing to receive the required number of votes for 10 consecutive years from 2013 to 2022.
However, Bonds became the newest member of the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame after he, former manager Jim Leyland and catcher Manny Sanguilin were honored at a ceremony Saturday at PNC Park.
Speaking to reporters after the ceremony, Bonds admitted he was finally at peace with his fate in the Baseball Hall of Fame after his latest enshrinement.
“I don’t have to worry about those things in my life anymore,” Bonds said.Thanks to Will Graves of The Associated Press.” ).”[I want to] I stay with my grandchildren and children. These hopes [of making the Hall of Fame]I don’t have any of them anymore. I hope to breathe tomorrow. [and see] “If I can make it to 61.”
It’s a different tone than Bonds, who has criticized Hall of Fame voters several times in the past for his exclusion from Cooperstown.
Although the latter honor isn’t the highest honor Bond deserves, the home run king is content to settle for immortalization in both the Pirates and Giants franchises.
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