Cheating;Bad Attitude Karma catching up to Bonds

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MLB reportedly fears Bonds at risk of convictionESPN.com news services

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is looking into Barry Bonds' relationships and activities, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

 

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Citing anonymous baseball sources, the newspaper reported in its Sunday editions that baseball security officials believe Bonds might be at risk of conviction over allegations of tax fraud involving undeclared income from memorabilia sales. However, baseball investigators are having difficulty conducting their own probe because "a federal investigation changes everything," a source told the Daily News.

One official from another team told the Daily News that the San Francisco Giants' front office "is starting to freak out" over Bonds' problems.

"I think they realize they've let the situation get away from them," the official told the Daily News.

The Giants outfielder, who has been at the center of baseball's steroids scandal, has yet to play this season as he recovers from knee surgeries.

The most recent Bonds controversy involves him using his own doctors and trainers to treat his injured right knee. The 40-year-old slugger has had three surgeries on the knee since Jan. 31, the last coming Monday as doctors tried to clean out an infection.

Bonds' surgeon, Dr. Albert Ting, has been reprimanded twice by the California state medical board and is on probation for "unprofessional conduct," according to The Arizona Republic.

The Daily News reported baseball was not happy to hear that another associate of Bonds has had trouble with the law.

Baseball first became concerned about Bonds when law enforcement agents raided the home of his personal trainer and longtime friend Greg Anderson in September 2003 as part of the investigation of an alleged steroids distribution ring involving Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative founder Victor Conte.

Bonds gave grand jury testimony in the case and, according to reports in The San Francisco Chronicle, said he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by Anderson, who was indicted in the BALCO case. Bonds said he didn't know if they were steroids.

The Daily News reported that MLB officials aren't sure where their investigation will lead or what action they would take if they find Bonds has violated baseball's rules. Although suspension is a possibility, the Daily News reported that baseball will more likely encourage teams to keep a closer eye on players.

Bonds has 703 career home runs, 11 behind Babe Ruth and 52 from tying Hank Aaron's career record.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Spokesman: MLB only monitoring federal investigationAssociated Press

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball says it's not investigating Barry Bonds but merely monitoring the ongoing government probe involving the San Francisco Giants slugger.

 

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The New York Daily News, citing unidentified major-league sources, reported on Sunday that "MLB security officials are convinced that Bonds may be at risk of conviction over allegations of tax fraud and are conducting their own probe into Bonds' relationships and activities."

"There's nothing new. There's no investigation," baseball spokesman Rich Levin told The Associated Press on Sunday. "Nothing has changed. We're monitoring the federal investigation, as we have from the very beginning."

Bonds' ex-girlfriend, Kimberly Bell, testified in March to a federal grand jury that Bonds told her in 2000 that he had begun taking steroids. The San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing two unidentified sources, that Bell also testified that Bonds gave her $80,000 in cash in 2001 in separate $9,000 payments to help her purchase a house in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Bonds testified in late 2003 before a federal grand jury in California investigating illegal steroids distribution. According to reports in The Chronicle, Bonds told the grand jury he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by his personal trainer Greg Anderson, who was indicted along with four other men in the BALCO case. Bonds said he didn't know what he was using was a steroid, the paper reported.

[S p e n c e]

He has no one to blame but himself, luckily for him he has Steve Mazza in his corner.

[Velcro]

the real question is, is that really lucky?

[smazza]

yeah and velco beleives in the tooth fairy

[S p e n c e]

Now Bonds has a staph infection and in on an IV 24/7.

Maybe Karma is catching up to him, or maybe the curse of the bambino has shifted from the BoSox to Bonds?

[Velcro]

or maybe getting off roids is having as much side effects as staying on them

[___ Eats It]

Bonds is detoxing from all the cheating chemicals he put in his bloodstream over the past eight or so years.

Cheaters never win.

[S p e n c e]

I think his career is pretty much over. His chances of returning this year a dwindling fast. He cannot even begin to rehab until this staph infection clears up, and estimates say that could be anywhere from 2-6 weeks.  And once he starts rehab it will take him in my estimate at the very least a month, between rehab and playing a few minor league games.  That would put his return at the earliest late July to Early August.  And missing nearly an entire season at his age, without steroids it will be extremely difficult for him to get his swing back. However his ego will force him to come back just long enough to pass Ruth and Aaron on the HR list, I am sure of that.