Sports in general: Bonds is forgotten man

For what seemed like eons, the world seemed to stop whenever he stepped up to the plate. When No. 25 was in the batter's box for the San Francisco Giants, people dropped what they were doing and glanced at the television sets. After he was finished with his at-bat, the people went back to what they were doing, ignoring the rest of the game until No. 25 came up again.