Maddux, Glavine, Thomas elected to Hall of Fame

Former Atlanta Braves star pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas were overwhelmingly elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in voting announced on Wednesday.

Barry Bonds received 34.7 percent of the vote - 75 percent support from 571 votes cast by media is needed to ensure enshrinement,

I'll take asterisk for 100, Alex

You, too, Trebek? Even 'Jeopardy!' can't resist poking fun at Barry Bonds (via Fox Sports)

Updated DEC 12, 2013 5:09p ET The still-contentious debate about Barry Bonds' place in baseball history took another twist Wednesday night, but the latest voice to suggest that Bonds' home run records should include a disclaimer came from a curious…

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Barry Bonds to Judge: You didn't hear me! It's Not Guilty!

Major League Baseball's all-time walk leader this week asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its refusal to overturn his felony obstruction conviction.

Barry Bonds has no idea what the court was thinking. But, it wasn't correct thinking in the former star's humble opinion.

Since Barry recently sold his house and has extra cash for his splendid legal team, this seems like the right approach. Namely, to get the felony conviction off his resume.

Barry Bonds ..... ready to serve

"to ask the court and probation officials to permit me to begin serving my full sentence and probation immediately."

Barry Bonds Guilty as Charged

This week a federal appeals court upheld Barry Bonds' obstruction of justice conviction.

If you remember, back in 2003, this charge was pertaining to the rambling and evasive grand jury testimony he gave (or evaded in giving) about performance enhancing drug use in major league baseball. His answers were so evasive, that you'd have to wonder if he was even listening to the questions. He started talking about his dad and the state of celebrity children as opposed to commenting about PED use.

This federal appeals conviction hold shouldnt' be that surprising.

What is surprising is that few people remember he barely escaped being convicted of a second charge. This was due to one hold out juror with some creative ways of applying her own unique view of the law and the justice system.

So where does barry goe from here? We have some thoughts

Stay tuned

But remember, Barry is now guilty. If you think that this was all smoke and no fire, than you are guilty of something as well. If you think he was innocent than you must think you can talk about anything you want to talk about in front of a federal grand jury.

MLB and the Steroids Era

Opinion: MLB's contention that it is attempting to rid the sport of steroids forever is a real reach (via NJ.com)

By Irwin S. Stoolmacher I’m not a huge fan of A-Rod. I have always found the Yankees’ third-baseman to be self-absorbed. However, I think Alex Rodriguez got a raw deal from Major League Baseball with regard to his proposed 211-game suspension. His…

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Curse of Barry Bonds about to lift after 20 years

RUBINO: Curse of Barry Bonds about to lift after 20 years | The Press Democrat

A Dozen Days in the life of Barry Bonds

Joe Blogs: A Dozen Days in the life of Barry Bonds: A lot of people are talking about the awesomeness of Miguel Cabrera … and rightfully so. He’s the best hitter on earth right now. I love wat...

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.

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Barry Bonds and Ryan Braun

Comments from various sources, a day after the Ryan Braun MLB suspension.


Not even Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, who were accused of being drug cheats in different forums and brought to court on different federal charges, drew suspensions from MLB. --- JSOnline

A decade ago, the players sat silent as Don Fehr refused to even think about consenting to testing and dinosaurs like Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire terrorized the earth.---CBS Sports

Baseball threw the bum (Ryan Braun) out.---USA Today

Braun is one of the few prominent players in baseball to be suspended for doping. Other star players linked to doping, including Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, were never revealed to have tested positive and were never punished by Major League Baseball.---NY Times

“I am glad to have this matter behind me once and for all.” Can he be that naive to believe it? Has he not seen what a PED stain has done to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa and so many others?---Miami Herald

Ryan Braun suspended for rest of season

As reported over the years, The Barry Bonds Trial blog has always been very doubtful of the stories that Ryan Braun has deliberately spun and re-spun.

He has now been caught by MLB and has been suspended for rest of season without pay.

In the case of Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball let the U.S. government handle the circumstances.

Here's what the Brewers outfielder has said in his Mea Culpa:

"As I have acknowledged in the past, I am not perfect. I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions."

Mea Culpa

When Torii Hunter robs Barry Bonds at the 2002 All-Star Game