Posted on 05/08/2005 7:22:51 AM PDT by MikefromOhio
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is looking into Barry Bonds' relationships and activities, according to a report in the New York Daily News.
Citing anonymous baseball sources, the newspaper reported in its Sunday editions that baseball security officials believe Bonds might be at risk of conviction over allegations of tax fraud involving undeclared income from memorabilia sales. However, baseball investigators are having difficulty conducting their own probe because "a federal investigation changes everything," a source told the Daily News.
One official from another team told the Daily News that the San Francisco Giants' front office "is starting to freak out" over Bonds' problems.
"I think they realize they've let the situation get away from them," the official told the Daily News.
The Giants outfielder, who has been at the center of baseball's steroids scandal, has yet to play this season as he recovers from knee surgeries.
The most recent Bonds controversy involves him using his own doctors and trainers to treat his injured right knee. The 40-year-old slugger has had three surgeries on the knee since Jan. 31, the last coming Monday as doctors tried to clean out an infection.
Bonds' surgeon, Dr. Albert Ting, has been reprimanded twice by the California state medical board and is on probation for "unprofessional conduct," according to The Arizona Republic.
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What really sucks is that he was a definite first ballot hall of famer before he started the roids too, and now it looks as if this whole entire thing will bring him down.
5...4...3...2.....
yep...
either that, or blaming it on the press...one or the other, or both....
I'm not sure you put this article into enough Topics.
Don't worry Jaxsun and sharptongue will come screaming to the aid of a bro who is under racist attacks.
yeah....those were the ones that I could make cases for...
there were a few others that I was thinking about too :)
I think they have other issues...
you notice both have been relatively quiet when it comes to Bonds. This has been around for a couple years now....
well....great athlete he is.....but living in the Bay Area I can say this couldn't be happening to a nicer egotistical ba**ard..........
yes, very much so.....
I do kind of feel for his kids. They are finding out daddy isnt who they thought he was....
yup......I agree......the kids always suffer in the end of these fiasco's.......at least they will suffer rich.
yeah. at least, I hope he has kept some legit money around for the kids for their educations and all that....
I like the line about the Giants finally "freaking out" about the situation. IT's a big late for that guys....
As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap. Sorry, but I cannot pity Bonds' life plight. If he wishes to be irresponsible, he should own up to that irresponsibility and take his lumps just like the next common guy.
i dont pity him at all. He brought this all on himself, that is for sure....
I just wonder what is the next crazy twist in the story....
Yeah,convenient "knee surgery".
More like, Drying Out. If he ever comes back he`ll be 20 pounds lighter and will be hittin` alot of long fly balls to the track for an out.
His records need an asterisk.Ben Johnson ran 9.79 yeah,but it was on the juice,just like Bonds,fake.
Too late. He already did that in late 2004 if I remember correctly.
McGuire and Sosa will coauthor a book:
Steroids for Little Leaguers
.
I don't buy into the "knee injury"- I think baseball is putting this guy on ice. Couldn't afford the massive publicity and media fanfare of having this guy stalk down Hank Aaron, armed with a bat juiced up with steroids.
I dont know...
I am starting to doubt we will ever see him on a baseball field ever again....
and, at his age, 99% of baseball players that aren't named Rickey Henderson are out of the game entirely. there is such a precipitous drop in their production, I seriously doubt his ego could handle it....
It's time for Mac to come clean and admit what we all know is the truth.
I dont think so, Sosa cant speak English remember?
spell McGwire's name right, my last name is the way you spelled it....
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