Waiting for Bonds

By Tom Goldman

Published July 29, 2007 at 4:00 PM EDT

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds needs to hit just one more home run to tie Hank Aaron's career record. But while waiting for the big story to break, sports correspondents around the country are confined to perpetual "Barry Watch."

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