Separated at Birth

Chickens? Cheating? Winning?

Makes you wonder if the Home Run King Barry Bonds and San Francisco's Mayor were separated at birth?

Who better to host Friday's ceremony than Gavin Newsom who rocked City Hall earlier this year with an extra-marital affair only to round the bases with 78% approval ratings and second term!

The noon ceremony will be held at Justin Herman Plaza at 1 Market St. across from the Ferry Building.

San Francisco Giants players, broadcasters and executives will be on hand and Giants public address announcer Renel-Brooks Moon will emcee the event.

Bonds hit the record-breaking homerun Aug. 7 off of Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik at AT&T Park. Matt Murphy, 21, of Queens, N.Y., caught the historic ball and the San Francisco Examiner reports it's up for auction.

HOMO(RED)

Whoops! Freudiant Mispelling. With Barry Bonds' All-Time Homer tying blast last night, I thought to commemorate the milestone with another from the vault.

You may recall Gavin Newsom canceled an appearance celebrating TV host Conan O’Brien’s visit to San Francisco to give an interview to ESPN’s “SportsCenter” about Barry Bonds in preparation for the San Francisco Giants’ slugger breaking Hall of Famer Hank Aaron’s career home run record of 755.

In return, O’Brien joked about receiving flowers from Newsom. “When I tried to thank him, he said, ‘They’re for your wife,’” O’Brien said, referencing Newsom’s dalliance with former campaign manager Alex Tourk’s wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, for which the mayor has publicly apologized.

We will be sure to add the interview as soon as it aires. Meantime, best wishes to both Barrys and the rest of the Giants in the upcoming homestand. We’ll see you around McCovey Cove.

Bonds Coverage: CBS5, Chron, SJ Merc.

New York Minute: Tom Glavine joins fellow Miracle Met and Tom "Terrific" [Seaver] with his 300 win tonight. Speaking of winning ways, Alex Rodriguez slams home 500 and Yankees fanatic and mayoral genius, Rudy Giuliani, joins Republican hopefuls at the Iowa Debates. Can we move the White House to the Tenderloin?