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MLB Has Some 'Splaining To Do...; Bonds tested positive in '01
Topic Started: Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:54 pm (366 Views)
CELTS20
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2001, just a month after hitting his record 73rd home run of the season, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

The allegation came in a legal filing in his steroid perjury case that referred to Bonds' long-time trainer, Greg Anderson.

"At trial, the government's evidence will show that Bonds received steroids from Anderson in the period before the November 2001 positive drug test, and that evidence raises the inference that Anderson gave Bonds the steroids that caused him to test positive in November 2001," U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello wrote.

The U.S. government made the assertion in a document that asked a federal court to reject Bonds' motion last month to dismiss the charges that he lied about past steroid use.

In December, the record seven-time National League Most Valuable Player pleaded not guilty to lying to a federal grand jury in 2003 when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

He testified in the BALCO sports steroid case, which ended up jailing his personal trainer, Anderson, and the head of the BALCO lab near San Francisco.

The latest government motion also referred to a question by a prosecutor during the BALCO case to "determine why Bonds apparently tested positive for anabolic steroids in November 2000."

To date, prosecutors have revealed little about the details they have in the case against Bonds, the greatest hitter of his era long dogged by suspicions about doping.


Link -- ESPN.com

How the hell is this just coming out now? 6 years after he tested positive, which was A MONTH after he hit his 73rd Home Run. :oops:
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Spear
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HIGH LIFE!!!!!!!!!

Jesus Christ. Baseball needs to be re-tooled.
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yankee242B
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I'm a lead farmer, motherf...

So much for the "I've never failed a drug test" argument.

What an asswipe. And baseball is just so fucked up.
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KRS-One
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So long, and thanks for all the fish...

Bonds is innocent in this whole thing.
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This whole thing is a joke and I just try to zone it out as much as I can. I really could care less. Isn't the fact that the writers will likely keep a lot of these guys out of the hall anyways enough? I understand by taking the drug they gained an extra few years of solid production. Which could led to millions of extra dollars, but they beat the system then or the system didn't care then, so let them go.

Plus, aren't there bigger problems in the world than wasting all this time and money on trying to pin Roger Clemens, or Barry Bonds. What next, are they gonna go after every single player that allegedly took steroids and lied, then maybe in 20 years the MLB will have victory over the drug?

What a waste of time. What's the past is the past, let it go. Enforce some new rules, lay down the potential penalties (IMO, lifetime ban after one failed test) and again lets just play the game.

Enough is enough.
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jrmycmpfan
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Keep cool my babies

Shaun
Feb 14 2008, 06:50 PM
Bonds is innocent in this whole thing.

:rotfl: :lmao: No.
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yankee242B
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I'm a lead farmer, motherf...

Fuck.

By PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record.

In fact, the government meant to reference a previously reported November 2000 failed drug test that was included in the indictment unsealed last year, U.S. attorney spokesman Josh Eaton said.

The mistake prompted a flurry of erroneous reports on television and Web sites around the country.

The filing amounted to federal prosecutors defending their questioning of Bonds before a grand jury, and urging a judge to keep the slugger's perjury prosecution on track.

Bonds had argued that the questions posed to him by prosecutors were ambiguous and confusing. He demanded that the five-count indictment charging him with lying to a grand jury be tossed out. Bonds has pleaded not guilty.

In the filing, prosecutors said Bonds was specifically told before he began testifying in 2003 that he could consult with his lawyers or ask for a question rephrased if he ever got confused.

``Bonds never said he was confused or asked the prosecutor to rephrase a question,'' the government's filing stated.

Instead, they said their questions left no doubt that they were asking Bonds about his drug use and his relationship with personal trainer Greg Anderson.

Prosecutors said ``as the evidence at trial will show, each count charges that Bonds repeatedly lied in answering the same question or questions on the same subject matter.''

The matter will be the subject of a court hearing Feb. 29.
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Shaun
Feb 14 2008, 06:50 PM
Bonds is innocent in this whole thing.

Yeah...no.

Just no.

No.

Anywho. Bonds is a better person than many say he is, he's still a jackass though. He took steroids and lied about it. But I'm going to miss him. :(
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Docta
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Sonic the Hamilton

2 "Breaking News" alerts got changed in 2 days straight
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Common Sense
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Baseball is in a really bad state right now....First the John Rocker accusations now this??? I mean this is huge. I mean if this is reported we probably aren't even talking about Bonds even close to the record. Selig isn't looking to good right now.
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