Barry Bonds Indicted

[BabyBeastie]

While Bonds was chasing Aaron amid the adulation of San Franciscans and the scorn of baseball fans almost everywhere else, due to his notoriously prickly personality and nagging steroid allegations, a grand jury quietly worked behind closed doors to put the finishing touches on the long-rumored indictment.

"I'm surprised," said John Burris, one of Bonds' attorneys, "but there's been an effort to get Barry for a long time. I'm curious what evidence they have now they didn't have before."

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[Beowulf]

Good! If they put him on trial and convict him of juicing, let's hope his records are expunged from baseball archives.

[Sarah]

Bout time!

[RayChuang]

Good! If they put him on trial and convict him of juicing, let's hope his records are expunged from baseball archives.

I've read that Commissioner Bud Selig may ask both the Elias Sports Bureau and the Baseball Hall of Fame to no longer recognize Bonds' achievements.

[DesertFox]

Barry never juiced up. He wore aired-up balloons beneath his uniform to make him look bigger. Friends, without Barry's knowledge, kept giant fans behind home plate pointed toward the outfield so when Barry popped one up they could turn them on and blow the ball outta the park.

As for his prickly personality, it would make you a jerk, too, if you had balloons rubbing against your skin for nine innings every night.

[The_Elucidator]

I've read that Commissioner Bud Selig may ask both the Elias Sports Bureau and the Baseball Hall of Fame to no longer recognize Bonds' achievements.

I really hope so!

[Phil Osophical]

It's all moot folks.

Bonds, Simpson and Vick all have race and stay-out-of-jail-free cards.

[Nutrider99]

Perjury is no longer a crime. We ceased to prosecute perjury when the clintoons committed it. There is somehting DAMNED WRONG in a country when Bonds is indicted and hillary runs for president after committing the SAME OFFENSE!!!!!!

[DeclinetoState]

As Nut pointed out, BB isn't being indicted for juicing, but for perjury when he testified he didn't juice. It's kind of like the Martha Stewart thing.

Don't even get me started on the crap the Clintons have gotten away with.

:(

[BabyBeastie]

Any bets Bonds that pulls a Marion Jones and starts crying after he's stripped of his records?

[DesertFox]

Bonds, Simpson and Vick all have race and stay-out-of-jail-free cards.I don't think so. Not this time. It's too obvious what's really going on. The race card works best when ambiguity is maximized. There's no ambiguity in any of these cases.

[Aaron]

I don't think he should get jail time. It's a damn game and the shame of it all would be enough. They were talking about 30 years on ESPN, I think that is excessive and ridiculous. I have just as much respect for cheaters and juicers as the rest of you but come on.

[DesertFox]

They were talking about 30 years on ESPN, I think that is excessive and ridiculous. I have just as much respect for cheaters and juicers as the rest of you but come on.Huh? Nobody here said he should get 30 years. Why are you ascribing what was said on ESPN to people here?

[Aaron]

Huh? Nobody here said he should get 30 years. Why are you ascribing what was said on ESPN to people here?

I'm ascribing what was said on ESPN to people on ESPN, not to people on here. That post was directed to the whole issue in general, not anyone on this forum. :confused: I was just adding some info that maybe no one heard. Didn't mean to come off as accusing anyone here of supporting him getting 30 years in jail time.

[Madbomber]

I don't think he should get jail time. It's a damn game and the shame of it all would be enough. They were talking about 30 years on ESPN, I think that is excessive and ridiculous. I have just as much respect for cheaters and juicers as the rest of you but come on.


If they declared his records null and void then booted him out of baseball a'la Pete Rose that would be enough for me.

MB

[DesertFox]

Yep. Shoeless Joe Jackson and Rose set the example for what should happen to the records of bad boys.