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Article: Bonds will skip Home Run Derby.(Sports)
- Article from:
- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2007
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Byline: Associated Press
CINCINNATI - Barry Bonds will sit out of the Home Run Derby on Monday night, opting to rest his tired body before Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
"Nope," Bonds said Thursday when asked about the Derby. "Especially when you're 42. It's not that you don't want to, it's that you just can't anymore. You can't. It's too long. Too much waiting. Too much sitting around. You can't do that."
Bonds, who turns 43 on July 24, started Thursday night's series finale against the Cincinnati Reds after playing in 74 of his team's first 82 games. He sat out Wednesday afternoon to allow his sore legs to recover and said he "felt better" ...
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