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Watch the 1996 Home Run Derby starring Barry Bonds!

Since Madison Bumgarner isn’t in tonight’s derby, it’s okay to watch this instead.

Atlanta Braves v San Francisco Giants Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images

Here’s the full 1996 Home Run Derby which (spoiler) Barry Bonds won over Mark McGwire.

The 1996 All-Star Game was held at Veterans Stadium, the first and only MLB stadium that honored the troops. If you’re not into watching the whole thing or need to pace yourself in terms of hearing Chris Berman say “BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK”, then here’s just the final round between Bonds and McGwire:

Or, if you’d prefer, here’s Bonds hitting the scoreboard in right field at Minute Maid Park for the 2004 Home Run Derby:

He was also walked intentionally:

Also from this intentional walk clip...

Look what we have here. I almost didn’t recognize him without the long hair or Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman tattoo. It’s baby Dereck Rodriguez, future Giant. And lo, to his left and our right, it’s future Giant Tim Hudson.

And, actually, if you just wanna watch Bonds hit some long home runs that you probably remember with some fondness, then here you go: