With all the sleaze that's shrouding Barry's homerun legacy, it's truly apropos that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome is officially kowtowing.Excerpt from AP Story that ran recently:City Hall will be lit up with orange lights and keeping track of Barry Bonds' home runs starting Friday as the Giants slugger gets...
WHAT: Barry Bonds' 715th home run ball, complete with the MLB stamp and hologram, is available for viewing on Monday as it goes live on eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) for a 10-day auction with a starting bid of $10,000. The projected value of the ball, in light of...
With all the talk about steroids and human growth hormones, tainted records in baseball and cheating in Tour de France, there's a plastics angle that gets unfairly lumped in the mix. It's protective plastic armor used by baseball players, specific With all the...
SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR SAN FRANCISCO -- Intuit Construction Business Solutions Marketing Director Andrew Morbitzer, who was quoted at length in the February issue of CONTRACTOR, caught Barry Bonds' 715th career home run May 28 at AT&T Park SPECIAL...
Bonds PR Push is Too Little, Too LateRE: Bonds PR Push is Too Little, Too LateI agree, but want to add that he is a PR nightmare for any team to take on. His checkered past will haunt him for the rest of his days, and teams realize that he...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The dust hasn't settled on the post-Barry Bonds era. The scaffolding remains visible as general manager Brian Sabean enters the second winter of his rebuilding project. But at least the task list is a little shorter this time, and some design elements are in...
THE GREATEST DAY? Recite a list of the great days in the Bay Area history of the A's and Giants, and you could keep yourself busy for hours. Arrive at Sept. 27, and, well, let's just say that would take up a good chunk of it. ...
SAN FRANCISCO AP -- Federal prosecutors say they will prove personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied Barry Bonds with the steroids that led to a positive test in November 2000, the offseason before the slugger hit a major league record 73 home runs. In a court filing Wednesday,...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Outgoing managing partner Peter Magowan's dream of a Giants Wall of Fame became reality Tuesday with the unveiling of plaques of 43 former players along the King Street exterior of the waterfront stadium. Most of the names, alphabetically spanning Felipe Alou to Matt Williams,...
BOSTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.), LLC ("MFC Global (U.S.)") has hired Dennis McCafferty, CFA, as an analyst and member of the high yield and strategic bond teams. Mr. McCafferty reports to Arthur Calavritinos, CFA, senior vice president and portfolio manager, and Daniel Janis III,...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bonds.com Group, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BDCG) , a leading provider of services and solutions for the financial services industry, today announced that the company's President & CEO, John Barry, is featured in an exclusive interview on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press Show. ...
The non-Olympic buzz, in case you missed it Topic Buzz Beyond the buzz Click here Curt Schilling Boston Red Sox pitcher says on his blog that his career is "probably" done. But would he reconsider for...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Bonds.com Group, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB: BDCG) through its subsidiary Bonds.com, Inc., provider of an innovative comprehensive online trading platform providing execution, liquidity and competitive pricing to the fragmented fixed income marketplace, announced today July and year-to-date results across each of its key business metrics. The...
THE PRIMARY TOPIC of conversation at AT&T Park this weekend concerned outfielders, specifically whether a rather famous one was going to return for a reunion orchestrated by the home team. But even before ol' No. 25 honored the Giants' invitation, it was nice to know his kindred spirit was here....
OF SWAGGER AND SPIRIT It happened in a flash. On the shores of McCovey Cove, Barry Bonds unleashed the textbook swing that had put him on the verge of history, and promptly made some. It also happened over the course of an afternoon. On...
SAN FRANCISCO -- When he took his final, begrudging bow as a Giant in September, Barry Bonds didn't speak to his fans. He was too upset about receiving his walking papers after 15 years of record- setting performances and sold-out ballparks. So when he returned to China...
SAN FRANCISCO -- It's looking more and more like there will be a Barry Bonds sighting when the Giants gather their outfield alumni as part of the club's 50th anniversary celebration today. "I heard he's going to make it," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who has talked...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Whenever the Giants would hit the road during the Barry Bonds era, the local media would make a hullabaloo about the circus coming to town. This time, it's the Los Angeles Dodgers who will send in the clowns. The Manny Ramirez...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Bonds.com Group, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB: BDCG), through its subsidiary Bonds.com, Inc., provider of an innovative comprehensive online trading platform providing execution, liquidity and competitive pricing to the fragmented fixed income marketplace, announced today that it was recently the subject of a feature article on StructuredRetailProducts.com,...