"Whether Unit 7 gets built there [at Potrero Hill] or not," says Marcus Young, a Mirant spokesman, "there will be a power plant there forever."
In the eighth inning, Bonds hit another blast, this one a towering shot over the right center field wall that won the game and broke Willie Mays' franchise mark for homers in a season.
"Well," Strausz said, joining the standing ovation, "at least I got to see one. ... Maybe it's an omen."
He probably shouldn't press his luck.
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