OAKLAND — Barry Bonds sat at a makeshift podium inside the Raiders locker room at McAfee Coliseum on Saturday afternoon, his rendezvous with Babe Ruth barely more than three hours old. And he sounded as he’s rarely sounded during his ascent toward history.
Asked to express his emotions after finally catching the Bambino, after hitting career home run No. 714 — the last home run he’ll hit with anyone between him and Hank Aaron — Bonds struggled to find the appropriate words.
“I don’t really know right now,” he said.