[simple simon]

Barry Bonds has been indicted due to steroid use ..... is there any outcome here that allows Hank Aaron to regain his title as Home Run King officially ?

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by simple simon

Barry Bonds has been indicted due to steroid use ..... is there any outcome here that allows Hank Aaron to regain his title as Home Run King officially ?

I would think and hope so.

[Lefty Noob]

I doubt it. You'd have to prove Bonds was actively using steroids after they were banned by baseball. That'll be tough to do.

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I doubt it. You'd have to prove Bonds was actively using steroids after they were banned by baseball. That'll be tough to do.

Nah, that was all due to milk..

[Lefty Noob]

I've seen it done naturally, with exercise and legal supplements.

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I've seen it done naturally, with exercise and legal supplements.

and did they beat the all time home run record?

[Lefty Noob]

No. So what? They accomplished other things athletically. Didn't have the eye to hit a baseball.

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

No. So what? They accomplished other things athletically. Didn't have the eye to hit a baseball.

So you think Barry did it naturally and never took steriods when they were banned?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

So you think Barry did it naturally and never took steroids when they were banned?

I'm saying I can't prove that he did, so I choose not to assume guilt until it's proven with something other than circumstantial evidence.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I doubt it. You'd have to prove Bonds was actively using steroids after they were banned by baseball. That'll be tough to do.

Baseball will never Open Pandora's Box...because MLB turned a blind eye on the whole league...

Why is this a Bonds thing?...It was a league wide thing...

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I doubt it. You'd have to prove Bonds was actively using steroids after they were banned by baseball. That'll be tough to do.

Come back to me Lefty, my boy.

There's so much circustancial evidence that he would even be convicted in a court of law.

To follow your logic, Scott Peterson wouldn't have been convicted because nobody saw him actually kill his wife. And that's in a court of law. Baseball's burden of proof doesn't need to be that high.

After his trial, his record is going to be taken off the books, mark my word. And it's the right thing to do.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I'm saying I can't prove that he did, so I choose not to assume guilt until it's proven with something other than circumstantial evidence.

Congratulations on being able to separate fact from fiction. Unfortunately most people look at sports in general and see this type of abuse and along with the record being broken and the massive body change in Bonds, many just assume guilt. Are they wrong ??? Only a few know for sure. I'll admit that I am one of the ones who looks at him as guilty. There are far to many circumstantial issues that point in the wrong direction as he proclaims innocence. I could be wrong though.

[JRL]

I think the basis of the indictment is based on documents siezed in the BALCO raid. Those documents showed positive steroid test in 2000 and 2001.

The question is not if or when he may have used steroids but the fact that he commited perjury and is guilty of obstruction of justice. He cut a deal with the grand jury - then lied.

"The 10-page indictment mainly consists of excerpts from Bonds' December 2003 testimony before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO. It cites 19 occasions in which Bonds allegedly lied under oath."

Read the indictment here

[bears9]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

I've seen it done naturally, with exercise and legal supplements.

By 35 year old men if Bonds did this at age 28 I would give the benifit of doubt but he was 35!

[JRL]

As a rookie

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