grum@work- proof that the only tests Bonds had were administered privately, not by the MLB: Bonds testified that he met Conte a few times but never paid for the supplements, instead doing an ad endorsing ZMA for Muscle & Fitness magazine. Bonds said he couldn't explain an invoice stating $450 for blood tests; when asked about documents stating he had paid $450 for a bottle of Depo-Testosterone, Bonds said, "I have never seen this bottle or any bottle pertaining that says Depo-Testosterone." Just the bottle you paid cash for that didn't have a label. According to the Chronicle, prosecutors questioned Bonds about several other documents, including some that suggested he was using the steroid trenbolone and modafinil, an anti-narcolepsy drug used as a stimulant. Bonds said he had never heard of those drugs. Another document read, "Barry 12-2-02, T, 1 CC G -- pee." "T could mean anything," Bonds said. "G could mean anything. And pee could probably mean anything." Sure, and you also believe in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. Bonds also testified he didn't know about documents indicating BALCO had begun screening his blood for both nutritional deficiencies and steroids in 2001. Bonds did say, however, that in 2003 he became suspicious of baseball's steroid testing program and asked Anderson to have him tested. Bonds knew that MLB had updated the tests and was running scared. His suspicions were that he would get tested and busted. "We got tested two times this season unannounced," Bonds tesified. "I don't trust baseball. They say it's anonymous, but then they put your name on it. So I don't trust baseball. So I asked Greg ... 'I want to know what baseball's doing behind our backs.' "I never saw the papers, never saw the results. Greg just said, 'You're negative,'" Bonds said. The "we" in that statement meaning the Giants as a team, not Bonds himself. He fucking got scared and had his pal run tests similar to the MLB's looking for the "undetectable" steroids "According to the Chronicle, Bonds said he never paid Anderson for drugs but said he paid him $15,000 in 2003 for weight training and a $20,000 bonus after his 73-home run season. "I paid him in cash," Bonds said. "I make $17 million." As anal as Bonds is about everything in his life, does anyone really think that he would pay cash for weight training and a bonus, both clearly red flags for a person of his income level with the IRS? Now that is bullshit.
There's a fine line between wisdom and analocity. That is a very insightful commentary, irun -- I'd like to know what source you are referencing. To daddisam, I had a tough time at first base (I cut Giambi a lot of slack for owning up to what he did full on, at least to the courts). Morneau didn't impress me when he fought with Torii Hunter, one of my favorite players, last season. Rookies should shut up and listen. I do have a few honorable mentions (not including Artest and T.O.) that don't exactly fit at first -- can I put Soriano there?
