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The Man Who Caught Barry Bonds

NPR's Scott Simon takes note of the man who retrieved two history-making home run ball hit by San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds. He had help from his kayak.

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.