It's Barry's World

"I don't know how he hit it. We were all talking about it after we came in the dugout."

That's John Patterson referring to Barry Bonds' first inning two-run home run, which gave the Giants the winning margin in last night's 5-1 victory. The pitch wasn't a mistake; it wasn't like Bonds hit a hanging curve or a fastball drifting over the plate. No, Bonds crushed a good pitch that one of the National League's best pitchers put exactly where he wanted it. Bonds is so good that he reduced Patterson to acting like a kid in a candy story when he later struck out Bonds twice:

"It's exciting to strike him out. He's probably the best hitter to ever play baseball. You're playing against the greatest. It's like fighting Ali or something."

We could talk about the game, but there's not much point to that. The Nationals lost and are in danger of falling below .500 before the season ends. Do you really want to obsess about that when we can marvel at the feats of one of the four or five best hitters ever to play the game? Like it or not, we live in Barry's world.