The Elias Sports Bureau's Ken Hirdt reports that since intentional walks were first recorded in 1955, Bonds was the first player ever to be walked intentionally in the first inning with first base occupied in a World Series. In the NLCS, you'll recall, he became the first player in 25 years to be intentionally walked in a postseason game with nobody on base. Last man to be accorded that honor was Greg Luzinski, by Tom Lasorda, in the 1977 NLCS.

The others, according to the Sultan of Swat Stats, SABR's David Vincent:

Lou Gehrig, 1928, Games 2-3-4
Johnny Mize, 1952, Games 3-4-5
Hank Bauer, 1958, Games 1-2-3
Reggie Jackson, 1977, Games 4-5-6
Lonnie Smith, 1991, Games 3-4-5
Ryan Klesko, 1995, Games 3-4-5

Bonds, 2002 -- 7 HR, 35 AB
Troy Glaus, 2002 -- 6 HR, 48 AB
Jim Thome, 1998 -- 6 HR, 38 AB
Bernie Williams, 1996 -- 6 HR, 58 AB
Ken Griffey Jr., 1995 -- 6 HR, 44 AB
Lenny Dykstra, 1993 -- 6 HR, 48 AB
Bob Robertson, 1971 -- 6 HR, 41 AB

The one Series homer known to be longer was hit by Babe Ruth on Oct. 6, 1926, in St. Louis' old Sportsman's Park. Jenkinson estimates that one at 510 feet -- a transcontinental line drive that landed halfway up the center-field bleachers (which began 460 feet from the plate).

Second-longest, according to Jenkinson: Frank Howard, on Oct. 6, 1963 -- a 480-foot bomb in Dodger Stadium that landed in the eighth row of the second deck in left field.

And two more in the 465-470-foot range: Mickey Mantle on Oct. 6, 1960, over the 436-foot sign in right-center field in Pittsburgh, and Mike Shannon on Oct. 7, 1964, off the top of the scoreboard above the left-field bleachers in center field.

Where Bonds' homer ranks depends on how accurate you think that 485-foot estimate was. However many feet it was, though, it went so far that Angels hitting coach Mickey Hatcher quipped that "the fans needed a relay to throw it back on the field."

In case you were wondering, yes, that 53.89 ERA is the highest in World Series history by a pitcher who worked at least 1 2/3 innings. And the second-highest belongs to his teammate, Russ Ortiz (37.80, 7 ER in 1 2/3 IP).

Oh, somewhere around the odds of the Rally Monkey getting his own TV series in San Francisco. Even the Angels -- a team that struck out less than any club in the major leagues this year -- had only one game all season in which they didn't strike out (on June 4, against Texas' Dave Burba, Anthony Telford and Juan Alvarez).

But the really tough part of this equation was that they did it against the Giants. The last time Giants pitchers made it through a whole game without recording a strikeout in the regular season was more than seven years ago.

The date, according to ESPN research whiz Jeff Bennett: May 4, 1995. The opposition: the Padres. The pitchers that day: Trevor Wilson, Steve Frey, Rod Beck and that very same Dave Burba -- the clear king of the zero-strikeout game.

How long ago was that? How about 354 Barry Bonds home runs ago (not even counting the postseason).

In other words, in the last half-century, the 1960 Pirates had two World Series games in which they didn't strike out -- and all the other teams combined have had two.