Prosecutors extend Bonds investigation; no indictment Thursday

[DeclinetoState]

Are the prosecutors on a fishing expedition?

By DAVID KRAVETS and PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writers
July 21, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds' camp had two reasons to celebrate: his 722nd home run and federal prosecutors' decision not to indict the slugger -- for now -- on perjury and tax-evasion charges.

Speculation has been mounting for weeks that Bonds would be indicted Thursday with the grand jury expiring. Although prosecutors wouldn't confirm the existence of a new grand jury, Mark Geragos, attorney for Bonds' personal trainer, said Greg Anderson already has been called to testify before a new panel next week.

Meanwhile, Bonds' attorney seemed to back away slightly from the slugger's earlier statements that he didn't know substances given to him by his personal trainer were steroids.

"He was suspicious in light of what he had read as to whether those were steroids or not," Michael Rains told reporters Thursday.

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[Republican_Legion]

They need to indict the SOB before he breaks anymore records.
That damn cheater bonds seems to have juiced up a bit more since he isnt gonna be indicted for now. He hit his 722 homerun today...jee after he isnt gonna be indicted...well jee wouldnt it be the time for him to shoot up before a game.

To top it off he is a symbol for the Liberals in San Francisco.

[Lubbock]

Gone are the days of Ted, Mickey and Yogi, Catfish, Vida and Thurmond Munson. And Reggie.

[Beowulf]

They need to indict the SOB before he breaks anymore records.
That damn cheater bonds seems to have juiced up a bit more since he isnt gonna be indicted for now. He hit his 722 homerun today...jee after he isnt gonna be indicted...well jee wouldnt it be the time for him to shoot up before a game.

To top it off he is a symbol for the Liberals in San Francisco.

Well, he hurt himself again so maybe he'll be out awhile again. But yeah, they need to get him indicted. Even if they don't and IF he beats Hammering Hank, I'll never recognize his record.

[DeclinetoState]

Beo, nobody will care what you--or I, or anyone else, for that matter--think. There are people who think that Babe Ruth is still the "real" home run champion, since it took Hank AAron a couple of more years (IIRC) to hit No. 715. They also argue that Ruth hit his home runs in the dead-ball bigger-ballpark era (actually, not true: the spitball had only a few years earlier been outlawed, and a lot of pitchers couldn't throw an "honest" pitch to the Babe, so he may have seen a disproportionate share of 'gopher balls"; and Yankee Stadium, where the left-handed Ruth hit a lot of his home runs, was only about 300 ft to the right-field foul pole, where George Herman probably put a few away).