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                Thursday 23 March 2017
                Bonds rejoins Giants as special adviser, calls team ‘family’




            JANIE McCAULEY                                                                         ways  been  my  home  and  2017  Hall  of  Fame  ballot
             AP Baseball Writer                                                                    the  Giants  will  always  be  by the Baseball Writers’ As-
            SAN  FRANCISCO  (AP)  —                                                                my  family.  I  look  forward  sociation  of  America,  up
            Barry  Bonds  is  back  with                                                           to  spending  time  with  the  from 44.3 percent the pre-
            the  San  Francisco  Giants,                                                           team,  young  players  in  vious year. He got just 36.2
            just as the club had hoped.                                                            the  system  as  well  as  the  percent on his initial ballot
            Bonds,  who  spent  a  one-                                                            Bay  Area  community.”  Gi-  appearance in 2013.
            season stint as Miami’s hit-                                                           ants manager Bruce Bochy  The  seven-time  NL  MVP
            ting coach last year before                                                            was  glad  to  have  Bonds.  spent  his  final  15  seasons
            being fired, will serve as a                                                           “He’s  been  here  before,  with the Giants and hit 762
            special adviser to chief ex-                                                           so  it’s  not  something  new  career home runs.
            ecutive Larry Baer.                                                                    to  us.  He’ll  be  helping  out  In  July  2015,  federal  pros-
            The  home  run  king  was                                                              just  like  all  the  other  guest  ecutors dropped what was
            scheduled  to  help  coach                                                             instructors  that  we  have  left  of  their  criminal  case
            at spring training beginning                                                           here.  Right  now,  we  have  against  him  after  a  nearly
            Wednesday  in  Scottsdale,                                                             Will  Clark,  Rich  Aurilia.  We  decade-long steroids pros-
            Arizona.  He  will  work  with                                                         could put together a pret-   ecution,  something  the
            the  minor  league  teams,                                                             ty  good  team  here  if  we  slugger told The AP lifted a
            something  that  had  been   Barry Bonds responds to a question during a news conference   wanted, with an old Giant  huge weight from his shoul-
            in the works for a couple of   Wednesday,  March  22,  2017,  in  Scottsdale,  Ariz.  Bonds  has   club  here  of  all  the  guys  ders. Bonds, the seven-time
            months. General manager      joined the San Francisco Giants front office as a special adviser.  that we have,” Bochy said.  NL  MVP,  broke  Hank  Aar-
            Bobby Evans mentioned it                                              Associated Press  “More than anything, I think  on’s  career  home  record
            last month at FanFest .      lie  Mays,  Willie  McCovey,  sent the organization in the   you’ll see him working with  of  755  on  Aug.  7,  2007,  in
            “We are delighted to wel-    Orlando    Cepeda      and  community  and  at  various   Bam-Bam  (hitting  coach  the last of his 22 big league
            come Barry back home to      other  distinguished  alumni  Giants events.              Hensley  Meulens)  and  the  seasons. All along, he’s said
            the Giants,” Baer said. “As   who  help  advise  the  club  “I  am  excited  to  be  back   hitters.  Barry,  we  welcome  he  knows  in  his  heart  he’s
            one of the greatest players   and  we  look  forward  to  home with the Giants and     him and he’ll be part of this  a Hall of Famer — regard-
            of all-time, Barry’s contribu-  working with him again. “  join the team in an official   staff for a week,” he said.  less of the results each year
            tions  to  our  organization   Now an avid cyclist at age  capacity,”   Bonds   said.   Bonds  received  53.8  per-  or  whether  he  is  ever  en-
            are legendary. He joins Wil-  52,  Bonds  also  will  repre-  “San  Francisco  has  al-  cent  of  the  vote  in  the  shrined at Cooperstown.q

              Jerry Krause, Bulls’ GM during 1990s dynasty, dies at 77


             ANDREW SELIGMAN             soaring  around  Chicago  1987  draft-day  trade  that
              AP Sports Writer           and Phil Jackson pulling the  brought  Pippen  to  Chi-
             CHICAGO  (AP)  —  Jerry     strings from the sideline, the  cago.  On  top  of  that,  he
             Krause,  the  general  man-  Bulls  dominated  in  a  way  drafted Horace Grant with
             ager  of  the  Chicago  Bulls   few  teams  have.  Krause,  the  10th  overall  selection
             during a 1990s dynasty that   who  took  over  as  general  that year, adding two ma-
             included  six  NBA  champi-  manager  in  1985,  was  re-  jor  pieces  to  the  champi-
             onships  with  Michael  Jor-  sponsible  for  surrounding  onship foundation.
             dan  and  Scottie  Pippen,   Jordan with the pieces that  A  baseball  player  at  Taft
             has died. He was 77.        helped  create  two  cham-   High  School  on  Chicago’s
             The  Bulls  confirmed  his   pionship three-peats in the  Northwest   Side,   Krause
             death on Tuesday.           1990s.                       spent  more  than  five  de-
             A  Chicago  native,  Krause   “Jerry  was  a  key  figure  in  cades in professional sports
             spent  18  seasons  lead-   the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty  as an executive and scout.
             ing  the  Bulls’  front  office   of the 1990s and meant so  He  was  responsible  for
             and  was  a  two-time  NBA   much to the Bulls, the White  drafting Hall of Famers Earl
             executive  of  the  year.  He   Sox  and  the  entire  city  of  Monroe and Wes Unseld as
             helped put together a run   Chicago,”    Jordan,   the  a  scout  for  the  Baltimore
             that ranks among the most   Charlotte  Hornets’  owner,  Bullets.  He  helped  select
             successful  in  NBA  history   said through his spokesper-  Jerry Sloan, Norm Van Lier,
             and made the franchise a    son.                         Clifford Ray, Michael Coo-
             worldwide brand.            Krause  hired  Jackson  from  per  and  Norm  Nixon  as  a
             “The  entire  Bulls  organiza-  the  Continental  Basket-  scout for the Phoenix Suns,
             tion  is  deeply  saddened   ball  Association  as  an  as-  Los Angeles Lakers and the
             by  the  passing  of  Jerry   sistant to Doug Collins and  Bulls in an earlier stint.
             Krause,”  chairman  Jerry   fired  Collins  in  favor  of  Krause  also  worked  for
             Reinsdorf  said.  “Jerry  was   Jackson following a run to  baseball’s  Cleveland  In-
             one  of  the  hardest  work-  the  Eastern  Conference  fi-  dians,  Oakland  Athletics,
             ing guys I have ever been   nals in 1989. At the time, it  Seattle   Mariners,   White
             around,  and  he  was  one   was  not  a  popular  move.  Sox,  New  York  Yankees,
             of  the  best  talent  evalua-  But did it ever pay off in a  New   York   Mets   and,
             tors  ever.  Jerry  played  an   big way.                most    recently,   Arizona
             integral  role  in  our  run  of   The  same  goes  for  the  Diamondbacks.q
             six  championships  in  eight
             years. He truly was the ar-  In this Oct. 2, 1995, file photo, Chicago Bulls general manager
             chitect  of  all  our  great   Jerry Krause speaks to the media in Deerfield, Ill., about trading
             teams in the ‘90s.”         center Will Perdue for the flamboyant San Antonio Spurs’ Dennis
             With  Jordan  and  Pippen   Rodman.
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