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The evening of August 7, 2007 at Whatever-They're-Calling-It-This-Year-Park in San Francisco, Giants legend Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run to become the all-time Major League Baseball home run champion. The ballpark was sold out, fans were deliriously hoping to see history, and MoMo's across the street was packed serving up their signature cocktail, the Barry Bomb (uhhh, do you drink it or inject it?). While fans in the park were hoping to catch that million-dollar ball, more than a thousand crafty, non-admission-paying pipe dreamers and would-be opportunists had assembled outside McCovey Cove -- on land and in water -- with an array of contraptions to snag that ball. This photo gallery chronicles their hilarious efforts -- and also contains a photo taken in the park capturing Barry's record-breaking home run (scroll down and click on the 47th little photo there along the right!). Fans got to be there for baseball history, the Giants claimed a storied landmark, and all the kids there were so excited they can't sleep for a week. Now that's something that deserves an asterisk!