Last night sitting at the Nashville Preds’ game (which we lost in embarrassing fashion to Chicago…6-1) I was going to check the Vanderbilt ladies basketball score (someone sitting with us was very interested in the score for some reason). As I hit ESPN up on my celly the headline blazed “BONDS FAILED TEST”. I didn’t get too excited because this could have been like a reading test or a how not to be an arrogant ass test. However after reading the article, the report had said that federal prosecutors had filed briefs in their case against Barry that claimed he failed a drug test in November of 2001 just about a month after breaking the single season homerun record. This is important because it would basically prove the perjury case against Barry and he would go to the pokey for a while. B1, who was sitting next to me, did his customary gloat when celebrities/athletes look like they are going to jail.
But, if we have learned something from the media, it is you can’t always trust the first story. It turns out that the Feds had a case of the “fat fingers” and instead of saying that he failed a test in November of 2000 (which has already been reported and filed in court papers) they put November 2001, which would be huge news. By no means am I a fan of Barry Bonds. He should go the way of Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe. Not even be allowed to buy a ticket to visit Cooperstown. However, this is pretty crappy. I don’t think the Feds did this on purpose…except if they actually do have fat fingers than they should loose the weight, you know, adopt a healthy lifestyle. They should issue an apology to Barry. He has gone through a lot, and all of it caused by him…but this should not have happened. However, even without a failed drug test in November of 2001, I am pretty sure that he will still go to jail for perjury and not play baseball again. It is a shame this didn’t happen last year and he wouldn’t have broken Hank’s record.
