Just pre-ordered through Amazon...can't wait for the book to arrive! You should get a cut of the sale from Amazon! Seriously though!

following that link and reading through the author's evidence, I really don't see anything that hadn't been reported in their SFC stories. A bunch of folks confronted with what looks like doping schedules for Bonds saying they don't know anything about what he was taking, Bonds saying he had no clue and his "girlfriend's" testimony that was leaked a while ago. It doesn't really move the story along unless I'm missing something. Still Bonds word against the author's, with everyone else clamming up.

Also, there is lots of weird speculation on that SI site. Bonds hasn't been legally charged with anything, but based on the SI story he's at least guilty of perjury. SI even insinuates his guilt on this charge in one of the video bits coinciding with the article. Yet the 2006 season is about to start and still no charge.

This reads a little like a hit piece quoting damning evidence from the grand jury yet ignoring anything that has given prosecutors pause. Not to draw politics into this, but it reads a bit like the Plame investigation where we have lots of reporters and commentators spouting off about conspiracies within the administration based on one sided evidence and yet a special prosecutor unwilling to make any serious charges because the evidence can't stand up to scrutiny or a lack of compelling witnesses. It seems the only willing witness in this case is the girlfriend who if is to be believed, would see Bonds facing tax evasion charges (again, SI insinuates) but again, nothing.

The thing is...Bonds is under investigation for perjury right now. The jury is still out on that one. So hold your horses, Ed. Bonds is far from the innocent bystander in this story.

I'm not defending him against the charge of steroid use. Just saying this article and the interviews over at the SI site aren;t exactly what they're billing themselves to be,

This is yesterday's news. All the media is doing now is filling in the blanks. It was obvious that he was on performance enhancing drugs years ago. I figured it out half way through the 2002 season.

It's a damn shame that one of the twenty greatest players (before using drugs) would cheat like this. Pete Rose may be a slimebag but his, but his record can't be discounted. The came can't be said for Bonds.

He used to be one of my favorites.

Well, Rose took speed. At least, that's what one of his teammates told me.

Since about 90% of Americans are operating on stimulants, it's hard to compare speed to steriods. When most Americans are using drugs similar to Barry's, I'll start cutting him some slack.

Rose's record can certainly be discounted - his managing record, that is. And that's pretty damn important.

Wait a sec GEB4000, because Rose used a substance that a ton of other players used, that wasn't specifically banned but was not prescribed it's ok, but because Bonds used a substance that a ton of other players used, that wasn't specifically banned but was not prescribed it's not? Fill me in here!

well, there is not a single thing in that article or the book chapter that has not been printed before.

nowisky got TWO big time confessions and didn't bother to record either one???

yeah, surrrrreee

and i STILL wanna know why, with ALL this evidence, bonds has not been charged with
1) doing illegal drugs
2) tax evasion
3) perjury
4) threatening to murder his alleged gf

or anything else for that matter

Say what you want about Bonds' character or personal "morality." The fact remains that he is one of the greatest hitters the game has ever seen.

Through the '90s and into the new century Barry Bonds carried not only the San Francisco Giants but major league baseball on his surly, privacy-loving, cold shoulders and back. In my opinion the history of baseball would be much, much poorer if he had never played.