Bonds convicted of perjury in steroids case

The word just came from the Boston Globe a few minutes ago: Barry Bonds has been found guilty of perjury in his steroids trial.

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Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds has been found guilty of obstruction of justice, one of four counts a jury decided upon today after deliberating for the last four days in his perjury trial.

According to reports, the jury was dismissed after the other three counts were declared a mistrial.

Bonds' perjury trial stems from the 2003 raid on BALCO laboratories and his subsequent testimony to the grand jury. The counts that the jury could not resolve accused Bonds of lying to the grand jury investigating BALCO in 2003 when he said he never knowingly took steroids or human growth hormone, and when he said he was never injected by anyone except his doctors.

His lawyer, Allen Ruby, signaled that he would fight the conviction.

GIVE HIM THE CHAIR!

GIVE HIM THE CHAIR!

GIVE HIM THE -- sorry, folks. Old in-joke. I don't even remember how it started now.

And in other news, nobody gave a shit.

the asylum wrote:

And in other news, nobody gave a shit.

Speak for yourself.

1) He was convicted of obstruction. The jury deadlocked on the perjury charges.

2) It's not really a shock, considering.

As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was going to be either Mikey or Chris. Mikey I could have poked fun at.

This thread is dead to me. DEAD TO ME, YOU HEAR!

...Who?

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Home Run King*.

He holds the single season HR record with something like 73 and the career HR record with something like 750. Before using steroids, he was a good all around outfielder, capable of hitting for average, stealing bases, and fielding well.

After, all he could do was jack every fourth At Bat out of the park, couldn't run particularly well (though not David Ortiz horrible), and was only capable of playing 1st base in the field.

Now can we do the same to Roger Clemons? The guy hired Rusty Hardin as his lawyer. that's a bad sign all around. Rusty Hardin was called a perv and slime by Anna Nicole Smith.

Azzandra wrote:

...Who?

Big name baseball player... aka no one important

karmyn31 wrote:

Now can we do the same to Roger Clemons? The guy hired Rusty Hardin as his lawyer. that's a bad sign all around. Rusty Hardin was called a perv and slime by Anna Nicole Smith.

Apropos of Mr. Clemens, you might find this link of passing interest:

Clemens says he’s eager for trial