Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Barry Bonds to Pay for College of Beaten Giants Fan's Kids - FoxNews.com



Good stuff. Way to go, Barry.

Barry Bonds to Pay for College of Beaten Giants Fan's Kids - FoxNews.com: "The all-time home run king still has some pop left in his bat.


Former San Francisco Giants great Barry Bonds will pay for college for Bryan Stow's kids, according to NBCBayArea.com. Stow is the Giants fan who was severely beaten and left in a coma outside of Dodgers Stadium last month.

Stow family attorney Thomas Girardi tells the website that Bonds made the pledge to Stow's son and daughter after visiting the family in the hospital April 22."


According to Deadspin:

http://deadspin.com/5805284/barry-bonds-will-pay-to-send-beaten-giants-fans-kids-to-college

Stow's lawyer spoke to NBC Bay Area to reveal the Bonds story:

Stow family attorney Thomas Girardi said that former slugger Barry Bonds has donated to pay for their college education. He said the family has talked about turning other donations back to the fans if this suit is successful, but said the gift of a college of education is something they treasure and will keep.

Bryan is a single father. He has a son and a daughter who are both in grade school.

Bonds visited Stow on April 22, while he was still in a Southern California hospital.

Sources close to Stow told NBC that Bonds also spent an hour in Stow's room and left a signed baseball bat for Stow's children. At the time, there was no mention of a donation to a college fund.

It's kind of noteworthy, too, that Bonds did this over a month ago—shortly after the verdict came down in his stupid trial—and that he didn't say anything about it to the press. Stow's lawyer mentions it here only because the family was so excited to have such a gift AND from a Giants icon, to boot.

So, please, a moment of thanks for Bonds's generosity, before you return to cursing him for eternity.

P.S. Reportedly, Giants ace Tim Lincecum also donated $25,000 to the Stow family fund.

from YahooSports.com
LHP Jeremy Affeldt visited hospitalized Giants fan Bryan Stow, who is in critical but stable condition after a brutal beating in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium, at San Francisco General Hospital on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Affeldt told the AP that Stow opened his eyes and seemed responsive when Affeldt introduced himself, held his hand and said a prayer for his recovery.
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