Babe's Grandchildren RSVP

Thanks, but no thanks!

Babe Ruth's grandchildren don't want to be there when Barry Bonds hits home run 714. They've declined invitations from the San Francisco Giants.

From the Seattle Times:

Barry Bonds is one longball away from tying for second place on the all-time home run list. If and when No. 714 comes, some of Babe Ruth's relatives don't plan to share in the celebration.

"In my heart, it's hard for me," Ruth's granddaughter, Linda Tosetti, said from her home in Durham, Conn. "I like to do things in Babe's name. I just don't want his name mixed up in steroids."

Tosetti, 51, and her three sisters are Ruth's four surviving blood grandchildren. Their mother, Dorothy Ruth Pirone, who died in 1989, was Ruth's only biological child.

Tosetti said the family has politely declined invitations from the San Francisco Giants to be on hand when Bonds finally draws even with her granddad.

"They're a great organization and I really wanted to help them out. I said, 'Call me for anything else,' " Tosetti said. "I'm a pretty game gal. I've got a lot of my grandfather in me."

I think it's great that Linda Tosetti and her sisters aren't cooperating and allowing Major League Baseball to exploit them.

Their attendance would help to legitimize the Bonds record.

I think their actions speak as loudly as any of the boos and derogatory chants and banners that have been directed at Bonds.

Babe Ruth's only surviving blood relatives won't acknowledge Bonds' tainted record. I like it.

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Bonds is still in a slump and still at 713.

SAN FRANCISCO -- It's time, Giants manager Felipe Alou said on Thursday. And the nearly 40,000 people who are showing up to AT&T Park every day couldn't agree more.

With the Dodgers coming in for a three-game set beginning Friday night, Barry Bonds is still hanging on the precipice of tying and passing Babe Ruth at 714 on the all-time home run list. After Thursday's 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs, it's now been 15 plate appearances and four games since he hit his 713th homer last Sunday in Philadelphia.

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