Bondsmania ... can you feel it
ESPN announced it will add the San Francisco Giants' home game against Atlanta on Monday (7 p.m.) as part of a doubleheader on ESPN2. Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe and Erin Andrews is the motely trio sent to AT&T Park to pretent to be interested in reporting on Bonds' pursuit of 756 career homers. The game will be preceeded by Boston-Cleveland (Gary Thorne, Orel Hershiser and Steve Phillips) at 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, ESPN will conduct a 90-minute baseball "town meeting" on Wednesday at 3 p.m. from San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theatre near the Golden Gate Bridge that'll replace the usual SportsCenter in that spot. The topic will be "Beyond 756" aimed at a discussion about Bonds' legacy and how his breaking the all-time home run record will impact the future of baseball.
Pretty heavy stuff. Which is why Bob Ley will be the moderator.