{"id":342,"date":"2011-05-29T08:51:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T12:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=342"},"modified":"2011-05-29T08:58:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T12:58:38","slug":"barry-bonds-to-pay-college-costs-for-kids-of-beaten-baseball-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/05\/barry-bonds-to-pay-college-costs-for-kids-of-beaten-baseball-fan.html","title":{"rendered":"Barry Bonds to Pay College Costs for Kids of Beaten Baseball Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>PLEASE hit the &#8220;Like&#8221; button above to share the Good News and add\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews<\/a> to your favorites. New stories every day!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/files\/2011\/05\/barry-bonds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-343\" title=\"Barry Bonds\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/210\/2011\/05\/barry-bonds-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Bonds\" width=\"240\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a>Baseball great Barry Bonds generally makes the news for reasons that are less than honorable but are you getting the full story? He has quietly pledged to pay the college costs for two children whose father was attacked on opening day of the baseball season outside LA&#8217;s Dodgers stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was extraordinary of Barry Bonds, I thought. He didn&#8217;t say anything about it to the press. This was just a gift he gave the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/files\/2011\/05\/bryan-stow-with-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-345\" title=\"bryan stow with kids\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/210\/2011\/05\/bryan-stow-with-kids-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"bryan stow with kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>The 42-year-old San Francisco Giants fan was hospitalized in April but remains under heavy sedation to prevent seizures caused by the traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bonds is not the only member of the Giant organization who has reached out to the single father and his two small children. Several members of the current team have visited the man&#8217;s family and donated\u00a0to a fund created to help cover medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please check out these related Beliefnet features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/2010\/04\/Baseball-History-in-America.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>10 Most Inspiring Baseball Landmarks in the US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/2011\/01\/10-Inspiring-Athletes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">10 Inspiring Athletes and their amazing stories<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Video\/Crossbridge\/2010\/02\/Baseball-Player-Josh-Hamilton.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Baseball player Josh Hamilton gives his amazing testimony<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLEASE hit the &#8220;Like&#8221; button above to share the Good News and add\u00a0http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews to your favorites. 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