"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.