Sentence examples for challenging bonds from inspiring English sources

As tough as Beimel was in talking about challenging Bonds, he also said that his silencing of Bonds involved "a lot of luck".

For much of the season, Sosa was challenging Bonds in the home run race, but Bonds is now 9 ahead of Sosa at 67, putting him one ahead of the 66 Sosa hit in 1998, the year Mark McGwire set the record of 70.

He thinks about challenging Bonds, the most feared hitter on the San Francisco Giants.

Our laboratory is interested in the use of organic photoredox catalysis to accomplish challenging bond constructions under operationally mild conditions.

Washburn challenged Bonds and lost.

So the Angels did challenge Bonds.

Middlebrook wasn't looking to challenge Bonds again.

Percival wanted to challenge Bonds, who has walked four times, once intentionally, in the two games.

He challenged Bonds in the first inning by firing two perfect fastballs for strikes.

It looked as if Penny planned to challenge Bonds in much the same manner the Dodgers challenged him earlier this month.

Houston's Wilfredo Gonzalez chose to challenge Bonds, who smacked a 1-1 fastball 454 feet, into the upper tier at Enron Field.