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Posted at 7:41 a.m., Sunday, March 18, 2007

Bonds given three-day spring break

Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Barry Bonds went home for a three-day spring break in the middle of spring training.

Bonds will return from his excused absence on Tuesday, the day after the San Francisco Giants' only scheduled day off of the spring.

Nearly all of the players who did not make the trip to Tucson yesterday were given the day off. With the entire team off tomorrow, manager Bruce Bochy gave the slugger today's game against the Kansas City Royals off as well.

Bonds has been in good form at the plate this spring, hitting four home runs in his past seven games. Overall, Bonds is hitting .348 with four homers and nine RBIs in 23 spring training at-bats.

Bonds enters the 2007 season with 734 career home runs, needing 22 to break Hank Aaron's career mark of 755.