To some, Barry Bonds is the greatest baseball player in the last 100 years, if not ever. Regardless of personal feelings, the announcement Thursday that the San Francisco Giants would build a statue of Bonds outside of Oracle Park was probably not a surprise.

Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the San Francisco Giants' home stadium where he set baseball's career home run record.

We’re closing in on 20 years since Barry Bonds last took the field for the San Francisco Giants, leading many to wonder when, exactly, the team plans to honor the franchise icon with its ultimate tribute: a statue at Oracle Park.