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I just saw that right now on ESPN.
You beat me to the punch.
I wonder what's going to come out of all this.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/15....ap/index.html
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, the culmination of a four-year federal investigation into whether he lied under oath to a grand jury looking into steroid use by elite athletes.
The indictment came three months after the 43-year-old Bonds passed Hank Aaron to become baseball's career home run leader. Bonds parted ways with the San Francisco Giants after the season.
While Bonds was chasing Aaron, a grand jury was working behind closed doors to put the finishing touchesthe long-rumored indictment.
I just saw that right now on ESPN.
You beat me to the punch.
I wonder what's going to come out of all this.
Did someone flip?
At this point, I can't imagine that Bonds can cop a plea without an absolute admission that he used performance enhancing substances -- particularly if the perjury charge is directly related to his testimony before the BALCO grand jury and not to some other collateral matter like a tax problem or something like that.
If Bonds fights the indictment and goes to trial, he faces a monumentally steep challenge -- as we saw with Michael Vick last summer, federal indictments tend to be winners for the government.
Yeah, it seems it is directly related to his Balco testimony. Sounds like he lied about knowingly taking steroids. Wonder what evidence they could have. Anderson must have flipped.
That almost has to be it. I just quickly read the indictment and the perjury almost all has to do with statements made about Bonds' dealings with Anderson. Either they have a series of witnesses who know that Bonds was interacting with Anderson and that Bonds' testimony is a bunch of garbage, or Anderson will testify that Bonds' testimony is a bunch of garbage.
Wow.
Damn, Bonds is done. Too bad they couldn't have done this 3 years ago and saved us from the home run chase. ing cheater.
Roger Cossack said on ESPN that he's been told that Anderson did not flip. It's some other evidence that may or may not be enough to get him.
If the Federal govt is indicting, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it'll be enough.
I don't understand all the hate.
He's not the only cheater. There have been several cheaters, for decades in baseball. I don't see why this guy is being made a martyr.
I don't give a about Bond's one way or another, but to make him the poster boy of steroids and cheating is pretty stupid. Especially when they're still busting people for juicing up.
It's happened in the past, it will continue to happen.
Cossack said it could be "enough" cir stantial evidence to indict him, but not enough to convict him.
The all time home run king SHOULD be the poster boy for all that is wrong with steroids. It's not only the steroids. It's the fact that he's a terrible person who cheats on his wife, evades paying taxes, and is just an all around jackass. Find me someone else who does all that and I'll call him a jackass as well.
Who the cares about his personal life??
Why would you even factor that in?? That's some ridiculous thinking.
As for him being the poster child for steroids, what about everyone else?? McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro, Conseco, etc????
Everyone else is of the hook because they got the home run king??
that!!
That's some bull .
Cir stantial evidence is always a tricky thing, particularly where the party seeking a result has a heavy burden of proof, like in a criminal trial. The more cir stantial the proof, the less likely a conviction, I would think. It would surprise me that a federal grand jury would return an indictment based on mostly cir stantial proof, but I suppose that's possible. The burden for obtaining an indictment is decidely easier to overcome than the burden for obtaining a conviction.
No dude, everyone else is off the hook because they were smart enough to retire before they were caught. Palmeiro was absolutely fried when he was busted. Conseco is using his steroids use to benefit himself. McGwire isn't gonna get into the hall of fame on the first ballot because of his steroid use. Sosa was killed for using cork in his bat. Do you even follow baseball? Bonds isn't the only star to have been made an example of.
I can't factor in how someone lives there life as to whether or not I'm gonna cheer for the guy. He's a douchbag, and I'm glad he's gonna get his.
and thats why baseball sucks. bonds and let him be the example of what happens when you cheat in the major leagues.
well... one of many many reasons
Baseball is AMERICA'S pastime. Damn you Preggo!!!!
Sosa played baseball this year and people applauded his "comeback".
McGwire doesn't have any astericks, that I know of, and if he does get elected into the Hall of fame (which he probably will after a couple of years), where will you stand?
Palmeiro lied under oath, but he's not in jail.
Conseco is still in the limelight and making money off of all this.
Barry Bonds, on the other hand, might see the inside of a jail cell for quite a while.
Once again, why is this guy being made an example when there are many others.
And, as for you "they were smart enough to retire", that doesn't even hold any water because whatever Bonds did was before the new steroids policy so that doesn't even matter.
Football has taken over as America's sport.
Actually he doesn't. He says it's a boring sport yet he claims to be a die hard Yankee fan.
I was about to say the same thing.Sorry, peewee. I can't take your opinion of anything baseball-related very seriously when you thumb your nose down at it the way you do.
And nobody applauded Sosa's comeback. Most thought it was stupid and unnecessary, not the least of which is most Rangers fans.
Oh please. Is that all you got that makes him such a terrible person? I would venture to say that the majority of the athletes in baseball have done these things, but Bonds is clearly the anti-christ. When the was he convicted of tax evasion?
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