Barry Bonds' friend, ARod, gets pasted on 60 Minutes

As reported on The Barry Bonds Trial blog many times, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez are good (superficial) friends.

Last night, in front of a national television audience, 60 Minutes laid out the case against ARod and left little doubt that his one year suspension from Major League Baseball is completely justified.

As a result of the show and all the information about ARod: What is the difference between these two baseball stars?

The answer begins with one friend/supplier/business-associate willing to rat a player out ...........

Barry Bonds not pathetic like A-Rod

Alex Rodriguez gets smaller and smaller every day–maybe not literally, but possibly that way, too–and now seems like an itsy-bitsy speck of history lined up next to Barry Bonds, who was dinky in his own way compared to Henry Aaron and Babe Ruth.

Mercury News blog post

Barry Bonds vs. Lou Gehrig

LA Times article

Barry Bonds' amigo, A-Rod, doing the PED thing again

A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes

Mr. October says Barry Bonds is not the home run king

Reggie Jackson on Barry Bonds:

 "I believe that Hank Aaron is the home run king, not Barry Bonds, as great a player as Bonds was ... If any of those guys get in, no Hall of Famer will attend." 

Sports Illustrated’s "13th annual Where Are They Now?" issue, July 9, 2012

Alex Rodriguez, Lou Gehrig and Barry Bonds

As of today, baseball fans, Alex Rodriguez (Barry Bonds' buddy - see article) sits at 639 career home runs.

We bring this up since Alex Rodriguez re-appeared in the national news when he recently hit his 23rd career grand slam, matching Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's record.

A-Rod hasn't been in the national news all that frequently since A-Rod hasn't actually been his old home-run-hitting self lately. And lately means the last two years. Only 16 home runs in 2011. But Alex does have 10 home runs this year. Not torrid by any means. Not.

Because he is A-Rod. Because we are talking about the Yankees. Because Alex plays in New York, A-Rod and Barry Bonds will be in the news together a lot during the next five years.

Five years, his remaining contract years with the Yankees.

Can he pass Barry Bonds. Will he pass Barry Bonds and his home run record?

Well, A-Rod better get started soon. As in getting on a 25 home run per year pace for the next five years. Something that didn't come close to happening last year.

"Father Time" is catching up with A-Rod a lot faster than many are recognizing.

If we here at The Barry Bonds Trial had to bet if A-Rod passes Barry Bonds - we would bet no, he does not pass (he does not collect $200 monopoly fans).

Sorry A-Rod, the Yankees and New York. (not really)

Babe Ruth jersey auctioned for a record $4.4 million

Lelands.com, the memorabilia auction house, was the winning bid this month for a record-breaking $4,415,658 for the earliest Yankees jersey worn by Babe Ruth known to still exist. It was a circa 1920 New York Yankees road model he wore during his first season after arriving from the Boston Red Sox.

A-Rod, Father Time and Barry Bonds

article: A-Rod, 36, fighting Father Time

Randy Velarde testified Barry Bonds’ personal trainer supplied HGH

Former New York Yankee Randy Velarde (who last played for the Oakland As) testified that he purchased a performance-enhancing drug (HGH) from Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’ personal trainer, throughout the 2002 major league season.

A-Rod, Barry Bond’s buddy, continues to go nuts

Barry Bond’s friend A-Rod, continues to go nuts.

Yes, that A-Rod – the New York City home town boy. Alex Rodriguez, the third baseman for the 3rd place, out-of-2008-post-season-play New York Yankees.

A-Rod, who is close personal friends with non-other than Warren Buffett, Madonna and Jose Canseco (and others).

Alex, who is currently sitting at #12 on MLB’s all-time home run list with 553. (As we know, our Barry Bonds is tops with 762).

The reason we are bringing this up, is because Barry Bonds has publicly said numerous times that he is very good buddies with A-Rod and wouldn’t mind at all if someday he broke Barry Bonds’ MLB HR records. Barry and A-Rod are just that tight.

So, it has to be of some very deep concern to Barry that A-Rod continues to go nuts.

What is the evidence that A-Rod is going nuts? A Yahoo! Sports article written by Jeff Passan posted yesterday. We couldn’t begin to summarize the many ways that A-Rod is going nuts. You’ll have to read it yourself.

So, lastly, we look forward to Barry Bonds reaching out to his close personal friend, A-Rod.

The future of Major League Baseball may depend upon it.



So, yes, read:

A-Rod desperately seeking himself (Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports)

Also read -

Billionaire Warren Buffett helped keep “A-Rod” a Yankee

MadRod's Thanksgiving Weekend Capped By Madonna-Brother Reunion, Mexico Trip