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The son of former all-star Bobby Bonds, Barry Bonds graduated in 1982 from Serra High School ( San Mateo, Calif.), excelling in baseball, basketball and footballAmerican football known in the United States simply as football is a competitive team sport that rewards players' speed, agility, skill, tactics, and brute strength as they run and throw a ball, and block, tackle, and outrun each other, trying to force th. Although he was immediately drafted by the San Francisco Giants, Bonds chose to go to college first, playing baseball and earning a degree at Arizona State UniversityArizona State University (ASU) is (as of 2004) the third-largest university in the United States with a student body of 57,543. Founded in 1885 as a territorial normal school, the institution has gone through several name and purpose changes before becomi. He began his Major LeagueMajor League Baseball MLB is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. More specifically, Major League Baseball ("MLB") refers to the entity that operates North America's two top leagues, the National League and the American Lea career in 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa with the Pittsburgh PiratesThis article is on the baseball team. For the National Hockey League team ( 1925 1930), see Philadelphia Quakers. Also, the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers were named the Pirates from 1933 to 1940. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League. In 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic., he returned home to California to join the San Francisco Giants.
Bonds' speed and power in his early and middle years recalled his father's abilities. Baseball Hall of FameNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum based in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related ar Willie Mays is his godfather. Reggie Jackson, another Baseball Hall of Famer, is his cousin.