http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/barrybonds/ en-us Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:12:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358854/posts The former home run king of major league baseball has graciously conceded his title to zero. "It's the least I could do", said Bonds in a telephone interview earlier today from his palatial home in San Francisco. "Even though he throws like a girl, I just know he has 800 home runs in him". No word yet from Hammerin' Hank or The Babe. more rediculousness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358854/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045402/posts Barry Bonds' agent said "it's pretty obvious" the home run king won't play in the majors this year, his strongest comments to date about the unlikelihood of Bonds returning to uniform. "I'm not optimistic any team will take him," agent Jeff Borris told The Chronicle on Monday. "I'm not a pessimistic person by nature, but it's pretty obvious he will not be a major-leaguer in 2008, because no team believes that he will be a good fit." Borris said the 43-year-old Bonds, who had 28 homers and 66 RBIs with a .480 on-base percentage for the Giants last year, isn't... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2045402/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015562/posts BREAKING NEWS: Barry Bonds is charged with 14 counts of lying and one count of obstruction of justice in a new indictment stemming from a steriod probe. Full article coming shortly. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015562/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 00:31:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2012406/posts Former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has asked the Players Association to consider filing a grievance on his behalf because Major League Baseball's all-time home run leader has been unable to sign a contract as a free agent for the 2008 season. In his behalf, the union has contacted the Commissioner's Office seeking information about why Bonds hasn't even been extended an offer. "We've raised both general concerns and some player-specific concerns," Michael Weiner, the union's general counsel, said, telling The Associated Press that the only specific concern raised was the case of Bonds. "We have made requests for information. I... MLB.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2012406/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 12:22:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990690/posts Caught up in the BALCO steroids scandal, an elite athlete adamantly denies using banned drugs, then mounts an aggressive defense to a perjury indictment. It sounds like the case of former Giants slugger Barry Bonds, accused of lying under oath to the federal grand jury that investigated Burlingame's Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroid ring in 2003.Instead, starting today in federal court in San Francisco, a lesser-known American sports champion - Tammy Thomas, a onetime star of bicycle track racing - goes on trial, charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. Her case is of interest because it amounts to a... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990690/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1978456/posts San Francisco (AP) -- A federal judge is unsealing Barry Bonds' testimony to a grand jury investigating steroid use in professional sports, the evidence that federal prosecutors used to indict him on perjury charges. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston made the ruling on Bonds' December 2003 testimony on Friday AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1978456/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:18:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1973080/posts Yes, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished 66-96 (.407) during the 2007 MLB season, the worst team in the league (again), and an even 30 games behind the first place Boston Red Sox. But, so what? Do you think that Barry Bonds has never welcomed a challenge before in his life? Come on. Here's why Barry will be a Ray: 10. Barry Bonds is a coastal guy; loves the water because it is good for his health (also; see #1) 9. Tampa Bay has openings in all positions, especially left field 8. Barry Bonds could play DH and LF and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1973080/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970655/posts U.S. baseball home run king Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2000, months before his record 73rd home run season, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday. The allegation came in a legal filing in his steroid perjury case which referred to Bonds' long-time trainer, Greg Anderson. "At trial, the government's evidence will show that Bonds received steroids from Anderson in the period before the November 2000 positive drug test, and that evidence raises the inference that Anderson gave Bonds the steroids that caused him to test positive in November 2000," U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello wrote. Russoniello, acting for the... Reuters via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970655/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937966/posts Barry Bonds is being shafted by the legal system. His case is, sadly, part of a pattern of judicial abuse, the stretching of the law like rubber to allow prosecutors to go after unpopular figures in business, politics and, now, sports. The indictment recently returned against him could have been rendered years ago. Why now? Because this season Bonds, an ill-tempered, arrogant, disliked athlete, broke the record for lifetime home runs. Had he not set a new record or had he been a friendly figure beloved by the fans, prosecutors would never have touched him... Forbes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937966/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936167/posts Answers to key questions as Bonds begins legal journey By Mark Fainaru-Wada and T. J. Quinn Updated: December 6, 2007 When Barry Bonds walks into the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco on Friday, it will be only the beginning of an unpredictable legal odyssey. A few days after the fourth anniversary of his BALCO grand jury testimony, Bonds will surrender to U.S. marshals, go through the bureaucratic rigmarole of being arrested and later appear in court to enter a plea on four counts of perjury and one of obstructing justice. Outside the courtroom and all over the United... ESPN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936167/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:00:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1932434/posts SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — HBO Films is planning to turn a best selling book about Barry Bonds' alleged steroid use and the federal government's wide-ranging probe into performance enhancing drug use in sports into a movie, one of the book's authors said Thursday. [Snip] The planned movie based on the book "Game of Shadows" was first reported Wednesday by Variety. [Snip] Much of the book was based on secret grand jury testimony of Bonds and other famous athletes leaked to them by Troy Ellerman, a disbarred attorney sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for denying under oath he was... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1932434/posts#comment Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:20:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929769/posts Average people are tired of it. This country is already stacked toward the wealthy (mortgage interest is tax deductible; rent is not) and the privileged (the last president without an Ivy League degree was elected nearly 30 years ago). ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929769/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:39:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928704/posts You will automatically assume the reason I'm defending Barry Bonds is because he's black and I'm black. You will be wrong. This is not about the commonality of race. And for the record, I have been as critical as anyone of Bonds. I didn't want to see him break Hank Aaron's record, because he's not as dignified as Aaron was and Bonds didn't respect his natural ability the same way Aaron respected his. But that doesn't mean Bonds belongs in prison. The only way to see the indictment of Bonds is as a gross, terrible injustice, a startling abuse of... ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928704/posts#comment Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:43:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926369/posts Baseball superstar Barry Bonds was charged Thursday with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying when he said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs. The indictment, unsealed Thursday by federal prosecutors in San Francisco, is the culmination of a four-year federal probe into whether he lied under oath to a grand jury investigating steroid use by elite athletes. The indictment comes three months after the 43-year-old Bonds, one of the biggest names in professional sports, passed Hank Aaron to become baseball's career home run leader, his sport's most hallowed record. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926369/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926359/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- Major League Baseball's all-time home run king Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday on perjury and obstruction justice charges, according to KTVU reporter Rita Williams. The five-count indictment -- four counts of perjury and one of obstruciton of justice -- capped one of the longest federal grand jury investigations in Northern California history -- a proceeding that introduced the sports world to the acronym BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative) and led to the downfall of American track and field world and Olympic champions Marion Jones, Kelli White and Tim Montgomery. It touched the NFL with several current and... KTUV.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926359/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:17:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920048/posts NEW YORK - Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk. That includes skipping his potential induction ceremony. "I won't go. I won't be part of it," Bonds said in an interview with MSNBC that aired Thursday night. "You can call me, but I won't be there." The ball Bonds hit for home run No. 756 this season will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Hall. Fashion designer Marc Ecko bought the ball in an online auction and set up a Web site for fans to... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_bonds_hall_of_fame;_ylt=AjrxG0PLHcnyRlqjDJgPs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920048/posts#comment Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:04:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916400/posts SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds is just a tad bitter about his departure from the San Francisco Giants. The 43-year-old home run king heard a long list of his accomplishments read during a special speaking forum Wednesday night hosted by the Commonwealth Club, then was asked by KGO Radio host Ray Taliaferro if he'd really reached all those feats... "I did, and then I got fired," Bonds told a group of about 450 people in the audience... AP - Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916400/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901439/posts An international investigation code-named Operation Raw Deal that culminated in the last four days could produce the next steroids scandal in sports – and perhaps the biggest yet. The undercover operation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration resulted in the seizure of massive amounts of anabolic steroids from an illegal, underground network and the ability to identify hundreds of thousands of people who received steroids and other substances used by some athletes as performance-enhancing drugs, a DEA spokesman told Yahoo! Sports on Sunday. Most of the raids took place in the United States, and the DEA called the steroids... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901439/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:17:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900384/posts September 21, 2007 Dear Fans, This journal will be one of my last entries as a San Francisco Giant. Yesterday, I was told by the Giants that they will not be bringing me back for the 2008 season. During the conversation with Peter McGowan I was told that my play this year far exceeded any expectations the Giants had, but that the organization decided this year would be my last season in San Francisco. BarryBonds.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900384/posts#comment Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:10:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1899129/posts San Francisco (AP) -- Barry Bonds said the man who bought his 756th home run ball and announced plans to let the public decide its fate is an "idiot." Fashion designer Marc Ecko had the winning bid Saturday in the online auction for the ball that Bonds hit last month to break Hank Aaron's record of 755 home runs. The final selling price was $752,467, well above most predictions. Ecko, 35, has set up a Web site that lets visitors vote on three options for the ball: give it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, brand it with an... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1899129/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:47:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897383/posts SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball was auctioned Saturday for $752,467, well more than the estimates by memorabilia experts. Home run No. 755, the ball that tied the record, went for $186,750, according to Sotheby’s/SCP Auctions. Both final prices included the winning bid plus a 20 percent buyer’s fee, according to the auction houses handling the sale. AP via MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1897383/posts#comment Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:58:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880235/posts Have you heard the latest Barry Bonds joke? He’s not just a ballplayer, he’s an inventor -- the first man to make an asterisk out of a syringe. It may not be very funny, but baseball fans don’t seem to be in the mood for laughter. Last night the tainted slugger finally hit his 756th career home run, passing Hammerin’ Hank Aaron as baseball’s all-time home run king. America ought to be enjoying a moment of exaltation, but the overwhelming sentiment seems to be indifference. As USA Today’s Mike Lopresti observed, “…the unconditional applause barely carried beyond the gates of... humanevents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880235/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879954/posts For an awful lot of people who don’t include Barry Bonds, the moment he turned on the Washington Nationals’ Mike Bacsik’s full-count, 84 mph fastball and launched it into the right center field seats Tuesday night, it was a moment to ponder whether baseball has a new all-time home run leader but not necessarily a new all-time home run champion. “Now that Bonds has No. 756 in the bank,” wrote Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, within what must have seemed moments after the crowd in the seats dove for the ball, “most folks outside San Francisco wish he would just pack... Catbird in the Nosebleed Seats http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879954/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:46:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879654/posts President Bush has not been one to let the facts get in the way of decisions, but when it comes to Barry Bonds, he is willing to let them speak for themselves. A day after Bonds broke Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, Bush told Fox News that only time will tell if Bonds' mark is tainted by steroids. "There is a lot of speculation about Barry Bonds, and my only advice for people is to just let history be the judge. Let's find out the facts, and then everybody's opinion, one way or the other, will be verified or... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879654/posts#comment Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878869/posts College student who caught Bonds ball tells 'Today' he may not sell August 9, 2007 NEW YORK (AP) -- Matt Murphy could become $500,000 richer if he sells Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball. The college student, however, may just want to hang on to it -- even if he's hit with a whopping tax bill. ADVERTISEMENT "Part of me wants to keep it. It's the greatest American sports accomplishment in history," Murphy said Thursday on NBC's "Today Show." "Part of me might want to sell it, but I really am leaning towards keeping it. It's just too valuable, sentimental."... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878869/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 20:15:43 GMT