Over the past 20 years, Barry Bonds was met with large amounts of both praise and criticism for nearly every move he made around the game of baseball.
Well, here's a move that both sides can finally agree on: Bonds has pledged to pay any future college bills for the two grade-school age children of Bryan Stow, a single father and San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten into a coma by two men after attending opening night at Dodger Stadium on March 31.
That little heartwarming nugget was revealed by Stow's attorney Thomas Girardi — and first reported by NBC Bay Area — as he announced a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday for allegedly providing inadequate security at the stadium that night.
Girardi said that donations already made by generous fans of the Giants, Dodgers and other teams will be passed onto other charities if their lawsuit is successful. But the hefty gift from Bonds? Well, that means so much to Stow's family that it's the one they definitely plan on keeping.
One of the coolest parts about this donation is that Bonds made it over a month ago when he visited Stow in a southern California hospital on April 22. No mention was made to the media then and it would have still been a secret had Girardi not revealed it to the media. Even if you've always been a Bonds hater, there's no way you can say this wasn't done for all the right reasons. Well played, sir.
Big BLS H/N: Deadspin
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