For fans of major-league baseball, one of the highlights of the current season is the rate at which Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants is hitting home runs.
Through June 25, Bonds has hit 39 home runs in 77 games, already setting the record for the most home runs before the all-star break in mid-July. At this rate, he could slug 82 homers by the time the 162-game season ends. That number would easily surpass the record-setting 70 home runs that Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit in 1998.