Bonded to history

Cherubs watch Barry Bonds hit career home runs 752 and 753

By Austin Shapiro

Watching Barry Bonds hit home runs was nothing new for Larry Yee, a cherub from San Francisco. He’d already seen Bonds hit seven this year.

But Yee will never forget watching Bonds hit two home runs at Wrigley Field, bringing the player within two of tying Hank Aaron’s all-time record.

“It’s cool to watch the chase,” Yee said. “I’d seen him hit balls out before, but seeing them when he’s that close to the record, and at Wrigley Field, it was amazing.”

Yee was awe-struck by the power of each of the home runs as well.

“I’d never seen him hit one like the first home run,” Yee said. “It looked like it was shot out of the cannon. It just exploded.”

Not everyone was as happy to see Barry Bonds hit home runs.

“Screw Barry Bonds,” Danny Daly, a cherub from Washington, D.C., said.  “I wish he didn’t hit the home runs.”

Daly did admit that watching history was exciting, however.

“If he has to hit the home runs it’s cool to see them,” Daly said.

Yee and Daly agreed it was a great game.

“Even though the Giants lost, it was still an awesome game,” Yee said.

“It was close all the way through,” Daly said. “It was really exciting to watch, even though both teams played a little sloppy.”

Jazz White, a cherub from New Orleans, disagreed. White was unhappy with an array of things at the game.

“I was told it would be warm at the game, but it was freezing,” White said.  “I had to keep eating so I could stay warm.”

White was also upset with the hypocrisy of the fans.

“They’d all boo when Bonds came out of the dugout, but when he hit a home run everyone cheered,” White said.  “I don’t get it.  Do they like him? Do they hate him?”

White was also unhappy because her attempts to join in the ballpark cheers always seemed to be a minute too late.

“They’d all be doing their cheers, but as soon as I’d join in everyone stopped,” White said.  “I felt dumb because I was the only one yelling then.”

All the cherubs saw Bonds get closer to history at the game, but Yee said he hopes to see him reach it when he gets home.

“I split season tickets so hopefully I’ll be at the game he ties or breaks the record,” Yee said. “He should do it in San Francisco because no one appreciates him like we do.”

Cherubs cheer at the Chicago Cubs game.