San Francisco Justice for Barry Bonds?

We have addressed the "issue" of US District Court Judge Susan Illston here at our blog before.

In the post before this one, here, and elsewhere.

The issue of Judge Susan is front and center once again.

The issue is begging the following questions: Will Barry Bonds experience the San Francisco justice of Judge Susan? Or, the New York Justice that Marion Jones was sentenced to?

In one of the best articles written this year on the subject, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Gwenn Kapp gives us a must read piece entitled: "Note to Barry Bonds: enroll in law school -- soon."

Please read and comment. San Francisco or New York justice? Which will it be for Barry Bonds?

Will Barry Bonds walk (again)???

Will the justice system 'walk' Barry Bonds? That is one of the questions discussed by Jonathan Littman of Yahoo! Sports with his article - Bonds gets more good news.

Career home runs - 762

Career walks - 2558

[photo via Flicker, malingering]

NY Daily News: Barry Bonds' desperate swing

It was announced this week with bad intentions, look out, that the Major League Baseball Players Association was going to come after baseball on a big collusion charge because nobody wanted to give Barry Bonds a job this past season. That was the first part of the announcement, anyway. The second was that the grievance wouldn't be filed right away, but rather in an "indeterminate period."

Lupica: Barry Bonds' desperate swing

The Tampa Bay Rays, without Mr. Barry Bonds

This blog, "The Barry Bonds Trial blog," was wrong, dead wrong about the following articles posted earlier this year:

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This guy was right, totally right (about the following article, this week):

Inman: Rays wise to pass on Bonds

Now, truth-be-told (if you want us to be completely honest), we were have a little fun with those Barry-to-Tampa Bay articles we posted earlier this year. Half fun, half serious. Half serious because there were a lot of people in favor of this Tampa Bay idea. The thought was that it was a no risk move and that Barry would re-vitalize the Rays.

Was that line of thinking ever wrong!!! The Rays were already ready themselves and they didn't need any external help from an aging baseball player with bag after bag of baggage.

The money line from the Inman article:

"And right now the Rays have gone from nothing status to the VIP room. They did it without Bonds. They showed they could win without him, the very goal the Giants should have set for themselves years ago."

We couldn't agree more. Go Rays!

It's ... it's collusion I tell ya! Honest it is!

“There were numerous things that occurred that made me believe that the clubs were acting in concert,” Bonds’ agent, Jeff Borris, said Thursday.

They just have to keep this issue alive, don't they? During the season, during the playoffs, during the off-season. It really doesn't matter.

Here it is in a logical nutshell:

1. Barry Bonds wanted a job as a baseball player this year, (he really, really did)
2. Old Barry, couldn't land a job to save his life (he even updated his resume)
3. Hence and therefore: MLB is colluding!!! Sue the bastards!!!

A happy Barry Bonds shares his happiness

Barry Bonds visited seriously ill kids at UCSF Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. this week to promote the upcoming Macy's Christmas tree lighting.

Accompanied by two professional clowns, the slugger said, "I'm happy, now that I have so much more time. Actually, I'm enjoying myself immensely."

A couple of fans tried unsuccessfully, for autographs.

"Not doing that," Bonds said.

Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008

Barry, Barry, Barry. Barry Bonds. What can we say?

Barry Bonds is officially: 0 for 2008.

Zero at bats, zero hits, zero walks, zero home runs. Zero for 2008.

But it is not just about 2008 or the steroids or the charges by the Federal government is it?

It is, and will always be, about one thing.

Barry Bonds.

That crazy, wacko, narcissistic kind of guy that happens to be the all-time home run king in major league baseball history. It is about the quest for #1 and he got there. He sure did. He got the prize he always wanted and now he has 2008.

Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008.

We all saw it coming, didn’t we? And it began with Daddy Bonds: Bobby Bonds.

In high school, kids used to drive Barry nuts with comments about Bobby and his love of wine, women and song. Barry took all that abuse and said to himself: there will be a time of reconciliation, a time when he will shut everyone, a time when they will eat their words, a time when Barry will be King. The time would be 2007.

In college, the craziness of the Bobby and Barry Show continued. One afternoon at Packard Stadium at Arizona State University, Bobby Bonds drove a car on the field to talk to ASU coach Jim Brock about all-things-Barry. Later, for some reason, Coach Brock asked Barry’s teammates to vote if Barry should stay on the team. His teammates voted no, "send him packing." Barry stayed on the ASU baseball team.

Then it was the Pittsburgh Pirates, then eventually the San Francisco Giants, and then the record in 2007.

In 2008 it started out promising, since it appeared as if everyone agreed that Barry would be such a great fit with the Oakland Athletics.

When the A’s said no, every two weeks a new trial balloon, a new team was floated in the press to keep the name of Barry Bonds alive. It was the Tampa Bay Rays, and others, and the Boston Red Sox, and still others. Finally there were no takers. Finally the season ended.

Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008.

Barry Bonds got his wish, his payback, his record in 2007.

Yet, Barry Bonds is officially 0 for 2008.

The stadiums are now quiet, except for the playoff teams. The courtroom is being prepared and the lawyers are as well. Barry Bonds will have his day in court and will be heard.

What will Barry Bonds’ record be in 2009?

The Heat is on (Barry Bonds)

Sing it with Glenn Frey! The heat is on. Read on:

Feds defend Barry Bonds perjury indictment


More heat on Bonds

Billy Joel sings 'Pressure' to Barry Bond's amigo Greg Anderson

Well, truth be said, Billy Joel didn't really sing this to Barry Bond's buddy Greg Anderson - but it more than certainly applies these days. Here's why according to the NY Times:

Federal authorities are considering criminal charges against both the wife and the mother-in-law of Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds’s former personal trainer, in an effort to pressure Anderson to testify against Bonds, according to a lawyer for Anderson’s wife and other people with knowledge of the case.

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NY Times: Family of Bonds’s Trainer Feeling More Pressure

Bud to Jeff: No Barry Bonds Collusion

Commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday: "We have not found any indication of anything other than clubs making individual decisions that this player is not appropriate for them."


SF CHRONICLE: MLB dismisses collusion charge from Bonds' agent

Barry Bonds' 756th homer ball arrives in Cooperstown

The ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run last season landed this week in Baseball's Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements between its owner, fashion designer Marc Ecko, and the shrine.

"We are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan," Hall spokesman Brad Horn said. "We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent collections."

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.