While Barry Bonds likely achieved his greatest renown - and, indeed infamy - as a member of the San Francisco Giants, most people probably know he was originally drafted by the Pirates, with the sixth overall pick in the 1985 draft. But three years earlier, the Giants had chosen Bonds in the second round of the 1982 draft, out of Junipero Serra High School, in San Mateo, California, where he hit .467 his senior year. Had they been willing to spend just five thousand dollars more, he would have signed, but Giants' management wouldn't go past $70,000 to the $75K Bonds wanted.
The All-Time MLB Team, Left Field: Barry Bonds
