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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

It’s been an exciting year in Major League Baseball. The Texas Rangers’ 23-year-old rookie Ronald Guzman hit three home runs, in his first at-bat. He grounded out, but in the next three, he parked the ball three consecutive times and struck out in his final at-bat to help the Rangers defeat the New York Yankees 12-9.

Former Giant outfielder Barry Bonds will have his old number retired today at AT&T Park in San Francisco. After everything that’s happened to him in his career, telling the grand jury that he unknowingly used performance enhancers, that he had steroids injections with the help of his former trainer Greg Anderson, Bonds and Anderson’s connection to Victor Conte and BALCO labs on the Peninsula, his mistreatment of the media, fans on the road, baseball writers, and the other writers still consider his home run record tainted. Matt answers these questions, considering all these factors–does Bonds still deserve to be elected to the Hall of Fame?

The Seattle Mariners, who are six games out in second place, are trying to leave their slump in the rear view mirror after leading the Oakland A’s by as much as 11 games, but lost that lead and are trying to start a fight to get back into second place. The M’s have now won two straight including defeating the first-place Houston Astros on Friday night 2-1. The M’s are six games out of first place in the AL West.

The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles played like it was sandlot ball on Friday night. The Sox got a 19-12 seven-run victory out of the first meeting of the series. The Red Sox’s Xander Boggaerts and Andrew Bennintedi both hit three run home runs to help pace Boston.

The A’s got clipped by the Los Angeles Angels at Angels Stadium on Friday night 4-3. The A’s took an early lead with some home run help, scoring three runs in the top of the second, but the Angels rallied back scoring two runs each in the bottom of the third and sixth frames for the comeback win.

Matt does the MLB podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com