Friday, November 16, 2007

Barry Bonds Again

In one of my earlier posts I wondered if Barry Bonds' "accomplishment" was worthy of praise. I wrote the following:
With the rampant use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, the ‘record’ that Bonds now has will forever have an asterisk next to it that indicates there is another dimension to this story (i.e. steroid use) and Bond’s record will never be told standalone, instead will have a rider attached to it with the reference to the performance drug issue..
Well I learn today that Bonds has been indicted on charges of 5 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice. Related story via Yahoo News is here. Quoting from the Yahoo article:
"Barry Bonds has more to worry about than an asterisk now...On Thursday...a federal grand jury indicted him on five felony counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, charges that could result in a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if he's convicted."
So the next question is, if found guilty, should the home run honor be stripped?

Outspoken Roman

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