SF Giants’ CEO Larry Baer says Barry Bonds statue ‘on the radar’

SAN FRANCISCO The Giants now have five statues standing outside of Oracle Park Willie Mays Willie McCovey Orlando Cepeda Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry A sixth appears to be on the horizon On Wednesday morning Giants CEO Larry Baer informed The Championship s The Morning Roast that a statue of franchise legend and MLB home run king Barry Bonds is on the radar Barry is deserving of a statue and I would say should be next up Baer stated We don t have the exact location and the exact date and the exact timing but you re saying things that we re totally in sync with You likely notice Barry s around a lot more in recent months this year and last year as well He has great relationships across the unit It s coming All I can say is it s coming Bonds whose father Bobby was a Giants star and had Mays as a godfather played seasons with the Giants from until his retirement following the season Bonds who starred at Serra High in San Mateo was a -time All-Star with the Giants and won five of his seven MVP awards while representing San Francisco including four straight from - Baer did not say when the statue would be built nor did he say where the statue would be located It would be plenty appropriate for the Giants to place a anticipated statue somewhere near McCovey Cove given that Bonds was responsible for Splash Hits the the majority of any athlete in Oracle Park history As far as a likely pose arguably the bulk iconic image of Bonds is him raising both of his arms when he broke Henry Aaron s all-time home run record in The Giants retired Bonds No in Bonds hit of his home runs at Oracle Park the majority of any venue