Barry Bonds: The World's Most Famous Cheater- REVEALED
Sports Illustrated Confirms What (Most) Everyone Already Knew
Bonds was not the only one who cheated. Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and of course, Rafael Palmerio all have their own skeletons, as well as a host of others, I'm sure. But none were ever bigger than Bonds. His flippant attitude and constant defiance was a slap in the face to anyone who ever bought an MLB ticket. He is only the third person in history to pass the 700 homerun mark and Major League Baseball needs to act fast to perserve the integrity of the game.
I'm sure most San Francisco Giants fans will stand by him, as they have through out, but Baseball fans around the world will not stand for this man to rape the great sport any longer. This story checks out. Sports Illustrated, and famed baseball writer Tom Verducci, would not put their reputations on the line if this information was not legit. The authors of this book, writers for Bonds' very own hometown paper The San Francisco Chronicle, quietly built their case for two straight years, conducting hundreds of interviews.
I'm sure Bonds will emerge soon enough with some more of his classic "I'm the victim" antics; he might even play the race card as he has so often in the past. But it will all be in vain; truly empty gestures from a broken liar. The stuff that has come out is too powerful, even for the comically massive Bonds. The book details his usage from 1998, when he started, to the present day. Barry Bonds was an unbelievable talent before he went down this path; he had won 3 MVP awards and was a sure bet first ballot Hall of Famer. That's what makes this all the more sad. He didn't need to do steroids. He was one of the best players in the Majors year in and year out; a finess guy with power, a great fielder and one of the most skilled hitters of his day. He abused steroids to amass a slew of records and tarnish the game he supposedly loved.
No intelligent person needed this book to know that he was using. Take one look at a picture from his days as a Pittsburgh Pirate and then compare it to one as a San Francisco Giant. It is a truly hilarious difference. This story is one of validation and redemption. I feel like it's a great day to be a baseball fan again. Now it's up to the Commisioner of Major League Baseball to do what needs to be done. He cannot slither away like he has time after time in fear of these great celebrities. No man is bigger than the game and Bud Selig must realize this. We can only wait and see if this colossal wrong is righted. Mr. Selig, the ball is in your cart. Hit a homerun for the average fan and make this great sport pure again.
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...the first time you were caught doing something wrong?
You'd have been a gonner a LONG time ago!!!
Ci-Ci
1) Fact # 1
Testifying before the BALCO grand jury in December 2003, Bonds first admitted taking "The Clear," which Arnold (Balco founder)is on the record saying was the name he and Conte gave to THG. Bonds later denied ever having taken steroids, saying he thought his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, was giving him flaxseed oil.
Fact # 2)
Steroid use was prohibited by baseball's drug policies throughout Bond's most prolific years. Because players were rarely if ever tested then, a player didn't have to worry about being caught, unless he was dumb enough to get arrested. Bonds and the other athletes in the BALCO sting could have been arrested but the feds' target was the supplier, not the users.
BONDS HAS NEVER TESTED POSITIVE. First of all if he did it would be all over sportscenter for a couple days. There has been nothing on Barry Bonds and any positive tests becasue he has never tested positive. In this country you are innocent untill proven guilty. Why doesn't that work for Barry. You bring up his size. Take a look at almost any major league player from when they began to when they were close to retirement. I guarantee they plumped up to. Its something natural that happens to people. Let barry go even if he has cheated which I believe he has, but he has never tested positive so you can't put it on him, the entire league has as well. Im sure that when ARod eventually breaks Barry's record there will be a huge scandal around him as well.
I can't believe how much crap is flying around, i mean Bonds is a cheater and he knows it, he should just come out and tell poeple beofre he breaks the greatest record in all of baseball, Hank Aaron's 755 home runs, Hank Aaron hit home runs wiht class, and Babe Ruth did it on beer and hot dogs, why can't Barry Bonds be a normal perosn. I have even heard the Barry Bonds head has grwon about 3 sizes since his rookie year, need i say anyhting else.
"And every pitch Eric Gagne and/or Roger Clemens is tainted. Do you think Gagne's arm troubles are related to the juice? Notice how small he is now? How about Clemens throwing the broken bat at Piazza in the World Series! He blames coffee. I blame it on 'roid rage." FYI-Good sports writers don't work off of baseless assumptions....you had better find a new job.
Mr. Larson, it seems you know more about retarded, five-year old orangutans than cheating. Bonds is a cheater, anything your team does while Bonds is playing for them is meaningless and he will be prosecuted, it's a matter of "when" not "if." How about getting your one track mind off of trying to defend the biggest loser in baseball history and work on trying to write something with substance as opposed to throwing other names out there to try to prove that your "guy" isn't a cheater because other players have cheated as well.
And every pitch Eric Gagne and/or Roger Clemens is tainted. Do you think Gagne's arm troubles are related to the juice? Notice how small he is now? How about Clemens throwing the broken bat at Piazza in the World Series! He blames coffee. I blame it on 'roid rage. Bonds can't be cheating when everyone he's competing against is on it, too.
The first five sentences show the forethought of a retarded, five-year old orangutan. No research, all unsubstantiated opinion. This site is looking less credible by the second.
There's only two options: Random drug testing throughout the season with NO conditions, or, let everybody take whatever they want and put out two different record books. One for the real records set before 1995 and one for the fake records set since them.
Yeah, Bonds is a cheater and should be banned from the record books. But anyone who accuses Bonds while ignoring McGwire should also take a look at how his rookie card photo compares to his '98 photo. Nearly as ridiculous a difference as Bonds'. And, lest we forget, Sosa also proved he was not exactly against using corked bats. Baseball's power elite is to blame as much as the players. Does anyone doubt that something crooked was going on following the strike? Maris' record had stood for over thirty years and in the space of a few years Ruth's 60 isn't even in the top five? Those balls were either juiced or MLB knew steroid abuse was rampant and sat by while ratings and attendance spiked upward. Selig should have been out on his butt years ago. (I mean, does anybody really think a former owner should be Commissioner!) Baseball has been going downhill since Giamatti died. Hell, even Bowie Kuhn would be better than Selig. Every hit Bonds has gotten since '98 is tainted