Names in the game for Sept. 12, 2005

Monday, Sept. 12, 2005 | 9:08 a.m.

Larry Csonka

NFL Hall of Famer Larry Csonka was among six people plucked by helicopter from a stranded boat during a harrowing rescue in the Bering Sea, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Csonka, his partner, and a film crew from his television show were not injured, but the boat was abandoned at sea, the Anchorage Daily News reported in Sunday editions.

Csonka was part of a group returning from filming a hunting trip on an isolated island about 100 miles west of Unalaska on Wednesday when their 28-foot boat encountered bad weather.

The newspaper reported that 9-foot seas and gale force winds made it difficult to navigate the vessel, which then drifted away from the Aleut village of Nikolski.

Barry Bonds

After missing the Giants' first 142 games this season following three knee surgeries, Barry Bonds, who is 12 home runs short of passing Babe Ruth for second place in major league baseball history, will start in left field and bat fourth in tonight's home game at SBC Park, manager Felipe Alou said.

-- Sun wire services

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