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href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/08/25/BAALRP1IQ.DTL ">Barry Bonds honored by City</a> </p> <p id="sfg_pho001_sports_giants4" class="first item" style="display:none"> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/08/08/SP8LREVAU2.DTL&o=2 "><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/08/08_t/sp_giants080002df_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/08/08/SP8LREVAU2.DTL&o=2 ">Barry Bonds stands alone at 756</a> </p> <p id="sfg_pho001_sports_giants5" class="item" style="display:none"> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2007/09/01/SPgiantsgallery01.DTL&type=gallery "><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/04/04_t/sp_giants227cs_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2007/09/01/SPgiantsgallery01.DTL&type=gallery ">Giants 2007 Season</a> </p> <p id="sfg_pho001_sports_giants6" class="item" style="display:none"> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/04/03/SPG61P0PBP7.DTL&o=2 "><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/04/04_t/sp_giants0472db_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/04/03/SPG61P0PBP7.DTL&o=2 ">2007 Season Opening Day</a> </p> <p id="sfg_pho001_sports_giants7" class="first item" style="display:none"> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2000/03/31/pacbellgallery.DTL "><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/g/pictures/2000/03/31_t/pacbell_morp_t.gif" alt=""/></a> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2000/03/31/pacbellgallery.DTL ">Pac Bell (now SBC) Park Special</a> </p> </div> <form action="javascript:void();"> <input type="hidden" id="sfg_pho001_sports_giants_idi" value="1"/> <input type="hidden" id="sfg_pho001_sports_giants_pi" value="False"/> </form> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ new sfgrot(7,3,'sfg_pho001_sports_giants',0,3); sfg_pho001_sports_giants.setup(); //]]> </script> </div></div></div> </div>    <div class="hr_dotted"><hr/></div>    <div id="spt002" class="clearfix">  <h3 class="stpgreen">Today's Sporting Green</h3> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artlist.cgi?key=SP" title="Click to go to today's Sporting Green"><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/front/sp_t.jpg"/></a> <div class="todayspaperform"> <p class="viewsection">Read another day's Sporting Green:</p> <form id="spt002_form" 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target="_blank">AT&T Park info</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602/http://www.fresnogrizzlies.com/" target="_blank">AAA: Fresno Grizzlies</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t514" target="_blank">AA: Connecticut Defenders</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602/http://www.sjgiants.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">Advanced A: San Jose Giants</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="twocol"> <h4><a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/barrybonds">Barry Bonds Page</a></h4> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/barrybonds"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/bonds_64x64.gif" class="thumb"/> </a> <p>Photo galleries, stories, multimedia</p> </div> <div class="twocol"> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602/http://pictopia.com/perl/gal?gallery_id=372&process=gallery&provider_id=6&ptp_photo_id=sfgate%3A1945732&sequencenum=&page=" target="_blank">Mark the Moment</a></h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602/http://pictopia.com/perl/gal?gallery_id=372&process=gallery&provider_id=6&ptp_photo_id=sfgate%3A1945732&sequencenum=&page=" target="_blank"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/bondspg_64x64.gif" class="thumb"/> </a> <p>Buy a photo reprint of the historic 787 front page</p> </div> <div class="ten"> <div class="dotted_rule"><hr/></div> </div>  <h2 class="greatlook">AT&T Park at Night</h2> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2002/10/05/aerial_pbpark_nyt_bw.jpg&paper=chronicle&file=index.DTL&directory=/gallery/buyphotos/bayareaaerials&type=pictopia" target="_blank"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/park_136x136.gif"/> </a> <div class="todayspaperform"> <p class="todayspaper">Purchase a <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2002/10/05/aerial_pbpark_nyt_bw.jpg&paper=chronicle&file=index.DTL&directory=/gallery/buyphotos/bayareaaerials&type=pictopia" target="_blank">beautiful framed photo</a> of AT&T Park against the San Francisco skyline</p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="column2 ">   <div id="sfg_hed001_top_stew" class="sfg_hed001 hed_module"><div class="w270"> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/SPAQ12PG1N.DTL">Gwen Knapp</a></h2> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/SPAQ12PG1N.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/06_t/sp-knapp07_ph_0499096657_t.gif" alt="Gwen Knapp"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> Posey making a quick move through Giants' farm system. </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/09/07/SPAQ12PG1N.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/SPOJ12OLJO.DTL">Shea on Baseball</a></h2> <a href="/web/20080907112602/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/SPOJ12OLJO.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112602im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/09/05_t/sp-onbase07_ph_a_0499049613_t.gif" alt="Shea on Baseball"/></a> <div 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