Barry Bonds is one of the greatest hitters the game has ever seen, and now, thanks to HBO, we’ll learn more about the home run king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HBO and Words + Pictures announced that production has launched production on a documentary about the life of Barry Bonds. The still unnamed project, according to Deadline<\/a>, is directed by\u00a0Keith McQuirter\u00a0(By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem<\/em>) and executive produced by Oscar winner Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America<\/em>) and Connor Schell and Libby Geist, creators of the Emmy-winning series\u00a030 for 30<\/em>\u00a0and EPs of the megahit docuseries\u00a0The Last Dance<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe untitled\u00a0HBO Sports\u00a0Documentary will tell the story of Barry Bonds, baseball\u2019s single-season and all-time home run king, from his beginnings as the son of All-Star Bobby Bonds, and godson of the iconic Willie Mays, all the way up to his meteoric rise in the 1990s and 2000s,\u201d noted the release. \u201cUsing archival footage and original interviews, the film will chronicle Bonds\u2019 emergence as one of the game\u2019s most talented all-around players with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants and then his years as a superstar with the Giants when he rewrote the record book in his late 30s amid controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bonds is one of baseball’s greats, yet he’s also one of the most controversial and polarizing figures in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n