A quick look at the achievements we’ll be tracking over the next 3 1/2 weeks: Barry Bonds: Bonds needs 12 home runs to break the single-season record of 70. The Giants have 22 team games left, and it’s safe to assume that Bonds will be playing in every one until the Giants’ fate is determined,…
"The Brewers, realizing they’d better get more pitching if they’re going to contend in the future, nearly traded outfielder Jeromy Burnitz to the Mets for pitcher Glendon Rusch." — Bob Nightengale, USA Today Baseball Weekly, August 8-14, 2000. Thank God Dean Taylor doesn’t go to Bob Nightengale for his baseball expertise. Nightengale’s musings aside, the…