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 CHICAGO (AP) - Exactly a week before Barry Bonds' 43rd birthday, the effects of his age started to really show.
Bonds was held out of the starting lineup Tuesday for a second straight night by San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy so the slugger could rest his sore lower body. Bonds pinch-hit in the eighth inning and lined out to left, stretching his batting funk to 0-for-21.
The slumping Bonds says he's done calling himself an "embarrassment" or making any other self-deprecating remarks during his pursuit of Hank Aaron's home run record of 755. He is four away from tying the Hammer but hasn't connected since a two-run shot July 3 at Cincinnati.
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