Not really huge when he first played in the bigs.
Posted on 01/11/2007 12:09:06 AM PST by AZRepublican
NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds failed a test for amphetamines last season and originally blamed it on a teammate, the Daily News reported Thursday.
Barry Bonds Bonds is still under investigation as to whether he perjured himself when he testified in 2003 that he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.
When first informed of the positive test, Bonds attributed it to a substance he had taken from teammate Mark Sweeney's locker, the New York City newspaper said, citing several unnamed sources.
"I have no comment on that," Bonds' agent Jeff Borris told the Daily News on Wednesday night.
"Mark was made aware of the fact that his name had been brought up," Sweeney's agent Barry Axelrod told the Daily News. "But he did not give Barry Bonds anything, and there was nothing he could have given Barry Bonds."
Bonds, who has always maintained he never has tested positive for illegal drug use, is already under investigation for lying about steroid use.
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Barry Bonds - Liar, liar, pants on fire!
I don't care if they want to exclude McQwire, but they sure as hell better do the same to the others...
McQwire IIRC was always a huge guy and always even when he first started was a big HR hitter.....
I am old enough to remember Bobby Bonds playing for the Yankees.....yikes...( can Joe Pepitone be far behind)
Nothing to see here, move along.
It was something he ate, unknowingly.
It was a poppy seed muffin with amphetamines.
Oh yeah... the old, "I'm innocent because I stole it" defense.
What a piece of work is Barry Bonds.
Not really huge when he first played in the bigs.
It's Mark McGwire....no "Q".
OTOH, McGwire's 49 home runs as the AL Rookie of the Year is really huge (1987) especially in the pre-steroid era.
This is just the first revelation to come out about Barry.
Soon it will be revealed that his name is among the names goven to the FBI of failed Steroid Tests in 2003 -- my guess is we will hear this in a couple weeks.
That will be followed quickly by word that the "Contract Snags" mentioned in the article above are still holding up Barry Signing. Then word will leak out that the Grand Jury is preparing to pass down an indictment.
This will be followed by the GIants "Sadly" announcing that they will not invite Barry to Spring Training until the "Contract Issues" are resolved and the Contract is signed.
THis will all drag on through the Spring and end with a Tearful Press Conference right before the start of the season in which Barry announces his retirement for "personal reasons".
And MLB will breathe a sigh of relief as Hank Aaron's record remains safe.
I wish. But unless you are the Commissioner of Baseball, Commish, I don't have much confidence they are going to do the right thing.
A court has ordered that the 2003 test results be turned over to the FBI. MLB appealed and was turned down, so the FBI should have that list soon. If Barry's name is on there you can dam sure bet it will be leaked to the media, and the grand jury will get heated up again real quick.
PLus, it absolves MLB from having to do anything. Public Opinion, the legal system, etc will take care of it all.
Well any scenario that involves MLB sitting on their hands, ignoring the problem and kicking the can down the road is a pretty credible scenario.
If I were Mark Sweeney, I'd be on the phone with a lawyer and preparing to take a small piece of Barry's fortune away for slander. What a total coward.
I think Selig has grounds to kick his ass out for good.
I collected baseball cards when I was a kid and my collection was very extensive. I was a huge CUBS fan - had all the 1969 players cards - even one signed by Ernie Banks when he came to visit my dad's Rotary Club in downstate Illinois. Classic story of them all getting lost when my parents sold up and moved to FLA in the mid 1980's. So yes, I remember Joe Pepitone ;-).
The powers that be will NOT put Barry Bonds into the Hall of Fame if he has been indicted for perjury.
For some reason that misspelling is pretty common. Used to see it all the time on internet forums during his playing days.
Not so huge for that year. In 1987 an unusual number of people hit 40+, 30+ home runs. Wade Boggs, whose usual total was 8, smacked 24. Most people thought it had something to do with the balls manufactured that year. If that was the case they must have gone overkill on fixing it, because 1988 was a low-scoring pitcher's year.
Curt Schilling had it right when he described Barry Bonds as "the biggest a-hole in baseball."
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