SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds tested positive for steroids in November 2001, just a month after hitting his record 73rd home run of the season, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday. The allegation came in a legal filing in his steroid perjury case that referred to Bonds' long-time trainer, Greg Anderson. "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. The U.S. government made the assertion in a document that asked a federal court to reject Bonds' motion last month to dismiss the charges that he lied about past steroid use. In December, the record seven-time National League Most Valuable Player pleaded not guilty to lying to a federal grand jury in 2003 when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. He testified in the BALCO sports steroid case, which ended up jailing his personal trainer, Anderson, and the head of the BALCO lab near San Francisco. The latest government motion also referred to a question by a prosecutor during the BALCO case to "determine why Bonds apparently tested positive for anabolic steroids in November 2000." To date, prosecutors have revealed little about the details they have in the case against Bonds, the greatest hitter of his era long dogged by suspicions about doping.
My guess is that this was strategically released today to make people forget about what a piss poor job the house did yesterday with Roger Clemens commiting perjury before our very eyes. Yet such honorable men like Dan Burton allowed it to happen.
I think the best strategy for Bonds right now would be to pretend his eyes see differently from everyone else. When the prosecutor holds up some sort of document that references to and proves that Bonds knowingly took steroids, the best strategy would to just keep saying "no that says flaxseed oil. no it doesn't say steroids. no that isn't a syringe with my dna on it and traces of steroids, that is a 10 foot dido i bought for my mistress, etc." He really can't really put himself in a worse situation that what he's in now.
Being a young, uninformed, moderately baked Canadian would someone kindly explain to me why we are just hearing about this NOW..............
