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One year after No. 756, Giants a far different team without Bonds

By John Shea
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, August 7, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants' clubhouse isn't any more spacious than it was last year. It just appears that way. The media maze is gone. Players can sit at their lockers and watch one of six clubhouse televisions without being blocked by a conga line of reporters. They can go through their mail without the threat of someone peeking over their shoulder. They can get up and go to the bathroom without eight "excuse mes," six "pardon mes" and four "sorry about thats." "Not a lot of people in here ...

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