The Barry Bonds Trial: June 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

Barry Bonds: Sorry, but it is no, no and no

Hey Barry! How's it going? We here at the The Barry Bonds Trial blog have not been on summer vacation. We have been doing a lot of research to see if an offer from an MLB team is coming your way.

Unfortunately, the bad news continues.

In Denver, they are calling you a has-been (article). The Braves Baseball Fan blog says that they don't want you. An L.A. Angels blog says "no." And even your own agent, Jeff Borris, says that you won't play - in the minors that is.

What's the leading home run hitter to do?

Well, we don't have an answer, unfortunately (yet).

However, your lovely Aunt Rosie does. She sends her love and she says its the owners fault and a few other things.
Take care, Barry.

Friday, June 20, 2008

A Target Letter for Nicole Gestas

According to the New York Times and several other sources, Federal officials have told Nicole Gestas (the wife of Barry Bonds' personal trainer Greg Anderson) that she is a target of a criminal investigation.

Legal experts say that this is another attempt to ratchet up the pressure on Anderson to cooperate.

Links-

Chicago Tribune

New York Daily News

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Bloggers are (always) blogging about Barry Bonds

As usual, sports fans continue to think and talk about Barry Bonds. Here are a few random thoughts from some random blogs.

Here's one poor, desperate Met's fan praying for just about any solution, as he writes: Don't laugh at me, but maybe we should consider Barry Bonds AND Ken Griffey Jr.
And here's the Bleacher Report, for the 762nd time, talking about Barry Bonds and the Summer Of 2001.
And then here is a blogger bringing up good old Dusty Baker. (Remember him? The new manager of your last place Cincinnati Red Stockings) He delivers this excellent piece of baseball trivia: Dusty Baker has managed the last three players to achieve the 600 club home run milestone: Bonds in San Francisco, Sosa in Chicago and now Griffey. He was there for Bonds' 600th, on Aug. 9, 2002.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Dressed in a black suit, Barry Bonds said nothing during the five-minute arraignment. His attorney pleaded "not guilty"

Former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds arrives at the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Calif., Friday, June 6, 2008. Bonds pleaded not guilty to 15 felony charges of lying to a federal grand jury about his performance-enhancing drug use. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The Barry Bonds debate in Boston

Well here we go again .... now it is the Beantowners turn to start to ask 'Barry Bonds related questions,' like: "If the call comes, does Theo Epstein pick up the phone?"

Everyone on both sides of the Charles River is now fully aware that the prognosis for David Ortiz is mostly a crap shoot at this point. He could be gone the rest of the 2008 season. He could be back by the All-Star break. Who knows???

So ... what a Red Sox fan going to do? What is Theo Epstein going to do?

The next couple of days and weeks should be very interesting.

Articles -

A Barry big debate

Could Fenway be Barry’s next home?

A selection of Barry Bonds' comments regarding PED use:

"Doctors ought to quit worrying about what ballplayers are taking. What players take doesn't matter. It's nobody else's business. The doctors should spend their time looking for cures for cancer. It takes more than muscles to hit homers. If all those guys were using stuff, how come they're not all hitting homers?" -- May 21, 2002, Associated Press
"No. I don't have to [use steroids]. I mean, I'm a good enough ballplayer as it is. I don't need to be any better. I can't get any better at this age." -- June 2002, On the Record with Bob Costas
"I never asked. When he said it was flaxseed oil, I just said, 'Whatever.' It was in the ballpark.. in front of everybody. I mean, all the reporters, my teammates, I mean they all saw it. I didn't hide it." -- Dec. 4, 2003, during grand jury testimony, according to the San Francisco Chronicle
"I don't know Tim Montgomery. I've never met him. When accusations come from someone you don't even know, what can you do?" They'll be talking to my lawyer." -- June 25, 2004 to USA TODAY in response to allegations from a former world-class sprinter that he received steroids from BALCO
"All you guys lied! All of y'all and the story have lied. Should you have asterisks behind your name? All of you lied. All of you have said something wrong. All of you have dirt. When your closet's clean, then come clean somebody else's." -- Feb. 22, 2005, first public comments after testimony was leaked
"I don't know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don't believe it. I don't believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination [and] technically hit a baseball." -- Feb. 22, 2005, first public comments after testimony was leaked
"You wanted me to jump off the bridge; I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down, you've finally brought me and my family down. You've finally done it. So now go kick a different person. I'm done. I'll do the best I can and that's about it. [I'm talking about] inner hurt. I'm physically, mentally done. I'm mentally drained. Tired of my kids crying." -- March 23, 2005 on MLB
"I went through the system. And that's what it is. And that's what I got. I went through the system. I'm in an appeal process right now. I was never convicted of steroids. Do I have any regrets? What happened happened. It's there. It is what it is. I live with it. I'm a convicted felon for obstruction of justice, and that's who I am. I live with it." -- May 29, 2012
"I gave my life and soul to that game. That's what's heartbreaking. That's the hard part of it." -- May 30, 2012 on MLB
"Not winning? [the 2002 World Series] It doesn't stick with me anymore. Right now, it's just good to see everyone and have a good time. Win or lost, it's nice just to come home and reminisce with each other." -- July 1, 2012
"Oh, without a doubt. There's not a doubt in my mind." -- August 6, 2012

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