Lowell Cohn: A No Vote Against Mark McGwire and others

Excerpt from Press Democrat staff writer and Hall of Fame voter Lowell Cohn:

Barry Bonds presents another kind of problem when he becomes eligible. He admitted taking “the clear” but says he didn’t know it was “the clear.” Baloney. In my gut I believe he knowingly cheated. And you do, too.

article: Feeling good about saying no to McGwire

Another Break for Barry Bonds

Justice Department spokesperson Tracy Schmaler told The Associated Press that the government will not go to the Supreme Court seeking to reverse rulings by a series of court panels that declared the government's seizure unconstitutional. The seizure of Bonds' records was not challenged, and prosecutors plan to use them as evidence at the slugger's long-awaited San Francisco trial this spring.

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The “10 greatest living baseball players” (Barry Bonds is on the list)

Sportswriter Derrick Goold (St. Louis Post Dispatch) honored Stan Musial’s 90th birthday by writing an article with his picks for the “10 greatest living baseball players.”

His 10 picks include:

Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Frank Robinson, Tom Seaver, Mike Schmidt. [retired only; with no active players]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch article

Barry Bonds Congratulates the San Francisco Giants - 2010 World Series Champions

"There is no city that deserves this championship more and I congratulate Bill Neukom, the entire ownership group, (manager Bruce) Bochy and most of all the guys on the team that fought hard to bring the trophy home to the city of San Francisco."

"I grew up watching my dad and godfather as Giants, lived out my dream playing in the same uniform in front of the best fans in the world and I just witnessed the Giants winning the World Series. I am ecstatic for the team, the city and all the fans -- you truly deserve it."  - Barry Bonds

 

Barry Bonds: The Gift That Wants To Keep Giving

"I have a gift and sooner or later I have to give it away," Bonds said. "I have to share it. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity here."


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Giants fans never liked Barry Bonds is a lie, lie, lie

The Giants' spectacular success is a thrill. But to contrast this with the '02 team -- in a way that allows us to declare how we never really liked Barry Bonds anyway -- is a lie.


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The Barry Bonds trial witness list

Home Run King, now Ceremonial Pitcher

Before a packed AT&T Park on Tuesday, San Francisco Giants legend Barry Bonds threw out the ceremonial first pitch in the Giants' first NLCS home game versus the Phillies.

Bonds jumped out of the dugout, blew many kisses to his adoring fans, tipped his Giants hat and waved to all in the ballpark that saw his many home run records established.

Earlier this week, Bonds was reported saying that he wanted his Giants to "beat the Phillies asses!" And he was more than rewarded for his enthusiasm with a loud and sustained ovation with the fans chanting "Barry! Barry! Barry!" over and over again just like they did many times several years ago.

In the game and on the mound, Giants pitcher Matt Cain put together an impressive 2-hit performance and the Giants won the third game of the NLCS 3-0. Giants now lead the best of seven series 2-1.

In 2002, Barry Bonds lead his Giants into the World Series against the Anaheim Angels and lost 4-3; his only World Series appearance.

Barry Bonds is scheduled to go to trial in March 2011 on charges that he lied to the U.S. government in its investigation of steroids in major league baseball.

Ryan Howard: A Barry Bonds BFF

Ryan Howard: "He was great at getting the point across. I understood everything he was saying."


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Jason Giambi, welcome to The Barry Bonds Trial

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Federal prosecutors on Friday submitted the lineup of witnesses they intend to call during the much-delayed Barry Bonds perjury trial and it includes Rockies first baseman Jason Giambi and the home run king’s former personal trainer at the center of the case.


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"The Tenth Inning" starring Barry Bonds

Without doubt, Barry Bonds was central to the baseball era that filmmaker Ken Burns has visited and filmed in the making of "The Tenth Inning," a four-hour epic that will premiere on PBS on Sept. 28 and 29.

The film begins with Bonds' upbringing and ends with the slugger smashing Hank Aaron's all-time home run record amid widespread suspicion of steroid use. Says Ken Burns:

"He is a symbol, for better or worse, for the last two decades of baseball, which are among the most consequential in the history of the game."

Bud Selig ... not a witness

Bud Selig Defends MLB Steroid Testing; Stays Out of Bonds, Clemens Trials

  

Bud Selig, Major League Baseball commissioner, says that he does NOT expect to be called as a witness in the Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens trials.

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens: a lot in common

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens have at least two things in common: they each won one of baseball's two top individual awards seven times and now they've both been indicted for allegedly lying under oath that they knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs.

The hardware in their trophy cases suggests that Bonds and Clemens were the best hitter and best pitcher of their time.


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Clemens' best option: Misremember his ego

Plead guilty. Now. Or risk the worst punishment imaginable -- a permanent place alongside Barry Bonds as the two-faced monster of baseball's Steroid Era.


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U.S.setback begs question: will Barry Bonds' perjury trial be dropped?

Barry Bonds took another round from the U.S. prosecutors who put his trial on hold in March 2009.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding the ruling of the lower court, determined that Bonds will not be faced at his federal trial for perjury and obstruction of justice with, among other things,positive results from certain urine samples.



Examiner article

ESPN: Does this decision mean the end of the perjury case against Bonds?

No. It is a serious setback for the federal prosecutors, but it is not the end of their efforts to convict Bonds of lying to the grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.


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Barry Bonds, Mike Bacsik, t-ball and 756

Tim Redding, now a pitcher for the Colorado Rockies, has no doubt that Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik grooved #756 for Mr. Barry Bonds.


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Barry Bonds' son throws a strike at his mom!!!

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP)—The 20-year-old son of former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds(notes) has pleaded not guilty to five misdemeanor charges related to a fight with his mother.

Nikolai Bonds was accompanied by his famous father when he appeared at San Mateo County Superior Court on Tuesday.

Police say Nikolai Bonds threw a doorknob at his mother, 45-year-old Sun Bonds, and spit in her face during a Dec. 5 confrontation in Menlo Park, in the San Francisco Bay area. Officers also say he blocked his mother from leaving, destroyed property worth $400 and threatened an officer.

Mark McGwire acknowledges steriod use

His record of 70 home runs in 1998 was surpassed by Barry Bonds’(notes) 73 homers in 2001—the year of McGwire’s retirement and the apex of the Steroids Era. Bonds himself has denied knowingly using illegal drugs but has been indicted on charges he made false statements to a federal grand jury and obstructed justice.

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