Ultimately, it may not be his use of steroids that does Barry Bonds in.
At this point, lying about his knowledge of what he injected or ingested into his body may be enough to put Bonds behind bars. At a minimum, you have to figure the indictment that came down Thursday will be enough to keep Bonds out of baseball.
After years of being the one in pursuit -- of Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, of Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, and of the World Series ring he never won -- Bonds' past seems to have finally caught up with him.
To those that say Bonds is being singled out, there probably is some truth to the notion. Bonds is the most selfish, arrogant, and surly player to wear a baseball uniform since Ty Cobb. But don't forget that Bonds lied under oath to a federal grand jury, and that's a crime.
Like any celebrity with more money than brains, Bonds will probably hire a team of lawyers shrewd enough to get him off with little to no jail time.
But for every (non-juicing) pitcher who surrendered a home run -- or six -- to Bonds, for every teammate who was forced to tiptoe around the issues and the Issue himself, to all the fans who felt all along as if this was an act they were tired of seeing, the indictment has to feel like a victory.
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Don't get too excited yet. It's pretty easy to get an indicment, and the whole process of getting an indictment is pretty biased against the accused, as no defense is present in the hearing. Most of the grand jury members are people that are plastered with details and endless amounts of reports and paperwork, and they get tired of sitting there.
It's been said that a lawyer could indict a ham sandwich if he wanted. And as easy as it is to get one, they've gone to the grand jury at least once or twice before this to indict Bonds, and failed to get it.
Greg Anderson's lawyer steadfastly denies that Anderson gave up information against Bonds. To me, this reeks of "We've spent 4 years on this and we can't possibly let it drop now after all this time and money, so let's give it out best shot."
That's my humble opinion, anyway.
i have to agree, it seeems as if these athletes are treated as royalty and they get away with a fine and probation. maybe he will get the marta stewart house arrest.
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