Ooooh, Scott Boras is going to be pissed! Barry Bonds has trumped any upcoming Alex Rodriguez announcement by going and getting himself indicted.
The indictment states "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes."
Should Bonds be convicted on all five counts listed in the indictment, he could go to prison for up to 30 years. While there are other unnamed athletes involved in the decision, Bond was the big fish.
I can't provide legal analysis and I won't even try. In the next few days, every lawyer under the sun is going to weigh in with an "expert" opinion. But I will say this. Pete Rose has been denied the Hall of Fame for betting on games. Betting FOR the team he was playing for. Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned, despite being acquitted by the grand jury for game fixing. If Bonds ends up in the Hall of Fame after this indictment, it will be an injustice. For the league, for the fans, and for the players who take this game seriously every day.
Bud Selig can do what he wants with the record. Asterisk it, erase it, let it stand. It's no longer about the record. It's about the responsibility of the league and those who govern it to keep the sanctity of the Hall and the game.
[Steroid Nation]
6 comments:
Amen to that entire last paragraph.
Barry Bonds is a douche bag and finally getting what he deserves!
what a disgrace to the name of the sport. the last paraagraph of this article speaks volumes to the league - under no circumstances should bary bonds be selected for the hall of fame. in my personal opinion, his "homerun king" title should be stripped from him also. alas, the past cannot be changed and rarely, if ever are titles removed; but he can always be labeled a cheater - and now a liar.
I hate to break it to everyone, but Barry isn't the only one pumping himself up with drugs. Um, I may be going against everyone on the blog, but this whole indictment is a referendum on Barry Bonds being a jerk for the past three decades moreso than lying.
Not that I condone what he did, but if he gets this treatment, so should everyone else who got caught or has been alleged to be a cheater.
Gary Sheffield, for one, seems to have gotten a free pass...
Mark McGwire seems to have gone into the black hole, and lest we forget Palmeiro lied in front of Congress...
They're all douche bags, MoF.
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