That will be his new nickname very soon as Major League Baseball will now have to suffer the major embarrassment of having crowned a new home run king just last summer that could soon be doing jail time if convicted of the crimes charged in an indictment moved forward today.
An indictment that has been written on the wall for years pertaining to Bonds' lying to grand juries regarding his obvious steroid usage over the years and his former trainer Greg Anderson, who just completed a year of jail time related to refusing testimony in front of the grand jury investigating Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, known as BALCO, and now indicting Bonds.
As a fan I have always disliked the attempted enhancement of skills through drugs in all sports preferring to see the natural abilities of the players against one another, not a bunch of drug users getting paid umpteen millions of dollars pretending to be All American heroes when they're nothing more than lying junkies playing children's games.
I wrote this story also appearing in USA Today.com. the day after Bonds passed Hank Aaron in the home run chase and my view of the baseball higher ups allowing that day to even occur, in light of Bonds lying (which was quite apparent even then) to keep from being suspended, and now as they say "the chicken's come home to roost" for all involved.
An indictment that has been written on the wall for years pertaining to Bonds' lying to grand juries regarding his obvious steroid usage over the years and his former trainer Greg Anderson, who just completed a year of jail time related to refusing testimony in front of the grand jury investigating Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, known as BALCO, and now indicting Bonds.
As a fan I have always disliked the attempted enhancement of skills through drugs in all sports preferring to see the natural abilities of the players against one another, not a bunch of drug users getting paid umpteen millions of dollars pretending to be All American heroes when they're nothing more than lying junkies playing children's games.
I wrote this story also appearing in USA Today.com. the day after Bonds passed Hank Aaron in the home run chase and my view of the baseball higher ups allowing that day to even occur, in light of Bonds lying (which was quite apparent even then) to keep from being suspended, and now as they say "the chicken's come home to roost" for all involved.
Greg Anderson Will Not Testify Against Bonds
Lawyer: - News Story - KNTV | San Francisco: "Just over an hour after the Barry Bonds indictment, a judge has ordered Greg Anderson to be freed from a federal facility behind the Santa Rita jail in Dublin. His lawyer Paula Canny told NBC11's Ethan Harp that Anderson will not testify against Bonds. 'Greg has to be released under the law because you can only hold a recalcitrant witness for the length of the grand jury or until the purpose of the grand jury subpoena ends,' Canny said. 'Once they indicted Barry, Greg has to be released by operation of law.'" continued
Now the story about Bonds involvement in the above posted matter from the paper responsible for the entire matter being brought to the forefront, The San Francisco Chronicle :
Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction of justice charges
(11-15) 17:20 PST SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds, the former Giants star and baseball's career home run king, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the BALCO sports steroid scandal.
Bonds was indicted for allegedly making false statements to the grand jury that investigated the BALCO steroids distribution ring, the U.S. attorney's office in San Francisco said. Bonds is accused of four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice.
Bonds' lawyer, Michael Rains, vowed to fight the charges.
On Dec. 4, 2003, Bond was called before the grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative, or BALCO, and was given immunity from prosecution. But he was warned that if he failed to tell the truth he could be indicted for lying under oath.
Federal prosecutors confronted him with doping calendars and other documents showing that he had used undetectable steroids called the Cream and the Clear, along with human growth hormone and other drugs, according to BALCO grand jury transcripts reviewed by The Chronicle. read more
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