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Saturday, February 26, 2011

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STEROIDS ERA ON TRIAL AS RODER CLEMONS, BARRY BONDS FACE JURIES

They stood as pillars of baseball for much of their careers.  Now, they are about to stand trail.  Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, baseball's biggest stars implicated in steroids use, will face juries on opposite ends of the country.  Bonds is scheduled for trail in U.S. District Court in San Francisco starting March 21 on four counts of making false statements to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice.  Clemens is set to be judged in Federal Court in Washington D.C., starting July 6 on three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of Congress.  Both of these elite athletes have there hands full at the federal level and if found guilty could be facing prison sentences.  Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, and his 762 home runs in a career that stretched from 1986-2007 bettered both Babe Ruth's 714 and Hank Arron's 755.  Clemens pitched from 1994-2007 and his 4,672 strikeouts trail only Nolan Ryan 5,714 and Randy Johnson 4,875.  He struck out 218 batters at 42, an age when nearly all his contemporaries had retired.  While prosecutors came upon evidence of Bonds' alleged drug use during the BALCO raids, Clemens pretty much brought prosecution upon himself.  After Brian McNamee his former personal trainer, became known to federal investigators through their investigation of former New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, McName agreed to cooperate with federal agents and baseball investigator George Mitchell in exchange for not getting prosecuted.  I believe both gentlemen should be prosecuted to the fullest of the law, go to prison, and be banned from the hall of fame.  Guilty or not guilty that is the question.  Time will tell-enjoy this video!

2 comments:

Scott Moore said...

As a giant's fan, it is hard to be associated to someone who cheated throughout most of their career and respect them for it. I agree with the statement that they should e taken out of the hall of fame, but how many other baseball players used the drug? It was astonishing to see how many players admitted or were allegedly on steroids. what has happen to the game of baseball? Should they allow these drugs to be used to keep the attention of the fans or should they be banned, setting the game on an even scale.

fred batten said...

This is a black mark on Baseball. To see these players that were great in their leter years but Berry Bonds was an average player on Pitsburg Pirates then moved to Cali and found the HGH train from Mexico and became an well above average player, then they built a field for him to break records. This shows how sports are really fixed anymore. WHAT A SHAME. Great report