Person of the Day: Barry Bonds

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BARRY BONDS

In the new afterward to their book, Game of Shadows, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams record that in the last 7 years Barry Bonds’ shoe size has gone from 10½ to 13. Ages 35-42, the formative years.