July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he plans to watch Barry Bonds tie and break the sport's home-run record.

Selig, amid allegations of steroid use by Bonds, had declined to commit to attending the games where the San Francisco Giants' outfielder will match and pass Hank Aaron's record 755 home runs. Bonds denies using illegal performance- enhancing drugs.

``Out of respect for the tradition of this game, the magnitude of the record, and the fact that all citizens in this country are innocent until proven guilty, I will attend Barry Bonds's next games,'' Selig said in a statement.

Bonds, who turned 43 today, has 753 career home runs.

Selig will be at the Giants-Atlanta Braves game tonight at AT&T Park in San Francisco, baseball spokesman Pat Courtney said. The teams play three games and the Giants then host the Florida Marlins for three games starting July 27.

Selig said his attendance is subject to his commitment to attend the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies this weekend. His schedule to be at the museum in Cooperstown, New York, on July 28-29 will be ``fluid'' depending on Bonds's performance in San Francisco, Courtney said.

Drug Charges

Baseball had distanced itself from Bonds following allegations he used steroids. Bonds told a federal grand jury that he unknowingly used substances that contained the banned muscle builders, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2004.

Selig appointed former U.S. Senator George Mitchell in March 2006 to lead an investigation of past drug use three weeks after two Chronicle reporters published a book detailing Bonds's alleged steroid use. Mitchell has said his report is in the ``final phases.''

Bonds's lawyer, Mike Rains, said a separate grand jury investigating his client for perjury appears to be continuing. Bonds's former trainer, Greg Anderson, remains in jail for refusing to testify against Bonds and the grand jurors were told that the panel will next meet in September.

To contact the reporter on this story: Danielle Sessa in New York at dsessa@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: July 24, 2007 17:17 EDT