Bonds Indicted
One announcement turned the baseball world on end yesterday. That announcement came from a grand jury. The grand jury indicted Barry Bonds on perjury and obstruction of justice. The indictment comes as the result of a long investigation into the matter and does not include a charge of using an illegal substance. The indictments are based on a steroids test administered on Bonds by BALCO that came out positive. When asked about the test under oath Bonds denied having taken steroids. He also said that he unknowingly had used the cream and the clear. This case will have many implications in baseball regardless of if Bonds successfully defends himself.
Where will he play next year? Many general managers were probably staying away from him before the indictment because they didn’t want the circus that comes with Bonds. Now I can’t imagine anyone wanting him until the case is seen through to completion.
What about the home run record? Is it a real record or not? Before we bring out the asterisks (or erasers) let’s not forget that no matter how much Bonds is disliked he has not yet had his day in court. Many details will come out about Bonds now. We will learn much more about his alleged steroid usage. But now we will be better able to separate true fact from what we’d like to believe is fact. This is certainly a major step in the direction of banishment and record erasing but we’re not quite there yet.
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