January 29, 2009
Bobby and Barry
A former teammate of Barry Bonds is going testify against the slugger:
It looks like Barry Bonds has more than just a failed urine test to worry about when his perjury trial gets underway on March 2nd. According to ESPN, Bobby Estalella, a former Giant who admitted using steroids provided by Bonds' trainer Greg Anderson, is prepared to provide "significant testimony" to back up the government's claim that Bonds knowingly took steroids.
Estalella admitted using the same substances, as well as human growth hormone, during the same BALCO investigation that led to the Bonds statements being questioned by federal prosecutors. He's reportedly able to provide first-hand knowledge of Bonds' steroid use, something that would be quite damning to Bonds' case.
The spoilers keep coming. They're taking all the drama out of the trial!
Update: Add the Giambis to the list of people called to testify.
Specifically, the prosecutors want to use the Giambis' testimony to establish that Anderson created doping calendars for both men. If the Giambis testify to that effect, the prosecutors will then be free to argue that Anderson created similar calendars to monitor Bonds's use of banned substances, according to a person briefed on the government's evidence. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardize his access to sensitive information.
The trial continues to leak like a sieve.
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How much money has been thrown into this? And...when can we expect Wall Street to receive appropriate treatment for their crimes?
Bonds will cut a deal for minimal jail time. Of course, he was an idiot for lying to the grand jury when he had complete immunity. But nobody ever said Barry was a speed demon on the uptake.
kmd - at least $ 60 million so far....before the trial starts.
"The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardize his access to sensitive information."
Sounds like a reporter talking to another reporter. Has Mark Fainaru-Wada been comparing notes with co-author and SF Chronicle writer Lance Williams?
Of course they were going to call these players who testified before the grand jury....does ESPN assume that we are all brain dead? (Dave, you don't have to answer that question!)
Yeah Bob, that was rhetorical. This whole circus is just silly and absurdly expensive. I'm actually surprised that even the much-loathed Bonds isn't seeing just a bit of a backlash over this. Hell, he even looks somewhat sympathetic...his trainer's mother-in-law?, anonymous sources leaking everything to the press, an ex-mistress that he supposedly confessed everything to? Wow...just wow.
I loved how ESPN and the like never mentioned anything about The Clear last week (e.g. that it wasn't considered a "steroid" when Bonds admitted to taking it). But this week? Once again, it's all about Bonds the evil baseball player is a liar, adulterer, and cheater of the virginal game.
Why do you care? It is not a frame job, he did it. he lied to a grand jury. There is nothing wrong with making a high profile example of what happens when you cross the legal system. And there is nothing wrong with a rich guy getting raked over the coals. Screw Bonds, he is guilty, he can rot.
Yeah there is. How do you know he lied to the Grand Jury?
How do you know what evidence (will be allowed or disallowed by the judge?
How will Jeff Novitzky's actions in acquiring evidence (publicly questioned in court by the presiding judge, Susan Illston) be treated?
Screw the government - we are where we are now as a country becuase off all those bastards who spent time on steroids and not oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the SEC and Treasury.
Don't worry, Obama just put a tax cheat in charge of the IRS. And he's got another tax cheat for HHS.
To get back on topic, Bonds' lawyers will cut a deal for a small amount of jail time. Barry's an idiot who lied when he didn't have to. But his lawyers are (presumably) smarter.