Bonds Rising
With the San Francisco Giants coming to town to open a three game set today there's a lot being written in the New York media about Barry Bonds. He's obviously the cornerstone of the Giants' lineup as he would be the cornerstone of just about every lineup in baseball history. And rightfully so, I might add. But I think the attention is getting a little out of hand and the questions are getting silly. When you see a guy like Bonds in the opposing lineup you obviously take note but you can't change your approach. A Major League pitcher must approach every hitter the same way. From the pitchers perspective no one hitter is any less or more important than the others in the lineup. You go at each batter with 100% of what you have. If you get the guys around him out then you limit the damage he can do and you can pitch to him as you would pitch to anyone else.
