Greetings from Baycon!

Three days in, and I'm having a blast. Friday was consumed, once I got here, with settling in, and meeting up with people. Found aurictech by the simple method of camping in the hotel lobby and waiting for him. We discussed this year's party, and what we should do for next year's event.. it has to be special, since it is Traveller's 30th anniversary!

And doesn't that make some of us feel real old.

Got to bed at a reasonable hour after a quick pass through the party floor. Woke up way too early, of course.

( Saturday )

( Sunday )

( My Badge-Fu is strong! )

I do have to make another post, but that's it from the con..

Bye-bye Babe!

715!!!

Barry did it!!!

No. 715 played out exactly the way Barry Bonds wanted: He hit it at home, in front of the fans who love him.

It just took him a little longer than he hoped it would.

The San Francisco slugger moved past Babe Ruth on the career home run list with a mammoth shot Sunday, and now stands behind just one person.

Hank Aaron owns baseball's most revered record with 755 homers. And so the debate begins: Will Bonds stick around long enough to break it?

"If you keep playing long enough anything is possible," Bonds said, wearing a new 715 shirt and cap. "I'd like to win a World Series and be home run king. I'd like to do both. I would take a World Series first."

Bonds' latest milestone — a mightier homer than No. 714 — was a 445-foot, two-run shot to center before a sellout crowd. The homer came on the last day before the Giants begin a road trip to Florida and New York.