El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox

Vegas is great! At four the east coast games start and ballgames continue until it is time to start thinking about hot spots on the strip plus free food and booze, gambling and women everywhere. But this is not a post about the Western City of Sin. It is about how unfortunate we, living on the east coast, are to only be able to catch the highlights of Barry Bonds. As time goes by more and more doubt leaves my mind that he is the greatest baseball player of all-time (bring on the emails!).

Last night is another example of Bonds’ extraordinary all-around talent. In the top of the ninth in a tie game, Bonds throws out Craig Counsell at the plate. Then in the bottom half, he hits a walk-off home run served up by Mike Myers. A couple of years ago, Myers was specifically acquired from Colorado to get Bonds out (Colorado got Jack Cust, who is now with the O’s remember that name for next season). Before last night, Myers has given up only six hits in 31 plate appearances to Bonds with just two extra-base hits.

After the game, Bonds shunned the media. He had to go visit his father in the hospital who is battling lung cancer.

Bonds is unbelievable! I wish I got to watch him play more often. I will get to Pac Bell before the greatest baseball player stops hitting balls into the Bay.

Oh yeah, it was his B’day yesterday too.


• I copied a great interview with the Sox owners and executives into a word document. It is a three part series from the Hartford Courant. If you would like it, send me an email.

• Have a good weekend – I sure will with an open bar and three Sox-Yanks games. Good times. Good times.