Ex-MLB All-Star calls out Netflix's Elle Duncan for remarks about Barry Bonds fight

'Fox & Friends' co-host Steve Doocy reports live from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia ahead of the MLB All-Star Game.

Former Philadelphia Phillies All-Star pitcher Ricky Bottalico must have been watching the MLB Home Run Derby on Monday night.

The pre-show broadcast on Netflix that included Elle Duncan, Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols and Anthony Rizzo rehashed Bonds’ fight with Bottalico in 1998. Bottalico plunked Bonds during a game between the Phillies and San Francisco Giants, sparking the only time Bonds charged the mound.

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Ricky Bottalico of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches during a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. (Jonathan Kirn/Allsport)

While Duncan said that Bottalico swore the pitch got away from him, Bonds denied it.

"No, it didn’t, it did not get away," Bonds said. "He’s a good pitcher and he’s a good man. In that situation, it was part of the game of baseball during that time, and I accepted it."

Bottalico pushed back on Duncan’s notion that the ball got away from him as he appeared on 97.5 The Fanatic on Tuesday before the MLB All-Star Game took place in Philadelphia.

"That is a bold-faced lie." he said. "I’ve told the story on this show, I’ve told the story on NBC Sports Philadelphia, I have told the story. I was told to go in and hit Barry Bonds. It’s that simple.

Elle Duncan attends the 7th Annual Sports Power Brunch: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports at Four Seasons San Francisco on Feb. 4, 2026. (Jeff Schear/Getty Images)

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"When it happens, in the newspapers in the next day and all that back then, I had to say I didn’t do it on purpose