Editing Barry Bonds (section)

==Early life==
Bonds was born in [[Riverside, California]], to Patricia (née Howard) and then-future major leaguer [[Bobby Bonds]],<ref name="BBEB">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Barry Bonds |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9384072/Barry-Bonds#759273.hook |access-date=September 25, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807151701/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9384072/Barry-Bonds#759273.hook |archive-date=August 7, 2008}}</ref> and grew up in [[San Carlos, California|San Carlos]] and attended [[Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California)|Junípero Serra High School]] in [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]], where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and [[American football|football]]. He played on the [[junior varsity team]] during his freshman year and on the [[varsity team]] for the remainder of his high school career. He garnered a .467&nbsp;[[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] his senior year, and was named prep [[All-America]]n.<ref name="MLB">{{cite web |year=2007 |title=Player Profile: Barry Bonds 25 |url=http://barrybonds.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=111188 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809004722/http://barrybonds.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=111188 |archive-date=August 9, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2007 |work=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> The Giants drafted Bonds in the second round (39th overall) of the [[1982 Major League Baseball draft|1982 MLB draft]] as a high school senior,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2nd Round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?year_ID=1982&draft_round=2&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> but the Giants and Bonds were unable to agree on contract terms when [[Tom Haller]]'s maximum offer was $70,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|70000|1982|r=-4}}}} today) and Bonds's minimum to go pro was $75,000, so Bonds instead decided to attend college.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christensen |first=Arne |date=November 5, 2009 |title=The San Francisco Giants Drafting Barry Bonds In 1982 |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284885-the-san-francisco-giants-drafting-barry-bonds-in-1982 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109155116/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284885-the-san-francisco-giants-drafting-barry-bonds-in-1982 |archive-date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref>