Bonds admits to taking supplements, protein pills

The Orange County Register ^ | July 11, 2002 | Staff

[EveningStar]

The San Francisco Giants' home run king, Barry Bonds, says he's used creatine supplements and protein pills, according to a televised interview.

Bonds' acknowledgment he took the legal supplements comes in the face of much criticism and scrutiny about steroid use among Major League Baseball players.

[Huck]

This isn't really news, is it?

[jlogajan]

creatine supplements and protein pills

Both of which you can buy in most super-markets, or health food stores.

[FreeTally]

Oh my God, what a HUGE story!!! Bonds takes supplemets and Creatine! Stop the presses!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[smith288]

AP (San Fransicso)
It has become known through anonymous sources that Barry Bonds, the power hitting right fielder from the Giants, uses devices called "weights". These "weights" are heavy, blunt objects that are thought to strengthen muscles through over working them and then allowing them to heal stronger than before. ...Developing...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[nevergore]

OMG! Does he take vitamins too???!!??

NeverGore :^)

[kinghorse]

Bonds is pretty much in step with what he thinks is the trend. The most interesting thing I took out of his interview with Leno last night was his suggestion that "Testing was fine, just not random testing. Random testing violates privacy rights". He didn't just dream this up. His lawyer(s) coached him on how to handle the interview, rest assured.

So the prevailing attitude in California which we can assume will eventually push it's way across the US is that the act of testing should be on a scheduled basis, to give the individual time to "clean up their act". This is tantamount to saying, hell yes we smoke grass and pop roids. We just want to know when you want us to abstain and we will go through that process to prove we are NOT ADDICTS, and therefore functioning citizens.

I think Bonds is a jerk like everyone else but I kinda like this approach. It's a pretty good compromise. I don't think random testing is a positive thing to be doing to trusted employees, employees who have done a good job.

Randomly testing convicted felons or people with on the job accidents yes, but not people who haven't done anything wrong.

I believe this is a hot button social issue and will only gain in importance as more good honest hard working people get run out on a rail over a postive THC which we know stays in the body for a long time as opposed to Cocaine which you could abuse like mad, lay off for 3 days and test clean. Which person is less stable and yet more likely to keep their jobs in a random testing environment?

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[isthisnickcool]

OMG! He likely eats green leafy veggies too!

Oh, the humanity!

[Paradox]

This is the stupidest thing I have read all day. "Admit to", as if it was a crime, or somehow morally questionable.

"Paradox admits to having sex with his wife, story at 11..."

Now if the above headline were about Bill Clinton, that might actually be newsworthy..

[Sloth]

"admits to"???? WTH?

This is like a headline saying that the President has admitted having a sexual relationship with his own wife.

[Thane_Banquo]

This just in: "The sky is blue!"

[Sloth]

Great minds...

[F16Fighter]

All I know is Bonds went from 20-30 HRs per year to 80 HRs a year while cracking the average homer about 500 feet into the Pacific...

Creatine and protein ain't that magical.

[dawn53]

I believe this is a hot button social issue and will only gain in importance as more good honest hard working people get run out on a rail over a postive THC which we know stays in the body for a long time as opposed to Cocaine which you could abuse like mad, lay off for 3 days and test clean. Which person is less stable and yet more likely to keep their jobs in a random testing environment?

Sounds like a little situational ethics to me.

If THC is prohibited, then it's prohibited.

The fact that cocaine is eliminated quickly has nothing to do with it.

If you're not doing anything wrong, then who cares if they test you, random or not?

You don't have to have a job in the Major Leagues.

If you don't like their rules, then don't work for them.

If you do work for them (and happen to be making gazoodles of money because of it), abide by their rules, and don't be a crybaby if you get caught.

[FreeTally]

Creatine and protein ain't that magical.

No, but sorry pitching, small strike zones and juiced up balls explain it.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Creatine shmeatine. He still has to make contact with a sphere that is dipping, curving, sliding, and/or moving at over 90 miles per hour.

[hobbes1]

Nor are weights. 56 lbs in 4 years....get a grip people.

There is only ONE WAY TO ROCK like that. Especially considering that 8 months out of the year his JOB deprives his body of the requisite rest to grow Muscle.

Pass the Juice Barry!!!

JFTR....Personally I think If they want to they should (sanely of course) but, the Dishonesty pi$$es me off.

[hobbes1]

Doesn't explain 56 lbs in 4 years.

[Larry Lucido]

OMG! Does he take vitamins too???!!??

It's even worse than that. Many players have been seen replenishing bodily fluids and electrolytes with an orange-colored liquid substance right in the middle of a game!

[dtel]

Nor does it make your head size increase by two full sizes, not not 7 1/8 to 7 3/8. But from 7 3/8 to 9 3/8, look at the size of his head now!
Can you say Human Growth Hormone?
There, I knew you could.

[smith288]

find out how to snap your wrists at the right time can solve a power hitters lack of production. But i think Barry is a prima donna with little respect for the game. if he had any respect he would refuse to be paid ungodly amounts to prove he wants baseball to survive, not just his overflowing bank account. Dont get me wrong, I want to get paid high as anyone in my field, but I can imagine the outrage if I made 50million because I knew how to do origami better than anyone... Its rediculous.

[Frumanchu]

Doesn't explain 56 lbs in 4 years.

Today's my 4th wedding anniversary and, coincidently, I've gained exactly 56lbs since my wedding.

And I've seen people get huge using Creatine and lots of Whey protein supplements. It happens folks.

[kinghorse]

Bullshyatt. Teatotalers during prohibition had the same set of blinders on. There is something called an "unjust law". It's a law written to serve the interests of the minority openly flaunted by the majority. Ultimately it gets repealed or the system breaks down because the majority selectively obeying the law is not a just system. It is makes a mockery of the system. You might want to brush up on that concept.

[uncbob]

Creatine shmeatine. He still has to make contact with a sphere that is dipping, curving, sliding, and/or moving at over 90 miles per hour.

Very true but those 350 long fly outs to the power alleys now become 400 foot homers

[GoreIsLove]

Bonds also played his entire career up until two seasons ago in Candlestick Park and Three Rivers which are two stadiums not particularly conducive to home run hitting. Despite that, Bonds hit over 40 homers three of those seasons at the stick and would most assuredly have hit 50 in 1994 had the strike not occurred.

[hobbes1]

Not like that you haven't....It does not happen, especailly after 28.

[kinghorse]

The minority in this case are the multinationals who hold a monopoly over the production and distribution of alchoholic beverages and tobbaco products. Tobacco and alchohol (of any decent quality) requires more expertise and expense than the personal consumer has at his disposal to effect manufacture. Not the same problem hemp. It grows on the side of the road. That can't be good for Anheuser Busch's bottom line.

[Sloth]

I agree that there is such a thing as an unjust law, but are you seriously suggesting that marijuana prohibition is 'flaunted by the majority'???

[Wolfie]

The reporter should have just handed him a cup and asked him to fill it. His reaction (like Sosa's) would speak volumes.

[Jay W]

Because of this, as far as I'm concerned, Roger Maris' 61 single season home run record has yet to be broken. Sosa, McGwire, and Bonds all deserve ****** (asterisks) next to their "records."

[hobbes1]

I outed Sosa, here, as soon as the issue came up. The Carribbean is Notorius for Dianabol....(and where does Juicin Slammin Sammy Spend his offseason...?

[RWG]

former Nebraska football coach ... college football coaches, boy those guys are great models with pay-offs to key players, their demands that their athletes be scholars of PE and the huge costs to universities for the football programs at the expense of other academic pursuits. Great choice to pursue standards in professional athletics!

[hobbes1]

Ummmmm.....Maris never faced a Specialized Reliever...?

[TankerKC]

Oh, yeah. I get it. Kids are more interested in soccer than baseball. Cute. What country do you live in? ;)

[Sabertooth]

All I know is Bonds went from 20-30 HRs per year to 80 HRs

No, Bonds hasn't hit less than 30 home runs since 1992. Bonds currently has a string of 10 consecutive 30+ HR seasonsk, the second longest in Major League history, after Jimmie Foxx's 12.

Barry Bonds OF updated through Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:34 AM EDT

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	SEASON		TEAM		G		AB		R		H		2B		3B		HR		RBI		TB		BB		SO		SB		CS		OBP		SLG		AVG
	1986		Pittsburgh Pirates		113		413		72		92		26		3		16		48		172		65		102		36		7		.330		.416		.223
	1987		Pittsburgh Pirates		150		551		99		144		34		9		25		59		271		54		88		32		10		.329		.492		.261
	1988		Pittsburgh Pirates		144		538		97		152		30		5		24		58		264		72		82		17		11		.368		.491		.283
	1989		Pittsburgh Pirates		159		580		96		144		34		6		19		58		247		93		93		32		10		.351		.426		.248
	1990		Pittsburgh Pirates		151		519		104		156		32		3		33		114		293		93		83		52		13		.406		.565		.301
	1991		Pittsburgh Pirates		153		510		95		149		28		5		25		116		262		107		73		43		13		.410		.514		.292
	1992		Pittsburgh Pirates		140		473		109		147		36		5		34		103		295		127		69		39		8		.456		.624		.311
	1993		San Francisco Giants		159		539		129		181		38		4		46		123		365		126		79		29		12		.458		.677		.336
	1994		San Francisco Giants		112		391		89		122		18		1		37		81		253		74		43		29		9		.426		.647		.312
	1995		San Francisco Giants		144		506		109		149		30		7		33		104		292		120		83		31		10		.431		.577		.294
	1996		San Francisco Giants		158		517		122		159		27		3		42		129		318		151		76		40		7		.461		.615		.308
	1997		San Francisco Giants		159		532		123		155		26		5		40		101		311		145		87		37		8		.446		.585		.291
	1998		San Francisco Giants		156		552		120		167		44		7		37		122		336		130		92		28		12		.438		.609		.303
	1999		San Francisco Giants		102		355		91		93		20		2		34		83		219		73		62		15		2		.389		.617		.262
	2000		San Francisco Giants		143		480		129		147		28		4		49		106		330		117		77		11		3		.440		.688		.306
	2001		San Francisco Giants		153		476		129		156		32		2		73		137		411		177		93		13		3		.515		.863		.328
	2002		San Francisco Giants		82		232		68		80		16		2		27		57		181		109		28		3		1		.562		.780		.345
	Career Totals				2378	8164	1781	2393	499	73	594	1599	4820	1833	1310	487	139	.423	.590	.293

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[F16Fighter]

Okay -- make that "All I know is Bonds went from 35-45 HRs a year to 70+"...;-) But what of the now pedestrian 500 ft. home run?

And I'll tell ya something -- the day Indian's Omar Visquel of all people has 10 dingers at the all-star break, is the day the Major League home run has become a complete joke.

BTW -- Have you EVER seen as many opposite field broken bat homers as in the past few years?

[F16Fighter]

Can lousy pitching, small strike zones and juiced up balls fully explain daily 500 ft. HRs and broke-bat opposite field dingers?

[VRWCmember]

The Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers are both testament to the fact that Baseball doesn't need Senators; Bunning and Osborne now demonstrate that Baseball doesn't need Representatives either.

[F16Fighter]

I agree with you. Bonds could probably toss Hulk Hogan outta the ring as juiced as he is...

[GoreIsLove]

explain daily 500 ft. HRs and broke-bat opposite field dingers?

Neither is a daily occurrence.

[kinghorse]

The laws prohibiting pot use are flaunted on a mass scale in my opinion. If you include anyone over the age of 14 years old, you would probably get a plus 50% of the sample group saying the laws prohibiting possession of amounts used for personal consumption is unjust. I only backed it up to 14 years of age because kids who are apprehended for possession are affected by the laws just as severely as adults. Maybe the punishments aren't as severe but the process of being marked a criminal are identical (overnight in jail, finger printed, requirement to retain legal counsel). So yeah, I would say HELL YES it's an unjust law.

[gdani]

Doesn't explain 56 lbs in 4 years

I've gained anywhere from 25-30 lbs (it fluctuates) in the last 2 years on nothing but protein powder & weights. And I'm in my 30s and am hardly a pro athlete with all of the specialized workouts, diet, etc.

People I know that take creatine have experienced a quick boost of 10-15 lbs very soon after starting it.

[F16Fighter]

LOL -- Bonds head does appear a smidgeon Neanderthal in appearance. Has his hat size really increased that much?? (7 3/8 to 9 3/8?)

Can anyone post a side-by-side head shot of Bonds @1992 and Bonds @2002?

[balrog666]

The minority in this case are the multinationals who hold a monopoly over the production and distribution of alchoholic beverages and tobbaco products.

Allow me to dispute this tiny point. Anybody can brew beer. And damn good beer at that.

[hobbes1]

it amuses me, these peoplespout off about how easy it is to get that big, with ZERO practical knowledge of what is involved....

[GoreIsLove]

Source?

[F16Fighter]

Do you watch 'Sport Center'?

I may be engaging in slight hyperbole, but 450-475 ft HRs seem to be quite common.

[hobbes1]

Source for what? the weight gain....Several recent articles...