On This Date 8/7/2007


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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes baseball’s All-Time home run king, hitting his 756th home run off Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals at AT&T Park. Hank Aaron, who held the record, is shown on the video board issuing congratulations to Bonds, who would hit six more home runs to finish his career with 762 home runs. Despite the milestone home run, the Giants lose the game to the Nats 8-6.