Bonds Cheated
According to Fox News:
At trial, the government’s evidence will show that Bonds received steroids from Anderson in the period before the November 2001 positive drug test, and that evidence raises the inference that Anderson gave Bonds the steroids that caused him to test positive in November 2001,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello wrote in a legal filing, according to Reuters.
While it has long been thought to be the case, it is certainly becoming more certain that Bonds took steroids. He did exactly what I wanted Clemens to do: testify under oath that he was clean. The problem with Bonds is apparently, he wasn’t. The federal government is now prosecuting him for perjury.
I’ll await the trial, but it’s difficult for me to see how he can get out of this.
For me, this will taint his entire career. This is Pete Rose territory.
Update
Apparently, this was an erroneous report.
A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record.
In fact, the government meant to reference a previously reported November 2000 failed drug test, U.S. attorney spokesman Josh Eaton said. That drug test was included in the indictment unsealed last year, when prosecutors said the test was for a player they called “Barry B.”
Sigh . . .