tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post5758956486287502000..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: Nor Is He Out Of ItJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-35126067750604532512007-08-10T11:31:00.000-07:002007-08-10T11:31:00.000-07:00After reading 'Game of Shadows', it's very difficu...After reading 'Game of Shadows', it's very difficult for me to believe that Barry Bonds is innocent. Yes, there's the slim chance that the authors of 'Game of Shadows' made it all up, but (as many others have pointed out), if they were out-and-out lying, wouldn't Bonds have sued them for libel?<BR/><BR/>As things stand, Bonds' testimony to the grand jury is that he didn't know what he was taking, that he thought it was flaxseed oil, and that he never knowingly took steroids. Coincidentally, the FBI found emails on his hard drive from Victor Conte, head of BALCO, telling him, "If you go before a grand jury, you can tell them it was flaxseed oil, you can tell them you didn't know what you were taking, you can say you never knowingly took steroids..."<BR/><BR/>The odds that Bonds did not take steroids are somewhere between none and nil.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-79611034380169198972007-08-10T03:09:00.000-07:002007-08-10T03:09:00.000-07:00I'd feel worse if it weren't 100% self-inflicted.I...I'd feel worse if it weren't 100% self-inflicted.<BR/><BR/>I DO think it's a shame that there are so many athletes using, and that Bonds is being singled out for breaking the record. I can feel sorry for the situation, but not, in this case, for the man.<BR/><BR/>It's not like he did this to feed his family or save a child's life. It's not like the man was hurting financially or otherwise and HAD to do this to get by. Maybe that's why I am so unsympathetic.<BR/><BR/>Or, as anonymous implies, maybe I'm being a jerk and he's innocent. I really, really doubt it, but I suppose all things are possible.<BR/><BR/>Really, Bonds is (insofar as his obstinance) like Pete Rose. Had either simply fessed up, they'd be a lot better off. Digging in his heels will only make things worse for him.<BR/><BR/>Take it and run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-35608189619770796722007-08-09T18:24:00.000-07:002007-08-09T18:24:00.000-07:00I just watched the South Park episode about this t...I just watched the South Park episode about this today.Aaron Waltherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543114827402257701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-38282810613545886802007-08-09T17:13:00.000-07:002007-08-09T17:13:00.000-07:00Try being INNOCENT...And still having everyone say...Try being INNOCENT...<BR/>And still having everyone saying "ehh, everyone knows he did it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com