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 NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Leyland couldn't be happier that his old star was elected by fans to start for the National League in next week's All-Star game.
"People throughout the country obviously must not be as disgusted at Barry Bonds as some people have let on," said the AL manager, who was Bonds' first major league manager. "I think it's a great story. I think he belongs there."
Bonds, famous for his many home runs, a prickly personality and suspicions that he used performance-enhancing drugs, is the focal point of the July 10 game in San Francisco, his home ballpark. He leapfrogged the Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano in the final days of voting to earn the NL's third and final starting outfield spot.
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