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Marlins excited to have Barry Bonds as hitting coach

Published Feb. 20, 2016 6:50 p.m. ET

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MIAMI (AP) Barry Bonds is back in the major leagues as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins.

Bonds wore his familiar No. 25 and a smile as he faced a cluster of notebooks and cameras at media day Saturday. The session included no boos or questions about steroids, and only one brief reference to the Hall of Fame, where Bonds is an uncharacteristic 0 for 4 in the annual balloting.

He received 44 percent of the vote in January, a career high but far short of the 75 percent needed for induction. Nonetheless, he said he considers himself a Hall of Famer.

The steroids-tainted home run king will likely hear some jeers around the NL this season, but his return to the majors has prompted only cheers from Marlins players.

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